Units
- 95th Air Base Wing
- The 95th Air Base Wing is the host wing for Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. -- the 2nd largest base in the Air Force. The wing oversees base day-to-day operations and provides support for over 10,000 military, federal civilian and contract personnel assigned to a 470-square-mile (1,200 km2) installation.
- 412th Test Wing (Tail Code: ED)
- The 412th Test Wing plans, conducts, analyzes, and reports on all flight and ground testing of aircraft, weapons systems, software and components as well as modeling and simulation for the U.S. Air Force. There are three core components for this mission: flying operations, maintenance, and engineering.
- 412th Test Management Group
- 416th Flight Test Squadron: F-15, F-16, T-38
- 418th Flight Test Squadron: Tankers, Transporters
- 419th Flight Test Squadron: Bombers
- 445th Flight Test Squadron: TestOps
There are a vast array of organizations at Edwards that do not fall under the 95th Air Base Wing or the 412th Test Wing. These are called Associate Units. These units do everything from providing an on-base grocery store to testing state-of-the-art rockets.
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