WEBVTT 00:04.389 --> 00:07.099 What is this place ? It started as a 00:07.099 --> 00:09.300 railroad water stop on a lake that had 00:09.300 --> 00:12.449 no water , a big lake , dependably dry , 00:12.579 --> 00:15.220 40 square miles with a surface smooth 00:15.220 --> 00:17.700 as glass . Early on , the Army Air 00:17.700 --> 00:19.860 Corps saw it as a bombing range , but 00:19.860 --> 00:22.270 it took an independent air force . To 00:22.270 --> 00:24.899 tap its true potential . What is this 00:24.899 --> 00:28.250 place ? For the better part of a 00:28.250 --> 00:30.361 century , it's where people have come 00:30.361 --> 00:32.361 to test their luck , their spirit , 00:32.361 --> 00:34.417 their visions , their machines , and 00:34.417 --> 00:36.472 themselves . It's a remarkable place 00:36.472 --> 00:38.583 where barriers are broken , frontiers 00:38.583 --> 00:40.889 recede , humanity steps forward and 00:40.889 --> 00:44.319 upward . If it flies faster , higher , 00:44.650 --> 00:47.549 farther , heavier , quieter , 00:47.810 --> 00:51.130 stealthier , smarter , deadlier , you 00:51.130 --> 00:53.241 can bet it proved itself right here . 00:53.509 --> 00:56.060 This is where theories , simulations , 00:56.340 --> 00:58.979 hopes , and dreams are confronted with 00:58.979 --> 01:01.819 cold , hard reality . This is a place 01:01.819 --> 01:05.010 where alliances and partnerships thrive . 01:05.300 --> 01:07.500 It is still the frontier . It is still 01:07.500 --> 01:09.779 dangerous that this was once part of 01:09.779 --> 01:11.580 the wild west isn't a point of 01:11.580 --> 01:13.636 contention . It's a point of pride . 01:13.940 --> 01:16.449 That pioneering spirit lives on in our 01:16.449 --> 01:18.730 people and our projects supported by 01:18.730 --> 01:21.319 engineering , refined by technology , 01:21.489 --> 01:24.519 informed by experience and tempered 01:24.519 --> 01:26.575 with discipline . We're proud of our 01:26.575 --> 01:28.630 history and we make more of it every 01:28.630 --> 01:30.408 day . This is where science and 01:30.408 --> 01:32.297 imagination take to the air to be 01:32.297 --> 01:34.489 tested so that the United States Air 01:34.489 --> 01:38.220 Force can fly , fight , and win . What 01:38.220 --> 01:41.550 is this place ? This is Edwards Air 01:41.550 --> 01:42.190 Force Base .