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The Antelope Valley consists of northern Los Angeles County and the southeastern portion of Kern County, California. It lies north of the San Gabriel Mountains and east of the Tehachapis in the Mojave Desert and is at least 2,200 square miles (5,700 km²) in size. The Victor Valley is to the east.1 Aerospace
Edwards Air Force Base, where NASA space shuttles land and where significant amounts of U. S. military flight testing is performed, lies east of Rosamond, 37 miles (60 km) northeast of Palmdale. Edwards AFB's dry lakebeds are the lowest geographic elevation in the valley.
U. S. Air Force Plant 42 in northeast Palmdale is home to Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, and BAe Systems, among other aerospace-related companies. Notable projects assembled and/or designed there include the space shuttle, B-2 SpiritB-2 Spirit Description RoleMulti-role Heavy bomber CrewTwo Dimensions Length69 ft21 m Wingspan172 ft52. 4 m Height17 ft5. 2 m Wing area> 5,000 ft²> 464. 5 m² Weights Empty~ 158,000 lb71,668 kg Loaded Maximum take-off336,500 lb152,600 kg Powerplant Engines bomber, F-117 NighthawkThe United States Air Force's F-117A Nighthawk is the world's first operational aircraft designed to exploit low-observable stealth technology. It is a direct descendant of the Have Blue stealth prototype program. Nicknames Before it was given an official fighter, F-35 Joint Strike FighterThe F-35 Joint Strike Fighter JSF is a fighter plane currently in early development by Lockheed Martin (with partners Northrop Grumman and BAE SYSTEMS. The primary customers are the United States armed forces and the United Kingdom ( RN and RAF), but the, and the Lockheed L-1011The Lockheed L-1011 TriStar was the third widebody passenger jet airliner to reach the marketplace, following the Boeing 747 "jumbo jet" and the Douglas DC-10. In the 1960s, American Airlines approached Lockheed and competitor Douglas with a need for an a Tristar, a passenger jet aircraft.
2 Agriculture
The valley's first main industry as a part of the United States was agriculture. Historically known regionally for its extensive alfalfaMedicago arabica Medicago heldreichii Medicago hybrida Medicago laciniata Medicago littoralis Medicago lupulina Medicago minima Medicago monantha Medicago monspeliaca Medicago orbicularis Medicago polymorpha Medicago praecox Medicago rigidula Medicago rug fields and fruit crops, farmers now are growing a wider variety of crops, such as carrots, onions, lettuce, and potatoes. As housing tracts continue to build in the middle of the valley, the farm operations are now found farther to the west and east sides than in previous decades.
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The largest BoraxProperties General Name Sodium tetraborate decahydrate Chemical formula Na B O·10 H O Appearance White solid Physical Formula weight 381. 4 amu Melting point Decomposes at 348 K (75 °C) Density 1. 7 ×103 kg/ m3 Crystal structure ? Solubility 55 g in 100g open pit mine in the world is located near BoronBoron is a census-designated place located in Kern County, California. As of the 2000 census, the CDP had a total population of 2,025. Geography Boron is located at 35°0'55" North, 117°39'39" West (35. 015177, -117. According to the United States Census B. Public touring is available.
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