CHRONOLOGY
16 July
19h5
First nuclear device exploded at Trinity,
New Mexico, introduced the atomic weapon era,
6 August
19L5
Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan,
9 August
19L5
Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan,
-- July
1916 |
April-May
198
January=
February
1951
_Operation RANGER conducted at Nevada
-Proving Grounds,
OctoberNovember
1951
Operation BUSTER/JANGLE conducted at
1 April
1952
Special Weapons Command, redesignated
Air Force Special Weapons Center, became
part of the Air Research and Development
Command.
April—June
1952
1 July
1952
--November
1952
March-June
1953
March-May
1954
Operation CASTLE conducted at Eniwetok and
Bikini Atolls in Pacific,
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ll May
195k
Air Research and Development Command directed
the Special Weapons Center to undertake airto-air nuclear warhead rocket development.
Operation CROSSROADS conducted at Bikini
Atoll in Pacific,
Operation SANDSTONE conducted at Eniwetok
Atoll in Pacific.
Nevada Proving Grounds,
Operation TUMBLER/SNAPPER conducted at
Nevada Proving Grounds,
Indian Springs Air Force Base transferred
from Air Training Command to Special
Weapons Center,
Operation IVY conducted at Eniwetok Atoll
in Pacific.
Operation UPSHOT/KNOTHOLE conducted at
Nevada Proving Grounds,
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APA
SWEH-2-003)