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    depleted uranium." On 7 June 1960 an explosion in a CIM-10 Bomarc missile fuel tank caused the accident and subsequent contamination. The explosion occurred...
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    CIM-10 BOMARC. RCAF 446 SAM Squadron BOMARC Missile Sites Boeing Company History, Bomarc Astronautix.com Bomarc pictures Bomarc Video Clip SAGE-BOMARC risks...
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    1960 Fort Dix IM-99 accident destroyed a CIM-10 Bomarc nuclear missile and shelter and contaminated the BOMARC Missile Accident Site in New Jersey. 24 January...
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    CIM-10) BOMARC, 1959-1972 List of United States Air Force missile squadrons List of Douglas C-47 Skytrain operators BOMARC missile accident site Kane, Robert...
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    Fort Dix IM-99 accident destroyed a Boeing CIM-10 Bomarc nuclear missile and shelter and contaminated the BOMARC Missile Accident Site in New Jersey....
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  • Vulnerability of nuclear plants to attack Broken Arrow (nuclear) The missiles involved in the accident must have been the R-27U version as the original version was...
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    Fort Dix IM-99 accident destroyed a Boeing CIM-10 Bomarc nuclear missile and shelter and contaminated the BOMARC Missile Accident Site in New Jersey....
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    The Bomarc Missile Program delivered the first CIM-10 Bomarc supersonic surface-to-air missile to ADC during September 1959 at Fort Dix's BOMARC Base...
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    the missile site was geographically separated from the main base, it was administratively part of Dow AFB. The site still has its BOMARC missile shelters...
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    Canaveral Air Force Space & Missile Museum, Florida Horizontal R&D (57–2743) Colorado State Capitol display 1959 (SN belongs to a Bomarc) Vertical R&D G-type...
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    Defense Missile Squadron continued operations as a tenant until November 30, 1979. It operated IM-99/CIM-10 Bomarc surface-to-air missiles from this site. On...
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    McGuire Air Force Base (category Superfund sites in New Jersey)
    Command deployed the CIM-10 Bomarc surface-to-air missile to McGuire AFB. The Bomarc was the only surface-to-air missile ever deployed by the United States...
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  • the crash from the nearest hydrant, as well. The QB-47 was used for Bomarc Missile Program tests, which normally operated from Auxiliary Field Three (Duke...
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    main support base for the Suffolk County Missile Annex, a nearby USAF CIM-10 Bomarc surface-to-air missile launch complex for the defense of the New...
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  • Drone BOMARC target mission 1, out of Cape Canaveral, Florida. The remaining X-10s are expended as targets for Bomarc and Nike antiaircraft missiles. The...
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  • IM-99 Bomarc surface-to-air missile. By 1958 the site hosted missile ground testing and personnel training facilities by the 4751st Air Defense Missile Wing...
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    62167). It is unknown if any missiles were located at the facility. It was likely abandoned in the early 1960s when BOMARC funding was ended. The airfield...
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  • and inactive Space Launch Complexes (SLC) and Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Launch Facilities (LF) at Vandenberg Space Force Base. Spaceflight...
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  • contractor-led team launches the first Boeing XF-99 Bomarc propulsion test vehicle from the Air Force Missile Test Center (AFMTC) Launch Complex 4 at Patrick...
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    Missile Squadron (BOMARC): Kincheloe AFB, Michigan, 1 October 1963 – 1 April 1966 74th Air Defense Missile Squadron (BOMARC): Duluth AF Missile Site,...
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    built by the Marquardt Corporation for the Boeing CIM-10 Bomarc long-range surface-to-air missile. Marquardt and Lockheed had already collaborated on several...
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    Cajun, Nike Apaches, and Nike Iroquois. This site was formerly operated by the 4751st ADMS with CIM-10 Bomarcs, which inactivated in 1979. In the 1940s,...
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    Otis Air National Guard Base (category Military Superfund sites)
    base was also home to the 26th Air Defense Missile Squadron, which operated BOMARC surface-to-air missiles. The regular air force began leaving Otis in...
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    Dart. Other aerodynamic missiles developed at the Development Directorate were the SM-62 Snark, SM-64 Navaho, CIM-10 Bomarc and MGM-1 Matador. The atmospheric...
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    technical writer for Boeing, where he edited a support newsletter for the Bomarc Missile Program support unit. The Boeing archives are known to house a vast...
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    Stratofortress heavy bomber, AIM-4 Falcon air-to-air missile, and Bomarc surface-to-air missile programs. He helped negotiate the agreement with the United...
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    CIM-10 Bomarc surface-to-air missile to McGuire Air Force Base. On June 7, 1960, an explosion in a CIM-10 Bomarc missile fuel tank caused an accident and...
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    as 4 Allison T56-A8 turboprop engines, L-1649A Starliner wings and Bomarc missiles for defense. None built; was designated L-084 due to the large differences...
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    and crash landed on a road parallel to the runway. It was used for Bomarc Missile Program tests, normally operated from Eglin AFB Auxiliary Field Number...
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    Tyndall Air Force Base (category Semi-Automatic Ground Environment sites)
    became operational to support the CIM-10 Bomarc surface-to-air missile program at Hurlburt Field. In 1958 the site was operating with an AN/FPS-20 search...
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