Early in the morning, a North American QF-86F Sabre from China Lake NWC cruises around the Saline Valley in March 1988. A-18 Hornets are among the most common aircraft in the valley. I had climbed to the top of a ridge of the Saline Range near the spring with a friend when a Gruman F-14A spotted us and proceeded to make a series of passes over our position. The Edwards Air Force Base high speed corridor runs close to the town of Rosamond. The Panamint Valley is also used for military aircraft operations.
Signs warn of the possibility of sonic booms in the valley.
Here a McDonnell Douglas RF-4B from China Lake NWC flies near the ghost town of Ballarat the morning after the Edwards AFB Airshow of 1988. A McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle is seen against the Inyo Mountains early on an October morning in 1988. Boeing B-52G from the 320th Bomb Wing out of Mather AFB flies by Palm Spring on a low level mission through the Saline Valley in October 1988. Grumman A-6E Intruder makes a late afternoon run through the Saline Valley in October 1988. McDonnell Douglas TF-18A training Hornet races past the Saline Range in September 1990.