The 1st Experimental Guided Missiles Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the Air Proving Ground Command and stationed at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. It was in
Postwar testing of the Republic-Ford JB-2 at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico
BQ-17 Flying Fortress Drones over New Mexico, April 1946. Aircraft were in natural aluminum finish with red fuselage and tail stripes. Photo taken from accompanying DB-17G drone controller aircraft. Drone aircraft identified as: 44-83553, 44-83603, 44-83588, 44-85819
The Air Force Missile Development Center and its predecessors were Cold War units that conducted and supported numerous missile tests using facilities at Holloman Air Force Base, where the center was
Air Force Missile Development Center sign in 1958
The 1958 cover of the base handbook featured the emblem of the Air Force Missile Development Center