“Holloman AFB”60+ pages
- p. 11 …Target Balloon Launch Near Holloman AFB, N.M.
50. DISCOVERER Nosecone Rigged for High Altitude Balloon…
- p. 12 …57. "Vee" Balloon at Holloman AFB, N.M.
58. Current Members of the Holloman AFB Balloon…
- p. 13 …Memorial Plaque at Holloman AFB, N.M.
32. Nenninger Balloon Launch Facility at Holloman AFB, N…
- p. 20 …Gildenberg, retired Holloman AFB Balloon Branch Physical Science Administrator and Meteorologist, came forward with pertinent information…
- p. 21 …engineer, and physical science administrator for the Holloman AFB Balloon Branch from 1951-1981. Gildenberg actively…
- p. 26 …AAF (renamed Walker AFB in 1948), White Sands Missile Range and Holloman AFB, N.M. The…
- p. 27 …Missiles (left) and drones (right) under development at Holloman AFB, N.M. were determined not to…
- p. 28 …unpredictable and did not usually remain over Holloman AFB or White Sands Missile Range. $ ^{28} $ Many…
- p. 36 …and other aero medical projects conducted at Holloman AFB also resulted in a 1956 Twentieth Century…
- p. 37 …Contemporary magazines that featured experiments at Holloman AFB, N.M. Clockwise from top left, Time, September…
- p. 40 …dummies were accomplished by personnel from the Holloman AFB Balloon Branch. $ ^{53} $ Typically, eight to twelve…
- p. 41 …at Muroc (now Edwards AFB), Calif., $ ^{61} $ and later at Holloman AFB, N.M. Developments from…
- p. 42 …Air Force Aeromedical Field Laboratory at Holloman AFB, N.M. and later the Aero Medical Laboratory…
- p. 45 …intended use, were the methods used by Holloman AFB personnel to transport them. The dummies were…
- p. 47 …Air Force research organizations at Holloman AFB, N.M., have launched and recovered approximately 2,500…
- p. 48 …Filmed on location at Holloman AFB, Air Force personnel, high altitude balloons, aircraft, vehicles, and other…
- p. 51 …by Holloman technicians to supplement early balloon tracking techniques. $ ^{76} $ Balloons launched at Holloman AFB generated…
- p. 52 …Research projects of the late 1940's and 1950's conducted at Holloman AFB which began…
- p. 53 …Air Force photo)
An illustration of the important contributions of the Holloman AFB Balloon Branch, and…
- p. 54 …American satellite, made possible in part by Holloman AFB high altitude balloons, enabled the U.S…
- p. 55 …The Holloman Balloon Branch, in addition to high altitude research activities, also conducted low altitude tethered…
- p. 56 …57. (Right) A tethered "Vee" balloon shown here at Holloman AFB, N.M. in March 1965…
- p. 57 balloon launch facility at Holloman AFB, U.S. Air Force balloon crews have recently launched balloons…
- p. 59 …Air Force scientific study and were given a telephone number at Holloman AFB if they required…
- p. 62 …Examples of unusual payloads flown by Air Force high altitude balloons at Holloman AFB, N.M…
- p. 63 …Army communications payload was flown at Holloman AFB, N.M. on September 30, 1976. (U.S…
- p. 68 …NASAs APOLLO spacecraft three-man couch at Holloman AFB, N.M. in 1965. (U.S. Air…
- p. 70 …aircraft, equipment, and procedures used by the Holloman AFB Balloon Branch to launch and recover anthropomorphic…
- p. 72 …Madson "rigs" a dummy to its suspension rack for project HIGH DIVE at Holloman AFB, N…
- p. 73 …Air Force L-20 aircraft used extensively by Holloman AFB crews to track and recover anthropomorphic…
- p. 74 …The Holloman AFB Balloon Branch modified these vehicles in 1953, ruling out the possibility that the…
- p. 82 …by remote control by balloon controllers at Holloman AFB Site1
47. “they took everybody’s name…
- p. 109 …Air Force photo)
Fig.13. (Right) Holloman AFB Balloon Branch Meteorologist and Engineer, Bernard D. Gildenberg…
- p. 110 …Kittinger, Jr., standing beside the EXCELSIOR gondola at Holloman AFB, N.M. On his third and…
- p. 112 …Additionally, two training flights at Holloman AFB also resulted in injuries to pilots. These injuries prompted…
- p. 113 …850 at Holloman AFB. $ ^{176} $ Near the end of another successful training mission with the same…
- p. 114 …The balloon training missions flown from Holloman AFB, N.M. in May 1959, were made in…
- p. 117 …In 1953, Kittinger received an assignment as a test pilot to Holloman AFB, N.M. While…
- p. 119 …The other ambulance had been converted by the Holloman AFB Balloon Branch and served as a…
- p. 120 …The ramp was attached to the hospital dispensary, Walker AFB Bldg. 317. $ ^{217} $ The other ambulances…
- p. 124 …REGISTER NUMBER 6580TH USAF HOSPITAL HOLLOMAN AFB MM 93. REGISTER NUMBER 16059
Fig. 27. Clinical Record…
- p. 125 …to Wright-Patterson AFB aboard a specially arranged flight from Holloman AFB, N.M. (photo collection…
- p. 126 …Although Fulgham did not require hospitalization at Walker AFB, upon his return to Holloman AFB he…
- p. 129 …Plaque placed at Holloman AFB honoring three Balloon Branch members killed during a high altitude balloon…
- p. 133 …Preliminary Survey of the Aft Facing Seated Position, Air Force Technical Report 5915, (Wright Patterson AFB…
- p. 134 …1947-1958 (Holloman AFB, NM: Air Research and Development Command, 1958) (hereafter Contributions of Balloon Operations…
- p. 136 …Gildenberg, Meteorologist, Holloman AFB Balloon Branch, October 12, 1956 - March 14, 1961.
88. Flight Summary, DISCOVERER…
- p. 137 …Gildenberg, Meteorologist, Holloman AFB Balloon Branch., October 12, 1956 - March 14, 1961; "Summary of Balloon Flights…
- p. 140 …HADC-TN-54-3 (Holloman AFB, NM: Holloman Air Development Center, March 1954), 7.
157. Recollections…
- p. 154 …Simons, MAN HIGH II, Air Force Missile Development Center, Holloman AFB, N.M., AFMDC-TR-59…
- p. 161 …Holloman AFB, N.M.
18 1/25/56 Holloman AFB, N.M. Holloman AFB, N.M…
- p. 162 Number Date Launch Site Landing Site
24 8/21/56 Holloman AFB, N.M. Holloman AFB…
- p. 166 …pilots and he wanted them returned to Holloman AFB as quickly as possible.
The hospital was…
- p. 168 …Capt Kittenger and Capt Bill Kaufman from Holloman AFB, NM in May, 1959. On the second…
- p. 170 …Following graduation I was hired by the Air Force at Holloman AFB and worked continuously as…
- p. 171 …The balloon was launched around midnight from behind the Balloon Branch at Holloman AFB. I remember…
- p. 173 …I completed three tours at the Balloon Branch at Holloman AFB, NM. I retired from the…
- p. 174 …provide them with a telephone number at Holloman AFB if they wanted to report any damages…
- p. 175 …of the Aero Medical Field Laboratory at Holloman AFB, NM.
During my third assignment at Wright…
- p. 176 …When the medical personnel were finished treating Fulgham, all three of us returned to Holloman AFB…
Capt Fulgham sustained an injury to the forehead when the lip of the gondola struck him. Capt Fulgham thought he had fractured his skull but the experimental helmet he was wearing apparently protected him. Capt Kittinger was bleeding from a cut on the face. I was beneath Fulgham and Kittinger and unhurt. Fulgham was loaded into the helicopter and we were taken to the nearest hospital, at Walker AFB, in Roswell. I recall the helicopter pilot called the air traffic control tower at Walker and informed them we were inbound with an injured pilot from a balloon accident. This was quite unusual and I believe the tower personnel might have thought we were a surprise Strategic Air Command inspection team that at the direction of the SAC Commander, Gen. Curtis E. LeMay, sometimes made unannounced visits by helicopter. We landed in front of the tower and were met by an ambulance along with a detail of military police with machine guns. The military police escorted us to the hospital for treatment and to verify our story of the balloon crash.
While Capt Fulgham and Capt Kittinger were being treated I was asked to explain to the Walker AFB Base Commander what had happened. After Capt Kittinger was treated he called Col Stapp from a phone adjacent to the waiting room were numerous military wives were waiting for pre-natal care. Capt Kittinger, as the project officer, was concerned what effect this accident might have on the future of his program. As we waited for Fulgham, Kittinger paced up and down the hall concerned about Fulgham and getting out of the hospital before Walker AFB officials might complicate matters. I do not recall any male civilians in the hospital, nor do I recall Capt Kittinger being involved in an altercation of any kind. Capt Kittinger did not shout or use obscene language, he was simply interested in getting medical attention for Fulgham and leaving as soon as possible. I do recall that one or two nurses were present. I do not recall a black NCO accompanying Kittinger while we were in the hospital.
When the medical personnel were finished treating Fulgham, all three of us returned to Holloman AFB by helicopter about noon the same day. The following day I took my FAA exam and was awarded a balloon pilot license. Three days later, on Sunday, Kittinger, Fulgham and I returned to Wright Patterson via a special C-131 flight. Fulgham looked very odd with two black eyes and protruding forehead; his head was so swollen he could not wear his uniform hat for some time. I later worked with Capt Kittinger on the Stargazer project and and occasionally flew aircraft with him.