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Volume 63, Number 3 Serving the community of Edwards Air Force Base, California July 17, 2015
www.edwards.af.mil – www.facebook.com/edwardsairforcebase
Armstrong
leads team to
test effects of
volcanic ash on
aircraft engines
by Jet Fabara
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