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VX-5 hangar #1, Armitage Field, China
Lake, circa late 1950's
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Official U.S. Navy photo.
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unknown USAF F-100 Sabre "Oink"
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Photo by Clay Jansson via Tailhook.
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N32210
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Official U.S.N. photo from the Secret
City video.
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VX-5 F/A-18C BuNo 164976, XE-420.
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Scott VanAken photo?
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AIM-9 Sidewinder missile undergoing
lab tests, China Lake.
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Official U.S. Navy photo.
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Building 16022, date unknown, China
Lake.
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Building 31512, Drop Tower, date
unknown, China Lake.
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12 inch press facility, date unknown,
China Lake.
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18 inch press facility, date unknown,
China Lake.
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Development Process facility was
used to test machining of cast explosives,
date unknown, China Lake.
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One of the propellant rest houses,
date unknown, China Lake.
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Originally constructed to manufacture
and test fuzes, date unknown, China
Lake.
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Steel security tower supports an
enclosed guard house, date unknown,
China Lake.
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Tall steel industrial sashes at the
Steam Plant occur on all four elevations,
date unknown, China Lake.
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C-97 Stratofreighter s/n 52-2669
was used to simulate carrier deck wind
conditions for aircraft firefighting
practice, China Lake, circa 1980's.
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©Photo Ron Cheshire via Duncan Curtis.
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C-97 Stratofreighter s/n 52-2669
was used to simulate carrier deck wind
conditions for aircraft firefighting
practice, China Lake, circa 1980's.
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©Photo Ron Cheshire via Duncan Curtis.
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A 'retired' USAF C-97 Stratofreighter
simulating carrier deck conditions on
the survivability range.
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Official U.S.Navy photo from the
Secret City video.
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Time for a burnt offering? No, just
an old A4 giving it's all on the survivability
range.
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Official U.S.N. film from the Secret
City video.
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Burned out Skyhawk and A-4B Skyhawk
BuNo 142948, Survivability Lab., China
Lake, circa 1980's.
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©Photo Ron Cheshire via Duncan Curtis.
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Burned out A-4B Skyhawk BuNo 142892 &
A-4B Skyhawk BuNo 142948, Survivability
Lab., China Lake, circa 1980's.
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©Photo Ron Cheshire via Duncan Curtis.
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F/A-18A Hornet BuNo 160783, Weapons
Survivability Lab., China Lake, circa
1980's
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©Photo Ron Cheshire via Duncan Curtis.
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RA-5C Vigilante, BuNo 156639, modex
601, China Lake Weapons Survivablity
Lab.
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Official U.S. Navy photo, China Lake
Archives.
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.jpg "GE engine test, Aircraft Survivability Lab, sequence #1 of 4, China Lake.")
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GE engine test, Aircraft Survivability
Lab, sequence #1 of 4, China Lake.
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Official U.S. Navy photo.
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.jpg "GE engine test, Aircraft Survivability Lab, sequence #2 of 4, China Lake.")
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GE engine test, Aircraft Survivability
Lab, sequence #2 of 4, China Lake.
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Official U.S. Navy photo.
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.jpg "GE engine test, Aircraft Survivability Lab, sequence #3 of 4, China Lake.")
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GE engine test, Aircraft Survivability
Lab, sequence #3 of 4, China Lake.
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Official U.S. Navy photo.
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.jpg "GE engine test, Aircraft Survivability Lab, sequence #4 of 4, China Lake.")
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GE engine test, Aircraft Survivability
Lab, sequence #4 of 4, China Lake.
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Official U.S. Navy photo.
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Destructive jet engine test at the
WSL, China Lake, date unknown.
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Official U.S. Navy photo.
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SNORT water brake, China Lake.
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Official U.S. Navy photo.
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Fragmentation warhead test, Skytop,
China Lake.
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Official U.S. Navy photo.
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Aeroheat Test Facility, T Range,
China Lake, date unknown.
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Official U.S. Navy photo.
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Airbreathing Propulsion Research
Facility, China Lake, date unknown.
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Official U.S. Navy photo.
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Explosion, SNORT, China Lake.
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Official U.S. Navy photo.
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Vertical thrust propulsion test,
Skytop, China Lake.
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Official U.S. Navy photo.
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Movable-nozzle thrust-vector-control
(TVC) propulsion system test at the
Skytop facility of the China Lake Propulsion
Laboratories.
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Official U.S. Navy photo.
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Skytop warhead testing area, China
Lake.
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Official U.S. Navy photo.
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Skytop warhead testing arena, China
Lake.
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Official U.S. Navy photo.
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Skytop warhead testing arena explosion,
China Lake.
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Official U.S. Navy photo.
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Ballistics Test Laboratory, China
Lake, date unknown.
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Official U.S. Navy photo.
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.jpg "GE engine test, Aircraft Survivability Lab, sequence #1 of 4, China Lake.")
.jpg "GE engine test, Aircraft Survivability Lab, sequence #2 of 4, China Lake.")
.jpg "GE engine test, Aircraft Survivability Lab, sequence #3 of 4, China Lake.")
.jpg "GE engine test, Aircraft Survivability Lab, sequence #4 of 4, China Lake.")
