The existing Flight Test Museum facility occupies 12,000 square feet within the secured perimeter of Edwards Air Force Base and houses icons of aviation history ranging from the X-1 rocket plane ...

The XF-84H was an ambitious project to reverse-engineer a jet-powered F-84 into a prop-driven aircraft capable of achieving ...

The F-16 is undoubtedly getting a lot of press now that it went to war for Ukraine. However, many forget the tale about the ...

James Walker / NASM On August 24, 1961, a jet streaked over the desert near Edwards Air Force Base. Fast planes were ... view at the National Air and Space Museum in fall 2022.

Stationed at Edwards Air Force Base, she’s part of the elite squadron ... senior curator of aeronautics at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum (NASM) and author of Wings: AHistory ...

The 1983 movie "The Right Stuff" inspired me, and I think broke all kinds of barriers for many. The movie was based off of the book "The Right Stuff" by Tom Wolfe, which featured Edwards Air Force ...

The 49th Test and Evaluation Squadron (TES) has officially revealed the completed heritage orange livery of the B-52H Stratofortress, tail number 61-0028. This striking new look pays homage to the ...

I like to find interesting things to see and do close to Tehachapi, and Mojave has many! One of my favorite places to take a lunch break in Mojave is at the entrance of the Mojave airport where there ...

Yeager would subsequently be selected to undertake training at the USAAF Air Command Flight Performance School, following which he would be stationed at the Muroc Army Airfield in West Virginia, now ...

KERN COUNTY, Calif. (KERO) — Just past midnight, a fire started at a small home near Edwards Air Force Base. After it was over, it ended up being one of the deadliest structure fires in Kern ...

HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah (KUTV) — The U.S. Air Force recently unveiled a fully operational F-35 fighter jet built from the remains of two damaged aircraft from Utah and Florida, earning it the ...

The museum is located at 1100 Spaatz St. inside the Wright Patterson Air Force Base. This area of the base is open to the public. The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force is open 9 a.m.-5 p.m ...