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Complete NACA Muroc Staff of 1950, in front of original NACA building Complete NACA Muroc Staff of 1950, in front of original NACA building
Photo Number: E-33717
Photo Date: May 24, 1950
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Description: This group photo of National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) employees was taken in 1950 in front of the NACA research building on South Base at Edwards Air Force Base, California.

The team that had been established at Muroc Army Air Field in the later part of 1946 had grown to about 13 members at the beginning of 1947. In September of 1947 the group became known as the NACA Muroc Flight Test Unit with a complement of 27 employees by January 1948. In February 1948 the name of the base changed to Muroc Air Force Base and in 1949 would change again to Edwards Air Force Base.

In November 1949 the NACA Muroc Flight Test Unit became the NACA High-Speed Flight Research Station. In January 1950 there were 132 employees with those numbers increasing to 196 by January 1952.

Keywords: Dryden People; National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics; NACA; Edwards Air Force Base; Muroc Army Air Field; NACA Muroc Flight Test Unit; High-Speed Flight Research Station; Muroc Flight Test Unit

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