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Air Force Special Weapons Center
Air Force Special Weapons Center
Air Force Special Weapons Center

Air Force Special Weapons Center

Dateca. 1955
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensions7 9/16 × 9 7/16 in. (19.2 × 24 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of John Airy
Object numberPA1982.181.016
DescriptionA Kirtland Air Force Special Weapons Center technician places a piece of airborne test equipment inside a universal environmental chamber before a nuclear weapon development flight. The chamber subjects equipment to extremes of temperature and humidity to make certain it will stad up under the conditions of flight testing. The technician wears a U.S. Air Force uniform an dworks in a laboratory room at Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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