Edwards Air Force Base Males had a median income of $27,118 versus $23,536 for females. The per capita income for the base was $13,190. About 1.0% of families and 1.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 1.3% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over. In the California State Senate, Edwards AFB is in . In the California State Assembly, it is in . In the United States House of Representatives, Edwards AFB is in . Edwards Air Force Base Edwards Air Force Base (AFB) is a United States Air Force installation located in Kern County
Edwards Air Force Base exceed , accelerating to a speed of . His moment of glory was tragically brief, however. Just seconds after attaining top speed, the X-2 tumbled violently out of control and Apt was never able to recover. With the loss of the X-2, the search for many of the answers to the riddles of high-Mach flight had to be postponed until the arrival of the most ambitious of the rocket planes—the North American X-15. Meanwhile, the turbojet revolution had reached a high plateau at Edwards. By the time the base was officially designated the U.S. Air Force Flight Test Center in