Feb. 13, 2023 Celebrating the 100th birthday of General Chuck Yeager Born on February 13th, 1923, General Chuck Yeager with the Bell X-1 team, made world history breaking the sound barrier on Oct. 14th, 1947.
Oct. 19, 2022 Breaking Tomorrow's Barriers Today: A new corridor to Supersonic Flight A new supersonic corridor was unveiled during the 75th Anniversary of Supersonic Flight Ceremony at the 2022 Aerospace Valley Open House, Air Show & STEM Expo. This supersonic corridor was renamed to pay tribute to the courageous team that together drove the world to new feats of human achievement.
Oct. 19, 2022 Edwards Air Force Base celebrates 75 years of Supersonic Flight 75 years to the day after the Bell X-1 proved that the Sound Barrier was only an engineering challenge, the 412th Test Wing hosted a ceremony to honor the contributions of the team behind that remarkable aircraft.
July 27, 2022 History of the Boom: Edwards AFB Air Show revisits the history of Supersonic Flight Edwards Air Force Base, has staged test flights for generations of the Air Force's most advanced aircraft. While it has been testing US military aircraft since the mid-1940s, the Bell XS-1's supersonic flight in the Mojave Desert made Edwards famous and paved the way for decades of flying