Edwards Air Force Base, California, United States

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Edwards_Air_Force_Base,_California,_United_States
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Royal Air Force station
gptkbp:area 470 square miles
gptkbp:elevation 2,302 feet
gptkbp:established 1933
gptkbp:famousFor gptkb:Space_Shuttle_landings
gptkb:X-15_flights
breaking the sound barrier
gptkbp:formerName gptkb:Muroc_Army_Air_Field
gptkbp:homeTo gptkb:412th_Test_Wing
gptkb:Air_Force_Test_Center
gptkb:NASA_Armstrong_Flight_Research_Center
gptkbp:hostedBy gptkb:Chuck_Yeager's_Bell_X-1_flight
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Edwards Air Force Base, California, United States
gptkbp:ICAO_code gptkb:EDW
gptkb:KEDW
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:California
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Glen_Edwards
gptkbp:nearestCity gptkb:Palmdale,_California
gptkb:Lancaster,_California
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:United_States_Air_Force
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Mojave_Desert
gptkbp:postalCode 93523
gptkbp:runwayLength 15,000 feet
gptkbp:timezone gptkb:Pacific_Time_Zone
gptkbp:usedFor flight testing
aerospace research
gptkbp:website https://www.edwards.af.mil/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Robert_Lawrence
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4