LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION AT BASE.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. - Production is under way on the newest group of Air Force recruiting commercials. This is the fourth time in four sets of commercials that production company GSD&M has picked Edwards for filming. ``We come to Edwards because most of the aircraft that we need are here,'' said Daniel Russ, the creative director. ``The Air Force leaders don't want 20- or 30-year-old aircraft in the commercials. They want the new stuff.'' ``And, the weather's always nice,'' he added. One scene features a B-1B Lancer from Ellsworth Air Force Base Ellsworth Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base near Rapid City, South Dakota and is home to the B-1B Lancer. The host wing is the 28th Bomb Wing, which includes an operations group, a maintenance directorate, a mission support group, and a medical group. in South Dakota South Dakota (dəkō`tə), state in the N central United States. It is bordered by North Dakota (N), Minnesota and Iowa (E), Nebraska (S), and Wyoming and Montana (W). and a pilot from Dyess Air Force Base Dyess AFB (IATA: DYS, ICAO: KDYS, FAA LID: DYS) is a military airport located five miles (8 km) southwest of the central business district (CBD) of Abilene, a city in Taylor County, Texas, USA. in Texas. Previous commercials filmed at Edwards have featured a trio of stealth aircraft - a B-2 and two F-117s - refueling in flight, an F-16 with ``How's my driving?'' and many Edwards personnel. The newest commercials are scheduled to air sometime after September. |
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