This year the U.S. Air Force celebrates its 70th birthday. Coincidentally, Edwards Air Force Base celebrates the 70th anniversary of the first supersonic flight.
WATCH LIVE: Friday Oct. 13, 2017 at 11a.
To mark the occasion, the installation is holding a two-day event with the Edwards AFB Family Day Oct. 13 and the Run with History event Oct. 14.
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At 11 a.m. Oct. 13, a ceremony featuring guest speakers including retired Brig. Gen. Robert Cardenas will pay homage to the milestone flight made seven decades ago. Cardenas flew the B-29 launch aircraft that released the X-1 experimental rocket plane in which Charles E. Yeager, a captain at the time, became the first man to fly faster than the speed of sound.
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