Edwards Air Force Base | MCU Location Scout

Airplanes on a tarmac at Edwards Air Force Base.

One airport, multiple roles.

IRON MAN – Stark Industries Aviation Division

Tony arrives late (naturally) for his trip to Afghanistan, where Rhodey meets him on the stairs of his private plane. The Stark Industries Aviation Division was filmed at Edwards Air Force Base. This particular building is between Flight Road & Mortland Ave, and houses the McDonnell Douglas F-15B-9-MC Eagle 73-0114.

  • A parking lot and buildings at the Stark aviation airfield.
  • Rhodey stands on a airplane stairway as silver Audi approaches at the Stark aviation airfield.

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Bagram Air Base

Edwards Air Force Base, with some minor tweaks, was also used for Bagram AFB in Afghanistan, where Tony first lands.

  • Airplane and military vehicles on a tarmac at Bagram Air Force Base.

Edwards Air Force Base

Scenes that take place at Edwards AFB, when Tony returns from Afghanistan, actually were shot on the base, near the large Hangar off the main southern tarmac.

  • Silhouetted figures at the rear of a plane on an airfield.
  • Pepper Potts and Happy Hogan wait by a limo on an airfield.
  • An jet on a runway at Edwards AFB.

IRON MAN 2

Edwards AFB played a larger part in Iron Man 2, when James Rhodes commandeers the Mark II armor and rebrands it as War Machine, with the help of Justin Hammer.

  • Aerial view of Edwards Air Force Base, with text reading the same.
  • Aerial shot of planes, runways, and hangars at Edwards Air Force Base.

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(Iron Man, 2008; Iron Man 2, 2010)

CAPTAIN MARVEL – Flashback

Carol has several flashbacks to an Air Force base where she met with Dr. Wendy Lawson and Maria Rambeau.

Once again, the MCU returned to Edwards Air Force Base in California to film these few scenes.

  • Carol Danvers touches the nose of her fighter plane.
  • Carol Danvers outside an Edwards Air Force Base hangar.
  • Carol Danvers walking toward rows of fighter planes at Edwards Air Force Base.
  • Wendy Larson outside an Edwards Air Force Base hangar.
  • Carol Danvers talking to Wendy Larson at Edwards Air Force Base.

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(Captain Marvel, 2019)