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United States Air Force • Blue Scout Jr • Launch Complex A (CA)
United States Air Force • Blue Scout Jr • Launch Complex A
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A flight carrying particle detectors. It was the only completely successful flight of the initial Blue Scout Junior program.
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A flight carrying particle detectors. It was the only completely successful flight of the initial Blue Scout Junior program.
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A flight carrying particle detectors. It was the only completely successful flight of the initial Blue Scout Junior program.
The XRM-91 Blue Scout Junior (sometimes called Journeyman B) was a rocket of the U.S. Air Force's System 609A Blue Scout family.
The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Originally created on 1 August 1907, as a part of the United States Army Signal Corps, the USAF was established as a separate branch of the United States Armed Forces in 1947 with the enactment of the National Security Act of 1947.
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