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14 April 1955 – The first significant Nike Ajax missile accident occurs at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland, on a rainy afternoon. At 1235 hrs., Battery C, 36th AAA Missile Battalion, located south of Maryland 602 (now Route 198), was “practicing Nike procedures”. The rocket booster on an Ajax which was being elevated on its […]
April 13, 1971 – The pilot with call-sign “Blade 5” who was assigned to the 614th TFS out of Phan Rang, is hit by enemy fire and crashes while flying F-100D #55379. He is recovered. No other information is available.
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On April 12, 1981, the Space Shuttle launched for the first time, and was piloted by John Young and Robert Crippen. During the two-day mission, Young and Crippen tested equipment on board the shuttle, and found several of the ceramic tiles had fallen off the top side of the Columbia. NASA coordinated with the Air Force to use satellites