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Students and guests at Branch Elementary on Edwards

Students and guests at Branch Elementary on Edwards

Students and guests at Branch Elementary on Edwards Air Force Base, California, watch a rocket take off as part of the grand opening of the base’s new STARBASE school program Dec. 7. The program is aimed at giv... More

Maj. Gen. Christopher Azzano, Air Force Test Center

Maj. Gen. Christopher Azzano, Air Force Test Center

Maj. Gen. Christopher Azzano, Air Force Test Center commander, greets Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein at Edwards Air Force Base, California, June 17. (Air Force photo by Giancarlo Casem)

A mockup of an X-15 rocket plane being placed on the

A mockup of an X-15 rocket plane being placed on the

A mockup of an X-15 rocket plane being placed on the lakebed at Edwards Air Force Base, California, Feb. 21, 2018, for a scene in the film "First Man." The Air Force Public Affairs Entertainment Liaison office ... More

Senior Airman Prince Jarbo, 412th Comptroller Squadron,

Senior Airman Prince Jarbo, 412th Comptroller Squadron,

Senior Airman Prince Jarbo, 412th Comptroller Squadron, poses for a photo with Brig. E. John Teichert, 412th Test Wing Commander, and Command Chief Master Sgt. Ian Eishen, 412th Test Wing Command Chief, during ... More

Col. Ryan Blake, the former Test Pilot School Commandant,

Col. Ryan Blake, the former Test Pilot School Commandant,

Col. Ryan Blake, the former Test Pilot School Commandant, provides his farewell remarks during a Change of Command ceremony at Edwards Air Force Base, California, July 10. (Air Force photo by Ethan Wagner)

Gen. Arnold W. Bunch, Jr., Air Force Materiel Command

Gen. Arnold W. Bunch, Jr., Air Force Materiel Command

Gen. Arnold W. Bunch, Jr., Air Force Materiel Command commander, talks to members of the 412th Medical Group during his visit to Edwards Air Force Base, California, June 11. Bunch, along with Chief Master Sgt. ... More

A B-1B Lancer with a Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff

A B-1B Lancer with a Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff

A B-1B Lancer with a Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) undergoes pre-flight procedures prior to a captive carry external weapons demonstration flight at Edwards Air Force Base, California, Nov. 17. ... More

A B-1B Lancer prepares to conduct a captive carry flight

A B-1B Lancer prepares to conduct a captive carry flight

A B-1B Lancer prepares to conduct a captive carry flight to demonstrate its external weapons carriage capabilities at Edwards Air Force Base, California, Nov. 20. (U.S. Air Force photo by 2nd Lt. Christine Saunders)

U.S. Army paratroopers from the 426th Civil Affairs

U.S. Army paratroopers from the 426th Civil Affairs

U.S. Army paratroopers from the 426th Civil Affairs Battalion (Airborne) make a static line jump at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., Sept. 11. The paratroopers were making the jump in honor of the 10th anniversa... More

An F-22 Raptor, from the 411th Flight Test Squadron,

An F-22 Raptor, from the 411th Flight Test Squadron,

An F-22 Raptor, from the 411th Flight Test Squadron, Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., receives fuel from a Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker, from the 151st Air Fueling Wing, Utah Air National Guard, Feb. 21, 2012. The... More

A B-52H Stratofortress assigned to the 419th Flight

A B-52H Stratofortress assigned to the 419th Flight

A B-52H Stratofortress assigned to the 419th Flight Test Squadron is undergoes pre-flight procedures at Edwards Air Force Base, California, Aug. 8. The aircraft conducted a captive-carry flight test of the AGM-... More

Edwards Air Force Base Propulsion Laboratory tests

Edwards Air Force Base Propulsion Laboratory tests

Edwards Air Force Base Propulsion Laboratory tests equipment in harsh environments to ensure the Air Force has the best equipment possible.

Members of the Edwards Air Force Base Honor Guard watch

Members of the Edwards Air Force Base Honor Guard watch

Members of the Edwards Air Force Base Honor Guard watch the funeral after posting the colors April 15 at Saugus High School, Santa Clarita, Calif. Del Bagno received full military honors including a posting of ... More

X-1-2 on ramp with crew. Public domain image of NASA aircraft.

X-1-2 on ramp with crew. Public domain image of NASA aircraft.

The Bell Aircraft Corporation X-1-2 parked on the ramp at NACA High-Speed Flight Research Station with the crew in 1949. Left to right: Edwin R. Edwards; Bud Rogers; Richard E. Payne, Crew Chief; and Henry "Ken... More

Complete NACA Muroc Staff of 1950, in front of original NACA building

Complete NACA Muroc Staff of 1950, in front of original NACA building

This group photo of National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) employees was taken in 1950 in front of the NACA research building on South Base at Edwards Air Force Base, California. The team that had b... More

NASA X-3, Dryden history gallery

NASA X-3, Dryden history gallery

E-2274 In this NACA High-Speed Flight Station photograph, the X-3 Stiletto is seen being towed behind the NACA hangar (located on Edwards Air Force base) towards the lakebed. The X-3 Stiletto was a single-place... More

R4D Parked on Ramp, NASA history collection

R4D Parked on Ramp, NASA history collection

This Photograph taken in 1956 shows the first of three R4D Skytrain aircraft on the ramp behind the NACA High-Speed Flight Station. NACA stood for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, which evolved ... More

Reynolds California....An air-to-air left side view of an F-16B Fighting Falcon aircraft firing an AGM-45 Shrike missile over the Edwards Air Force Base Test Range. Second view in a series of three OFFICIAL U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTO (RELEASED)

Reynolds California....An air-to-air left side view of an F-16B Fighti...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A YF-16 aircraft is offloaded from a C-5A Galaxy aircraft inside a hangar

A YF-16 aircraft is offloaded from a C-5A Galaxy aircraft inside a han...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Edwards Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Roger L. Cazier Release Status:... More

An X-24B lifting body model is being prepared for a wind tunnel test under a joint U.S. Air Force/National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) program. The purpose of the test is to generate data for comparison with flight data obtained at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif

An X-24B lifting body model is being prepared for a wind tunnel test u...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Arnold Air Force Station State: Tennessee (TN) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Phil Tarver, USAF Release Status: ... More

Image showing fold down platforms from the SAP to shuttle from underneath

Image showing fold down platforms from the SAP to shuttle from underne...

The original database describes this as: Location: Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards Air Force Base, California Photographs, Textual Material and a Video Recording Relating to the Space Shuttle Mate-Demat... More

Enterprise and 747 @Mate-Demate Device (MDD) (Looking SW)

Enterprise and 747 @Mate-Demate Device (MDD) (Looking SW)

The original database describes this as: Location: Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards Air Force Base, California Photographs, Textual Material and a Video Recording Relating to the Space Shuttle Mate-Demat... More

NASA DFRC Mate-Demate Device (MDD) view looking east from starboard side Shuttle Access Platform (SAP), port side SAP visible on right

NASA DFRC Mate-Demate Device (MDD) view looking east from starboard si...

The original database describes this as: Location: Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards Air Force Base, California Photographer: Tom Tschida Photographs, Textual Material and a Video Recording Relating to t... More

NASA DFRC Mate-Demate Device (MDD) full side view looking north, showing South Personnel/Equipment hoist and port side Shuttle Access Platform (SAP) and counter-balance

NASA DFRC Mate-Demate Device (MDD) full side view looking north, showi...

The original database describes this as: Location: Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards Air Force Base, California Photographer: Tom Tschida Photographs, Textual Material and a Video Recording Relating to t... More

Secretary of the Air Force John C. Stetson discusses the NASA space shuttle orbiter Enterprise with Major General Thomas P. Stafford, Commander of the Air Force Flight Test Center

Secretary of the Air Force John C. Stetson discusses the NASA space sh...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Edwards Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: AIC David Jensen Release Status: Re... More

An AGM-86 air-launched cruise missile (ALCM) is being released on a B-52 Stratofortress aircraft

An AGM-86 air-launched cruise missile (ALCM) is being released on a B-...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Edwards Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: T. Cunningham Release Status: Relea... More

AN air-to-air front view of a B-1 aircraft with its new paint scheme being refueled by a KC-135A Stratotanker aircraft

AN air-to-air front view of a B-1 aircraft with its new paint scheme b...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Edwards Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MASTER SGT. Paul J. Harrington Rele... More

A bottom view of an F-111 aircraft banking to the right. The aircraft is carrying two B-83 nuclear bomb dummies for testing

A bottom view of an F-111 aircraft banking to the right. The aircraft ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Edwards Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to... More

A left side view of a B-1 bomber aircraft in-flight during testing and evaluation

A left side view of a B-1 bomber aircraft in-flight during testing and...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Edwards Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Bill Thompson Release St... More

Right side view of a B-1 bomber aircraft being refueled by a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft over the base range during testing and evaluation. The KC-135 is assigned to the 141st Air Refueling Wing, Washington Air National Guard

Right side view of a B-1 bomber aircraft being refueled by a KC-135 St...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Edwards Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Bill Thompson Release Status: ... More

A right side view of a B-1 bomber aircraft being refueled by a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft over the base range during testing and evaluation. The KC-135 is assigned to the 141st Air Refueling Wing, Washington Air National Guard

A right side view of a B-1 bomber aircraft being refueled by a KC-135 ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Edwards Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Bill Thompson Release Status: ... More

The space shuttle Columbia takes off with astronauts John Young and Robert Crippen aboard for the first mission into space to test the shuttle's systems. The Columbia is scheduled to land at Edwards Air Force Base, California

The space shuttle Columbia takes off with astronauts John Young and Ro...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kennedy Space Center State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Publ... More

The space shuttle Columbia is launched with astronauts John Young and Robert Crippen aboard for the first mission into space to test the shuttle's systems. The Columbia is scheduled to land as an airplane at Edwards Air Force Base, California

The space shuttle Columbia is launched with astronauts John Young and ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kennedy Space Center State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Publ... More

A right side view of a KC-10A Extender aircraft in flight

A right side view of a KC-10A Extender aircraft in flight

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Edwards Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Brookins Release Status: Releas... More

Artwork: "Rosy Future," Test Pilot Trainees, Edwards Air Force Base, 1981 Artist: Pat Dalton

Artwork: "Rosy Future," Test Pilot Trainees, Edwards Air Force Base, 1...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

An air-to-air left side view of an AV-8B Harrier aircraft over the base

An air-to-air left side view of an AV-8B Harrier aircraft over the bas...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Edwards Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Dennis Brookins Release Status... More

A member of the parachute-test team "flys" a suspended harness trainer at the Flight Test Center

A member of the parachute-test team "flys" a suspended harness trainer...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Edwards Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: P. Hayashi Release Status: Released... More

S06-46-671 - STS-006 - Views of the Edwards AFB landing site from Challenger

S06-46-671 - STS-006 - Views of the Edwards AFB landing site from Chal...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Views taken from the flight deck looking through the front windows of the landing site at Edwards Air Force Base, California. These views were shot just... More

S06-46-663 - STS-006 - Views of the Edwards AFB landing site from Challenger

S06-46-663 - STS-006 - Views of the Edwards AFB landing site from Chal...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Views taken from the flight deck looking through the front windows of the landing site at Edwards Air Force Base, California. These views were shot just... More

An air-to-air left side view of a B-1B bomber aircraft from Edwards Air Force Base, Calif

An air-to-air left side view of a B-1B bomber aircraft from Edwards Ai...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: TECH. SGT. William Belcher Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

An air-to-air left rear view of a B-1B bomber being refueled by a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft during a flight test. This is the first flight in four years for this particular B-1B

An air-to-air left rear view of a B-1B bomber being refueled by a KC-1...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Edwards Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT William B. Belcher Release Sta... More

A left front view of the B-1B test program aircraft, originally the No. 2 B-1 prototype, landing after a test flight

A left front view of the B-1B test program aircraft, originally the No...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Edwards Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Rockwell International Release Stat... More

An aerial left side view of the STS-7 space shullte Challenger on the runway after its landing

An aerial left side view of the STS-7 space shullte Challenger on the ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Edwards Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Harrison Release Status: Released t... More

A left rear view of the Space Transportation System 7 (STS-7) shuttle Challenger touching down on the runway at the end of its mission

A left rear view of the Space Transportation System 7 (STS-7) shuttle ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Edwards Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Wilson Release Status: Released to ... More

A left front view of the Space Transportation System shuttle Challenger (STS-7) moments before touching down on the runway at the end of its mission

A left front view of the Space Transportation System shuttle Challenge...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Edwards Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Wilson Release Status: Released to ... More

Space shuttle Challenger astronauts attend a press conference upon their return from space after completing Space Transportation System Mission 7 (STS-7). They are, left to right, Mission Specialists Dr. Norman Thagard, John Fabian and Dr. Sally Ride; Frederick Hauck, pilot, and Robert Crippen, commander. Ride is the first American woman astronaut to fly in space

Space shuttle Challenger astronauts attend a press conference upon the...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Edwards Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Wetterman Release Status: Released ... More

The space shuttle orbiter Challenger (STS-8) lifts off from Pad A, complex 39 at 2:32 am EDT for the first night launch of the Space Transportation System. the STS-8 mission will conclude wih a nighttime landing at Edwards Air Force Base, California

The space shuttle orbiter Challenger (STS-8) lifts off from Pad A, com...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kennedy Space Center State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Nasa Release Status: Released to Public ... More

An air-to-air overhead view of four Thunderbirds Air Demonstration Squadron F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft in a diamond formation during Open House '83

An air-to-air overhead view of four Thunderbirds Air Demonstration Squ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Edwards Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Harrison Release Status: Released t... More

Right side view of a Grumman X-29 forward swept wing demonstrator aircraft making its first flight

Right side view of a Grumman X-29 forward swept wing demonstrator airc...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Edwards Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Bob Duff Release Status: Released t... More

A view of the interior of a UH-1H Iroquois helicopter

A view of the interior of a UH-1H Iroquois helicopter

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Edwards Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to... More

A right side view of a B-1B aircraft preparing for its first flight. The aircraft will travel from Rockwell International's production facility to Edwards Air Force Base

A right side view of a B-1B aircraft preparing for its first flight. T...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Palmdale State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Mike Dial Release Status: Released to Public... More

A right side view of the X-29 advanced technology demonstrator forward swept wing aircraft on the taxiway

A right side view of the X-29 advanced technology demonstrator forward...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Edwards Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Riggs Release Status: Released to P... More

An air to air left underside view of an X-29 forward swept wing demonstrator aircraft

An air to air left underside view of an X-29 forward swept wing demons...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Edwards Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Paul Reynolds Release Status: Relea... More

Right front view of a B-1 bomber aircraft, with a European One camouflage paint scheme, undergoing maintenance at the Flight Test Center

Right front view of a B-1 bomber aircraft, with a European One camoufl...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Edwards Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to... More

A member of the 426th Supply and Services Battalion releases the sling hooks on 500-gallon collapsible fuel drums that were airlifted in by a UH-60A Black Hawk (Blackhawk) helicopter during Exercise GALLANT EAGLE '86

A member of the 426th Supply and Services Battalion releases the sling...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE '86 Base: Edwards Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera O... More

A Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 164 (HMM-164) CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter lands in the desert during exercise Gallant Eagle '86

A Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 164 (HMM-164) CH-46E Sea Knight he...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE '86 Base: Edwards Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera O... More

CAPT. Mark Borkowski, chief of the Aerospace Launched Missile Branch of the Air Force Astronautics Laboratory, explains a cutaway scale model of a rocket motor nozzle

CAPT. Mark Borkowski, chief of the Aerospace Launched Missile Branch o...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Edwards Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Scott Stewart Release Status: ... More

The space shuttle orbiter Discovery lands on base following completion of the 26th Space Transportation System mission

The space shuttle orbiter Discovery lands on base following completion...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Edwards Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Mike Haggerty Release Status: ... More

The heat-resistant tiles on the nose of the space shuttle orbiter Discovery show the effects of the craft's reentry into the Earth's atmosphere.  Discovery touched down on Rogers Dry Lake a few hours before, successfully completing the 26th Space Transpor

The heat-resistant tiles on the nose of the space shuttle orbiter Disc...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Edwards Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Michael J. Haggerty Release St... More

A front view of a B-2 advanced technology bomber aircraft taxiing at the Air Force Flight Test Center. The B-2 is at the center for its first flight

A front view of a B-2 advanced technology bomber aircraft taxiing at t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Edwards Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Patrick Nugent Release Status:... More

An exterior view of the building housing the world's largest anechoic chamber, the day before its official opening. The facility at the Air Force Flight Test Center is designed to permit electronic testing and evaluation of completely assembled aircraft

An exterior view of the building housing the world's largest anechoic ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Edwards Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Anne Bryant Release Status: Release... More

During the B-2's fifth test flight it is being refueled by a KC-10. The flight lasted one hour and seventeen minutes. Northrop chief test pilot Bruce Hinds and AIr Force LT. COL. John Small of the B-2 Combined Test Force were at the controls. The test flights were designed to expand the flight envelope, demonstrate the handling qualities of the aircraft while flying in the air refueling position and validate the proper fuction of the aircraft' s subsystems

During the B-2's fifth test flight it is being refueled by a KC-10. Th...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Edwards Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to... More

Maintenance vehicles cross the end of Runway 5 on Rogers Dry Lake. The dry lake, which covers more than 60 square miles, has 17 runways that provide ample landing space for test aircraft, space shuttles and aircraft unable to make a normal landing due to damage or equipment failure

Maintenance vehicles cross the end of Runway 5 on Rogers Dry Lake. The...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Edwards Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: CMSGT Donald Sutherland Release Sta... More

STS044-34-006 - STS-044 - STS-44 MS Voss on OV-104's middeck after landing

STS044-34-006 - STS-044 - STS-44 MS Voss on OV-104's middeck after lan...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: STS-44 Mission Specialist (MS) James ``Jim`` Voss, wearing an orange launch and entry suit (LES), sits in the Mission Specialist chair on the middeck of... More

VentureStar by Lockheed Martin Releasing Satellite - Computer Graphic

VentureStar by Lockheed Martin Releasing Satellite - Computer Graphic

This is an artist's conception of the NASA/Lockheed Martin Single-Stage-To-Orbit (SSTO) Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV) releasing a satellite into orbit around the Earth. NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edw... More

U.S. Air Force COL. Joe Lanni (right), Commander of the 412th Test Wing, Edwards Air Force Base (AFB), Calif., and COL. Frank Gorenc (left), 1ST Fighter Wing Wing Commander, Langley AFB, Va., chat after they landed at Langley AFB on Jan. 7, 2005. COL. Lanni landed the first FA-22 Raptor fighter aircraft officially assigned to the 1ST Fighter Wing today here at Langley AFB. (USAF PHOTO by STAFF SGT. Samuel Roger) (Released)

U.S. Air Force COL. Joe Lanni (right), Commander of the 412th Test Win...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Langley Air Force Base State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Samuel Roger, USAF Release Statu... More

U.S. Air Force Brig. GEN. Curtis M. Bedke (left), Commander of the Air Force Flight Center, Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., awards the Bronze Star Medal to CHIEF MASTER SGT. Steven W. Hicks at Edwards AFB, on April 1, 2005. CHIEF MASTER SGT. Hicks was awarded the medal for meritorious achievements while filling a Command CHIEF MASTER SGT. billet at the Joint Special Operations Air Detachment-South Combined Joint Special Operations, Special Operations Command Central from Jan. 20 to May 12, 2003. (PHOTO by Raymond Felix, CIV) (Released)

U.S. Air Force Brig. GEN. Curtis M. Bedke (left), Commander of the Air...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Edwards Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Raymond Felix, CIV Release Status: ... More

S121E05464 - STS-121 - Earth views of the Edwards Air Force Base,California taken on STS-121

S121E05464 - STS-121 - Earth views of the Edwards Air Force Base,Calif...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Earth Observations taken during STS-121. The dry lake beds at Edwards Air Force Base in California.+ Subject Terms: STS-121, Earth Observations (From... More

Base Patrol, 332 D Air Expeditionary Wing

Base Patrol, 332 D Air Expeditionary Wing

Airman 1st Class Eduardo Beas looks for suspicious activities and individuals during a patrol Oct. 2, 2008 at Joint Base Balad, Iraq. Beas, a patrolman with the 76th Infantry Brigade Combat Team Provost Marshal... More

A mockup of an X-15 rocket plane on the set of “First

A mockup of an X-15 rocket plane on the set of “First

A mockup of an X-15 rocket plane on the set of “First Man” at Edwards Air Force Base, California, Feb. 21, 2018. The Air Force Public Affairs Entertainment Liaison office partnered with creators to project and ... More

Maj. Gen. Christopher Azzano, Air Force Test Center

Maj. Gen. Christopher Azzano, Air Force Test Center

Maj. Gen. Christopher Azzano, Air Force Test Center commander, Edwards Air Force Base, California, renders a salute to the U.S. Flag during the joint simulation environment (JSE) ground breaking ceremony at Nel... More

U.S. Air Force Col. Christopher Spinelli, left, 412th

U.S. Air Force Col. Christopher Spinelli, left, 412th

U.S. Air Force Col. Christopher Spinelli, left, 412th Operations Group commander, speaks with Air Force Reserve Col. Christopher Zidek, 413th Flight Test Group commander, Sep. 11, 2018, at Edwards Air Force Bas... More

Lt. Col. “Burner” Griffin, 339th Flight Test Squadron

Lt. Col. “Burner” Griffin, 339th Flight Test Squadron

Lt. Col. “Burner” Griffin, 339th Flight Test Squadron director of operations in the 413th Flight Test Group with Air Force Reserve Command, gives local media a quick view into what it's like to be an F-15 pilot... More

An F-16 Fighting Falcon from the 412th Test Wing’s

An F-16 Fighting Falcon from the 412th Test Wing’s

An F-16 Fighting Falcon from the 412th Test Wing’s 416th Flight Test Squadron performs a fly-by of the air control tower at Edwards Air Force Base, California, Jan. 10. The 412th Test Wing will send a KC-135 an... More

Tech. Sgt. Nathan Barnes, a crew chief with the 169th

Tech. Sgt. Nathan Barnes, a crew chief with the 169th

Tech. Sgt. Nathan Barnes, a crew chief with the 169th Maintenance Squadron at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C., 169th Fighter Wing, prepares an F-16 Fighting Falcon Block 30 to be launched from Joint Ba... More

Tech. Sgt. Roman Contreras, quality assurance, air

Tech. Sgt. Roman Contreras, quality assurance, air

Tech. Sgt. Roman Contreras, quality assurance, air crew flight equipment, 412th Operations Support Squadron, 412th Operations Group, 412th Test Wing, fabricates a cloth mask using available equipment in the Air... More

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Brian Lawson, a boom operator

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Brian Lawson, a boom operator

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Brian Lawson, a boom operator from the 191st Air Refueling Squadron, Utah Air National Guard uses a Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker to refuel an F-22 Raptor, from the 411th Flight Test Squ... More

The crew of a UH-1N Huey utility helicopter from Detachment

The crew of a UH-1N Huey utility helicopter from Detachment

The crew of a UH-1N Huey utility helicopter from Detachment A, Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 773, Marine Aircraft Group 49, surveys for enemy activity while providing simulated close air support for M... More

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (Aug. 17, 2016) Photos

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (Aug. 17, 2016) Photos

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (Aug. 17, 2016) Photos of NASA employees moving the disassembled Phantom Eye, a Boeing-developed, liquid hydrogen-powered demonstrator aircraft, during a transfer from the NASA Ar... More

Master Sgt. Sheldon Newton, 412th Communications Squadron,

Master Sgt. Sheldon Newton, 412th Communications Squadron,

Master Sgt. Sheldon Newton, 412th Communications Squadron, originally of Watha, North Carolina, recites oath of enlistment during a Space Force Transfer Ceremony at Edwards Air Force Base, California, Feb. 11. ... More

Maj. Thomas Hayes, a pilot with the 31st Test and Evaluation

Maj. Thomas Hayes, a pilot with the 31st Test and Evaluation

Maj. Thomas Hayes, a pilot with the 31st Test and Evaluation Squadron, a tenant unit at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., talks with a ground crewman before an F-35A test flight at Mountain Home AFB, Idaho, Feb 1... More

X-1A on lakebed, NASA history collection

X-1A on lakebed, NASA history collection

The Bell Aircraft Corporation X-1A (48-1384) is photographed in July 1955 sitting on Rogers Dry Lake at Edwards Air Force Base, California. This view of the left side of the aircraft shows the change to the X-1... More

Walter C. Williams, NASA history collection

Walter C. Williams, NASA history collection

Walter C. Williams arrived from the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory, Hampton, Virginia, on September 30, 1946, at the Muroc Army Air Field. He had been name... More

X-24B Landing, NASA history collection

X-24B Landing, NASA history collection

The X-24B is seen here landing on Rogers Dry Lake, adjacent to the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California. The X-24B was the last aircraft to fly in Dryden's manned lifting body program. The X-... More

An air-to-air right side view of a YA-10 aircraft firing its GAU-8 30mm gun during a test

An air-to-air right side view of a YA-10 aircraft firing its GAU-8 30m...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Edwards Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to... More

A pilot wears a pressure suit while sitting in the cockpit of a YF-16 aircraft

A pilot wears a pressure suit while sitting in the cockpit of a YF-16 ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Edwards Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Roger L. Cazier Release Status:... More

Rear view of an A-10A Thunderbolt II aircraft showing the spin chute compartment

Rear view of an A-10A Thunderbolt II aircraft showing the spin chute c...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Edwards Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to... More

Dawn Shots of shuttle and 747 in Mate-Demate Device (MDD)

Dawn Shots of shuttle and 747 in Mate-Demate Device (MDD)

The original database describes this as: Location: Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards Air Force Base, California Photographs, Textual Material and a Video Recording Relating to the Space Shuttle Mate-Demat... More

View from forward center of NASA DFRC Mate-Demate Device (MDD) looking north-northeast.  Visible on left is the North Personnel/equipment hoist, the Fold-down Nose Platform in center, and Rollout Platform for Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) forward attach point access above that.

View from forward center of NASA DFRC Mate-Demate Device (MDD) looking...

The original database describes this as: Location: Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards Air Force Base, California Photographer: Tom Tschida Photographs, Textual Material and a Video Recording Relating to t... More

Mate and departure - U.S. National Archives Public Domain photograph

Mate and departure - U.S. National Archives Public Domain photograph

The original database describes this as: Location: Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards Air Force Base, California Photographs, Textual Material and a Video Recording Relating to the Space Shuttle Mate-Demat... More

NASA DFRC Mate-Demate Device (MDD) full aft view looking southwest

NASA DFRC Mate-Demate Device (MDD) full aft view looking southwest

The original database describes this as: Location: Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards Air Force Base, California Photographer: Tom Tschida Photographs, Textual Material and a Video Recording Relating to t... More

NASA DFRC Mate-Demate Device (MDD) view from ground looking west and up at Shuttle Access Platforms (SAPs)- 'A' platform, 'XY' motor platform, and front and rear main hoist hooks and blocks also visible.

NASA DFRC Mate-Demate Device (MDD) view from ground looking west and u...

The original database describes this as: Location: Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards Air Force Base, California Photographer: Tom Tschida Photographs, Textual Material and a Video Recording Relating to t... More

Establishing view, looking north, of NASA DFRC Mate-Demate Device (MDD) and Shuttle Hangar (Building 4833) in foreground, right.

Establishing view, looking north, of NASA DFRC Mate-Demate Device (MDD...

The original database describes this as: Location: Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards Air Force Base, California Photographer: Tom Tschida Photographs, Textual Material and a Video Recording Relating to t... More

View from Helicopter of STS-128 Discovery in Mate-Demate Device (MDD)

View from Helicopter of STS-128 Discovery in Mate-Demate Device (MDD)

The original database describes this as: Location: Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards Air Force Base, California Photographs, Textual Material and a Video Recording Relating to the Space Shuttle Mate-Demat... More

Photos of the model of the Mate-Demate Device (MDD), shuttle and 747

Photos of the model of the Mate-Demate Device (MDD), shuttle and 747

The original database describes this as: Location: Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards Air Force Base, California Photographs, Textual Material and a Video Recording Relating to the Space Shuttle Mate-Demat... More

Shuttle and 747 in the Mate-Demate Device (MDD)

Shuttle and 747 in the Mate-Demate Device (MDD)

The original database describes this as: Location: Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards Air Force Base, California Photographs, Textual Material and a Video Recording Relating to the Space Shuttle Mate-Demat... More

Shuttle and 747 in the Mate-Demate Device (MDD)

Shuttle and 747 in the Mate-Demate Device (MDD)

The original database describes this as: Location: Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards Air Force Base, California Photographs, Textual Material and a Video Recording Relating to the Space Shuttle Mate-Demat... More

NASA DFRC Mate-Demate Device (MDD) 45 foot Nose Platform, looking southeast, view of Crew Module Access 'White Room'

NASA DFRC Mate-Demate Device (MDD) 45 foot Nose Platform, looking sout...

The original database describes this as: Location: Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards Air Force Base, California Photographer: Tom Tschida Photographs, Textual Material and a Video Recording Relating to t... More

A right side view of the Space Shuttle Orbiter Enterprise and its specially-modified 747 transport aircraft being towed to the Weight and Thrust Hangar for vibration testing

A right side view of the Space Shuttle Orbiter Enterprise and its spec...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Edwards Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT D. J. Nieuwsma Release Status:... More

Technical Sergeant Donald D. Tolly, a US Air Force gunsmith from Edwards Air Force Base, California, sights in an M16 rifle for the Edwards team during the 1977 Worldwide Security Police Marksmanship Matches

Technical Sergeant Donald D. Tolly, a US Air Force gunsmith from Edwar...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Lackland Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Richard Diaz Release Status: Relea... More

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