30 June 1961 - The Black Vault

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Fag.:: r I 8 Dec 1949 I.: Feb 1951 2 ."'pr 1951 , .. 10 Apr 1951 25 Jun 1951 17 Jan 1952 28 JG.n 1952 18 1 1 Feb 19~;2 Sep 1952 Jan 1953 26 F~b 1953 ~ 1"l,1 1953 Air [. at~ rle1 Co n"~ IlaJ1d '0 f.1,\l:'OC All" Force 4 Ba se is named. Ed··;ards Alp FUlrce Base. USAF!'Ai,:C Experimental Test Pilot School 153 moves from "/right-Patter5GD APB to Euwards APE . Ed\'lard,s AFB 1 s transferred from Air 5 i1la t eI'ie1 Co mmand to t he n e~ "' ly c rea ted Alr Research ilIld Developoent Com.'nand. Br1g Gen Albert Boyd establishes a 77 Base Dlrec t a rate} Experimental Plight Te~t a nd Eng1neerin- and na~es Colonel Fr~d J . As ~an1 as i ts chief. Air Force Flight Test Center is aotivated at Edl.;ard s AFB by All" Research and Development Co mmand. Construe tion ".Iastcr Plan is approved 8 for the AF?rc to build a nc\\' $120,000,000 base for a ircraft flicht tes t a nd Qiss11e captiVe test . Rocl
Page !··lajor Arthur Hurray flies the Bell X-1A 11 research airplane to 90,000 feet altitude. 9 Jul 1954 8 Nov 1954 8 Nov 195Ll 10 Nov 1954 18 Aug 1955 28 Jul 1956 NACA pre::jents the Air Force and Navy 120 l'lith a proposal for a cooperative X-15 r.esearch aircraft proJec t. Numerous un!t s including the 6515th 12 Ha1ntenance Group arc activated. Rocket Branch is renamed. the Rocket 60 Engine Test Laboratory. First Roc>
Page 2 and 3: Spink, Barry L Civ USAF AETC AFHRAJ
Page 4 and 5: , , ·::'i~,:~~'rg~~' DECLASSIFIED
Page 6 and 7: AUT H 0 R I Z A T ION ThiS ~terial
Page 8 and 9: of prototype and ne;'1 production e
Page 10 and 11: • • Co s t of OpeLa tlon ~ 1952
Page 12 and 13: - APPENprCES: A Sununary of AFF'X A
Page 14 and 15: (I 11 Charts: Page Cor:1.manders to
Page 16 and 17: " -, :- SUPPGE'rIHG 'l'Ar:, Hq A..
Page 20 and 21: Page 26 Hay 1958 1 Jul 1958 17 Oc t
Page 22 and 23: t ·~ ~~ .jor· y,obert 11 . Io/hit
Page 24 and 25: 1 Ghapter 1 HIS'roRY OF ASSIGHED UJ
Page 26 and 27: 3 The XP-81 and xp-84 arr1ved at Mu
Page 28 and 29: 5 Wing crashed during a test f11ght
Page 30 and 31: 7 defunct 2159th Experimental Wing,
Page 32 and 33: 9 Approval of the tofaster Plan si
Page 34 and 35: I 11 Mea.nwhlle, units were moving
Page 36 and 37: 13 the 6S15th Armanent and Elec tro
Page 38 and 39: Growth and expansion affected Cente
Page 40 and 41: 17 General Cooper was assigned to
Page 42 and 43: J In SU Dl i .t s hould be noted t
Page 44 and 45: 23. 6510th USAF Hospital 'flas disc
Page 46 and 47: ~TU:18 for Ell1..--:gto n AFH IlIhe
Page 48 and 49: - lie'"" ........ 1I"".a.. F::R~E F
Page 50 and 51: ltetircr.lents '{a.s,ter ::;'C!':t'
Page 52 and 53: .'.. education.al asnlgnment and re
Page 54 and 55: Aircraft Inventor; Ninety-one aircr
Page 56 and 57: Branch inspection of all other J79-
Page 58 and 59: and development of the Qyna-Soar f1
Page 60 and 61: I ~ . Also, the AF?TC D1rec tora te
Page 62 and 63: I on vehicles undergoing flight tes
Page 64 and 65: 40 An Aerospace Research Pilot Cour
Page 66 and 67: I : { Funds \....ere denied f'or de
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filS?? a 44 Chapter 3 THE AIR FORCE
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:1 wFiiil 46 U co~~erc1al jet aircr
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§ E jJ £ , line rB.iIlge southwar
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Z'E 5 £ Ie 50 practice rendezvous
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I 52 Solid Rocket captive Test Fa,
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;;.iJ ,..I • support of industry"
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unt1l 1 February 1958 "then he ',':
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In mid-Apr'11 19S3~ the Aer'ojet Ge
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60 2.no. Oc toher 1957 J 0 ver $40,
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62 Brigadier General ~~rc~s F, Coop
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," I , Q q . pr'opulslo!l developme
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Directs the research and developmen
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olaf & RET F 68 launch from a tube
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70 the nurnber of personnel as dep1
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... \ . ' 1,-1 engine f1 'r1 n g~ o
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ATLAS testing but was undergoing mo
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f'S Direc torate 15 Instrumentation
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:' I I I'; Chapter 5 DIRECTORATE OF
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I ~ lc l\l d.e c d ~T'al d(:par·t~
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80 Directorate of F11ght Test and f
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',':ere conducted by other AFSC tes
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85 to control and monitor missile
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Becauce of the hazc.rdou~ n 'l turc
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\ t I f I '1 .. '. . : Close-up o
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·.. ; ., Dev~loprnent \
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91 of the modified airplane to 80 p
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at high altitudes. Teet results als
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05 , T-37B Spin Evaluation I A spi
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Dur.ing an inverted spin, recovery
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• Norai.r bLa.l t T-38 Talon traI
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, 9 max1lnu:n speed was in the low
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101 ·,·:,e.t't.' USAF SiN 58-1192
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103 external fittings and ins talt
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Although thE: test wa.s exceptional
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lOi' test items. E."1g1ne SiN E230-
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109 hours. The f1rst flight was per
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llJ. (grass, dustJ \·;ater J and s
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113 helicopter s ever tested by the
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I guarantees, E1ghteen flights \'ie
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117 'The l~rre5tingGable Purpose o
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p ~.__ ~ - • " , 119 compal'
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121 Bell, Douglas, North Amer1can,
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I j 'I 123 eq1Jlpped with dual XLR-
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125 characteristics. EAch fl1ght by
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1'2(' , NHSA(AF/Navy X~l~ F11~,ts ,
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129 n~w ma.x1Il1).l11l speed of 3..
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any portion of the X-15 ceckp1t :"
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.. · .. In 1958, four huge engi
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, ~ , .. ' stand (PSTS) rocket engi
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Thirteen propulsion system t.est st
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