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Taft Midway Driller
February 2, 2018
“Edwards Air Force Base and China Lake Naval Air Weapons Station continue to give our nation the winning edge in air and sea combat. The county must make sure that wind and solar development doesn't encroach on their critical missions and that China Lake has a sustainable water supply,” he said.
The Bakersfield Californian
January 22, 2018
And many civilian employees at Kern County's two major military installations, the China Lake Naval Air Weapons station and Edwards Air Force Base were ... Public relations staff at China Lake Naval Air Weapons station stated, in an answering machine message, that they were furloughed and unable toÃâà...
Tehachapi News
October 10, 2017
He eventually moved on to the research and development field, taking jobs with KETT Engineering, Matrix Motors and Quoin International, before going to work for the Department of Defense at China Lake Naval Air Weapons Station, where he spent the remainder of his career. He spent much of his spareÃâà...
Wichita Eagle
July 24, 2017
Tony Mazzolini, the man who discovered “Doc” at a bombing range at the China Lake Naval Air Weapons Station in 1987, and eventually brought it to Wichita, stood on the tarmac and marveled at the sight of “Doc” arriving to center stage at the world's biggest air show. “I never realized I'd get it this far,” heÃâà...
Mojave Desert News
June 16, 2017
At the northern end of the Desert Triangle is China Lake Naval Air Weapons Station, which is the U.S. Navy's largest single landholding. China Lake is home to weapons and armaments research, development, and testing. The China Lake Museum Foundation operates the US Naval Museum of ArmamentÃâà...
The Bakersfield Californian
April 14, 2017
In this May 2004 photo, a group gathers around a GBU-43B, or massive ordnance air blast (MOAB) weapon, on display at the Air Force Armament Museum on Eglin Air Force Base near Valparaiso, Fla. U.S. forces in Afghanistan struck an Islamic State tunnel complex in eastern Afghanistan on ThursdayÃâà...
The Bakersfield Californian
April 9, 2017
Some of the names of the weapons systems developed at the sprawling China Lake Naval Air Weapons Station in northeastern Kern County have become well known to Americans: the Tomahawk, Harpoon and Sidewinder missiles; bunker buster precision-guided bombs used for destroying buried orÃâà...
Kern Golden Empire
March 19, 2017
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - The China Lake Air Show returned this weekend to thrill crowds with high flying fighter jets and fun for the whole family -- celebrating 73 years of naval weapons testing. Some of the military's most advanced weapons were on display at the china lake naval air weapons station as wellÃâà...
Kern Golden Empire
March 15, 2017
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - For the first time in 23 years, the world's best pilots will ascend on the China Lake Naval Air Weapons Station this weekend. The show will feature the Navy's world famous Blue Angels. On Tuesday, key influencers in the Ridgecrest community where many of the station's sailor's,Ãâà...
Los Angeles Times
September 15, 2014
The petroglyphs are on the vast China Lake Naval Air Weapons Station in the desert north of Ridgecrest which has been a base of more than a million acres since 1943. Ticket seekers must complete security forms and receive clearance before they can purchase them. (The forms and information areÃâà...
