Tag: Rogers Dry Lakebed
The C-7A travelled across Rogers Dry Lakebed to the AFFT Museum’s restoration hangar where it will await a home in the much anticipated new museum planned to be built outside the west gate of Edwards on Rosamond Blvd A C-7A Caribou that has been sitting at South of Edwards Air Force Base (AFB) for years is now sporting its old...
The 70-minute, 250-mile flight path was within reach of the Rogers Dry Lake runways during which B-1A basic flight evaluation was conducted Taken on Dec. 23, 1974, the interesting photo in this post shows the Rockwell International B-1A taking off for its first flight from Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California. The aircraft landed at Edwards Air Force Base (AFB). The...
The taxi runs tested the structural integrity and movement of C-5's new engines and pylons under rough conditions Taken on Aug. 2, 2006 the impressive picture in this post shows a C-5 Galaxy taxing across a series of ramps laid out on Rogers Dry Lakebed as part of its Reliability Enhancement and Re-Engining Program (RERP). The taxi runs tested the...
The decommissioned B-52 served as an aerial photo calibration target and later a radar target for the sUAS Two aircraft crash exercises have been held on Jul. 31 and on Aug. 3, 2017 at Edwards Air Force Base (AFB), Calif.. During both drills members of the 812th Civil Engineer Squadron (CES) teamed with the Emerging Technologies Combined Test Force (ETCTF) to...
