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An air-to-air left side view of an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft armed with AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles on the wingtips, six CBU 58 bombs, and two TER 9 bombs. The aircraft, equipped with a 370-gallon fuel tank, is in flight near Edwards Air Force Base and is on its way to the drop zone

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

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

Vice President George Bush and his wife Barbara watch intently as the space shuttle orbiter Discovery comes in for a landing on the floor of Rogers Dry Lake.  Discovery is returning from Space Transportation System mission 26

Vice President George Bush and his wife Barbara watch intently as 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: TSGT Michael J. Haggerty Release St... More

Marine Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Dave Hilmers, left, and Mike Lounge, mission specialists on the space shuttle orbiter Discovery's latest flight, share a joke in front of the crowd assembled to welcome them and the rest of the Discovery crew back to Earth

Marine Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Dave Hilmers, left, and Mike Lounge, 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 Scott Stewart Release Status: ... More

The space shuttle orbiter Discovery is towed down the flight line by a T-300 tow tractor following a successful landing that concluded the 26th Space Transportation System mission.  Trailing behind Discovery are the purge and coolant umbilical access vehi

The space shuttle orbiter Discovery is towed down the flight line by a...

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, USAF Rele... More

Support personnel driving a T-300 tow tractor pull the space shuttle orbiter Discovery along the flight line toward the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Ames-Dryden Research Center. There the orbiter will be place atop NASA's Boeing 74

Support personnel driving a T-300 tow tractor pull the space shuttle 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: TSGT Michael Haggerty Release Statu... More

A right side view of a B-2 advanced technology bomber rolling down the runway for takeoff on its first flight, at the Air Force Flight Test Center

A right side view of a B-2 advanced technology bomber rolling down 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: Alan Wycheck Release Status: Releas... More

LDEF (Postflight), NASA history collection

LDEF (Postflight), NASA history collection

LDEF (Postflight) An overall view of the Space End of the LDEF taken from the Orbiter cargo bay access hatch after landing at Edwards Air Force Base, California. The cargo bay liner is in the left side of the p... More

LTC Raymond E. Yeilding, pilot, adjusts his flight suit with the help of physiological support personnel from Edwards Air Force Base prior to his record breaking, coast-to-coast flight in an SR-71 aircraft. The plane, which is being delivered to the National Air and Space Museum in Washington D.C. for permanent display, made the flight in 68 minutes. Yeilding was assisted by LTC Joseph T. Vida, reconnaissance officer, who is assigned to Detachment 6, 2762nd Logistics Squadron along with Yeilding

LTC Raymond E. Yeilding, pilot, adjusts his flight suit with the help ...

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

A close-up view of a B-52H Stratofortress as it makes a bomb drop. The B-52 and its five-member crew from the 96th Bomb Squadron are attempting to set the speed record for flying 10,000 kilometers, unrefueled, with a payload of 5,000 kilograms. They will fly to northwest Greenland and back

A close-up view of a B-52H Stratofortress as it makes a bomb drop. 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: Richard Kemp Release Status: Releas... More

STS079-817-080 - STS-079 - Earth observations taken during STS-79 mission

STS079-817-080 - STS-079 - Earth observations taken during STS-79 miss...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Earth observations taken during the STS-79 mission from the space shuttle Atlantis including: Salt Lake (060, 065), Branson, MO (069), San Francisco bay... More

US Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Dave Nelson, F-22 Raptor test pilot at Edwards Air Force Base, California, dons flight gear to prepare for a test flight on March 1ST, 1999, as part of the F-22 Combined Test Force including Lockheed, Boeing and Pratt and Whitney

US Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Dave Nelson, F-22 Raptor test pilot 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: SSGT Andrew Dunaway Ii, USAF Releas... More

US Air Force MASTER Sergeants Tom Diaz and Mark Rediker, Armament Systems Evaluators with the F-22 Raptor Combined Test Force, discuss the hydraulic system in the F-22 weapons bay doors at Edwards Air Force Base, California, on March 1ST, 1999

US Air Force MASTER Sergeants Tom Diaz and Mark Rediker, Armament Syst...

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 Lono Kollars, USAF Release Sta... More

STS098-329-024 - STS-098 - Earth view

STS098-329-024 - STS-098 - Earth view

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Earth view over Edwards Air Force Base in California, United States. Subject Terms: STS-98, EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE) Date Taken: 6/15/2001 Ca... More

MASTER Sergeant Andrew Audette, Global Hawk Dedicated Crew CHIEF from the 31st Test and Evaluation Wing, Edwards Air Force Base (AFB), checks fuel density to determine how much fuel is needed to refuel the Global Hawk unmanned aircraft after its arrival at Langley Air Force Base. The aircraft flew non-stop from Edwards AFB, California, to Langley, Virginia, as part of a NATO seminar hosted by the Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic

MASTER Sergeant Andrew Audette, Global Hawk Dedicated Crew CHIEF from ...

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 prepared for towing after arrival at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia. 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 prepared for towing after 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

The Global Hawk unmanned aircraft awaits fueling 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 awaits fueling after its arrival at ...

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 awaits fueling 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 awaits fueling after its arrival at ...

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

Discovery Atop 747 Over The Mojave (EC05-0166-40)

Discovery Atop 747 Over The Mojave (EC05-0166-40)

NASA's modified Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft with the Space Shuttle Discovery on top lifts off from Edwards Air Force Base to begin its ferry flight back to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The cross... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Infantry Marines from 3rd Battalion (BN), 25th Marine Regiment (MAR REGT), Regimental Combat Team-2 (RCT-2), board a USMC CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter, Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 764 (HMM-764), 4th Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), Edwards Air Force Base (AFB), California (CA), on Al Asad Air Base (AB), Iraq, for Operation RIVER SWEEP in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Infantry Marines from 3rd Battalion (BN), 25th ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Al Asad Air Base State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: CPL Adam Ramsey, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

NASA Ikhana, Dryden history gallery

NASA Ikhana, Dryden history gallery

NASA Aircraft Aiding Southern California Firefighting EffortRelease: 07-57 In response to a request from the California Office of Emergency Services and the National Interagency Fire Center, NASA is flying an a... More

Pathfinder ground preparations prior to altitude record setting flight of 71,500 feet

Pathfinder ground preparations prior to altitude record setting flight...

Technicians make final adjustments on the solar-powered Pathfinder remotely piloted research aircraft prior to the craft's taking off on a flight which established a new unofficial world's altitude record for b... More

Pathfinder aircraft in flight, NASA history collection

Pathfinder aircraft in flight, NASA history collection

The Pathfinder research aircraft's wing structure was clearly defined as it soared under a clear blue sky during a test flight July 27, 1995, from Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California. The center ... More

Pathfinder aircraft being assembled - wing assembly

Pathfinder aircraft being assembled - wing assembly

Technicians easily lift a 20-foot-long wing section during assembly of the Pathfinder solar-powered research aircraft at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California. A number of upgrades were made... More

X-31 Enhanced Fighter Maneuverability Demonstrator

X-31 Enhanced Fighter Maneuverability Demonstrator

EC95-43153-2 The X-31 Enhanced Fighter Maneuverability Technology Demonstrator Aircraft, based at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards Air Force Base, California, is secured inside the fuselage of an... More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Patrick Barbarino, 355th

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Patrick Barbarino, 355th

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Patrick Barbarino, 355th Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal technician, reattaches an X-ray generator to a tripod during advanced X-ray training at Davis-Monthan Air F... More

Secretary of State for Defence Gavin Williamson CBE

Secretary of State for Defence Gavin Williamson CBE

Secretary of State for Defence Gavin Williamson CBE (Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) sits in the cockpit of an F-35 Lightning II during a visit to the Royal Air Force's 17 Squadron ... More

Actor Samuel L. Jackson smiles during an interview

Actor Samuel L. Jackson smiles during an interview

Actor Samuel L. Jackson smiles during an interview about his portrayal of Nick Fury in "Captain Marvel" at Edwards Air Force Base, California, Feb. 20, 2019. The movie shot some of its scenes at the base. (DOD ... More

Col. Timothy Spaulding, 412th Operations Group Commander,

Col. Timothy Spaulding, 412th Operations Group Commander,

Col. Timothy Spaulding, 412th Operations Group Commander, presents Staff Sgt. Adam Erickson’s Meritorious Service Medal to his mother, Karen, during a memorial service in honor of Erickson at Edwards Air Force ... More

Lt. Col. Joseph Bincarousky, 412th Security Forces

Lt. Col. Joseph Bincarousky, 412th Security Forces

Lt. Col. Joseph Bincarousky, 412th Security Forces Squadron Commander, hands Detachment 1’s guidon to Capt. Daniel Parsons signifying his assumption of command and activation of the unit at 412th Test Wing Oper... More

Ridley Mission Control Center at Edwards Air Force

Ridley Mission Control Center at Edwards Air Force

Ridley Mission Control Center at Edwards Air Force Base, California, April 24. The $37 million Modular Mission Control Room Upgrade (MMCRU) improvement and modernization program is now underway at the 412th Tes... More

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, greets Brig. Gen. Matthew Higer, 412th Test Wing commander, at Edwards Air Force Base, California, June 11. (Air Force photo by Giancarlo Casem)

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, and Chief Master Sgt. Stanley Cadell, AFMC Command Chief, wash their hands prior to entering the 412th Medical Group clinic on Edwards Air Force ... More

"Captain Marvel" cast members Samuel L. Jackson, Lashana

"Captain Marvel" cast members Samuel L. Jackson, Lashana

"Captain Marvel" cast members Samuel L. Jackson, Lashana Lynch, Gemma Chan and Brie Larson, along with directors Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden, take a photo with Gen. Jeannie Leavitt in front of an Air Force F-15 E... More

Dr. David Smith, Operating Location Air Force Plant

Dr. David Smith, Operating Location Air Force Plant

Dr. David Smith, Operating Location Air Force Plant 42 Director, briefs Representative Mike Garcia during the congressman’s visit to Plant 42 in Palmdale, California, July 8. (Air Force photo by Giancarlo Casem)

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.

David McBride, NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center

David McBride, NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center

David McBride, NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center Director, briefs Representative Mike Garcia onboard the SOFIA (Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy) at Operating Location Air Force Plant 42 in ... 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.

U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to 426th Civil Affairs

U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to 426th Civil Affairs

U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to 426th Civil Affairs Battalion "Airborne," Calif., perform a static jump from a Marine Corp C-130 Hercules during Valiant Warrior II at Drop Zone Farm near Edwards AFB, Calif.,... More

Edwards Air Force Base Atmosphere Laboratory tests

Edwards Air Force Base Atmosphere Laboratory tests

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

A U.S. Marine Corps CH-46, based out of Edwards Air

A U.S. Marine Corps CH-46, based out of Edwards Air

A U.S. Marine Corps CH-46, based out of Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. transports Marines from the Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force 24 to a beach in Ancon, Peru, on July 7. The unit is embarked on t... More

NASA B-47A Stratojet, Dryden history gallery

NASA B-47A Stratojet, Dryden history gallery

E-1004 Boeing B-47A Stratojet NACA 150 landing at Edwards Air Force Base, California. The drag chute was used on landings to help brake the airplane's speed. The B-47A fuselage was 106 feet 11 inches in length.... More

F-107A on lakebed, NASA history collection

F-107A on lakebed, NASA history collection

A three-quarter view of the F-107A (Serial # 55-5120) on Rogers Dry Lakebed at Edwards Air Force Base, California in 1959. It included a movable vertical fin with an area of 83.79 square feet, and a span of 11.... More

Lunar Landing Research Vehicle (LLRV) engine test firing on ramp

Lunar Landing Research Vehicle (LLRV) engine test firing on ramp

This 1964 NASA Flight Reserch Center photograph shows a ground engine test underway on the Lunar Landing Research Vehicle (LLRV) number 1. When Apollo planning was underway in 1960, NASA was looking for a simul... More

X-24A Mounted in Full-scale Wind Tunnel with Simulated Ablative Coating

X-24A Mounted in Full-scale Wind Tunnel with Simulated Ablative Coatin...

This photo shows a technician dwarfed beside the X-24A in a full-scale wind tunnel. The X-24A is white in this photo because it is covered with a simulated ablative coating, which was being investigated as a po... More

X-24A Lifting Body on Lakebed with Control Surfaces in Subsonic, Low-drag Configuration

X-24A Lifting Body on Lakebed with Control Surfaces in Subsonic, Low-d...

This side-rear view of the X-24A Lifting Body on the lakebed by the NASA Flight Research Center shows its control surfaces used for subsonic flight. The X-24 was one of a group of lifting bodies flown by the NA... More

X-24B with Test Pilot Michael V. Love

X-24B with Test Pilot Michael V. Love

This photo shows Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Michael V. Love in front of the X-24B lifting-body research vehicle at Edwards Air Force Base in 1973. Love was assigned as a project pilot on the joint NASA-USAF X... More

A YA-10 aircraft is refueled on the ground by a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft

A YA-10 aircraft is refueled on the ground by a KC-135 Stratotanker ai...

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 rear view of the open spin chute compartment on an A-10A Thunderbolt II aircraft

A rear view of the open spin chute compartment on an A-10A Thunderbolt...

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

Night time shots of Mate-Demate Device (MDD) with all the lights on (empty, no shuttle)

Night time shots of Mate-Demate Device (MDD) with all the lights on (e...

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

Night time shots of Mate-Demate Device (MDD) with all the lights on (empty, no shuttle)

Night time shots of Mate-Demate Device (MDD) with all the lights on (e...

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 side view looking south, showing North Personnel/Equipment hoist and starboard side Shuttle Access Platform (SAP) and counter-balance

NASA DFRC Mate-Demate Device (MDD) full side view looking south, 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

View from above the Mate-Demate Device (MDD), hangar, and runway looking south

View from above the Mate-Demate Device (MDD), hangar, and runway looki...

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

Discovery’s STS-128 mission returns after a mission to the International Space Station. A Disney figure of Buzz Lightyear, space ranger that accompanied the mission after spending 15 months aboard the Station, is shown standing in front of the Shuttle. While on the station, Buzz supported NASA’s education outreach program – STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) by creating a series of fun educational online outreach programs

Discovery’s STS-128 mission returns after a mission to the Internation...

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

An air-to-air view from a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft as its boom lowered, as an A-10A Thunderbolt II aircraft comes up line for refueling

An air-to-air view from a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft as its boom low...

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 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

Secretary of the Air Force John C. Stetson is greeted upon his arrival by GEN Thomas Stafford, commanding general of Edwards Air Force Base

Secretary of the Air Force John C. Stetson is greeted upon his arrival...

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: Charles E. Spizzirri Release Status... More

A left side view of a highly maneuverable aircraft technology (HIMAT) flight vehicle banking to the left over a test range

A left side view of a highly maneuverable aircraft technology (HIMAT) ...

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

Air-to-air left side view of an A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft during a two-seat evaluation

Air-to-air left side view of an A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft during a ...

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 rear underside view of an A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft during the first two-seater flight

A rear underside view of an A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft during the 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: 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 left side view of a B-1 bomber aircraft over the base range during testing and evaluation

A left side view of a B-1 bomber aircraft over the base range during 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: STAFF SGT. Bill Thompson Release St... More

LT. Shelton, one of the chemical engineers at the Rocket Propulsion Lab, stands at a chalkboard

LT. Shelton, one of the chemical engineers at the Rocket Propulsion La...

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: ... More

SSGT Thomas stands at the control panel for the satellite thruster facility, at the Rocket Propulsion Lab

SSGT Thomas stands at the control panel for the satellite thruster fac...

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 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 left side view of a B-1 bomber aircraft over the base range during testing and evaluation

A left side view of a B-1 bomber aircraft over the base range during 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: SSGT Bill Thompson Release Status: ... More

The space shuttle Columbia lifts off from the launch pad for its first mission into space. Astronauts John Young and Robert Crippen are aboard to test the shuttle's systems and to land the shuttle like an airplane at Edwards Air Force Base, California

The space shuttle Columbia lifts off from the launch pad for its first...

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 rear view of the space shuttle orbiter Columbia landing from the first space transportation system test mission

A rear view of the space shuttle orbiter Columbia landing from the fir...

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 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

Shuttle Columbia Post-landing Tow - with Reflection in Water

Shuttle Columbia Post-landing Tow - with Reflection in Water

A rare rain allowed this reflection of the Space Shuttle Columbia as it was towed 16 Nov. 1982, to the Shuttle Processing Area at NASA's Ames-Dryden Flight Research Facility (from 1976 to 1981 and after 1994, t... More

A left front view of a B-1 bomber aircraft as automated ground equipment is used to run its avionics and cool on board systems for testing

A left front view of a B-1 bomber aircraft as automated ground equipme...

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 Bob Simons Release Status: Rel... More

S06-46-648 - STS-006 - Views of the Edwards AFB landing site from Challenger

S06-46-648 - 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

S09-31-997 - STS-009 - Earth observations taken by the STS-9 crew

S09-31-997 - 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

S06-46-647 - STS-006 - Views of the Edwards AFB landing site from Challenger

S06-46-647 - 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

S06-46-653 - STS-006 - Views of the Edwards AFB landing site from Challenger

S06-46-653 - 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

S06-46-659 - STS-006 - Views of the Edwards AFB landing site from Challenger

S06-46-659 - 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

A left rear view of the tail section of the first B-1B bomber testbed aircraft (originally the No. 2 B-1 prototype) at the Air Force Flight Test Center. The aircraft is being prepared for its first test flight

A left rear view of the tail section of the first B-1B bomber testbed ...

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-1B bomber testbed aircraft refuels from an Arizona Air National Guard KC-135E Stratotanker aircraft. Edwards Air Force Base is visible below

A B-1B bomber testbed aircraft refuels from an Arizona Air National Gu...

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

Air-to-air right side view of a B-1B aircraft on its first flight. The aircraft will travel from Rockwell International's Palmdale, California, production facility to Edwards Air Force Base

Air-to-air right side view of a B-1B aircraft on its first flight. The...

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

An aerial view of the parking lot, office complex and old dormitories

An aerial view of the parking lot, office complex and old dormitories

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

An aerial view of building No. 1645/main base

An aerial view of building No. 1645/main base

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

An air-to-air right side view of a B-1B bomber aircraft near Edwards Air Force Base

An air-to-air right side view of a B-1B bomber aircraft near Edwards A...

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

An air-to-air left side view of an F-15C Eagle aircraft with a low altitude navigation targeting infrared night (LANTIRN) pod mounted on the left forward station.  The aircraft is in flight near Edwards Air Force Base

An air-to-air left side view of an F-15C Eagle aircraft with a low alt...

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

An M151A2 light vehicle and trailer is airlifted by a 101st Airborne Division UH-60A Black Hawk (Blackhawk) helicopter during Exercise GALLANT EAGLE '86

An M151A2 light vehicle and trailer is airlifted by a 101st Airborne D...

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

Members of the 27th Marine Regiment are transported to a landing zone aboard a Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 164 (HMM-164) CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter. The Marines are participating in exercise Gallant Eagle '86

Members of the 27th Marine Regiment are transported to a landing zone ...

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 view of the experimental aircraft Voyager after completion of its historic flight around the world on a single tank of fuel during Project Compass Rose

A view of the experimental aircraft Voyager after completion of its hi...

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 Derek Daniel Release Status: Re... More

STAFF SGT. Scott F. Strader, a research and development mechanic at the Air Force Astronautics Laboratory, collects a sample of solid rocket motor proellant from a mixing blade

STAFF SGT. Scott F. Strader, a research and development mechanic at 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: SSGT Scott Stewart Release Status: ... More

Robert Chapman, a civilian research chemist with the Aerospace Launched Missile Branch of the Air Force Astronautics Laboratory, mixes a solution from behind a sealed environmental barrier

Robert Chapman, a civilian research chemist with the Aerospace Launche...

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

Vice President George Bush, left, applauds as the Space Shuttle Discovery touches down on Rogers Dry Lake, successfully completing Space Transportation System mission 26. Beside the vice president is his wife, Barbara; beside her is Dr. Dale Myers, deputy

Vice President George Bush, left, applauds as the Space Shuttle Discov...

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

An F-16B Fighting Falcon chase plane accompanies a B-2 advanced technology bomber aircraft on the B-2's first flight, at the Air Force Flight Test Center

An F-16B Fighting Falcon chase plane accompanies a B-2 advanced techno...

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

S47-50-011 - STS-047 - Earth views and illuminated earth limb

S47-50-011 - STS-047 - Earth views and illuminated earth limb

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Photographic documentation of earth views (001-002, 004-011, 013, 021-038) and an illuminated earth limb (003, 012, 014-015, 017-020). 016 is entirely y... More

A close-up view of the base sign at the front gate

A close-up view of the base sign at the front gate

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: SRA Brett Burkert Release Status: R... More

A close-up view of a B-52H Stratofortress as it makes a bomb drop. The B-52 and its five-member crew from the 96th Bomb Squadron are attempting to set the speed record for flying 10,000 kilometers, unrefueled, with a payload of 5,000 kilograms. They will fly to northwest Greenland and back

A close-up view of a B-52H Stratofortress as it makes a bomb drop. 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: Richard Kemp Release Status: Releas... More

TSGT Jake Brey, an EC-18 (ARIA) crew chief on the ramp in front of the Advanced Range Instrumentation Aircraft (ARIA) which is used for space telemetry and to gather data from missile, rockets and the space shuttle. Exact Date Shot Unknown Published in AIRMAN Magazine March 1997

TSGT Jake Brey, an EC-18 (ARIA) crew chief on the ramp in front of 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: TSGT. Mike Moore Release Status: Re... More

X-33 Simulation Flown by Steve Ishmael

X-33 Simulation Flown by Steve Ishmael

Steve Ishmael flies a simulation of the X-33 Advanced Technology Demonstrator at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California. This simulation was used to provide flight trajectory data while fligh... More

NASA's B-52 takes the X-38 aloft for the seventh free flight of the program, July 10, 2001

NASA's B-52 takes the X-38 aloft for the seventh free flight of the pr...

The X-38, mounted beneath the right wing of NASA's B-52, climbed from the runway at Edwards Air Force Base for the seventh free flight test of the X-38, July 10, 2001. The X-38 was released at 37,500 feet and c... More

MASTER Sergeant Andrew Audette, right, Global Hawk Dedicated Crew CHIEF from the 31st Test and Evaluation Wing, Edwards Air Force Base, California, and Patrick Didier, SENIOR Crew Technician, Northrop Grumman Ryan Aeronautical Center, check fuel density to determine how much fuel is needed to refuel the Global Hawk unmanned aircraft after its arrival at Langley Air Force Base. The aircraft flew non-stop from Edwards Air Foce Base, California, to Langley as part of a NATO seminar hosted by the Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic

MASTER Sergeant Andrew Audette, right, Global Hawk Dedicated Crew CHIE...

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

The Global Hawk unmanned aircraft is fueled after its arrival at Langl...

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 prepared for towing after arrival at Langley AFB, Virginia. The aircraft flew non-stop from Edwards Air Force Base, California, to Langley as part of a NATO seminar hosted by the Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic

The Global Hawk unmanned aircraft is prepared for towing after 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

The Global Hawk unmanned aircraft is weighed and systems checked after its arrival at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia. The aircraft flew non-stop from Edwards Air Force Base, California, to Langley 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

Dryden's two T-38A Mission Support Aircraft Fly in Tight Formation

Dryden's two T-38A Mission Support Aircraft Fly in Tight Formation

NASA Dryden's two T-38A mission support aircraft fly in tight formation while conducting a pitot-static airspeed calibration check near Edwards Air Force Base. September 26, 2007 NASA / Photo Jim Ross ED07-0222... More

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