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The recovery of the Discoverer 14 return capsule (typical for the CORONA series) A KH-4B CORONA satellite Discoverer 14 launch 1960, Thor Agena "A" launch vehicle. The CORONA [1] program was a series of American strategic reconnaissance satellites produced and operated by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Directorate of Science & Technology with substantial assistance from the U.S. Air Force.
The Corona program went on to comprise 145 flights in eight satellite series, the last mission launching on 25 May 1972. [1]: 245 CORONA was declassified in 1995, [1]: 14 and a formal acknowledgement of the existence of US reconnaissance programs, past and present, was issued in September 1996. [1]: 4
Discoverer 5, also known as Corona 9002, [1]: 236 was an American optical reconnaissance satellite launched on 13 August 1959 at 19:00:08 GMT, the second of ten operational flights of the Corona KH-1 spy satellite series. Though the satellite was successfully orbited, the onboard camera failed within the first orbit, and the film-return capsule ...
The 6594th Test Group was a United States Air Force Unit stationed in Hawaii at Hickam Air Force Base from 1958 until it was inactivated in 1986.. The 6594th Test Group was established in 1958 to support U.S. Air Force Systems Command missile and space development operations in the Western Pacific area.
25 May 1972 - CORONA M1117 launched; final mission of CORONA program; 12 October 1973 - Existence of NRO is inadvertently leaked through the Congressional Record, an official government publication [5] 15 August 1978 - William P. Kampiles, CIA staffer, arrested after selling KH-11 Technical Manual to the Soviets [6]
Advanced Training at Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, Virginia The Naval Special Warfare Advanced Training Command (NAVSPECWARADVTRACOM) was established 6 December 2006 as a shore activity. It is located at 1 Hooper Boulevard, Imperial Beach , CA 91932-1050 (at the same location as the former NSGD Imperial Beach).
Russia test-fired missiles over distances of thousands of miles on Tuesday to simulate a "massive" nuclear response to an enemy first strike. "Given the growing geopolitical tensions and the ...
Its mission was replacement training of US Air Force and allied air force pilots on the A-37. The squadron's training mission was reflected in a name change to the 6th Special Operations Training Squadron in August 1972. At England, the 6th was initially assigned to the 4410th Combat Crew Training Wing.