United States Air Force officers meeting. Chart at meeting depicts a United States Army Air Force’s MX-776 supersonic air-to-surface missile in flight.
United States Air Force officers meeting. Artist’s concept of surface-to-surface cruise missiles by the United States Army Air Force such as the MX-771 (MGM-1 Matador), MX-770, and the MX-775A (MX775A Snark).
Sign reads "Holloman Air Force Base Alamogordo New Mexico”. An animated map of New Mexico showing the location of cities such as Alamogordo New Mexico and El Paso, Texas. Map of New Mexico showing Holloman Air Force Base, Alamogordo and Mockingbird Gap. Then the animated map shows the various positions of phototheodolites and tracking radars between Holloman Air Force Base and Mockingbird Gap. Positions of the Beacon Triangulation Stations in New Mexico are also shown on the map.
Men unload and place OQ-19 target aircraft from a truck. The truck drives away. Sergeants fit a parachute in the aircraft. A man fixing JATO bottle to launcher with A7-type catapult. Men starting the target engine using a gasoline engine starter. Man adjusts the carburetor setting manually. Fixing starting device to aircraft. The OQ-19 target aircraft on launcher. The OQ-19 target aircraft launches and in flight. Men watching the officer fly aircraft using a hand control (B type radio command guidance system). OQ-19 target aircraft falling by means of parachute after the aircraft’s engine is cut off. The OQ-19 target aircraft and parachute lands on the ground.
Men prepare a VB-13 Tarzon missile (also known as ASM-A-1 Tarzon), a freefall vertical guided bomb. The missile contains a British Tallboy 12,000-pound (5,400 kg) bomb.
Men stand at the entrance of the Boeing GAPA project building at the Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico. A small high-velocity rocket is fired prior to launching. Launching of the Model 601 missile. Streak of smoke arises from the missile in the blue sky. Men using theodolite to track the rocket. A radar dish rotating while tracking rocket. Rocket smoke trail forming an arc-shape. The 602 Model missile launches from launchpad.