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Volume 63, Number 13 Serving the community of Edwards Air Force Base, California September 25, 2015
www.edwards.af.mil – www.facebook.com/edwardsairforcebase
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Sept. 18 marked the Air Force’s 68th birthday and Team Edwards did
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a celebration at Club Muroc.
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