Landmarks & buildings
Edwards Air Force Base
US Air Force base near Lancaster, California, United States (founded 1935)
United States · 34.9239, -117.8913
Edwards Air Force Base is recorded as a filming location for 2 productions. Wikipedia names it for 7 more.
“During three days of filming at the Edwards Air Force Base in mid-April, around 150 servicemembers were cast as extras.”
Movies filmed at Edwards Air Force Base
- Iron Man 2008
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Iron Man 2
2010
“Scenes were filmed at Edwards Air Force Base from May 11 through May 13.” Wikipedia
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Edwards Air Force Base as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than the statements above, so it gets its own list, each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.
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Captain Marvel
2019
“Additional location shooting in and around the Los Angeles area included Simi Valley, Edwards Air Force Base, and Lucerne Valley.” Wikipedia
- Transformers: Dark of the Moon 2011
- Armageddon 1998
- First Man 2018
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The Right Stuff
1983
“No location could substitute for the distinctive Edwards Air Force Base landscape and so the entire production crew moved to the Mojave Desert to shoot the opening sequences that framed the story of the test pilots at Muroc Army Air Field, later Edwards AFB.” Wikipedia
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I Dream of Jeannie
1965–
“The exterior of the building where Nelson and Major Healey had offices was actually the main building at the NASA Flight Research Center (renamed as the "NASA Dryden Flight Research Center" in March 1976 and as the "Armstrong Flight Research Center" in 2014) at Edwards Air Force Base, north of Los Angeles.” Wikipedia
- Jet Pilot 1957
Filming locations nearby
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Towns & cities
Muroc
United States·2 km east
human settlement in Kern County, California, United States of America
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Landmarks & buildings
Armstrong Flight Research Center
United States·3 km north
NASA aerospace research center in California, USA
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Towns & cities
Desert Lake
United States·20 km north-east
unincorporated community in California
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Towns & cities
Boron
United States·24 km east
census-designated place in Kern County, California
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Towns & cities
California City
United States·24 km north
city in Kern County, California, United States
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Landmarks & buildings
Mojave Air and Space Port at Rutan Field
United States·28 km north-west
facility located in Mojave, California
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed at Edwards Air Force Base?
9 productions are recorded as filmed at Edwards Air Force Base, including Iron Man (2008), Iron Man 2 (2010) and Captain Marvel (2019). 7 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed at Edwards Air Force Base?
Iron Man (2008), covered by 84 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Edwards Air Force Base?
Edwards Air Force Base is in the United States. Its coordinates are 34.9239, -117.8913.
What other filming locations are near Edwards Air Force Base?
Muroc (2 km east), Armstrong Flight Research Center (3 km north), Desert Lake (20 km north-east), Boron (24 km east) and 2 more, all within 40 km and listed on this page with photographs.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, joined to the place's coordinates and Wikipedia article, plus places named in Wikipedia articles, which are labelled per Wikipedia wherever they appear. The photograph is from Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.