Onizuka Air Force Base
Onizuka Air Force Base

Author: Joseph T. Page II

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 146710406X

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For nearly five decades, some of the United States military's most secretive operations were conducted out of a collection of nondescript buildings at the intersection of State Route 237 and Mathilda Avenue in Sunnyvale, California. The installation was known by a variety of names in its early years: Satellite Test Center, Air Force Satellite Control Facility, the "Blue Cube," and Sunnyvale Air Force Station. In July 1986, the facility was renamed Onizuka Air Force Base after Col. Ellison S. Onizuka, the first Asian American astronaut, who was killed during the space shuttle Challenger accident. The location was selected due to its proximity to Lockheed Missiles and Space Company's Sunnyvale facilities and supported early satellite reconnaissance programs such as Corona, Gambit, and Hexagon. As the nation's nucleus for satellite command and control, workers at Onizuka Air Force Base directed efforts for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), US military, and NASA's space shuttle program until the closure of the base in 2010.

Onizuka Air Force Base
Onizuka Air Force Base

Author: Joseph T. Page II

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2019-11-04

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 1439668469

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For nearly five decades, some of the United States military's most secretive operations were conducted out of a collection of nondescript buildings at the intersection of State Route 237 and Mathilda Avenue in Sunnyvale, California. The installation was known by a variety of names in its early years: Satellite Test Center, Air Force Satellite Control Facility, the "Blue Cube," and Sunnyvale Air Force Station. In July 1986, the facility was renamed Onizuka Air Force Base after Col. Ellison S. Onizuka, the first Asian American astronaut, who was killed during the space shuttle Challenger accident. The location was selected due to its proximity to Lockheed Missiles and Space Company's Sunnyvale facilities and supported early satellite reconnaissance programs such as Corona, Gambit, and Hexagon. As the nation's nucleus for satellite command and control, workers at Onizuka Air Force Base directed efforts for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), US military, and NASA's space shuttle program until the closure of the base in 2010.

Onizuka Air Force Base
Onizuka Air Force Base

Author: Joseph T Page II

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Library Editions

Published: 2019-11-04

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 9781540241221

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For nearly five decades, some of the United States military's most secretive operations were conducted out of a collection of nondescript buildings at the intersection of State Route 237 and Mathilda Avenue in Sunnyvale, California. The installation was known by a variety of names in its early years: Satellite Test Center, Air Force Satellite Control Facility, the "Blue Cube," and Sunnyvale Air Force Station. In July 1986, the facility was renamed Onizuka Air Force Base after Col. Ellison S. Onizuka, the first Asian American astronaut, who was killed during the space shuttle Challenger accident. The location was selected due to its proximity to Lockheed Missiles and Space Company's Sunnyvale facilities and supported early satellite reconnaissance programs such as Corona, Gambit, and Hexagon. As the nation's nucleus for satellite command and control, workers at Onizuka Air Force Base directed efforts for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), US military, and NASA's space shuttle program until the closure of the base in 2010.

Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States
Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States

Author: United States. Congress. House

Publisher:

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 1196

ISBN-13:

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Some vols. include supplemental journals of "such proceedings of the sessions, as, during the time they were depending, were ordered to be kept secret, and respecting which the injunction of secrecy was afterwards taken off by the order of the House."

Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations for 2012: Air Force; FY2012 budget estimates: Air Force military construction program; FY2012 budget estimates: Air Force Reserve military construction program; FY2012 budget estimates: Air National Guard military construction program; FY2012 budget estimates: BRAC, 1995 Commission, Air Force; FY2012 budget estimates: BRAC, 205 Commission, Air Force
Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations for 2012: Air Force; FY2012 budget estimates: Air Force military construction program; FY2012 budget estimates: Air Force Reserve military construction program; FY2012 budget estimates: Air National Guard military construction program; FY2012 budget estimates: BRAC, 1995 Commission, Air Force; FY2012 budget estimates: BRAC, 205 Commission, Air Force

Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies

Publisher:

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 954

ISBN-13:

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Military Bases
Military Bases

Author: United States. General Accounting Office

Publisher:

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 56

ISBN-13:

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This is a supplement to GAO's 1995 report on military base closures and realignments (GAO/NSIAD-95-133). Many interested parties, including Members of Congress, sent GAO correspondence on base closures. In some instances, the letters and the material provided useful leads. In other cases, the material added support to issues that GAO was actively pursuing. GAO could not follow up on many of the points raised because of the limited time available to GAO. However, GAO believes that the letters and the materials may be helpful to the Base Closure and Realignment Commission in making future decisions. Consequently, GAO is providing all the letters and the materials to the Commission. This supplement contains copies of the letters and some of the materials.