🏛 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 3 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
- 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
Filming locations nearby
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🏙 Towns & cities
Lancaster
🇺🇸 United States
city in Los Angeles County, California, United States
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🏙 Towns & cities
Palmdale
🇺🇸 United States
city in Los Angeles County, California, United States
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Air Force Plant 42
🇺🇸 United States
United States Air Force-owned aircraft manufacturing facility
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
LA/Palmdale Regional Airport
🇺🇸 United States
airport in California, United States of America
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
El Mirage Lake
🇺🇸 United States
body of water
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Mojave Air and Space Port at Rutan Field
🇺🇸 United States
facility located in Mojave, California
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed at Edwards Air Force Base?
5 productions are recorded as filmed at Edwards Air Force Base, including Iron Man (2008), Iron Man 2 (2010) and Captain Marvel (2019). 3 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, at 34.9239, -117.8913.
What other filming locations are near Edwards Air Force Base?
Lancaster, Palmdale, Air Force Plant 42, LA/Palmdale Regional Airport and 2 more, all within about 40 km and listed on this page.
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.