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Army in Space

Significant Accomplishments in Space
EXPLORER I:  | The Army's Satellite Program  | Jupiter Rocket System  | EXPLORER I photos |
Redstone Arsenal Firsts
Pioneering Efforts in Space
REDSTONE Rocket
The Army Ballistic Missile Agency

 

Aviation

Biographies:  | Mr. Joseph P. Cribbins  | Hamilton H. Howze  |

Documents:  | Army Aviation and Firepower  | Post-Desert Storm history (pdf)  | The Problems of Supply Management in Aircraft Logistics  |

Images:  | AH-1  | AH-64  | CH-34  | CH-47  | CH-54  | Easy Money  | OH-58  | Other Aircraft  | UH-1  | UH-60  |

Links:  | US Army Aviation Center, Ft. Rucker  | US Army Aviation Museum  |

Systems:  | AH1 Cobra  | CH-21Shawnee  | CH-34 Chocktaw  | CH-37 Mojave  | CH-54 Tarhe  | Curtiss-Wright Air Car  | CV-2 Caribou |
                 | H-25 "Mule"  | H-23/OH-23 Raven  | O-1 Bird Dog  | OH-6 Cayuse  | OH-13 Sioux  | OV-1 Mohawk  | UH-1 "Huey"  | UH-19 Chickasaw |

 

Biographies

Dr. Richard W. Amos

MG John A. Barclay

Dr. Wernher von Braun

MG Jerry Max Bunyard

MG Peter G. Burbules

MG William S. Chen

MG August M. Cianciolo

MG Lynn A. Collyar

BG Rollo C. Ditto
MG Larry J. Dodgen

MG Edwin I. Donley

MG Charles W. Eifler

MG Vincent H. Ellis

Mr. James L. Flinn, III

MG Emmitt E. Gibson

Senator Howell Heflin

COL Carroll D. Hudson

Congressman Robert E. Jones, Jr
MG James M. Link

Dr. John McDaniel

MG Francis J. McMorrow

MG Charles F. Means

MG John B. Medaris

MG Robert L. Moore

MG James R. Myles

MG James H. Pillsbury
MG Louis Rachmeler

MG Frank P. Ragano

MG Thomas D. Reese

MG Jim M. Richardson

MG Joe W. Rigby

MG James E. Rogers

Mr. Daniel J. Rubery

MG August Schomburg
Senator John J. Sparkman

MG Julian A. Sullivan, Jr.

MG Grayson D. Tate, Jr.

MG Holger N. Toftoy

MG George E. Turnmeyer

BG Thomas K. Vincent

Mr. Ernest A. Young

MG John G. Zierdt

CSM Leroy A. Arceneaux

CSM Clarence R. Bray, Jr. 

CSM Isaac Clifton  

CSM John W. Crawford

CSM Tod L. Glidewell

CSM Charles A. Havner

CSM David P. Holmes

CSM Roscoe L. Johnson, Jr.

CSM Harvey W. Kahl

CSM Gregory Lunn

SGM Roland. J. Martin

SGM John W. Monger

CSM Edward L. Polite

CSM Billy E. Prysock

CSM Arthur R. Senkewich

CSM Benjamin F. Sundey

CSM Robert A Whiteford III

CSM Ricky P. Yates
Commanders of AMCOM and Predecessor Commands, October 1948 - Present

Commanders ATCOM and Predecessor Commands Only - October 1952 - June 1997

Commanders MICOM and Predecessor Commands Only October 1948-July 1997

Interviews with Commanders and others


Historical Links

U.S. Army Center of Military History
U.S. Air Force Historical Research Agency
U.S. Army Military History Institute
Center for Army Lessons Learned



Installation History

The Pre-Missile Era 1941 - 1949:   | Intro  | 1941  | 1942  | 1943  | 1944  | 1945  | 1946 1947  | 1948 1949

The Redstone Arsenal Era 1950 - 1955:  | Intro  | 1950 - 1952  | 1953 - 1955  |

The ABMA/AOMC Era 1956 - 1962:  | Intro  | 1956  | 1957  | 1958  | 1959  | 1960  | 1961  | 1962 |

Excellence in Missilery 1962 - 1979:    | Intro  | 1962  | 1963  | 1964  | 1965  | 1966  | 1967  | 1968  | 1969 |
                                           | 1970  | 1971  | 1972  | 1973  | 1974  | 1975  | 1976  | 1977  | 1978  | 1979 |

Redstone Arsenal Era: 1980-89:  | Intro  | 1980  | 1981  | 1982  | 1983  | 1984  | 1985  | 1986  | 1987  | 1988  | 1989 |

The US Army Aviation and Missile Command: 1997-2007:  | Offical AMCOM history  | AMCOM leadership |

Redstone Army Airfield:  | Intro  | Pre-Missile Era  | Missilery and Space, 1950-91  | Aviation at RSA  | VIP visits  | Chronology |

Redstone Arsenal Railroad

The Goddard House:  | Bio Robert H. Goddard  | Official Story  | Wheel House  | pre-Army days  | SEC DEF visit (pdf)  | Rocket article 1971 (pdf) |
                                | Redstone Rocket 1980 (pdf)  | Location  | Photos |

Desert Storm:  | Redstone Role  | Oral History  |

How Redstone Got Its Name

Two Arsenals of Democracy

The Redstone Arsenal Complex in the Pre-Missile Era:

Evolution of the US Army Aviation & Missile Command

AMCOM MICOM Logos

Vigillant and Invincible article by Colonel Moeller

History of the Sparkman Center Complex

Story of the Keller Motor Car Company



Missilery

 | Army TACMS  | CHAPARRAL  | CORPORAL  | DART  | DRAGON  |  | HAWK  | HELLFIRE  | HONEST JOHN  | JAVELIN  | JUPITER  | LACROSSE  | LANCE
 | LITTLEJOHN  | MLRS  | NIKE AJAX  | NIKE HERCULES  | PATRIOT  | PERSHING  | REDEYE  | REDSTONE  | SERGEANT  | STINGER / AVENGER  | TOW  |


Photos Archive

 | Army Band  | ABMA  | Aviation  | Buildings  | Disasters  | EXPLORER  | Facilities  | HAWK  | Bob Jones  | JUPITER  | LANCE  | Medaris  | Misc  | Missile  |
 | MLRS  | NIKE AJAX  | NIKE HERCULES  | PATRIOT  | PERSHING  | Personnel  |  | REDSTONE  | 1940s  | Sparkman  | Toftoy  | TOW  | Trains  |
 | VIPs  | Von Braun  |


Videos

 | Lance Field Artillery Missile System Introduction  (E)  |
 | Lance Field Artillery Missile System Test  (E)  |
 | Patriot Air Defense Missile System Development and Deployment  (E)  |


Womens History

Redstone Arsenal photos from the 1940's

Read Redstone Rocket article on "Teensie" Stroupe

Stacey Posey interview


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