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Pan American Airways Guided Missile Range Division (PAA GMRD) was a distinct division of Pan American World Airways in the period 1950-1980, responsible as prime contractor of the U.S. Air Force Eastern Test Range, based out of Patrick Air Force Base, Florida.
The Nellis Air Force Range (NAFR) was used to bury wreckage of the 1978 Groom Lake & 1979 NAFR Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk crashes, and additional Cold War accidents at the range included the 1975 NAFR TR-1 crash, [30] the 1979 Tonopah MiG-17 crash during training versus an Northrop F-5, the 1984 Little Skull Mountain MiG-23 crash, which killed a ...
The Florida Missile Test Range was renamed the Atlantic Missile Range (AMR) [4] [5] [6] in 1958 and the Eastern Test Range in 1964; [7] the Air Force Missile Test Center was redesignated the Air Force Eastern Test Range (AFETR) in 1964, [4] [6] [7] then control of the range was transferred to Detachment 1 of the Space and Missile Test Center ...
Emblem of the Western Test Range. The Western Range (WR) [1] is the space launch range that supports the major launch head at Vandenberg Space Force Base. [2]: pg 15 Managed by the Space Launch Delta 30, [3]: pg 25 the WR extends from the West Coast of the United States to 90° east longitude in the Indian Ocean [3]: pg 27 where it meets the Eastern Range [4]: pg 10 Operations involve military ...
Air Force Western Test Range shield. The Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR) was established on 15 May 1964. Initially organized as part of Air Force Systems Command's National Range Division, the Air Force Western Test Range managed all space and missile launches from the West Coast of the United States, which primarily were launched from ...
The Tonopah Test Range (TTR, also designated as Area 52) is a highly classified, restricted military installation of the United States Department of Defense, and United States Department of Energy (nuclear stockpile stewardship) located about 30 miles (48 km) southeast of Tonopah, Nevada.
Designated the IM-99B, this missile underwent its inaugural service test on 13 April 13, 1960. On 3 March 1961, an IM-99B demonstrated the ability to intercept a target at a range of over 400 miles at an altitude of over 80,000 feet. The test program for BOMARC A and B concluded in August 1963 after nearly 150 launches.
The Harry S. Truman Parkway is a north–south freeway through the Savannah metropolitan area between Georgia State Route 204 (SR 204; Abercorn Street) and President Street. Originally dubbed the Casey Canal Parkway , due to the parallel waterway, the project was renamed after former President Harry S. Truman in the early 1970s after his death ...