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Volume 62, Number 49 Serving the community of Edwards Air Force Base, California June 19, 2015
www.edwards.af.mil – www.facebook.com/edwardsairforcebase
Big thoughts on small business shared in seminar
by Rebecca Amber
Staff writer
More than 80 companies sent representatives to the Air Force Test Air Force photograph by Rebecca Amber
Center Small Business Seminar held June 10 at the Airman and Fam-
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