Edwards Air Force Base, California

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Edwards_Air_Force_Base%2C_California

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instance_of	gptkb:military_base
gptkbp:area	301,000 acres
gptkbp:associated_with	gptkb:NASA_Marshall_Space_Flight_Center gptkb:NASA_Glenn_Research_Center gptkb:Hawker_Beechcraft gptkb:Virgin_Galactic gptkb:Textron_Aviation gptkb:Sierra_Nevada_Corporation_Space_Systems gptkb:Aerojet_Rocketdyne gptkb:General_Atomics gptkb:Lockheed_Martin gptkb:NASA_Stennis_Space_Center gptkb:Northrop_Grumman gptkb:Northrop_Grumman_Innovation_Systems gptkb:General_Dynamics gptkb:Raytheon gptkb:L3_Technologies gptkb:Sierra_Nevada_Corporation gptkb:Bell_Helicopter gptkb:Boeing gptkb:NASA_Langley_Research_Center gptkb:NASA_Ames_Research_Center gptkb:NASA_Jet_Propulsion_Laboratory gptkb:NASA_Johnson_Space_Center gptkb:NASA_Kennedy_Space_Center gptkb:NASA_Goddard_Space_Flight_Center gptkb:Rocketdyne gptkb:Space_X gptkb:NASA gptkb:Orbital_ATK gptkb:Blue_Origin gptkb:Mc_Donnell_Douglas
gptkbp:coordinates	34.9525° N, 117.8833° W
gptkbp:elevation	2,300 feet
gptkbp:features	hangars runways test facilities
gptkbp:founded_by	gptkb:United_States_Air_Force
gptkbp:historical_significance	gptkb:X-15_program gptkb:Flight_Test_Center gptkb:NASA_Dryden_Flight_Research_Center gptkb:NASA_Armstrong_Flight_Research_Center gptkb:Space_Shuttle F-35 Lightning II testing Various aircraft prototypes B-2 Spirit testing F-22 Raptor testing Global Hawk testing SR-71 Blackbird testing X-37 B testing
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Edwards Air Force Base, California
gptkbp:location	gptkb:California
gptkbp:named_after	gptkb:Captain_Glen_Edwards
gptkbp:neighboring_city	gptkb:Lancaster gptkb:Palmdale
gptkbp:notable_for	Space Shuttle landings
gptkbp:opened	1933
gptkbp:operated_by	gptkb:United_States_Air_Force
gptkbp:part_of	gptkb:Air_Force_Materiel_Command
gptkbp:used_for	flight testing
gptkbp:website	edwards.af.mil
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Donald_Glover gptkb:Charles_Bassett
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5