Aurora compared to Maine state average: Unemployed percentage below state average. Black race population percentage significantly below state average. Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average. Renting percentage below state average. Length of stay since moving in significantly above state average.
Photo courtesy U.S. Air Force; photo credit: Mike Cassidy. Designated as the Air Force Flight Test Center (AFFTC), Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., is the Air Force Materiel Command center of excellence for research, development, and test and evaluation of aerospace systems for the United States and its allies.
Edwards AFB: For more than 50 years Edwards Air Force Baseâhome of the Air Force Flight Test Centerâhas been the home of more major milestones in flight than any other place on earth. Covering nearly 301,000 acres, Edwards is located approximately 100 miles North of Los Angeles in the Mojave Desert, adjacent to the largest dry lakebed in North AmericaâRogers Dry Lakebed. Edwards' focus today, and in the future, is summed up in the Air Force Flight Test Center's motto: Ad Inexplorata ...