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Pictures from Watertown / AREA 51 / THE RANCH
 
DETACHMENT A   

 WRS(P)1

ESTABLISHED WATERTOWN STRIP JAN 1956.

LAKENHEATH   APRIL 1956 -WIESBADEN JUNE 1956

GIEBELSTADT OCTOBER 1956    CLOSED NOVEMBER 1957

 

  
  DETACHMENT B     WRS(P)2    

ESTABLISHED WATERTOWN STRIP SPRING 1956 INCIRLIK AUGUST 1956

ALSO KNOWN AS DET 10-10 TUSLOG

CLOSED JUNE 1960

 
DETACHMENT C     WRS(P)3

ESTABLISHED WATERTOWN STRIP AUGUST 1956

ATSUGI MARCH 1957   

CLOSED JUNE 1960

 
WRSP 3 DET C 

9 X 6 Inches in size.

THANKS TO JOE PURDYWANTED
WRS(P)4

THE "RANCH" WAS CLOSED DUE TO THE NUCLEAR TESTING PROGRAMME " PLUMBBOB"

AND TESTING/ TRAINING WAS SET UP AT  NORTH BASE   EDWARDS AFB

1130th ATTG,  Edwards AFB, North Base, California, USAF Flight Test Center,
                (Air Technical Training Group), also known as
                'Special Projects Branch', ex 4th WRSP, (WRSP-4), ex Det G,
                established mid-1969, (belonged to ARDC), CIA operated,
                deactivated mid-1974.

 
   
   
   
   
   
 

 

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