Being as Edwards was not an undergraduate pilot training base, I am curious as to what Iranians would be doing there, at a flight test center? Were they learning to be flight test pilots too, and had they already been through UPT? They were notorious, for not being able to fly airplanes to save their a$$es.
Edwards hosted lots of “allies” back in those days. Remember, Edwards was a large systems command center.
Air Force Systems Command:
Command bases and major units[edit]
Brooks AFB, Texas, 1 November 1961-1 July 1992[6]
USAF Aerospace Medical Center Museum of Flight Medicine USAF Human Resources Laboratory USAF Medical Service Center
Edwards AFB, California, 2 April 1951 – 1 July 1992
USAF Flight Test Center USAF Test Pilot School USAF Rocket Propulsion Laboratory412th Test Wing
Eglin AFB, Florida, 1 December 1957 – 1 July 1992
USAF Armament Development Test Center3246th Test Wing
Griffiss AFB, New York, 2 April 1951 – 1 July 1954
Rome Air Development Center
Vandenberg AFB, California, 21 June 1957 – 1 January 1958
1st Strategic Aerospace Division
Hanscom AFB, Massachusetts, 1 August 1951 – 1 July 1992
USAF Cambridge Research Center USAF Command and Control Development Division USAF Geophysics Laboratory Electronic Systems Division USAF Computer Acquisition Center
Holloman AFB, New Mexico, 2 April 1951 – 1 January 1971
USAF Missile Development Center
Kirtland AFB, New Mexico, 1 April 1952 – 1 July 1977
USAF Special Weapons Center USAF Research Laboratory4900th Air Base Wing4925th Test Group
Patrick AFB, Florida, 14 May 1951 – 1 October 1991
Air Force Eastern Test Range6555th Aerospace Test Group