Edwards Air Force Base, California

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Edwards_Air_Force_Base,_California
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Royal Air Force station
gptkbp:area 470 square miles
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:elevation 2,302 ft
gptkbp:FAA_LID gptkb:EDW
gptkbp:homeTo gptkb:412th_Test_Wing
gptkb:Air_Force_Test_Center
gptkb:NASA_Armstrong_Flight_Research_Center
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Edwards Air Force Base, California
gptkbp:ICAO_code gptkb:EDW
gptkb:KEDW
gptkbp:location gptkb:Kern_County,_California
gptkb:Los_Angeles_County,_California
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Glen_Edwards
gptkbp:notableEvent Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier here
Space Shuttle Columbia first landing
gptkbp:opened 1933
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:United_States_Air_Force
gptkbp:partOf Air Force Materiel Command
gptkbp:runwaySurface concrete
15/33
07/25
17/35
06/24
dry lakebed
04/22
gptkbp:timezone gptkb:Pacific_Time_Zone
gptkbp:usedFor flight testing
space shuttle landings
gptkbp:website https://www.edwards.af.mil/
gptkbp:zipCode 93523
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:412th_Maintenance_Group
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7