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C-47 AIRPLANE DEPARTURE WITH EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE CALIFORNIA PILOTS AND HANGAR CREW

C-47 AIRPLANE DEPARTURE WITH EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE CALIFORNIA PILOTS ...

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 8/14/1978 Photographer: MARTIN BROWN Keywords: Larsen Scan Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel

AN AGM-86 air-launched cruise missile is hoisted down to a maintenance stand after uncrating

AN AGM-86 air-launched cruise missile is hoisted down to a maintenance...

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

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

AN air-to-air front view of a B-1 aircraft with its new camouflage pai...

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 Paul J. Harrington Release Sta... More

MAJ. GEN. Philip Conley, commander of the Air Force Flight Test Center, greets Guatemalan Ambassador Rosales during exercise Volant Americas II

MAJ. GEN. Philip Conley, commander of the Air Force Flight Test Center...

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. Harrington Release Status: Re... More

A right side view of an F-111 aircraft during testing of B-83 nuclear bomb dummies

A right side view of an F-111 aircraft during testing of B-83 nuclear ...

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

S01-12-308 - STS-001 - Mojave Desert, California

S01-12-308 - STS-001 - Mojave Desert, California

The original finding aid described this as: Description: An orbital view of the space shuttle landing strip at the Mojave Desert dry lakebeds (35.0N, 118.0W) of Edwards Air Force Base, California. Just beneath... 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: SSGT Bill Thompson Release Status: ... More

A right rear view of a B-1 bomber aircraft over the base during testing and evaluation

A right rear view of a B-1 bomber aircraft over the base during testin...

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

AN air-to-air side view of an AGM-86 air-launched cruise missile near the Air Force Flight Test Center

AN air-to-air side view of an AGM-86 air-launched cruise missile near ...

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 B-52 Stratofortress aircraft flies overhead near the Air Force Flight Test Center. The Stratofortress is carrying AGM-86 air-launched cruise missiles

A B-52 Stratofortress aircraft flies overhead near the Air Force Fligh...

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

An air-to-air left underside view of an F-16B Fighting Falcon aircraft with a glide bomb mounted on the right outboard wing pylon, AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles on the wingtips, and an AN/ALQ-119 Electronic Countermeasures (ECM) pod on the fuselage centerline. A spin-control parachute container is attached to the aircraft`s tail section

An air-to-air left underside view of an F-16B Fighting Falcon 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: SSGT Dennis L. Brookins Release Sta... More

Right side view of the Columbia space shuttle orbiter landing

Right side view of the Columbia space shuttle orbiter landing

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: Afsc Release Status: Released to Pu... More

Right side view of the parked 747 Shuttle carrier aircraft with the Enterprise Space Shuttle Orbiter mounted on top

Right side view of the parked 747 Shuttle carrier aircraft with the En...

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: Afsc Release Status: Released to Pu... More

A left side view of a KC-10A Extender aircraft refueling an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft in flight

A left side view of a KC-10A Extender aircraft refueling an F-16 Fight...

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 Rose Release Status: Released t... More

Artwork: "Astronauts - First Weightless Solo, Edwards Air Force Base - 1971" Artist: Chris Kenyon

Artwork: "Astronauts - First Weightless Solo, Edwards Air Force Base -...

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

A view of the 6505th Supply Squadron storage retriever showing the automated storage rack section

A view of the 6505th Supply Squadron storage retriever showing the aut...

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

A front view of the B-1 bomber aircraft on the runway after returning from the Farnborough Air Show in England

A front view of the B-1 bomber aircraft on the runway after returning ...

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: Garfield F. Jones Release Status: R... More

S09-31-1000 - STS-009 - Earth observations taken by the STS-9 crew

S09-31-1000 - STS-009 - Earth observations taken by the STS-9 crew

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Earth observation as seen by the STS-9 crew aboard the orbiter Columbia includes: Good view of Edwards Air Force Base, California. Subject Terms: EART... More

S06-46-665 - STS-006 - Views of the Edwards AFB landing site from Challenger

S06-46-665 - 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 right side view of a Northrop F-20 Tigershark aircraft during a demonstration

An air-to-air right side view of a Northrop F-20 Tigershark aircraft d...

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: Northrop Corporation Release Status... More

S06-46-641 - STS-006 - Views of the Edwards AFB landing site from Challenger

S06-46-641 - 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 rear view of a B-1B bomber being refueled by a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft during a test flight. 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 right rear view of the first B-1B bomber testbed aircraft (originally the No. 2 B-1 prototype) taking off from a runway at the Air Force Flight Test Center

A right rear view of the first B-1B bomber testbed aircraft (originall...

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

A front view of the first B-1B bomber testbed aircraft (originally the No. 2 B-1 prototype) being serviced on the flight line at the Air Force Flight Test Center

A front view of the first B-1B bomber testbed aircraft (originally 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: Paul Reynolds Release Status: Relea... More

The space shuttle orbiter Challenger (STS-8) makes the first nighttime landing of the Space Transportation System as it touches down on Runway 22 at 12:40 am PDT at the end of a six-day mission. Aboard the shuttle are: Richard H. Truly, commander; Daniel Brandenstein, pilot; and mission specialists Guion S. Bluford, Dale A. Gardner and Dr. William E. Thornton

The space shuttle orbiter Challenger (STS-8) makes the first nighttime...

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: Nasa Release Status: Released to Pu... More

An aerial view of F-16 CTF building No. 1642

An aerial view of F-16 CTF building No. 1642

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: Hinson Release Status: Released to ... More

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

Left front view of a B-1 bomber aircraft, with a European One camoufla...

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

An air to air left side view of a T-46 aircraft

An air to air left side view of a T-46 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: Scavio Release Status: Released to ... More

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

An air-to-air left side view of an F-16B Fighting Falcon aircraft firi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Reynolds Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Ser... More

A right side view of a B-2 advanced technology bomber aircraft on the flight line at the Air Force Flight Test Center for its first test flight

A right side view of a B-2 advanced technology bomber aircraft 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: Bob Simons Release Status: Released... More

A right side view of a B-2 advanced technology bomber aircraft on the flight line at the Air Force Flight Test Center for its first test flight

A right side view of a B-2 advanced technology bomber aircraft 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: Bob Simons Release Status: Released... More

A left side view of the front of a B-2 advanced technology bomber aircraft as it prepares for its first flight, at the Air Force Flight Test Center

A left side view of the front of a B-2 advanced technology bomber 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: Alan Wycheck Release Status: Releas... More

A tractor pulls a 13-wheel trailer along a runway located on Rogers Dry Lake. The trailer, known as a "wobble wagon," is used to smooth out the surfaces of the 17 silt and clay runways located on the dry lake

A tractor pulls a 13-wheel trailer along a runway located on Rogers Dr...

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

Front view of C-5 Aircraft in Weight and Balance hangar. Process is verifying the vertical center of field gravity for the aircraft. Part of the Air Mobility Command Simulation upgrade program on C-5, Tail No. 85010

Front view of C-5 Aircraft in Weight and Balance hangar. Process is ve...

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: Derek Lawrence Release Status: Rele... More

US Air Force and contract maintainers with the F-22 Raptor Combined Test Force at Edwards Air Force Base, California, stand by as a F-22 pilot prepares for a test flight on March 1ST, 1999

US Air Force and contract maintainers with the F-22 Raptor Combined Te...

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 Andrew Dunaway Ii, USAF Releas... More

US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Johanna Farmer, Life Support Technician for the Combined Test Force of the F-22 Raptors at Edwards Air Force Base, California, preps a new helmet on March 1ST, 1999, which is lighter and neutralizes cockpit noise electronically

US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Johanna Farmer, Life Support Technician for...

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 Andrew Dunaway Ii, USAF Releas... More

SENIOR AIRMAN Maryann Yu is glad to be stationed at Edwards AFB. Her main goal while stationed there is to earn a bachelor's degree from Chapman University, she describes Edwards as a perfect place to do it. AIRMAN Magazine's article High-desert Hideaway by MASTER Sergeant Louis Arana-Barradas describes life on the desert base by Air Force members stationed there. The base has made major improvements in quality life issues such as housing, gymnasium, restaurants, off-duty education opportunities and recreation. (AIRMAN Magazine/July 1999)

SENIOR AIRMAN Maryann Yu is glad to be stationed at Edwards AFB. Her m...

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 Mark Borosch Release Status: R... More

Clutching his MILES (Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System) gear beeper, SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Matt Zizzo, USAF, 30th Security Forces Squadron, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, realizes hes been "killed" by aggressor Technical Sergeant Darrin Hooten, USAF, 95th Security Forces Squadron, Edwards Air Force Base, California, during the security forces tactics tion. SRA Zizzo is using a Colt 5.56 mm M16A2 rifle with a MILES Infrared transceiver. GUARDIAN CHALLENGE, the world's premier space and missile tion, is a four-day event hosted annually at Vandenberg AFB, CA "to recognize the best and demonstrate the commands warfighting skills. GUARDIAN CHALLENGE creates...

Clutching his MILES (Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System) gear...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Clutching his MILES (Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System) gear beeper, SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Matt Zizzo, USAF, 30th Securi... More

Sitting at the controls, Major George Barth, pilot, 31st Test and Evaluation Squadron, Edwards Air Force Base, California, flies the RQ-4A Global Hawk, from inside the Mission Control Element (MCE), at RAAF Base Edinburgh, Adelaide, Australia, in support of Exercise TANDEM THRUST 01. The MCE is responsible for key mission plan elements to include flight, communication, sensor processing; and aircraft and mission payload control. TANDEM THRUST 2001 a combined US, Australian, and Canadian military exercise for crisis action planning and execution of contingency response operations. The biannual exercise is held in the vicinity of Shoalwater Bay training area in Queensland, Australia

Sitting at the controls, Major George Barth, pilot, 31st Test and Eval...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: TANDEM THRUST 01 Base: Adelaide State: Queensland Country: Australia (AUS) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Jeremy Lock, USAF Re... More

Recovery crews tow the Global Hawk unmanned aircraft after its arrival at Langley Air Force Base. The aircraft flew non-stop from Edwards Air Force Base, California to Langley, Virginia, as part of a NATO seminar hosted by the Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic

Recovery crews tow the Global Hawk unmanned aircraft after its arrival...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Langley Air Force Base State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC Scene Camera Operator: TSGT J... More

Recovery crews tow the Global Hawk unmanned aircraft after its arrival at Langley Air Force Base. The aircraft flew non-stop from Edwards Air Force Base, California, to Langley, Virginia, as part of a NATO seminar hosted by the Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic

Recovery crews tow the Global Hawk unmanned aircraft after its arrival...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Langley Air Force Base State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC Scene Camera Operator: TSGT J... More

Patrick Didier, SENIOR Crew Technician, Northrop Grumman Ryan Aeronautical Center documents the wieght of the Global Hawk unmanned aircraft after its arrival at Langley Air Force Base. The aircraft flew non-stop from Edwards Air Force Base, California, to Langley, Virginia, as part of a NATO seminar hosted by the Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic

Patrick Didier, SENIOR Crew Technician, Northrop Grumman Ryan Aeronaut...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Langley Air Force Base State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC Scene Camera Operator: TSGT J... More

The Global Hawk unmanned aircraft is weighed and systems checked after its arrival at Langley AFB. The aircraft flew non-stop from Edwards Air Force Base, California, to Langley, Virginia, as part of a NATO seminar hosted by the Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic

The Global Hawk unmanned aircraft is weighed and systems checked after...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Langley Air Force Base State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC Scene Camera Operator: TSGT J... More

U.S. Air Force COL. Joe Lanni, Commander of the 412th Test Wing, Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., holds his position while maintenance crew of the 27th Fighter Squadron safe up his F/A-22 Raptor fighter aircraft at Langley Air Force Base (AFB), Va., on Jan. 7, 2005. COL. Lanni landed the first FA-22 Raptor officially assigned to the 1ST Fighter Wing here at Langley AFB. (USAF PHOTO by STAFF SGT. Samuel Roger) (Released)

U.S. Air Force COL. Joe Lanni, Commander of the 412th Test Wing, Edwar...

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

An aerial view of the maiden flight of the second U.S. Navy RQ-4A Gobal Hawk Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) en route to Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., from Palmdale, Calif., Jun. 7, 2005.  Mr. Walter Jablow is the chase pilot for this aircraft.  (U.S. Air Force photo by Jim Shryne) (Released)

An aerial view of the maiden flight of the second U.S. Navy RQ-4A Goba...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: James E. Shryne III, CIV, USAF Release Status: Released to Public... More

S121E05463 - STS-121 - Earth views of the Edwards Air Force Base,California taken on STS-121

S121E05463 - 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

Pathfinder aircraft checkout flight, NASA history collection

Pathfinder aircraft checkout flight, NASA history collection

The Pathfinder solar-powered research aircraft is silhouetted against a clear blue sky as it soars aloft during a checkout flight from the Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California, in November, 1996. ... More

NASA STS-125, Dryden history gallery

NASA STS-125, Dryden history gallery

ED09-0127-101 NASA Dryden photographer Jim Ross captured this overhead view of Space Shuttle Atlantis atop NASA's modified 747 carrier aircraft over California's high desert from an F/A-18 mission support aircr... More

Pathfinder aircraft returning from a flight

Pathfinder aircraft returning from a flight

The Pathfinder solar-powered research aircraft settles in for landing on the bed of Rogers Dry Lake at the Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California, after a successful test flight Nov. 19, 1996. The u... More

NASA F-15D, Dryden history gallery

NASA F-15D, Dryden history gallery

ED10-0283-05 A trio of F-15D Eagles bank right as they fly over Edwards Air Force Base upon their arrival from Tyndall Air Force Base on Sept. 21, 2010. The three high-performance tactical fighter aircraft were... More

Corps completes F-22 relocation project

Corps completes F-22 relocation project

With scissors in hand, Brig. Gen. Carl Schaefer, 412th Test Wing commander (left, and Army Col. Kirk Gibbs, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District commander, prepare to cut the ceremonial ribbon sign... More

Precision Impact Range Area provides space to test

Precision Impact Range Area provides space to test

The Precision Impact Range Area (PIRA) offers unique targets for pilots and engineers to test aircraft and weapon systems at Edwards Air Force Base in California. The PIRA uses cutting-edge technology to measur... More

F-16 Fighting Falcons assigned to the 416th Flight

F-16 Fighting Falcons assigned to the 416th Flight

F-16 Fighting Falcons assigned to the 416th Flight Test Squadron, 412th Test Wing, sit at a ramp on Edwards Air Force Base, California, Oct. 16. The 416th FLTS conducts flight testing on the Fighting Falcons as... More

U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School students conduct a

U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School students conduct a

U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School students conduct a qualitative evaluation flight on a B-52 Stratofortress at Edwards Air Force Base, California, May 8. USAF TPS teaches pilots, navigators and engineers how to ... More

Staff Sgt. Jacob Puente, 912th Aircraft Maintenance

Staff Sgt. Jacob Puente, 912th Aircraft Maintenance

Staff Sgt. Jacob Puente, 912th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, helps line up the AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon Instrumented Measurement Vehicle 2 as it is loaded under the wing of a B-52H Stratofor... More

A KC-46A Pegasus aerial refueling aircraft connects

A KC-46A Pegasus aerial refueling aircraft connects

A KC-46A Pegasus aerial refueling aircraft connects with an F-15 Strike Eagle test aircraft from Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, on Oct. 29th, 2018. The 418th Flight Test Squadron is conducting refueling tests ... More

Team Edwards personnel participated in a game of wheelchair

Team Edwards personnel participated in a game of wheelchair

Team Edwards personnel participated in a game of wheelchair rugby at Edwards Air Force Base, California, Oct. 24. The game was a demonstration headed by the Triumph Foundation, a non-profit organization, in sup... More

The Pasadena City College Tournament of Roses Honor

The Pasadena City College Tournament of Roses Honor

The Pasadena City College Tournament of Roses Honor Band marches in the Rose Parade in Pasadena, Calif., Jan. 1, 2018. The Pasadena City College Tournament of Roses Honor Band was one of 20 bands that marched i... More

Air Force Thunderbird jet #8, flown by Maj. Jason Markzon,

Air Force Thunderbird jet #8, flown by Maj. Jason Markzon,

Air Force Thunderbird jet #8, flown by Maj. Jason Markzon, taxis at Edwards Air Force Base, California, Jan. 16. Markzon, the advance pilot and narrator for the Thunderbirds Flight Demonstration Squadron, visit... More

Edwards Air Force Base Rocket Test Stand 1-C is the

Edwards Air Force Base Rocket Test Stand 1-C is the

Edwards Air Force Base Rocket Test Stand 1-C is the sight of the early static rocket tests that were part of the United Stated Ballistic Missile Defense program and led to the Apollo F-1 engine testing.

A formation flight of F-35 Lightning IIs over Edwards

A formation flight of F-35 Lightning IIs over Edwards

A formation flight of F-35 Lightning IIs over Edwards Air Force Base, California. The 31st Test and Evaluation Squadron recently completed its initial operational test and evaluation mission and six F-35s were ... 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

1st Lt. Brendan Ruchlin, 418th Flight Test Squadron,

1st Lt. Brendan Ruchlin, 418th Flight Test Squadron,

1st Lt. Brendan Ruchlin, 418th Flight Test Squadron, accepts his U.S. Space Force certificate from Col. Randel Gordon, 412th Test Wing Vice Commander, during a Space Force Transfer Ceremony at Edwards Air Force... More

A U.S. Army paratrooper from the 426th Civil Affairs

A U.S. Army paratrooper from the 426th Civil Affairs

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

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 tenth annivers... More

An inert GBU-12 bomb, dropped by an F-35A, impacts

An inert GBU-12 bomb, dropped by an F-35A, impacts

An inert GBU-12 bomb, dropped by an F-35A, impacts next to its intended target during testing of the close air support capabilities of the F-35A at Saylor Creek Range, part of the Mountain Home Air Force Base c... More

NASA XF-92A, Dryden history gallery

NASA XF-92A, Dryden history gallery

E-17346 This NACA High-Speed Flight Research Station photograph of the XF-92A was taken around 1953 near Edwards Air Force Base. The photograph shows an aft view of the XF-92A in flight above a layer of clouds.... More

X-3 Stiletto on Ramp - View from Side

X-3 Stiletto on Ramp - View from Side

This NACA High-Speed Flight Station photograph shows a side-view of the X-3 Stiletto research aircraft on the ramp at Edwards Air Force Base in 1954. The X-3 Stiletto was a single-place jet aircraft with a slen... More

X-2 on lakebed after landing on skids

X-2 on lakebed after landing on skids

This 1952 photograph shows the X-2 #2 (46-675) with a collapsed nose landing gear, after landing on the first glide flight at Edwards Air Force Base. The aircraft pitched at landing, slid along its main skid, a... More

X-15 ship 3 on lakebed. Public domain image of NASA aircraft.

X-15 ship 3 on lakebed. Public domain image of NASA aircraft.

The X-15-3 (56-6672), seen here on the lakebed at Edwards Air Force Base, Edwards, California, was a rocket-powered aircraft 50 ft long with a wingspan of 22 ft. It was a missile-shaped vehicle with an unusual ... More

Members of the flight and ground crews prepare to unload equipment from NASA's B377SGT Super Guppy T

Members of the flight and ground crews prepare to unload equipment fro...

Members of the flight and ground crews prepare to unload equipment from NASA's B377SGT Super Guppy Turbine cargo aircraft on the ramp at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. Th... More

A gunner aboard a YA-10 aircraft fires a GAU-8 30mm gun

A gunner aboard a YA-10 aircraft fires a GAU-8 30mm gun

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

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

Load test of brake system - U.S. National Archives Public Domain photograph

Load test of brake system - U.S. National Archives Public Domain photo...

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 Endeavour and 747 SCA after being mated, backed out of Mate-Demate Device (MDD), photo from right wing of 747

Shuttle Endeavour and 747 SCA after being mated, backed out of Mate-De...

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

Sunrise, STS-126 Endeavour in Mate-Demate Device (MDD)

Sunrise, STS-126 Endeavour 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

Dusk and dawn shots of the shuttle and 747 in Mate-Demate Device (MDD)

Dusk and dawn shots of the 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

Load test of brake system - U.S. National Archives Public Domain photograph

Load test of brake system - U.S. National Archives Public Domain photo...

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

C-47 AIRPLANE DEPARTURE WITH EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE CALIFORNIA PILOTS AND HANGAR CREW

C-47 AIRPLANE DEPARTURE WITH EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE CALIFORNIA PILOTS ...

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 8/14/1978 Photographer: MARTIN BROWN Keywords: Larsen Scan Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel

C-47 AIRPLANE DEPARTURE WITH EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE CALIFORNIA PILOTS AND HANGAR CREW

C-47 AIRPLANE DEPARTURE WITH EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE CALIFORNIA PILOTS ...

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 8/14/1978 Photographer: MARTIN BROWN Keywords: Larsen Scan Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel

An F-5E Tiger II aircraft touches down on the runway after completing a test of the 30 mm gun pod mounted on the fuselage centerline

An F-5E Tiger II aircraft touches down on the runway after completing ...

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: J. Porter Release Status: Released ... More

An overhead front view of an A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft in flight during an engine icing test. The photograph was taken from the boom section of a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft

An overhead front view of an A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft in flight du...

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

An air-to-air left side view of an F-16A Fighting Falcon aircraft with 600-gallon fuel tanks on the wing pylons and AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles on the wingtips. This is the first flight of an F-16 with 600-gallon tanks

An air-to-air left side view of an F-16A Fighting Falcon aircraft with...

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: Porter Release Status: Released to ... More

A right side view of an F-111 aircraft during testing of B-83 nuclear bomb dummies

A right side view of an F-111 aircraft during testing of B-83 nuclear ...

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, being followed by an FB-111 aircraft, in flight during testing and evaluation

A left side view of a B-1 bomber aircraft, being followed by an FB-111...

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 flying over the base range during testing and evaluation

A right side view of a B-1 bomber aircraft flying over the base range ...

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

A technician monitors a console in the control room at the Rocket Propulsion Lab I-32 site

A technician monitors a console in the control room at the Rocket Prop...

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 Boyd Belcher Release Status: R... More

A silhouetted view of technicians removing an engine stand from its firing chamber at the Rocket Propulsion Lab

A silhouetted view of technicians removing an engine stand from its fi...

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 Boyd Belcher Release Status: R... More

A left rear view of the space shuttle Columbia landing on a runway at the NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center. Astronauts Crew Commander John W. Young and Robert L. Crippen, aboard the shuttle, were on the first space mission to test the shuttle's system

A left rear view of the space shuttle Columbia landing on a runway at ...

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

An air-to-air left side view of an F-16B Fighting Falcon aircraft with AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles mounted on the inboard and outboard wing pylons and the wingtips. A spin-control parachute container is attached to the aircraft's tail section and an AN/ALQ-119 electronic countermeasures (ECM) pod is attached to the fuselage centerline

An air-to-air left side view of an F-16B Fighting Falcon aircraft with...

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 B. A. Rose Release Status: Rel... More

An air-to-air left front view of an F-16B Fighting Falcon aircraft with an AN/ALQ-119 Electronic Countermeasures (ECM) pod mounted on the fuselage centerline. A spin-control parachute is attached to the aircraft's tail section

An air-to-air left front view of an F-16B Fighting Falcon aircraft wit...

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. Dennis L. Brookins Relea... More

An air-to-air left rear view of an F-16B Fighting Falcon aircraft with a glide bomb mounted on the right wing pylon, AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles on the wingtips, and an AN/ALQ-119 Electronic Countermeasures (ECM) pod on the fuselage centerline. A spin-control parachute container is attached to the aircraft`s tail section

An air-to-air left rear view of an F-16B Fighting Falcon aircraft with...

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 L. Brookins Release Sta... More

An air-to-air right side view of an F-16B Fighting Falcon aircraft with a glide bomb mounted on the right outboard wing pylon, AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles on the wingtips, and an AN/ALQ-119 Electronic Countermeasures (ECM) pod on the fuselage centerline. A spin-control parachute container is attached to the aircraft`s tail section

An air-to-air right side view of an F-16B Fighting Falcon aircraft wit...

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 L. Brookins Release Sta... More

An F-16B Fighting Falcon aircraft prepares for take off with a glide bomb mounted on the right outboard wing pylon, and an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile on the wingtip. A spin-control parachute container is attached to the aircraft's tail section

An F-16B Fighting Falcon aircraft prepares for take off with a glide 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: SSGT Dennis L. Brookins Release Sta... More

A view of a KC-10A Extender aircraft refueling an A-7D Corsair II aircraft in flight. A KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft is visible behind them

A view of a KC-10A Extender aircraft refueling an A-7D Corsair II 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: Harrison Release Status: Released t... More

A view of a KC-10A Extender aircraft refueling an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft in flight. AN F-4 Phantom II aircraft is flying to the rear

A view of a KC-10A Extender aircraft refueling an F-16 Fighting Falcon...

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 Yarnell Release Status: Release... More

A view of the 6505th Supply Squadron storage retriever showing the conveyor belt section

A view of the 6505th Supply Squadron storage retriever showing the con...

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

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