Martin Company / Ogden / Douglas Aircraft Company / Ramo-Wooldridge Corporation / Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation / /
Continent
America / /
Country
Russia / United States / Soviet Union / United Kingdom / /
Event
Business Partnership / /
Facility
Vandenberg AFB / Ogden Air Logistics Center / Malmstrom AFB / Vandenberg's Operational System Test Facility / /
IndustryTerm
ballistic missile technology / rail network / guidance systems / anti-ballistic missile defense systems / hot gas / missile systems / control equipment / ballistic missile systems / operational missile systems / manmade satellite / power systems / /
Movie
Strategic Air Command / /
OperatingSystem
Poseidon / /
Organization
SMC’s ICBM Program Office / Eisenhower administration / Scowcroft Commission / Royal Air Force / Air Force Secretariat / Air Force Space Command / Force for Research and Development / Navy / Ballistic Systems Division / Ballistic Missile Division / Western Development Division / Strategic Air Command / Air Force Ballistic Missile Division / Air Force / Air Corps / Department of Defense / /
Person
Trevor Gardner / Simon Ramo / John von Neumann / Bernard A. Schriever / Bush / Reagan / /
Position
President / architect for research and development / CEO / Professor / Brigadier General / Assistant Secretary / commander / Major / Brigadier / /
CHAPTER III: BALLISTIC MISSILES The Air Force ballistic missile program had its origins in studies and projects initiated by the Army Air Corps immediately after World War II. These efforts aimed at mating the German V-2