Atomic Veterans Photo Album

Operation Plumbbob, 1957

Anti-aircraft atomic rocket Ground Zero Volunteers
Jet firing atom bomb tipped anti-aircraft rocket.
Col. Sidney Bruce, Lt. Col. Frank Ball, and Majors Norman Bodinger, John Hughes, and Don Luttrell
John Detonation Volunteers react to shock
July 19, 1957 -- Fireball of the John Shot, an atomic tipped rocket designed for air-to-air combat. Yield was less than 2 kt.
Volunteer officers react to sharp shock wave from detonation approximately 4 miles overhead.

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