of the base. All five crew members were killed. Tributes One of Col. Boyd's first orders of business, when he assumed command of Muroc in late 1949, was to rename the base in honor of someone who had given his life to the cause of experimental flight research. By tradition, Air Force bases were named after distinguished individuals who were native sons of the state in which a base was located. Boyd could think of no one more deserving than the bright, young, Canadian-born Californian whose promising career had ended in the skies over the western Mojave. On December 8, 1949, Muroc Air Force Base was redesignated Edwards Air Force Base. During ceremonies on January 27, 1950, a plaque was unveiled, reading: "A pioneer of the Flying Wing in the western skies, with courage and daring unrecognized by himself." It now sits in front of the headquarters of the Air Force Flight Test Center. In 1995, Edwards was inducted into the Aerospace Walk of Honor. In 2008, the family of Captain Edwards donated his diaries to the Air Force Flight Test Center museum. The diaries describe Edwards' experiences during World War II, from when he joined the Army Air Corps, up to a few days before he died. There is a middle school in Lincoln, California, named after Edwards. Notes References Ford, Daniel: Glen Edwards: The Diary of a Bomber Pilot (Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1998) External links Glen Edwards and the Flying Wing Edward AFB History Office biography A Toast to Glen Edwards Check-Six.com - Crash site of the YB-49 - Includes full crew list 1916 births 1948 deaths Canadian aviators Recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross (United States) United States Army Air Forces officers People from Medicine Hat Aviators killed in aviation accidents or incidents in the United States Accidental deaths in California Canadian emigrants to the United States U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School alumni American test pilots Engineers from California United States Army Air Forces pilots of World War II University of California, Berkeley alumni Recipients of the Air Medal Princeton University School of Engineering and Applied Science alumni People from Lincoln, California American aviation record holders 20th-century American engineers Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1948 Military personnel from California