EDWARDS VISITS RESUME TOURS INCLUDE A.F. FLIGHT MUSEUM, BUS TO THE FLIGHT LINE.Byline: Daily News EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE Edwards Air Force Base, U.S. military installation, 301,000 acres (121,805 hectares), S Calif., NE of Lancaster; est. 1933. It is one of the largest air force bases in the United States and has the world's longest runway. - Twice-monthly public tours have resumed at Edwards Air Force Base. Tours will be conducted on the first and third Fridays of each month between 9 a.m. and noon. Tours will consist of a presentation at the Air Force Flight Test Center Museum and a ``windshield'' tour - by bus - of the flight line. People who want to take the tour must sign up at least a week in advance by calling the community relations 1. The relationship between military and civilian communities. 2. Those public affairs programs that address issues of interest to the general public, business, academia, veterans, Service organizations, military-related associations, and other non-news media entities. section of the 95th Air Base Wing Public Affairs Those public information, command information, and community relations activities directed toward both the external and internal publics with interest in the Department of Defense. Also called PA. See also command information; community relations; public information. Office at (661) 277-3512. Visitors can also get information and register online at www.edwards.af.mil/trip. Tour participants must provide their full name, the last four digits of their Social Security number or a driver's license Noun 1. driver's license - a license authorizing the bearer to drive a motor vehicle driver's licence, driving licence, driving license license, permit, licence - a legal document giving official permission to do something number, date of birth and place of birth, including city and state, or city and country if not born in the U.S. Group tours are available for organizations with 15 or more people. Those tours must be arranged months in advance. A new parking area near Edwards' Rosamond Boulevard gate will serve as the tour starting point Noun 1. starting point - earliest limiting point terminus a quo commencement, get-go, offset, outset, showtime, starting time, beginning, start, kickoff, first - the time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got an early start"; "she knew from the . For years, Edwards conducted tours for the general public every Friday. The tours were halted nearly four years ago because of security concerns after the 9-11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon Pentagon Huge five-sided building (1941–43) in Arlington, Va., that is the headquarters of the U.S. Department of Defense. Designed by George Edwin Bergstrom, it was, on its completion, the world's largest office building, covering 34 acres (14 hectares) and offering . CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Second Lt. Brad Kimberly, chief of community relations for the 95th Air Base Wing, talks to visitors June 17 during the first public tour of Edwards Air Force Base since Sept. 11, 2001. U.S. Air Force |
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