Operation Bluenose Agm-28 Hound Dog Missile B-52 Launch (1960)

Synopsis

Created by the Strategic Air Command, this film documents Operation Blue Nose in April of 1960. On April 20, a 4135th Strategic Wing B-52G crew at Eglin AFB, Fla., launched a Hound Dog missile at the end of a 20-hour, 30-minute flight to the North Pole and back. This test verified the ability of the B-52 and missile to operate in temperatures as low as 75 degrees below zero. The North American Aviation Corporation AGM-28 Hound Dog was a supersonic, jet propelled, air-launched cruise missile.…

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27 minutes

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