BREAKING UPDATE: All 8 crew members believed to be dead after B-52 crash at California Air Force base
Edwards Air Force Base is located in the Mojave Desert roughly 100 miles north of Los Angeles.
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Edwards Air Force Base is located in the Mojave Desert roughly 100 miles north of Los Angeles.
A US Air Force B-52 Stratofortress went down Monday morning shortly after departing from Edwards Air Force Base in California, according to military officials. Emergency response crews were dispatched to the scene as details remained limited in the immediate aftermath.
Officials said in a statement that the plane, which was carrying eight people on a routine test mission, crashed shortly after take-off at 11:20 am local time. "Initial indications are that the crash was not survivable."
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Edwards Air Force Base, located in the Mojave Desert roughly 100 miles north of Los Angeles, is a major U.S. military testing facility. The site has long been associated with aviation milestones, including the 1947 supersonic flight by test pilot Chuck Yeager.
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