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Tournament of Roses Parade float to honor Edwards pilot for giving gifts of life

An artist depiction of the 2018 Donate Life America Rose Parade Float that will participate in the Tournament of Roses Parade Jan. 1, 2018, in Pasadena, California. In the center piece of the float, Maj. Benjamin Meier’s floragraph will be among fellow honorees whose organs were donated so others may live. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kenji Thuloweit)

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Tournament of Roses Parade float to honor Edwards pilot for giving gifts of life

Maj. Benjamin Meier’s family gathers with his 31st Test and Evaluation Squadron in Hangar 1810 Dec. 8. The squadron helped decorate Meier’s floragrarph, which will be placed on the Donate Life America 2018 Rose Parade Float to honor his memory and lifesaving gifts of organ donation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kenji Thuloweit)

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Tournament of Roses Parade float to honor Edwards pilot for giving gifts of life

A handmade floragraph with Maj. Benjamin Meier’s likeness will be part of the Donate Life America Rose Parade Float. The floral portrait is made of dried flowers, seeds and spices. According to the organization, the Donate Life America’s Rose Parade Float is part of a national effort of more than 50 organizations that have teamed up to deliver a message that becoming an organ donor can help save and heal lives. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kenji Thuloweit)

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412th Test Wing Warrior of the Week

Senior Airman Annarose Schoonmaker is the 412th Test Wing Warrior of the Week. (U.S. Air Force photo by Joseph Pol Sebastian Gocong)

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AF-6 Flight 510 Test 740 WDA-309 Dual AIM-120 Live Fire, Piloted by Maj. Daniel "Flash" Alix, Edwards AFB F-35 ITF Test Pilot.

An Edwards AFB F-35A Lightning II fires an AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile as part of weapons delivery accuracy testing. The 461st Flight Test Squadron and F-35 Integrated Test Force completed WDA testing in early December, which concludes a large and important part of F-35 developmental test and evaluation. (Courtesy photo by Chad Bellay/Lockheed Martin)

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B-1A makes first flight, Dec. 23, 1974

(Edwards History Office photo)

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Leadership wishes Team Edwards a happy holidays

Lt. Col. Grant Vineyard, 412th Mission Support Group (left), and Lt. Col. Cory Naddy, 412th Test Wing Safety Office, greet motorists at the North Gate Dec. 18. A yearly tradition, base leadership and supervisors hand out candy canes and holiday cards at all of Edwards AFB’s entry gates to show their appreciation to the Edwards workforce and wish everyone a safe holiday season. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kenji Thuloweit)

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Leadership wishes Team Edwards a happy holidays

Col. Matthew Higer, U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School commandant, hands a candy cane and holiday card to a motorist at Edwards AFB’s North Gate Dec. 18. The colonel teamed up with Airman 1st Class Jerome Holliday, 412th Security Forces Squadron, for the morning. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kenji Thuloweit)

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Leadership wishes Team Edwards a happy holidays

Tony Rubino, 412th Range Squadron director, hands a candy cane and holiday card to a motorist entering Edwards AFB’s North Gate Dec. 18. The cards expressed a thankful holiday message and provided information that encourages a safe holiday season. (U.S. Air Force photos by Kenji Thuloweit)

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Class 17A ready to ‘shock’ test world

U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School Class 17A pose for a group photo on the graduation stage in Hangar 1623 Dec. 8. (U.S. Air Force photo by Ethan Wagner)

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Class 17A ready to ‘shock’ test world

U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School Class 17A class patch. (Courtesy graphic)

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B-1B Lancer testing

(Edwards History Office photo)

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Cal City VFW post refreshes flag at flying wing crash site

Pictured left to right: Cliff Bearden, Rick Mcendarfer and Don Cook ready a new American flag to be flown at the crash site of the Northrop YB-49 Dec. 4. According to Bearden, members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9375 out of California City planted an American Flag at the crash site years ago and periodically replaces the flag with a new one. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kenji Thuloweit)

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Cal City VFW post refreshes flag at flying wing crash site

Two Northrop YB-49s flying wing bombers were produced for flight testing with the second aircraft making its first flight Jan. 13, 1948. Testing continued with both aircraft until the second YB-49 crashed north of Muroc Army Air Field June 5, 1948, killing all five crew members including Capt. Glen Edwards. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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Cal City VFW post refreshes flag at flying wing crash site

The crash site of the Northrop YB-49 lies north of Edwards Air Force Base and California Highway 58 in the Mojave Desert. A flag planted by Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9375 stands at the crash site. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kenji Thuloweit)

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Cal City VFW post refreshes flag at flying wing crash site

Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9375 members finish planting a new American flag and U.S. Air Force flag at the YB-49 crash site north of Edwards Air Force Base Dec. 4. The Northrop YB-49 flying wing bomber crashed June 5, 1948, killing all five crew members including copilot Capt. Glen Edwards. Muroc Army Air Base was later named Edwards Air Force Base in honor of the test pilot. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kenji Thuloweit)

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Honorary Commanders

Aaron Fong, 412th Electronic Warfare Group, briefs Michelle West on her "mission" in the flight simulator during an Honorary Commanders' event at the Integrated Facility for Flight Avionics Systems Testing. (U.S. Air Force photo by Don Allen)

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Honorary Commanders

A group of honorary commanders, their guests, and commanders from Edwards units check out the aircraft hoist in the Benefield Anechoic Facility during an honorary commanders event here. The hoist is used to suspend aircraft in the building for electronic warfare systems testing. (U.S. Air Force photo by Don Allen)

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Honorary Commanders

Colonel Leland Davis, 412th Electronic Warfare Group commander, briefs the four flights of honorary commanders on their flight simulator missions during a visit to the Integrated Facility for Avionics Systems Testing facility. (U.S. Air Force photo by Don Allen)

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Planes, aviation legends, highlight 70th anniversary

Retired Brig. Gen. Robert Cardenas speaks at the opening ceremony of the 70th Anniversary of Supersonic Flight held Oct. 13 on Ramp 6. Behind him is retired Brig. Gen. Chuck Yeager and wife Victoria. Cardenas piloted the B-29 launch aircraft that released the X-1 experimental rocket plane in which Yeager, a captain at the time, became the first man to fly faster than the speed of sound. (U.S. Air Force photo by Donald R. Allen)

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