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The Weaver mount was developed by William Ralph Weaver (1905 – 8 November 1975) at his telescopic sight company W.R. Weaver Co., which he founded in 1930. [3] Previous systems included the Leupold/Redfield mounts. [4] Compared to the Leupold mount, the Weaver rail is not as strong and cannot be adjusted for windage. [4]
List of military installations in Texas Installation name Location Notes Kelly Field / Joint Base San Antonio San Antonio: formerly Kelly Air Force Base Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base: Houston: Lackland Air Force Base: San Antonio Randolph Air Force Base: San Antonio Fort Sam Houston: San Antonio Camp Bullis: San Antonio Martindale Army Air ...
Redfield CDP, Texas – Racial and ethnic composition Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race. Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) Pop 2010 [18] Pop 2020 [17] % 2010 % 2020 White alone ...
A double cantilever hangar is a type of hangar that was constructed by the United States Air Force during the Cold War.Large hangars were constructed at Castle Air Force Base, Carswell Air Force Base, Loring Air Force Base, McGuire Air Force Base, and Pease Air Force Base, while smaller hangars were constructed at Edwards Air Force Base, Hanscom Air Force Base, Homestead Air Force Base, March ...
A gin pole in use loading logs A gin pole used to install a weather vane atop the 200-foot steeple of a church Roof trusses being assembled with gin poles. A gin pole is a mast supported by one or more guy-wires that uses a pulley or block and tackle mounted on its upper end to lift loads. The lower end is braced or set in a shallow hole and ...
20 May 1944: B-24J 42-100002 after takeoff crashed 6 miles (9.7 km) north of the base. 2 crewmembers killed. [20] 18 April 1951: B-50D 49-0279 after takeoff crashed 2 miles (3.2 km) north of the base. 1 crewmember killed. [21] 11 December 1953: B-36B 44-92071 crashed into the Franklin Mountains while on approach to Biggs. All 9 crewmembers were ...
In 1946, the US Government excavated 24 million cubic yards of soil from the Neches River, southeast of Beaumont, to create the McFadden Bend Cutoff.This is the location of the fleet.
In October 1969, Killeen Base was designated as West Fort Hood and the airfield's name was designated as Robert Gray Army Airfield. The base was named after a Killeen native who was a pilot of a B-25 bomber on the famous Doolittle Raid in Tokyo in 1942. He was killed later in World War II flying combat missions.