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Astronautical and Aeronautical Events of 1962 - NASA's History Office

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308 INDEX<br />

Afghanistan, 99<br />

AFOAR. See Air Force <strong>Office</strong> <strong>of</strong> Aerospace Research.<br />

APOSR. See Air Force O5ce <strong>of</strong> Scientific Research.<br />

Africa, 93, 165<br />

AFSC. See Air Force Systems Comm<strong>and</strong>.<br />

AFSC Management Conference, 68<br />

AFSSD. See Air Force Space Systems Div.<br />

AGARD. See Advisory Group for <strong>Aeronautical</strong> Research <strong>and</strong> Development.<br />

Agate (missile), 44<br />

Agena B. (See also Thor-Agena, Atlas-Agena), 28, 59, 61, 164, 267<br />

Agena D, 237, 266<br />

tests, 168<br />

Ahmedabad, India, 91<br />

AIAA. See American Institute <strong>of</strong> Aeronautics <strong>and</strong> Astronautics.<br />

Air age, 55<br />

Aircraft<br />

construction, 67, 130, 238, 249<br />

records, 116<br />

rocket, 246<br />

Aircraft Industries Association, 244<br />

Aircraft Propulsion Laboratory (University <strong>of</strong> Michigan), 97<br />

Aircraft, supersonic transport, 109, 188<br />

competition, 238<br />

European, 65, 235, 241<br />

U.S., 8, 65, 249<br />

research, 272<br />

studies <strong>of</strong>, 135, 241<br />

U.S.S.R.. 47<br />

Air densit{-681 82<br />

Air Force Association (AFA), 195, 196<br />

Air Force Ballistic Systems Div. (AFBSD), 79, 146<br />

Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories (AFCRL)<br />

balloon. 70. 84. 90. 120. 135. 248<br />

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radiation, 111<br />

radiotelescope, 221<br />

rocket, 70, 104, 215, 270<br />

solar studies, 13, 25, 85<br />

Air Force Communications Service (AFCS), 3<br />

Air Force Flight Test Center (AFFTC), 129<br />

Air Force Logistics Comm<strong>and</strong> (AFLC), 115<br />

Air Force <strong>Office</strong> <strong>of</strong> Aerospace Research (AFOAR), 86, 108, 131, 248, 252, 256, 269<br />

Air Force <strong>Office</strong> <strong>of</strong> Scientific Research (AFOSR)<br />

contracts, 112, 134<br />

meetings, 99, 208<br />

Air Force Space Plan, 17<br />

Air Force Space Systems Division (AFSSD), 62, 254<br />

Air Force Systems Comm<strong>and</strong> (AFSC)<br />

development, 55, 106, 243<br />

invention, 200<br />

management, 68, 104<br />

organization, 40, 43, 47, 131<br />

research. 51. 246<br />

training: 129<br />

Air France, 94<br />

Airglow, 93, 110, 117, 175, 198, 209<br />

Airports, 137<br />

Airport Surface Detection Equipment<br />

Air Rescue Service (ARS), 91, 125<br />

Airresearch Manufacturing Co., 56<br />

Alabama Research Institute, Univ. <strong>of</strong>,<br />

Alabama, Univ. <strong>of</strong>, 274<br />

Alaska, 208<br />

Alaska Data Acauisition Facility, 91<br />

Alaska, University <strong>of</strong>, 91, 227<br />

Albatross. See UF-2G.<br />

Albus, James S., 24, 52<br />

Alex<strong>and</strong>er, W. M., 264<br />

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