‘Iron Man 2′ Shoots Footage At Edwards Air Force Base

I’m not sure if you know that the new Transformers movie worked with the Pentagon on some technological issues, but Steven Spielberg is a pretty powerful guy. Another summer tentpole movie also recently leaned on the government, with Iron Man 2 shooting at Edwards Air Force Base in California.

It’s far from the first time Edwards has been used – and in fact, the first Iron Man spent a couple days there – and given that Tony Stark (Robert Downey, Jr.) deals in weapons contracts, it makes sense for the sequel to wind up there, too.

“Edwards has a long association with Hollywood,” said Col. William Thornton, 412th Test Wing commander. “We have just about every aircraft in the Air Force’s current fleet, 360 days of good weather per year, which is great for filming, and a dessert terrain and landscape perfect for any scene of a deployment.”

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