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October 2, 2009: Flight Test Nation Week

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Rex Moen (left) District Representative for Senator Roy Ashburn and Lisa Moulton (right), District Director for Senator George Runner, present a legislative resolution to Maj. Gen. David Eichhorn (middle), Air Force Flight Test Center commander. The resolution commemorates Edwards for its historic contribution to aerospace research, progress and development and also officially recognizes Flight Test Nation. (Air Force photo/Mike Cassidy)

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE Calif --

Mr. Rex Moen, district representative for State Senator Roy Ashburn and Lisa Moulton, district director for California State Senator George Runner, presented Air Force Flight Test Center Commander Maj Gen David Eichhorn with a Resolution from the California Legislature proclaiming the entire week of October 10 through 17 as “Flight Test Nation Week.”  The honor recognized Edwards AFB for the more than 67 years of flight testing which has earned the base its reputation as the site of “more major aviation milestones than any other place on earth.”