|
|
|
|
Author
|
Topic: NRO 'Special Projects' monument at NMUSAF
|
Jim Behling
Member Posts: 2050
From: Cape Canaveral, FL
Registered: Mar 2010
|
posted 05-19-2026 02:28 PM
   
On Friday, May 15, 2026, a ceremony was held on the grounds of the National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton, Ohio to dedicate a monument to the people who worked for the Secretary of the Air Force Office of Special Projects, or SAFSP. SAFSP was a key component of the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), which itself was highly classified and not formally declassified until 1992. The NRO had four main components, known as Programs A, B, C, and D, each responsible for developing and managing hardware. ... Program A was the Air Force component, at SAFSP, and managed and developed numerous intelligence satellite programs as well as overseeing launch operations for all NRO missions.When SAFSP was formally stood up, it became responsible for Air Force intelligence space programs, under the direction of the NRO in Washington. ... A major program for SAFSP in the 1960s was the Manned Orbiting Laboratory, which was eventually cancelled in 1969. | |
Contact Us | The Source for Space History & Artifacts
Copyright collectSPACE. All rights reserved.
Ultimate Bulletin Board 5.47a
|
|
|
 advertisement
|
