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Bell X-1A

Capt. Charles E. Yeager seated in the cockpit of the Bell X-1A supersonic research aircraft. He became the first man to fly faster than the speed of sound on Oct. 14, 1947. (Courtesy photo)
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Maj. Robert M. White, X-15 test pilot

Maj. Robert M. "Bob" White in the cockpit of an X-15 rocket plane at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. He became the first pilot to exceed Mach 4, 5 and 6 in the X-15 in 1961. On July 17, 1962, he became the first to fly it in space. (Courtesy photo)
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Joe Walker, a test pilot from NASA

On Aug. 22, 1963, Joe Walker, a test pilot from NASA, flew the X-15 to its peak altitude of 354,200 feet, 67 miles above the Earth's surface at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. (Courtesy photo)
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X-1

The Bell X-1 in flight over Rogers Dry Lake. (Courtesy photo)
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X-13 demonstration

The X-13 demonstrates a vertical landing to a hook device mounted atop its vertical launch/landing platform. (Courtesy photo)
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X-15

The X-15 in flight. (Courtesy photo)
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Lifting Bodies

Lifting Bodies: (from left) X-24A, M2-F3 and HL-10.
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X-29

The X-29 in flight.
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X-31

The X-31 in a controlled flight with a high angle of attack. (Courtesy photo)
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X-35

The X-35 Joint Strike Fighter demontrator
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X-45A

The X-45A Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle technology demonstrator releases an inert precision-guided weapon. (Courtesy photo)
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YC-130, prototype for the C-130 Hercules

The YC-130, prototype for the classic transport aircraft, completed its first flight Aug. 23, 1954. (Courtesy photo)
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Air Force Flight Test Center shield

Air Force Flight Test Center shield. (U.S. Air Force illustration)
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C-17 makes first flight on synthetic fuel blend

A C-17 Globemaster III taxis past the control tower at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., on Oct. 19, 2007. The early-morning flight marked the first flight of the C-17 using a Fischer-Tropsch synthetic fuel blend in one of its engines. All four engines ran the fuel blend in subsequent tests. (U.S. Air Force photo/Jim Shryne)
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Rogers Dry Lake, Calif.

An overhead view of Rogers Dry Lake on Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. (Courtesy photo)
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Encampment on Rogers Dry Lake

In the 1930s, Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., was the Muroc Bombing and Gunnery Range. Photographed is a tent camp on the edge of Rogers Dry Lake then. (Courtesy photo)
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1st Wing at Rogers Dry Lake

Overhead view of the Army Air Corps 1st Wing bivouacked on Rogers Dry Lake, Calif. in 1936. (Courtesy photo)
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1st Wing aircraft

Overhead view of aircraft from the1st Wing of the Army Air Corps parked on the lake bed adjacent to the tent encampment at Muroc, Calif., in 1936. (Courtesy photo)
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Bell XP-59

The Bell XP-59 flies a test mission. The aircraft was America's first jet-powered aircraft, and made its maiden flight on Oct. 1, 1942. (Courtesy photo)
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Lockheed XP-80

The Lockheed XP-80 made its first flight on Jan. 8, 1944. In 1948, the Air Force changed the "P" designation (Pursuit) to "F" (Fighter). The P-80 Shooting Star was the first operational jet fighter, and as the F-80 saw combat in the Korean War. (Courtesy photo)
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