Edwards Air Force Base (AFB) is a United States Air Force installation in California. Most of the base sits in Kern County, but its eastern end is in San Bernardino County and a southern arm is in Los Angeles County. The hub of the base is Edwards, California. Established in the 1930s as Muroc Field, the facility was renamed Muroc Army Airfield and then Muroc Air Force Base before its final renaming in 1950 for World War II USAAF veteran and test pilot Capt. Glen Edwards.
An F-35 Lightning II of the 461st Flight Test Squadron taking off at Edwards Air Force Base
First production P-59A with a P-63 behind
Lockheed XP-80A "Gray Ghost", 1945
Chuck Yeager next to experimental aircraft Bell X-1 #1, Glamorous Glennis, 1947
Kern County is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 909,235. Its county seat is Bakersfield.
Image: Downtown Bakersfield
Image: 2009 0726 CA National Chavez Center
Image: Fort Tejon Barracks from CO Qtrs
Image: F 35 at Edwards