Digital and Print Journal of Aerospace, Defense Industry and Veteran News, serving the Antelope Valley (“Aerospace Valley”) and Edwards AFB, CA. An AerotechNews.com Publication.
Welcome to the December 2022, issue of Aerotech News and Review. Our cover story previews the unveiling of the new B-21 Raider stealth bomber, scheduled for 5 p.m., PST, Friday, Dec. 2.
Also in this issue: Edwards AFB is now a video game star; the X-59 Quesst jet engine has been installed; we remember the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor 81 years ago; JROTC students join the 412th Security Forces Squadron for training; and Bob Alvis’ High Desert Hangar Stories shares how some soldiers in Vietnam coped with homesickness during the holidays!
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And of course, our highlights from On This Date when we remember XCOR Aerospace’s EZ-Rocket flew mail from Mojave to California City; Crew members aboard the ISS hosted a pizza party; the launch of Gemini 7; the launch of Apollo 17, the last manned mission to the moon; when Muroc Army Airfield became Edwards AFB; and the death of Robert Lawrence, the first Black astronaut who died at Edwards in 1967.
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