From the XB-70 to the Lifting Body: The Golden Age of Flight Testing. Edwards Air Force Base, located in the high desert of Southern California, is widely regarded as the center of the aviation universe. For decades, the dry lakebeds of Rogers and Rosamond have served as the ultimate proving ground for the most radical and advanced aircraft ever built. This video takes you through a timeline of specific test programs that defined the Cold War era of aerospace engineering, showcasing the sheer va

209K views · 5.9K reactions | Rare Footage Of The YA-10A Thunderbolt II Prototype 71-1369. Edwards Air Force Base, 1972 | Aviation And History | Facebook

Located deep in the Mojave desert, Edwards Air Force base is one of the US’s most remote facilities: a perfect site for secret rocket launcher tests. Throughout the 1960s, in laboratories and test sites built into the rocks, scientists worked on the F-1 Saturn rocket engine - the launch vehicle for Project Apollo. | History's Greatest Aircraft

Early this month, the A-10, F-22 and F-35 Demonstration Teams put on a short Air Power Demonstration. Enjoy! | Edwards Air Force Base

2.6K views · 82 reactions | Gen. Arnold W. Bunch, Jr., Air Force Materiel Command commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Stanley Cadell, AFMC Command Chief, visited the 412th Test Wing at Edwards Air Force Base, California, June 11-12. The AFMC command team toured and learned about the added COVID-19 safety measures implemented at the base to continue the test mission. (Air Force video by Giancarlo Casem) | Edwards Air Force Base | Facebook

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24K views · 571 reactions | Popping that canopy and going back to...