• AMES, short Air Ministry Experimental Station, was the name given to the British Air Ministry's radar development team at Bawdsey Manor (afterwards RAF...
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    This station was one of the first 5 Chain Home Radar stations completed in 1936 and was originally designated AMES (Air Ministry Experimental Station) 04...
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    in Kent, France, Belgium, Netherlands and occupied Germany Air Ministry Experimental Station Chain Home – radar defence system developed during the Second...
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  • 1956, its remaining activities being moved to the Air Ministry and the Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment at Boscombe Down. The model workshop...
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  • standard author abbreviation in botany for Oakes Ames AMES, Air Ministry Experimental Station, the basis for naming British radar systems through World...
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    making separate height finder radars largely obsolete. Radar Air Ministry Experimental Station "Anti-Aircraft Fire Control Sets". Department Of The Navy...
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    Chain Home (category Air defence radar networks)
    aircraft. Initially known as RDF, and given the official name Air Ministry Experimental Station Type 1 (AMES Type 1) in 1940, the radar units were also known...
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    location became Bawdsey Research Station (BRS) in 1936. At that time the team became known as the Air Ministry Experimental Station (AMES). Bawdsey was only a...
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    Chain Home Low (category Air defence radar networks)
    (150 m). The official name was AMES Type 2, referring to the Air Ministry Experimental Station at Bawdsey Manor where it was developed, but this name was...
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  • military terms Battle of the beams Signal Corps Radio (SCR) Air Ministry Experimental Station (AMES) Mischief Night: Allied Radar Spoofing Operations 5–6...
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    portable early warning radar developed by the Air Ministry Experimental Station (AMES) for use by the Royal Air Force (RAF) in the field. Units in British...
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  • tactical control system, Orange Yeoman. They assigned these an Air Ministry Experimental Station (AMES) number and generally referred to them by this number...
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  • used by the Air Ministry is briefly described. All of the systems were given the official designation Air Ministry Experimental Station (AMES) plus a...
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  • attack. The Air Ministry team quickly moved to Dundee in Scotland, where the former Air Ministry Experimental Station became the Air Ministry Research Establishment...
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    ASV, or H2S. Air warfare of World War II European theatre of World War II History of radar Turbinlite Air Ministry Experimental Station (AMES) Watt added...
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    for the use of American aircraft. Note: AMES is short for Air Ministry Experimental Station. Test work, including timing and signal strength, was undertaken...
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    Air Raid Precautions (ARP) for the civilian population was added to the Station's responsibilities. In 1929 the Royal Engineers Experimental Station became...
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  • Seaplane Experimental Station Central Fighter Establishment Boscombe Down Aviation Collection "No. 23 (Training) Group, Training Command, Royal Air Force...
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    until 1990, with the station closing in 1991. Bawdsey Manor, dating from 1886, was taken over in March 1936 by the Air Ministry for developing the Chain...
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    after being introduced to the developments made by the Air Ministry at their experimental station at Bawdsey Manor. Among several possible uses for radar...
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    RAF Bempton (category Royal Air Force stations in Yorkshire)
    CHL station. 1941 became a CHL/Chain Home Extra Low (CHEL) radar station. It disbanded on 1 August 1945. 1945 – Air Ministry Experimental Station Type...
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    Japanese fighters. The Royal Air Force used the airfield as the site for the No. 517 AMES (Air Ministry Experimental Station), and also used by the Field...
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    All India Radio (category Radio stations in India)
    Delhi AIR Urdu Raagam AIR Gujarati AIR Marathi AIR Punjabi AIR Malayalam AIR Tamil AIR Telugu AIR Kannada AIR Bangla AIR Jammu AIR Odia AIR Assamese AIR North...
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    Pembrey Sands Air Weapons Range is a Ministry of Defence air weapons range located near the village of Pembrey, Carmarthenshire, 3 miles (4.8 km) northwest...
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    radar was feasible and led to the rapid formation of the Air Ministry Experimental Station (AMES) at Bawdsey Manor to develop them. The AMES team's primary...
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  • Linesman/Mediator (category Air defence radar networks)
    Cold War was like at the RAF Air Defence Radar Museum at RAF Neatishead. Chain Home Low Air Ministry Experimental Station Comprehensive Display System...
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    RAF Spadeadam (category Royal Air Force stations in Cumbria)
    Spadeadam (pronounced "Spade Adam") (IATA: N/A, ICAO: EGOM) is a Royal Air Force (RAF) station in Cumbria, England, close to the border with Northumberland. It...
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    under development by the Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) and the Centre for Research and Development (CRD) as an experimental platform to test technologies for...
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    الملاحة الجوية" [Urgent statement from the National Air Navigation Services Company]. Egyptian Ministry of Civil Aviation. 22 May 2016. Archived from the...
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