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Edwards Air Force Base
Sign in to saveAlso known as Edwards AFB, Muroc Air Force Base, Muroc AFB
US Air Force base near Lancaster, California, United States (founded 1935)
Key facts
- Type
- US Air Force Base
- Owner
- Department of Defense
- Operator
- US Air Force
- Controlled by
- Air Force Materiel Command
- Condition
- Operational
- Website
- edwards .af .mil
- Built
- 1933 ( 1933 ) (as Muroc Bombing and Gunnery Range)
- In use
- 1933 – present
- Current commander
- Thomas M. Tauer
- Garrison
- 412th Test Wing
- Identifiers
- IATA : EDW, ICAO : KEDW, FAA LID : EDW, WMO : 723810
- Elevation
- 704.3 metres (2,311 ft) AMSL
via Wikipedia infobox
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Other
- Founded
- 1933
- Location
- Edwards Air Force Base, United States
- Also known as
- AFB
- Status
- Active
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- air base
- Part of
- Air Force Materiel Command
- Named after
- Glen Edwards
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Kern County
- Population
- 2135
- Area
- 44.377479
- Elevation
- 704.4
- Time zone
- Pacific Time Zone
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Official website
- www.edwards.af.mil
- Image
- Edwards Air Force Base, Calif, main base area.jpg
- Households
- 692
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- ICAO airport code
- KEDW
- IATA airport code
- EDW
- FAA airport code
- EDW
- runway
- 11/29
- inception
- 1933-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 0.0039
- patronage
- 160
- water area
- 0.001729
- per capita income
- 23551
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Encyclopedic overview
Other airfield facilities 1x V/STOL pad Source: Federal Aviation Administration
Edwards Air Force Base (AFB) (IATA: EDW, ICAO: KEDW, FAA LID: EDW) 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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Edwards Air Force Base” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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