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2. WAC Corporal - Wikipedia

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   The WAC Corporal was the first sounding rocket developed in the United States and the first vehicle to achieve hypersonic speeds. [1] It was an offshoot of the Corporal program, that was started by a partnership between the United States Army Ordnance Corps and the California Institute of Technology (named "ORDCIT") in June 1944 with the ultimate goal of developing a military ballistic missile.

3. Flak jacket - Wikipedia

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   U.S. Army soldier wearing a flak jacket in 1971, during the Vietnam War The two components of an obsolete British military flak vest. On the left, the nylon vest. On the right, the 12 layers of ballistic nylon that provide the actual protection. A flak jacket or flak vest is a form of body armor.

4. Little Joe (rocket) - Wikipedia

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   Little Joe was a solid-fueled booster rocket used by NASA for eight launches from 1959 to 1961 from Wallops Island, Virginia to test the launch escape system and heat shield for Project Mercury capsules, as well as the name given to the test program using the booster. The first rocket designed solely for crewed spacecraft qualifications, Little ...

5. Missile Badge - Wikipedia

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   USAF Missile Maintenance Badge, basic. The Missile Badge is a military decoration of the United States Air Force which was first created on 23 May 1958. [1] The "pocket rocket" badge recognizes those commissioned officers and enlisted personnel of the US Air Force who have qualified as missile personnel (both TAC and SAC (now AFGSC)) that have been trained in the maintenance or launching of ...

6. List of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft ...

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   Joe Baugher cites date of 14 April for this accident. 28 April Ten crew are "killed while flying" (KWF) when a Boeing B-29A-40-BN , 44-61677 , [ 45 ] piloted by Victor C. Marston, [ 46 ] of the 581st Air Resupply Group , 20th Air Force , on a routine low-level training mission, strikes a hill on the south end of Okinawa , [ 47 ] three miles (5 ...

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