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  2. Hughes Aircraft Company - Wikipedia

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    By the end of that year, the U.S. Air Force had purchased the property and contracted Hughes (and subsequently Raytheon [18]) to operate the site as Air Force Plant 44. Howard Hughes donated Hughes Aircraft to the newly formed Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) in 1953 allegedly as a way of avoiding taxes on its huge income. [19]

  3. AIM-4 Falcon - Wikipedia

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    Leighton, David, ""The History of the Hughes Missile Plant in Tucson, 1947-1960," Private Publication, 2015; McCarthy Jr. Donald J. MiG Killers, A Chronology of U.S. Air Victories in Vietnam 1965-1973. 2009, Specialty Press. ISBN 978-1-58007-136-9. Michel III, Marshall L. Clashes, Air Combat Over North Vietnam 1965-1972. 1997, Naval Institute ...

  4. Raytheon Missiles & Defense - Wikipedia

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    Raytheon Missiles & Defense (RMD) was one of four business segments of RTX Corporation.Headquartered in Tucson, Arizona, its president was Wes Kremer. [1] The business produced a broad portfolio of advanced technologies, including air and missile defense systems, precision weapons, radars, and command and control systems. [2]

  5. Arlington Heights Army Air Defense Site - Wikipedia

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    The Arlington Heights Army Air Defense Site was a Project Nike Missile Master site near Chicago, Illinois. It operated from 1960 until 1968. It operated from 1960 until 1968. Installation started in late 1959 [ 1 ] after the United States Army had purchased 44 acres (18 ha).

  6. Howard Hughes - Wikipedia

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    Hughes acquired 1200 acres in Culver City for Hughes Aircraft, bought 7 sections [4,480 acres] in Tucson for his Falcon missile-plant, and purchased 25,000 acres near Las Vegas. [ 6 ] : 103, 254 In 1968, the Hughes Tool Company purchased the North Las Vegas Air Terminal.

  7. List of surviving North American B-25 Mitchells - Wikipedia

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    It was later sold to Howard Hughes in 1951 and took Elizabeth Taylor to the funeral of her husband, Mike Todd. Hughes sold the aircraft in 1961. [40] [41] B-25D. 43-3318 Grumpy – based at the Historic Flight Foundation in Spokane, Washington. [42] [43]

  8. North Korea expands weapons plant that makes missiles ... - AOL

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    North Korea is expanding a weapons plant that manufactures missiles used by Russia against Ukraine, according to new research from a US-based think tank. The facility produces both KN-23 missiles ...

  9. AGM-65 Maverick - Wikipedia

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    The AGM-65 Maverick is an air-to-ground missile (AGM) designed for close air support.It is the most widely produced precision-guided missile in the Western world, [4] and is effective against a wide range of tactical targets, including armor, air defenses, ships, ground transportation and fuel storage facilities.