Edwards Air Force Base Edwards AFB is named in honor of Captain Glen Edwards (1918–1948). During World War II, he flew A-20 Havoc light attack bombers in the North African campaign on 50 hazardous, low-level missions against German tanks, convoys, troops, bridges, airfields, and other tactical targets. Edwards became a test pilot in 1943 and spent much of his time at Muroc Army Air Field, on California's high desert, testing wide varieties of experimental prototype aircraft. He died in the crash of a Northrop YB-49 flying wing near Muroc AFB on 5 June 1948. The base is next to Rogers Dry Lake, an endorheic
Afonsos Air Force Base Subordinated to the command of the 2nd Air Force (II FAe), which is dedicated to Search and Rescue, Rotorary Wings, and Maritime Patrol: Subordinated to the command of the 5th Air Force (V FAe), which is dedicated to Transport Aviation: Additionally, the "Batalhão de Infantaria de Aeronáutica Especial dos Afonsos" (BINFAE-AF), an Infantry Battalion of the Brazilian Air Force that guards the Base, and the "Esquadrão Aeroterrestre de Salvamento" (EAS), known as Pára-SAR, specialized in Rescue missions are also based at Afonsos Air Force Base. The base is located approximately 30 km from Rio de Janeiro downtown in the district