• Jan -- NAF has 23 aircraft
consisting of 1 JRB-4, 3 SNB-3, 1 SNJ-5, 1 FJ-1, 1 F8F-1, 1 F8F-1B,
1 F4U-4, 1 F7F-3N, 1 F6F-5, 2 F6F-5N, 1 AD-1, 1 PB4Y-2, 1 P2V-2, 1 R4D-6,
1 R4D-5, 1 JD-1, 1 HO3S-1 & 1 XBT2D-1.
• Jan -- First Terrier
SAM Battalion was assigned to NOTS.
• First antitank aircraft
rockets of project RAM shipped to Korea.
• June renamed NOTS Inyokern
at China Lake.
• July -- NAF has 15 aircraft
consisting of 1 JRB-2, 1 F8F-1, 1 F4U-4, 1 F7F-3N, 1 AJ-1, 1 TBM-3E,
3 PB4Y-2, 1 P2V-2, 1 R4D-6, 1 R4D-5, 1 JD-1, 1 SNB-5 & 1 SNB-1.
• 24 August -- In a test conducted at NOTS, Inyokern, CA, a Terrier,
surface-to-air guided missile, intercepted an F6F drone at a range of
more than 11 miles from the point of launch.
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December -- The Marine Corp Guided Missile Test Unit (MCGMTU) reports
aboard from the Applied Physics Laboratory, Silver Springs, MD.
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AIM-9 Sidewinder |
AIM-9 Sidewinder missile, China Lake, circa 1950.
Official U.S. Navy photo.
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AIM-9 Sidewinder |
AIM-9 Sidewinder missile & project team members,
China Lake, circa 1950. Official U.S. Navy photo.
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USAF F-94B Starfire |
USAF F-94B Starfire s/n 50-0805, 2.75" Mighty Mouse
rockets break through the frangible nose cone, China
Lake, ca. 1950. Official U.S. Navy photo from the Secret
City video.
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USAF F-94B Starfire |
USAF F-94B Starfire s/n 50-0805, 2.75" Mighty Mouse
rockets, China Lake, ca. 1950. Official U.S. Navy photo
from the Secret City video.
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NOTS Machine Shop |
NOTS Machine Shop, China Lake, 1950. Photographer
unknown.
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NOTS RUR-4A Weapon Alpha |
NOTS RUR-4A Weapon Alpha rocket-boosted depth charge
crosswind tests, China Lake, circa 1950. Official U.S.
Navy photo.
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NOTS RUR-4A Weapon Alpha |
NOTS RUR-4A Weapon Alpha rocket-boosted depth charge
size comparison, China Lake, circa 1950. Official U.S.
Navy photo.
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Schoeffel Field |
Schoeffel Field named for Admiral Malcolm Francis
Schoeffel who, as Assistant Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance,
became involved in the establishment of the Naval Ordnance
Test Station (NOTS), China Lake. Rocketeer photo.
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F6F Hellcats |
Eight F6F Hellcats on the ramp by the Gun Butts,
Armitage Field, China Lake, 15 January 1950. Official
U.S. Navy photo.
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AD-1 Skyraider, Mighty Mouse Rockets |
AD-1 Skyraider BuNo 09177, firing 2.75" Mighty Mouse
rockets, NAF China Lake, 26 Jan 1950. Official U.S.
Navy photo.
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AD-4 Skyraider |
AD-4 Skyraider BuNo 123920, Armitage Field, China
Lake, 12 Feb 1950. Official U.S. Navy photo.
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USAF F-86A Sabre |
USAF F-86A Sabre s/n 48-0255(94th FIS?), AAFFR, Armitage
Field, China Lake Hot Line, 24 Feb 1950. Official U.S.
Navy photo.
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Pt. Mugu F6F-5K Hellcat |
Pt. Mugu F6F-5K Hellcat drone BuNo 79004, Armitage
Field, China Lake, 03 March 1950. Official U.S. Navy
photo.
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F6F-5K Hellcat target drone |
F6F-5K Hellcat target drone, probably from Pt. Mugu,
circa March 1950. Official U.S. Navy photo.
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Pt. Mugu F6F-5K Hellcat |
Pt. Mugu F6F-5K Hellcat drone BuNo 79004 & 79279,
Armitage Field, Hot Line, China Lake, 03 March 1950.
Official U.S. Navy photo.
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Pt. Mugu F6F-5K Hellcat |
Pt. Mugu F6F-5K Hellcat drone BuNo 79004 & 79279,
Armitage Field, Hot Line, China Lake, 03 March 1950.
Official U.S. Navy photo.
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Sierra
Wave in the Owens Valley |
Sierra Wave in the Owens Valley. Taken from a WW-II
vintage P-38 fighter with engines off and propellers
feathered from north of Bishop, California, looking
south towards Inyokern, 05 March 1950. Photo by Robert
Symons.
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P2V-2 Neptune |
P2V-2 Neptune BuNo 122464, Armitage Field, China
Lake, 17 Mar 1950. Official U.S. Navy photo.
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USAF F-86A Sabre |
USAF F-86A Sabre s/n 48-0255, Mighty Mouse FFAR,
Armitage Field, China Lake Hot Line, 17 March 1950.
Official U.S. Navy photo.
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USAF F-86A Sabre |
USAF F-86A Sabre s/n 48-0255, Mighty Mouse FFAR,
Armitage Field, China Lake Hot Line, 17 March 1950.
Official U.S. Navy photo.
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JD-1 Invader |
JD-1 Invader (Jig Dog) BuNo 77149, nose boom detector,
Armitage Field, China Lake, 23 Mar 1950. Official U.S.
Navy photo.
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JRB-2 Expeditor |
JRB-2 Expeditor BuNo 44613, China Lake, 23 Mar
1950. Official U.S. Navy photo.
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JD-1 Invader |
JD-1 Invader (Jig Dog) BuNo 77149, nose boom detector,
Armitage Field, China Lake, 23 Mar 1950. Official U.S.
Navy photo.
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TBM-3E Avenger |
TBM-3E Avenger BuNo 86151, Armitage Field, China
Lake 12 Apr 1950. Official U.S. Navy photo.
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SNB-1 Navigator, ECM test |
SNB-1 Navigator BuNo 39819 Electronic Countermeasures
test aircraft, Armitage Field, China Lake, 25 Apr 1950.
Official U.S. Navy photo.
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AIM-9 Sidewinder |
AIM-9 Sidewinder missile test, SNORT, China Lake,
26 May 1950. Official U.S. Navy photo.
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USAF F-86D Sabre |
USAF F-86D Sabre s/n 50-0578, YF-578, FFAR rocket
launcher, Armitage Field, China Lake, 26 May 1950. Official
U.S. Navy photo.
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PB4Y-2 Privateer, RCR |
PB4Y-2 Privateer BuNo 59896, RCR installation, Armitage
Field, China Lake, 01 Jun 1950. Official U.S. Navy photo.
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USAF B-29 Superfortress |
USAF B-29 Superfortress and crew, Armitage Field,
China Lake, 30 Jun 1950. Official U.S. Navy photo.
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| 3Q |
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USAF F-86A Sabre |
USAF F-86A Sabre s/n 48-0255 firing 2.75" Mighty
Mouse rockets, 15 July 1950. Official U.S. Navy photo.
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USAF F-86A Sabre |
USAF F-86A Sabre s/n 48-0255 2.75" Mighty Mouse rockets
firing sequence, 15 July 1950. Official U.S. Navy photo.
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F4U-4 Corsair, RAM ATAR |
F4U-4 Corsair BuNo 97267, 6.5" RAM ATAR HVAR's, Armitage
Field, China Lake, 17 Jul 1950. Official U.S. Navy photo.
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F8F-1 Bearcat, RAM ATAR |
F8F-1 Bearcat BuNo 94759, 6.5" RAM ATAR HVAR's, Armitage
Field, China Lake, 21 Jul 1950. Official U.S. Navy photo.
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F4U-4 Corsair, RAM ATAR |
F4U-4 Corsair BuNo 097267 with 6.5" RAM anti Tank
Aircraft Rockets (ATAR), Armitage Field, China Lake,
09 August 1950. Official U.S. Navy photo.
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F4U-4 Corsair, RAM ATAR |
F4U-4 Corsair BuNo 121840, 6.5" RAM ATAR HVAR's,
Armitage Field, Hot Line, China Lake, 17 Aug 1950. Official
U.S. Navy photo.
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F4U-4 Corsair, RAM ATAR |
F4U-4 Corsair BuNo 121840, 6.5" RAM ATAR HVAR's,
Armitage Field, China Lake, 17 Aug 1950. Official U.S.
Navy photo.
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Tiny Tim rocket |
11.75" Tiny Tim rocket exhaust will blast from these
25 ports, China Lake, circa October 1950. Naval Aviation
News photo.
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AIM-9 Sidewinder, EX-0 airframe |
First free-flight test of AIM-9 Sidewinder, EX-0
airframe, on LARK launcher, China Lake, 09 October 1950.
Official U.S. Navy photo.
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AD-4 Skyraider, HPAW |
AD-4 Skyraider BuNo 123920, HPAW, Armitage Field,
Hot Line, China Lake, 10 Oct 1950. Official U.S. Navy
photo.
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F7F-3 Tigercat drone |
F7F-3 Tigercat drone BuNo 80531 (Project NAM, Moffett
Field), being readied for takeoff, Armitage Field, China
Lake, 23 Oct 1950. Official U.S. Navy photo.
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F7F-3 Tigercat drone |
F7F-3 Tigercat drone BuNo 80531 (Project NAM, Moffett
Field), in-flight with F8F Bearcat & F4U Corsair chase
planes, 24 Oct 1950. Official U.S. Navy photo.
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XBT2D-1 Dauntless II |
XBT2D-1 Dauntless II BuNo 09094 firing spin stabilized
rockets (GASR) from stovepipe launcher, 30 Oct 1950.
Official U.S. Navy photo.
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USAF F-86A Sabre |
USAF F-86A Sabre s/n 49-1253, FU-253, Armitage Field,
China Lake, 15 Nov 1950. Official U.S. Navy photo.
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USAF F-86A Sabre |
USAF F-86A Sabre s/n 49-1253, FU-253, being refueled,
Armitage Field, China Lake, 15 Nov 1950. Official U.S.
Navy photo.
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X-Ray equipment |
This special X-Ray equipment is used in the
development of ordnance at China Lake, 17 November
1950. Official U.S. Navy photo.
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AD-1 Skyraider |
AD-1 Skyraider firing 11.75" Tiny Tim rocket, China
Lake, 30 Nov 1950. Official U.S. Navy photo.
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F8F-1 Bearcat |
F8F-1 Bearcat with Douglas package rocket launchers
by hangar 1, Armitage Field, China Lake, 21 Dec 1950.
Official U.S. Navy photo.
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