<Li> 1946 - 09: First static firing of a Nike missile was at WSPG . </Li> <Ul> <Li> 1947 (late): A merging of military areas (e.g., former USAAF bombing range and the smaller WSPG) established the "New Mexico Joint Guided Missile Test Range". </Li> <Li> 1947 - 11 - 14: The USAF's Alamogordo Guided Missile Test Base (AGMTB) on the range had its first GAPA missile launch (39th for GAPA and first with a ramjet). </Li> <Li> 1948 - 05 to 1949 - 4: First six flight attempts for the Project Bumper two - stage V - 2 SRBM / WAC Corporal two - stage research vehicles as the world's first "high - speed" multistage rockets to be launched . </Li> <Li> 1948 - 07: USAF Project MX--774 commenced with the first RTV - A-2 Hiroc launch (from Launch Complex 33) </Li> <Li> 1949 - 03: Holloman's 2754th Air Force Base unit gained "control of (the WSPG) support airfield, Condron Field...from Biggs Army Air Field at Fort Bliss ." </Li> <Li> 1949: German scientists transferred from New Mexico to Alabama (Dr. Ernst Steinhoff transferred from WSPG to Holloman's Air Development Center .) </Li> <Li> 1949 - 07: The range's Four Bits Peak Instrumentation Annex was assigned to the AFB (disposed on 30 September 1960). </Li> <Li> 1951 - 07: The AGMTB became a sub-base of Florida's Air Force Missile Test Center until 31 August 1952 . </Li> <Li> 1951 - 08 - 22: Broomstick Scientists in a unit of the 9393 Technical Service Unit conducted their first launch: the "TF - 1" V - 2 rocket . (Broomstick Sweepings publication ended after a 22 January 1952 general order transferred "1st Ord . GMS Bn ." soldiers to Detachment No. 1, Station Complement .) </Li> <Li> 1952 - 05: An additional 40 mi × 117 mi (64 km × 188 km) was set aside for the "Alamogordo bombing range, White Sands proving ground, and the Fort Bliss antiaircraft range". </Li> <Li> 1952 (mid): The joint range of more than 200,000 acres (81,000 ha) was 2nd in area to the Eglin AFB range (the Edwards AFB range was 3rd .) </Li> <Li> 1952 - 11: The range's Red Butte Instrumentation Annex was assigned to Holloman AFB (disposed on 22 November 1963). </Li> <Li> 1953 - 06: USS Desert Ship (LLS - 1) (Launch Complex 35) was built to test the Navy RIM - 8 Talos missile . </Li> <Li> 1957 - 02: The 9393rd Technical Unit, Ordnance, became the U.S. Army Garrison . </Li> <Li> 1957 - 03 - 13: Nike Hercules satisfactory launch from LC37 . </Li> </Ul> <Li> 1947 (late): A merging of military areas (e.g., former USAAF bombing range and the smaller WSPG) established the "New Mexico Joint Guided Missile Test Range". </Li> <Li> 1947 - 11 - 14: The USAF's Alamogordo Guided Missile Test Base (AGMTB) on the range had its first GAPA missile launch (39th for GAPA and first with a ramjet). </Li>

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