Sept. 18, 2014 Star-Spangled Banner turns 200 An Edwards F-16 flies over Building 1 during a retreat ceremony on Sept. 15 to commemorate the 200th birthday of the United States' National Anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner," which occurred Sept. 14.
Sept. 18, 2014 Triton has first cross-country flight from Palmdale The Northrop Grumman-built Unmanned MQ-4C Triton (SDD-1) left its desert testing grounds Sept. 17 and flew to Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., landing 11 hours later Sept. 18.The ferry flight represents the beginning of the next phase of testing for the program. A joint Navy-Northrop Grumman