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Edwards Air Force Base

California, United States

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Area 51

In Area 51
It is administered by Edwards Air Force Base in southern California. The installation has been the focus of numerous conspiracies involving extraterrestrial life, though its only confirmed use is as a flight testing facility.
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Bakersfield

In Bakersfield
…Weapons Station China Lake and Edwards Air Force Base, lie to the east. Sequoia National Forest is nearby. Inc. (first) 1873 (disincorporated 1876); (second) 1898. Pop. (2010) 347,483; Bakersfield-Delano Metro Area, 839,631; (2020) 403,455; Bakersfield Metro Area, 909,235.
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Palmdale

In Palmdale
…south of the city, and Edwards Air Force Base is northeast. Inc. 1962. Pop. (2010) 152,750; (2020) 169,450.
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Yeager

In Chuck Yeager
…chief of test-flight operations at Edwards Air Force Base in California to join the staff of the Twelfth Air Force in West Germany. Following other routine assignments, he returned to Edwards in 1962 as commandant of the Aerospace Research Pilot School with the rank of colonel. In 1968 he took…
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