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AAF. See Army Air Forces.
ABMA. See Army Ballistic Missile Agency.
Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA), 28n46, 93, 96, 103, 103n102
AEC. See Atomic Energy Commission.
AEDC. Arnold Engineering Development Center.
Aeronautical Research Laboratory, 101, 102
Aeronautical Turbine Laboratory, 56
AFOSR. See Air Force Office of Scientific Research.
AFSC. Air Force Systems Command.
AFWAL. See Air Force Wright Aeronautical Laboratories.
AI. See Artificial intelligence.
Air Corps Act, 73–74
Air Engineering Development Division, 71
Air Force
Applied Research Section, 38
avionics, 90, 92–93, 100, 101, 101n94
centralization of decision-making authority, 70–71
concurrency concept, 70, 70n9, 72, 84n48, 112
control of aeronautical research budget, 54n54
establishment as independent force, 2, 67
expansion of role in ballistic-missile research, 94
R&D, 7, 9, 67–72, 80–81, 105–07, 106
reliance on private sector, 2, 68, 106
Stever Committee Report recommendations, 95
transition from Army Air Corps, 72–80
weapon-system concept, 70, 72
See also specific airfields, divisions, offices, and sections.
Air Force Armaments Center
bombing and gunnery range, 86
budget, 86
construction, 86
expansion during the 1960s, 97–98
nonnuclear weapons testing, 71, 82
private contractors and, 87
research focus, 86, 87
smart weapon systems, 98
transfer to ARDC, 86–87
Air Force Flight Test Center
expansion program, 89
missile testing, 89
nuclear weapons testing, 72
P–59 jet-fighter testing, 88