Redstone Arsenal, the Glossary

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1. 111 relations: Air raids on Japan, American Civil War, American Rocket Society, Army Ballistic Missile Agency, Army Contracting Command, Army-Navy "E" Award, Ballistic missile, Ballistic Missile Defense Organization, Base Realignment and Closure, Blue Origin, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, California Institute of Technology, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Census-designated place, Chemical Corps, Chemical substance, Chemical weapon, Chief of Ordnance of the United States Army, Cold War, Cuban Missile Crisis, Cummings Research Park, DARPA, Defense Intelligence Agency, Dover Publications, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Edgewood, Maryland, Explorer 1, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Fort Bliss, Fort Gregg-Adams, Hematite, Holger Toftoy, Huntsville, Alabama, Huntsville–Decatur combined statistical area, Intercontinental ballistic missile, International Geophysical Year, Iron(III) oxide, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, John Bruce Medaris, John F. Kennedy, Juno I, Keller (automobile), Kurt Debus, Launch vehicle, Lewisite, LIM-49 Spartan, Madison County Schools (Alabama), Madison County, Alabama, Marshall Space Flight Center, MGM-18 Lacrosse, ... Expand index (61 more) »

2. 1941 establishments in Alabama
3. Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in Alabama
4. Alabama populated places on the Tennessee River
5. Armories in Alabama
6. Landmarks in Alabama
7. Marshall Space Flight Center
8. Military installations established in 1941
9. Military installations in Alabama
10. Research installations of the United States Army
11. Superfund sites in Alabama
12. Training installations of the United States Army
13. United States Army arsenals during World War II

Air raids on Japan

During the Pacific War, Allied forces conducted air raids on Japan from 1942 to 1945, causing extensive destruction to the country's cities and killing between 241,000 and 900,000 people.

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American Civil War

The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union.

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American Rocket Society

The American Rocket Society (ARS) began its existence on 4 April 1930, under the name of the American Interplanetary Society.

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Army Ballistic Missile Agency

The Army Ballistic Missile Agency (ABMA) was formed to develop the U.S. Army's first large ballistic missile. Redstone Arsenal and Army Ballistic Missile Agency are Marshall Space Flight Center.

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Army Contracting Command

The Army Contracting Command (ACC) is a contracting services command of the United States Army.

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Army-Navy "E" Award

The Army-Navy "E" Award was an honor presented to companies and organizations during World War II whose production facilities achieved "Excellence in Production" ("E") of war equipment.

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Ballistic missile

A ballistic missile (BM) is a type of missile that uses projectile motion to deliver warheads on a target.

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Ballistic Missile Defense Organization

The Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO) was an agency of the United States Department of Defense that began on 20 May 1974 with the responsibility for all U.S. ballistic missile defense efforts.

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Base Realignment and Closure

Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) was a process by a United States federal government commission to increase the efficiency of the United States Department of Defense by coordinating the realignment and closure of military installations following the end of the Cold War. Redstone Arsenal and Base Realignment and Closure are military Superfund sites.

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Blue Origin

Blue Origin Enterprises, L.P., commonly referred to as Blue Origin is an American aerospace manufacturer, government contractor, launch service provider, and space technologies company headquartered in Kent, Washington, United States.

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Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE), commonly referred to as the ATF, is a domestic law enforcement agency within the United States Department of Justice.

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California Institute of Technology

The California Institute of Technology (branded as Caltech) is a private research university in Pasadena, California.

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Cape Canaveral Space Force Station

Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) is an installation of the United States Space Force's Space Launch Delta 45, located on Cape Canaveral in Brevard County, Florida.

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Census-designated place

A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.

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Chemical Corps

The Chemical Corps is the branch of the United States Army tasked with defending against and using chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) weapons.

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Chemical substance

A chemical substance is a unique form of matter with constant chemical composition and characteristic properties.

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Chemical weapon

A chemical weapon (CW) is a specialized munition that uses chemicals formulated to inflict death or harm on humans.

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Chief of Ordnance of the United States Army

The Chief of Ordnance of the United States Army is a general officer who is responsible for the Army Ordnance Corps and serves as the Commandant of the U.S. Army Ordnance School at Fort Lee, Virginia.

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Cold War

The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc, that started in 1947, two years after the end of World War II, and lasted until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.

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Cuban Missile Crisis

The Cuban Missile Crisis, also known as the October Crisis (Crisis de Octubre) in Cuba, or the Caribbean Crisis, was a 13-day confrontation between the governments of the United States and the Soviet Union, when American deployments of nuclear missiles in Italy and Turkey were matched by Soviet deployments of nuclear missiles in Cuba.

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Cummings Research Park

Cummings Research Park, located primarily in the city of Huntsville, Alabama is the second largest research park in the United States and the fourth largest in the world.

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DARPA

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is a research and development agency of the United States Department of Defense responsible for the development of emerging technologies for use by the military.

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Defense Intelligence Agency

The Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) is an intelligence agency and combat support agency of the United States Department of Defense, specializing in defense and military intelligence.

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Dover Publications

Dover Publications, also known as Dover Books, is an American book publisher founded in 1941 by Hayward and Blanche Cirker.

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight David Eisenhower (born David Dwight Eisenhower; October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969), nicknamed Ike, was an American military officer and statesman who served as the 34th president of the United States from 1953 to 1961.

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Edgewood, Maryland

Edgewood is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Harford County, Maryland, United States.

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Explorer 1

Explorer 1 was the first satellite launched by the United States in 1958 and was part of the U.S. participation in the International Geophysical Year (IGY).

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Federal Bureau of Investigation

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the domestic intelligence and security service of the United States and its principal federal law enforcement agency.

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Fort Bliss

Fort Bliss is a United States Army post in New Mexico and Texas, with its headquarters in El Paso, Texas. Redstone Arsenal and Fort Bliss are Training installations of the United States Army and United States Army posts.

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Fort Gregg-Adams

Fort Gregg-Adams, in Prince George County, Virginia, United States, is a United States Army post and headquarters of the United States Army Combined Arms Support Command (CASCOM)/ Sustainment Center of Excellence (SCoE), the U.S. Army Quartermaster School, the U.S. Army Ordnance School, the U.S. Army Transportation School, the Army Sustainment University (ALU), Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA), and the U.S. Redstone Arsenal and Fort Gregg-Adams are Training installations of the United States Army and United States Army posts.

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Hematite

Hematite, also spelled as haematite, is a common iron oxide compound with the formula, Fe2O3 and is widely found in rocks and soils.

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Holger Toftoy

Major General Holger Nelson Toftoy (31 October 1902 – 19 April 1967) was a United States Army career officer instrumental to the development of the United States' early rocketry after World War II, such as the Redstone missile. Redstone Arsenal and Holger Toftoy are operation Paperclip.

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Huntsville, Alabama

Huntsville is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Alabama. Redstone Arsenal and Huntsville, Alabama are Alabama populated places on the Tennessee River.

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Huntsville–Decatur combined statistical area

The Huntsville–Decatur–Albertville, Alabama, combined statistical area is the most populated sub-region of North Alabama, and is the second largest combined statistical area in the State of Alabama after Birmingham.

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Intercontinental ballistic missile

An intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) is a ballistic missile with a range greater than, primarily designed for nuclear weapons delivery (delivering one or more thermonuclear warheads).

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International Geophysical Year

The International Geophysical Year (IGY; Année géophysique internationale), also referred to as the third International Polar Year, was an international scientific project that lasted from 1 July 1957 to 31 December 1958.

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Iron(III) oxide

Iron(III) oxide or ferric oxide is the inorganic compound with the formula Fe2O3.

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Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is a Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) in La Cañada Flintridge, California, Crescenta Valley, United States.

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John Bruce Medaris

John Bruce Medaris (12 May 1902 – 11 July 1990) was an officer in the United States Army during World War II and post-war government administrator overseeing development of ballistic missiles.

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John F. Kennedy

John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), often referred to as JFK, was an American politician who served as the 35th president of the United States from 1961 until his assassination in 1963.

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Juno I

The Juno I was a four-stage American space launch vehicle, used to launch lightweight payloads into low Earth orbit.

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Keller (automobile)

The Keller was an automobile produced by the Keller Motors Corporation of Huntsville, Alabama, United States, between 1947 and 1950.

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Kurt Debus

Kurt Heinrich Debus (November 29, 1908 – October 10, 1983) was a German-American rocket engineer and NASA director. Redstone Arsenal and Kurt Debus are operation Paperclip.

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Launch vehicle

A launch vehicle is typically a rocket-powered vehicle designed to carry a payload (a crewed spacecraft or satellites) from Earth's surface or lower atmosphere to outer space.

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Lewisite

Lewisite (L) (A-243) is an organoarsenic compound.

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LIM-49 Spartan

The LIM-49 Spartan was a United States Army anti-ballistic missile, designed to intercept attacking nuclear warheads from intercontinental ballistic missiles at long range and while still outside the atmosphere.

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Madison County Schools (Alabama)

Madison County Schools is a school district in Madison County, Alabama, United States, headquartered in an unincorporated area, bordering Huntsville.

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Madison County, Alabama

Madison County is a county located in the north central portion of the U.S. state of Alabama.

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Marshall Space Flight Center

The George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), located in Redstone Arsenal, Alabama (Huntsville postal address), is the U.S. government's civilian rocketry and spacecraft propulsion research center. Redstone Arsenal and Marshall Space Flight Center are historic American Engineering Record in Alabama and Landmarks in Alabama.

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MGM-18 Lacrosse

The MGM-18 Lacrosse was a short-ranged tactical weapon intended for close support of ground troops.

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MGM-29 Sergeant

The MGM-29 Sergeant was an American short-range, solid fuel, surface-to-surface missile developed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

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MGM-31 Pershing

The MGM-31A Pershing was the missile used in the Pershing 1 and Pershing 1a field artillery missile systems.

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MGM-5 Corporal

The MGM-5 Corporal missile was a nuclear-armed tactical surface-to-surface missile.

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MGM-52 Lance

The MGM-52 Lance was a mobile field artillery tactical surface-to-surface missile (tactical ballistic missile) system used to provide both nuclear and conventional fire support to the United States Army.

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MGR-1 Honest John

The MGR-1 Honest John rocket was the first nuclear-capable surface-to-surface rocket in the United States arsenal.

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MGR-3 Little John

The MGR-3 Little John was a free flight artillery rocket system designed and put into service by the U.S. Army during the 1950s and 1960s.

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MIM-23 Hawk

The Raytheon MIM-23 HAWK ("Homing All the Way Killer") is an American medium-range surface-to-air missile.

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Missile and Space Intelligence Center

The Missile and Space Intelligence Center (MSIC) is a component of the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency.

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Missile Defense Agency

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is a component of the United States government's Department of Defense responsible for developing a comprehensive defense against ballistic missiles.

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Mustard gas

Mustard gas or sulfur mustard are names commonly used for the organosulfur chemical compound bis(2-chloroethyl) sulfide, which has the chemical structure S(CH2CH2Cl)2, as well as other species.

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NASA

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research.

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New Mexico

New Mexico (Nuevo MéxicoIn Peninsular Spanish, a spelling variant, Méjico, is also used alongside México. According to the Diccionario panhispánico de dudas by Royal Spanish Academy and Association of Academies of the Spanish Language, the spelling version with J is correct; however, the spelling with X is recommended, as it is the one that is used in Mexican Spanish.; Yootó Hahoodzo) is a state in the Southwestern region of the United States.

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Nike Zeus

Nike Zeus was an anti-ballistic missile (ABM) system developed by the United States Army during the late 1950s and early 1960s that was designed to destroy incoming Soviet intercontinental ballistic missile warheads before they could hit their targets.

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Operation Paperclip

Operation Paperclip was a secret United States intelligence program in which more than 1,600 German scientists, engineers, and technicians were taken from former Nazi Germany to the U.S. for government employment after the end of World War II in Europe, between 1945–59.

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Paleo-Indians

Paleo-Indians were the first peoples who entered and subsequently inhabited the Americas towards the end of the Late Pleistocene period.

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PGM-11 Redstone

The PGM-11 Redstone was the first large American ballistic missile. Redstone Arsenal and PGM-11 Redstone are Marshall Space Flight Center and operation Paperclip.

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PGM-19 Jupiter

The PGM-19 Jupiter was the first nuclear armed, medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM) of the United States Air Force (USAF).

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Phosgene

Phosgene is an organic chemical compound with the formula.

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Project Nike

Project Nike (Greek: Νίκη, "Victory") was a U.S. Army project, proposed in May 1945 by Bell Laboratories, to develop a line-of-sight anti-aircraft missile system.

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Project Orbiter

Project Orbiter was a proposed United States spacecraft, an early competitor to Project Vanguard.

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Propulsion and Structural Test Facility

The Propulsion and Structural Test Facility, also known as Building 4572 and the Static Test Stand, is a rocket testing facility of the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Redstone Arsenal and Propulsion and Structural Test Facility are Marshall Space Flight Center.

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Race and ethnicity in the United States census

In the United States census, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) define a set of self-identified categories of race and ethnicity chosen by residents, with which they most closely identify.

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Redstone Army Airfield

Redstone Army Airfield or Redstone AAF is a military airport located at Redstone Arsenal, six miles (10 km) southwest of the city of Huntsville in Madison County, Alabama, United States.

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Redstone Arsenal cemeteries

The Redstone Arsenal cemeteries are a grouping of historic cemeteries on the Redstone Arsenal property in Madison County, Alabama, all administered by the United States Army.

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Redstone Test Stand

The Redstone Test Stand or Interim Test Stand was used to develop and test fire the Redstone missile, Jupiter-C sounding rocket, Juno I launch vehicle and Mercury-Redstone launch vehicle. Redstone Arsenal and Redstone Test Stand are Marshall Space Flight Center.

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Rohm and Haas

Rohm and Haas Company is a US manufacturer of specialty chemicals for end use markets such as building and construction, electronic devices, packaging, household and personal care products.

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Satellite

A satellite or artificial satellite is an object, typically a spacecraft, placed into orbit around a celestial body.

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Saturn (rocket family)

The Saturn family of American rockets was developed by a team of former German rocket engineers and scientists led by Wernher von Braun to launch heavy payloads to Earth orbit and beyond.

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Solid-propellant rocket

A solid-propellant rocket or solid rocket is a rocket with a rocket engine that uses solid propellants (fuel/oxidizer).

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Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.

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Space Shuttle

The Space Shuttle is a retired, partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated from 1981 to 2011 by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as part of the Space Shuttle program.

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Sprint (missile)

The Sprint was a two-stage, solid-fuel anti-ballistic missile (ABM), armed with a W66 enhanced-radiation thermonuclear warhead used by the United States Army during 1975–76.

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Sputnik 1

Sputnik 1 (Спутник-1, Satellite 1) was the first artificial Earth satellite.

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Tennessee River

The Tennessee River is the largest tributary of the Ohio River.

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The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is a federally owned electric utility corporation in the United States.

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Thermonuclear weapon

A thermonuclear weapon, fusion weapon or hydrogen bomb (H bomb) is a second-generation nuclear weapon design.

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Thiokol

Thiokol was an American corporation concerned initially with rubber and related chemicals, and later with rocket and missile propulsion systems.

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Tullahoma, Tennessee

Tullahoma is a city in Coffee and Franklin counties in southern Middle Tennessee, United States.

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U.S. Army Redstone Test Center

U.S. Army Redstone Test Center, or RTC, is subordinate organization to the United States Army Test and Evaluation Command, a direct reporting unit of the United States Army responsible for developmental testing, independent evaluations, assessments, and experiments of Army aviation, missiles and sensor equipment. Redstone Arsenal and U.S. Army Redstone Test Center are military installations in Alabama and research installations of the United States Army.

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United States Air Force

The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States.

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United States Army

The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces.

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United States Army Air Forces

The United States Army Air Forces (USAAF or AAF) was the major land-based aerial warfare service component of the United States Army and de facto aerial warfare service branch of the United States during and immediately after World War II (1941–1947).

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United States Army Aviation and Missile Center

The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation & Missile Center (AvMC), formerly known as the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center (AMRDEC), a part of the U.S. Army Research, Development, and Engineering Command (RDECOM) — now DEVCOM AvMC, is primarily a civilian organization tasked to provide research, development and engineering technology and services to support U.S. Redstone Arsenal and United States Army Aviation and Missile Center are research installations of the United States Army.

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United States Army Aviation and Missile Command

The United States Army Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM) develops, acquires, fields and sustains aviation, missile and unmanned aerial vehicles.

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United States Army Materiel Command

The U.S. Army Materiel Command (AMC) is the primary provider of materiel to the United States Army.

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United States Army Ordnance Corps

The United States Army Ordnance Corps, formerly the United States Army Ordnance Department, is a sustainment branch of the United States Army, headquartered at Fort Gregg-Adams, Virginia.

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United States Army Security Assistance Command

The United States Army Security Assistance Command (USASAC) implements security assistance programs, including Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program, for the Department of the Army.

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United States Army Space and Missile Defense Command

The United States Army Space and Missile Defense Command (USASMDC) is the Army Service Component Command (ASCC) for United States Strategic Command and United States Space Command.

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United States census

The United States census (plural censuses or census) is a census that is legally mandated by the Constitution of the United States.

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United States Census Bureau

The United States Census Bureau (USCB), officially the Bureau of the Census, is a principal agency of the U.S. Federal Statistical System, responsible for producing data about the American people and economy.

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United States Department of Defense

The United States Department of Defense (DoD, USDOD, or DOD) is an executive branch department of the federal government of the United States charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the U.S. government directly related to national security and the United States Armed Forces.

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United States Department of Justice

The United States Department of Justice (DOJ), also known as the Justice Department, is a federal executive department of the United States government tasked with the enforcement of federal law and administration of justice in the United States.

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United States Department of War

The United States Department of War, also called the War Department (and occasionally War Office in the early years), was the United States Cabinet department originally responsible for the operation and maintenance of the United States Army, also bearing responsibility for naval affairs until the establishment of the Navy Department in 1798, and for most land-based air forces until the creation of the Department of the Air Force on September 18, 1947.

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United States Naval Research Laboratory

The United States Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) is the corporate research laboratory for the United States Navy and the United States Marine Corps.

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V-2 rocket

The V2 (lit), with the technical name Aggregat 4 (A4), was the world's first long-range guided ballistic missile. Redstone Arsenal and v-2 rocket are operation Paperclip.

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Vanguard (rocket)

The Vanguard rocket was intended to be the first launch vehicle the United States would use to place a satellite into orbit.

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Virginia

Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains.

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Wernher von Braun

Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr von Braun (23 March 191216 June 1977) was a German-American aerospace engineer and space architect. Redstone Arsenal and Wernher von Braun are operation Paperclip.

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Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge

The Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge is a 35,000-acre (142 km2) national wildlife refuge (NWR) located along the Tennessee River near Decatur, Alabama.

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White Sands Missile Range

White Sands Missile Range (WSMR) is a United States Army military testing area and firing range located in the US state of New Mexico. Redstone Arsenal and White Sands Missile Range are research installations of the United States Army.

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59th Ordnance Brigade

The 59th Ordnance Brigade is a military unit of the United States Army.

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See also

1941 establishments in Alabama

• Advertiser-Gleam
• Bankhead Tunnel
• Dothan Regional Airport
• National Speleological Society
• Pryor Field Regional Airport
• Redstone Arsenal
• Sharpe Field
• The George Washington Carver Museum
• Vulcan Bowl

Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in Alabama

• Alabama World War II Army Airfields
• Autaugaville Auxiliary Field
• Bay Auxiliary Field
• Brookley Air Force Base
• Cairns Army Airfield
• Courtland Army Airfield
• Danville Auxiliary Field
• Deatsville Auxiliary Field
• Demopolis Army Air Field
• Dothan Municipal Airport
• Elmore Auxiliary Field
• Furniss Auxiliary Field
• Henderson Auxiliary Field
• Leighton Auxiliary Field
• Maxwell Air Force Base
• McLemore Auxiliary Field
• Mobile Regional Airport
• Mollette Auxiliary Field
• Montgomery Air National Guard Base
• Moton Field Municipal Airport
• Mount Meigs Auxiliary Field
• Passmore Auxiliary Field
• Pryor Field Regional Airport
• Redstone Arsenal
• Selma Auxiliary Field
• Sharpe Field
• St. Elmo Airport
• Sumpter Smith Air National Guard Base
• Tallassee Airport
• Taylor Field (Alabama)
• Trinity Auxiliary Field
• Troy Auxiliary Field
• Tuscaloosa National Airport

Alabama populated places on the Tennessee River

• Bridgeport, Alabama
• Decatur, Alabama
• Florence, Alabama
• Guntersville, Alabama
• Hollywood, Alabama
• Huntsville, Alabama
• Killen, Alabama
• Lacey's Spring, Alabama
• Langston, Alabama
• Mooresville, Alabama
• Muscle Shoals, Alabama
• Priceville, Alabama
• Redstone Arsenal
• Rogersville, Alabama
• Scottsboro, Alabama
• Section, Alabama
• Sheffield, Alabama
• Stevenson, Alabama
• Triana, Alabama
• Tuscumbia, Alabama
• Waterloo, Alabama

Armories in Alabama

• Company E of the 167th Infantry of the Alabama National Guard Armory
• Redstone Arsenal

Landmarks in Alabama

• Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage
• Alabama Shakespeare Festival
• Alabama Wildlife Center
• Auburn University
• Bamahenge
• Birmingham Civil Rights Institute
• Birmingham Zoo
• Cahaba Prison
• Captain William J. Hudson "Steamboat Bill" Memorial Bridges
• Crystal Cavern
• Greystone Golf & Country Club
• Guntersville Lake
• Huntsville Botanical Garden
• Huntsville International Airport
• Huntsville-Madison County Public Library
• Joe W. Davis Stadium
• Kiva Dunes
• Lake Martin
• Little River Canyon National Preserve
• Little River Canyon Rim Parkway
• Logan Martin Lake
• Marshall Space Flight Center
• National Space Science and Technology Center
• Neely Henry Lake
• NorthRiver Yacht Club
• Oakwood University
• Ol' Colony Golf Complex
• Old Overton Club
• Poarch Creek Indian Reservation
• Point Mallard Park
• Pryor Field Regional Airport
• Raymond J. Harbert College of Business
• Redstone Arsenal
• Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail
• Shoal Creek Club
• Stanfield-Worley Bluff Shelter
• Tuscumbia, Courtland and Decatur Railroad
• U.S. Space & Rocket Center
• University of Alabama at Birmingham
• University of Alabama in Huntsville
• University of North Alabama
• Von Braun Center
• WLAY (AM)
• Wetumpka crater
• Wheeler Lake
• Wilson Lake (Alabama)

Marshall Space Flight Center

• Alex McCool
• Army Ballistic Missile Agency
• H. R. Nagendra
• Heinz-Hermann Koelle
• High-energy replicated optics
• Karl Heimburg
• Konrad Dannenberg
• List of Germans relocated to the US via the Operation Paperclip
• Marshall Space Flight Center
• NERVA
• Neutral Buoyancy Simulator
• Oscar Holderer
• PGM-11 Redstone
• Payload Operations and Integration Center
• Propulsion and Structural Test Facility
• Redstone Arsenal
• Redstone Test Stand
• Saturn V dynamic test stand
• Saturn V dynamic test vehicle
• U.S. Space & Rocket Center
• Walter Haeussermann
• Walter Jacobi
• Werner Kuers
• William Mrazek

Military installations established in 1941

• Arkansas Ordnance Plant Guard House
• Coast Guard Base Kodiak
• Fan Bay Deep Shelter
• Fort Allen (Puerto Rico)
• Fort Campbell
• Fort Chaffee Maneuver Training Center
• Fort Eisenhower
• Fort Johnson
• Fort Walker
• German coastal battery Tirpitz
• Greensboro Training Center
• HMAS Penguin (naval base)
• HMS Aggressive (shore establishment)
• HMS Duke (shore establishment)
• James Connally Air Force Base
• Japanese Coastal Defense Gun
• Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune
• Naval Air Station Corpus Christi
• Naval Base Trinidad
• Naval Ordnance Station Louisville
• Naval Station Argentia
• Pepperrell Air Force Base
• Pine Bluff Arsenal
• RAAF Base Williamtown
• RAF Killadeas
• RAF Medmenham
• RAF St Angelo
• RCAF Station Lachine
• RRH Neatishead
• RRH Portreath
• Redstone Arsenal
• Seneca Army Depot
• Sewart Air Force Base
• Southwestern Proving Ground Building No. 129
• Southwestern Proving Ground Building No. 4
• Southwestern Proving Ground Building No. 5
• Stalag VI-K
• Tinker Air Force Base
• Tyndall Air Force Base
• Yucca Army Airfield

Military installations in Alabama

• Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company
• Alabama World War II Army Airfields
• Anniston Army Depot
• Naval Station Mobile
• Redstone Arsenal
• U.S. Army Redstone Test Center

Research installations of the United States Army

• Atmospheric Sciences Laboratory
• Aviation Applied Technology Directorate
• Ballistic Research Laboratory
• Benét Laboratories
• Black Mesa Test Range
• Camp Fistclench
• Camp James A. Garfield
• Churchville Test Area
• Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory
• Combat Capabilities Development Command Soldier Center
• DAIS-ITA
• Deseret Test Center
• Doriot Climatic Chambers
• Dugway Proving Ground
• Electro-Optical Systems Atmospheric Effects Library
• Electronics Technology and Devices Laboratory
• Federal Virtual World Challenge
• Foreign Military Studies Office
• Fort Monmouth
• Granite Peak Installation
• Human Engineering Laboratory
• Intelligence and Information Warfare Directorate
• International Technology Alliance
• Malta Test Station
• NIS-ITA
• National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center
• PEO Soldier
• Picatinny Arsenal
• Project Manager Mission Command
• Redstone Arsenal
• Redstone Technical Test Center
• Signal Corps Laboratories
• U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center
• U.S. Army Redstone Test Center
• United States Army Aviation and Missile Center
• United States Army CCDC Armaments Center
• United States Army CCDC Ground Vehicle Systems Center
• United States Army Combat Capabilities Development Command
• United States Army Command, Control, Communication, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Center
• United States Army Engineer Research and Development Laboratory
• United States Army Materiel Systems Analysis Activity
• United States Army Research Laboratory
• United States Army Simulation and Training Technology Center
• Vulnerability Assessment Laboratory
• Watervliet Arsenal
• White Sands Missile Range

Superfund sites in Alabama

• Alabama Army Ammunition Plant
• Alabama Plating Company Superfund site
• American Brass Superfund site
• Anniston Army Depot
• Capitol City Plume Superfund site
• List of Superfund sites in Alabama
• McIntosh, Alabama
• Olin Corporation
• Redstone Arsenal

Training installations of the United States Army

• Alamo Scouts Training Center
• Battle Command Training Center-Leavenworth
• Building 98
• Camp Atterbury-Muscatatuck
• Camp Logan (Illinois)
• Camp Rudder
• Camp Thomas
• Camp Wallace
• Camp Williams
• Carlisle Barracks
• Fort Belvoir
• Fort Bliss
• Fort Chaffee Maneuver Training Center
• Fort Eisenhower
• Fort Eustis
• Fort Gregg-Adams
• Fort Jackson (South Carolina)
• Fort Knox
• Fort Leavenworth
• Fort Leonard Wood
• Fort Moore
• Fort Novosel
• Fort Sill
• Fort Walker
• G.I. American universities
• Hohenfels, Bavaria
• McKenna Military Operations in Urban Terrain Site
• Northern Warfare Training Center
• Parks Reserve Forces Training Area
• Presidio of Monterey, California
• Redstone Arsenal
• Robinson Maneuver Training Center
• Sustainment Center of Excellence
• United States Army Combined Arms Support Command
• United States Army Intelligence Center
• United States Army Training and Doctrine Command
• United States Military Academy
• Warrenton Training Center
• William Beaumont Army Medical Center

United States Army arsenals during World War II

• Alabama Army Ammunition Plant
• Augusta Arsenal
• Badger Army Ammunition Plant
• Black Hills Ordnance Depot
• Blue Grass Army Depot
• Cornhusker Army Ammunition Plant
• Defense Depot Ogden
• Gopher Ordnance Works
• Green River Ordnance Plant
• Hays Army Ammunition Plant
• Indiana Army Ammunition Plant
• Joliet Army Ammunition Plant
• Kansas Army Ammunition Plant
• Lake City Army Ammunition Plant
• Lake Ontario Ordnance Works
• Letterkenny Army Depot
• Lexington Army Depot
• Lone Star Army Ammunition Plant
• Longhorn Army Ammunition Plant
• Louisiana Army Ammunition Plant
• Milan Army Ammunition Plant
• Nebraska Ordnance Plant
• Picatinny Arsenal
• Pine Bluff Arsenal
• Radford Army Ammunition Plant
• Red River Army Depot
• Redstone Arsenal
• Riverbank Army Ammunition Plant
• Rock Island Arsenal
• Rocky Mountain Arsenal
• Sacramento Army Depot
• San Jacinto Ordnance Depot
• Sangamon Ordnance Plant
• Savanna Army Depot
• Scioto Ordnance Plant
• Sierra Army Depot
• Springfield Armory
• St. Louis Arsenal
• Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant
• Watertown Arsenal
• Watervliet Arsenal
• Weldon Spring Ordnance Works
• West Virginia Ordnance Works

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redstone_Arsenal

Also known as Huntsville Arsenal, Redstone Arsenal (CDP), Alabama, Redstone Arsenal, AL, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., Redstone Arsenal, Alabama.

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