Undated Photo Gallery. Last updated 04 August, 2011
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VX-5 hangar #1, Armitage Field, China Lake, circa late 1950's

Official U.S. Navy photo.


unknown USAF F-100 Sabre "Oink"

Photo by Clay Jansson via Tailhook.


N32210

Official U.S.N. photo from the Secret City video.


VX-5 F/A-18C BuNo 164976, XE-420.

Scott VanAken photo?


AIM-9 Sidewinder missile undergoing lab tests, China Lake.

Official U.S. Navy photo.


Building 16022, date unknown, China Lake.


Building 31512, Drop Tower, date unknown, China Lake.


12 inch press facility, date unknown, China Lake.


18 inch press facility, date unknown, China Lake.


Development Process facility was used to test machining of cast explosives, date unknown, China Lake.


One of the propellant rest houses, date unknown, China Lake.


Originally constructed to manufacture and test fuzes, date unknown, China Lake.


Steel security tower supports an enclosed guard house, date unknown, China Lake.


Tall steel industrial sashes at the Steam Plant occur on all four elevations, date unknown, China Lake.


 

C-97 Stratofreighter s/n 52-2669 was used to simulate carrier deck wind conditions for aircraft firefighting practice, China Lake, circa 1980's.

©Photo Ron Cheshire via Duncan Curtis.

 

 

C-97 Stratofreighter s/n 52-2669 was used to simulate carrier deck wind conditions for aircraft firefighting practice, China Lake, circa 1980's.

©Photo Ron Cheshire via Duncan Curtis.

 

 

A 'retired' USAF C-97 Stratofreighter simulating carrier deck conditions on the survivability range.

Official U.S.Navy photo from the Secret City video.

 

 

Time for a burnt offering? No, just an old A4 giving it's all on the survivability range.

Official U.S.N. film from the Secret City video.

 

 

Burned out Skyhawk and A-4B Skyhawk BuNo 142948, Survivability Lab., China Lake, circa 1980's.

©Photo Ron Cheshire via Duncan Curtis.

 

 

Burned out A-4B Skyhawk BuNo 142892 & A-4B Skyhawk BuNo 142948, Survivability Lab., China Lake, circa 1980's.

©Photo Ron Cheshire via Duncan Curtis.

 

 

F/A-18A Hornet BuNo 160783, Weapons Survivability Lab., China Lake, circa 1980's

©Photo Ron Cheshire via Duncan Curtis.

 

 

RA-5C Vigilante, BuNo 156639, modex 601, China Lake Weapons Survivablity Lab.

Official U.S. Navy photo, China Lake Archives.

 

 

GE engine test, Aircraft Survivability Lab, sequence #1 of 4, China Lake.

Official U.S. Navy photo.

 

 

GE engine test, Aircraft Survivability Lab, sequence #2 of 4, China Lake.

Official U.S. Navy photo.

 

 

GE engine test, Aircraft Survivability Lab, sequence #3 of 4, China Lake.

Official U.S. Navy photo.

 

 

GE engine test, Aircraft Survivability Lab, sequence #4 of 4, China Lake.

Official U.S. Navy photo.

 

 

Destructive jet engine test at the WSL, China Lake, date unknown.

Official U.S. Navy photo.

 

 

SNORT water brake, China Lake.

Official U.S. Navy photo.

 

 
 

 

Fragmentation warhead test, Skytop, China Lake.

Official U.S. Navy photo.

 

 

Aeroheat Test Facility, T Range, China Lake, date unknown.

Official U.S. Navy photo.

 

 

Airbreathing Propulsion Research Facility, China Lake, date unknown.

Official U.S. Navy photo.

 

 

Explosion, SNORT, China Lake.

Official U.S. Navy photo.

 

Vertical thrust propulsion test, Skytop, China Lake.

Official U.S. Navy photo.


Movable-nozzle thrust-vector-control (TVC) propulsion system test at the Skytop facility of the China Lake Propulsion Laboratories.

Official U.S. Navy photo.


Skytop warhead testing area, China Lake.

Official U.S. Navy photo.


Skytop warhead testing arena, China Lake.

Official U.S. Navy photo.


Skytop warhead testing arena explosion, China Lake.

Official U.S. Navy photo.


 

Ballistics Test Laboratory, China Lake, date unknown.

Official U.S. Navy photo.