- California.
Established in the 1930s as
Muroc Field, the
facility was
renamed Muroc Army
Airfield and then
Muroc Air
Force Base
before its
final renaming...
-
Muroc (also
known as, Rogers, Rod, Yucca, and Rodriguez) is a
former settlement in Kern County,
California in the
Mojave Desert. It was
located on Rogers...
-
Muroc Maru,
officially AAF
Temporary Building (Target) T-799, was a
replica of a ****anese Takao-class
cruiser constructed on the
floor of
Rogers Dry Lake...
-
North Muroc is a
former settlement in Kern County, California. It was
located 8
miles (13 km) south-southeast of
Castle Butte, at an
elevation of 2290...
-
provides a
natural extension to the
paved runways. It was
formerly known as
Muroc Dry Lake.
Rogers Dry Lake is
located in the
Antelope Valley,
about 100 miles...
- in the 1950s. From 1948 to 1949,
Stapp headed research project MX981 at
Muroc Army Air
Field (later
renamed Edwards Air
Force Base) for the
purpose of...
- director.
Established as the
National Advisory Committee for
Aeronautics Muroc Flight Test Unit (1946), the
center was
subsequently known as the NACA High-Speed...
-
industry took hold in the
valley at
Plant 42 in 1952.
Edwards AFB, then
called Muroc Army Air Field, was
established in 1933. The area was once
under Mexican...
- host plane, a
special "loading pit" was dug into the
tarmac at
South Base,
Muroc Field,
where all the
flight tests originated. On 23 July 1948, the XF-85...
- D-558-1 Skystreaks, BuNo 37970, made its
maiden flight on 14
April 1947, at
Muroc Army Air
Field (later
named Edwards AFB). Less than 4
months later, on August...
