PGM-11 Redstone
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The PGM-11 Redstone was the first large American ballistic missile. A short-range ballistic missile, it was in active service with the United States Army in West Germany from June 1958 to June 1964 as
Redstone No. CC-56, Cape Canaveral, Florida, 17 September 1958
US Army field group erecting Redstone missile.
Redstone early production (1953)
Preparations on 16 May 1958 for the first Redstone launch on 17 May conducted by US Army troops. Battery A, 217th Field Artillery Missile Battalion, 40th Artillery Group (Redstone); Cape Canaveral, Florida; Launch Complex 5
Redstone Arsenal
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Redstone Arsenal is a United States Army base and census-designated place in Madison County, Alabama adjacent to Huntsville, Alabama in the Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge. It is part of the Huntsvil
Redstone Arsenal Sign, Gate 9
1940s munitions production at Huntsville Arsenal
RSA commander Maj. Gen. John Medaris, Wernher von Braun, and RSA deputy commander Brig. Gen. Holger Toftoy (left to right) in the 1950s
1956: Redstone missile testing on a Static Test Stand