Rome Laboratory
 Rome Laboratory |
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| Part of 1997: AFMC Air Force Research Laboratory 1975: AFSC Electronic Systems Division 1965: AFSC Research and Technology Division 1960: ARDC Air Force Command and Control Development Division |
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| Located at the Rome Research Site on the Griffiss Business and Technology Park (former Griffiss AFB) at Rome, New York | |
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| Coordinates | 43°13′22″N 75°24′31″W / 43.2229°N 75.4085°W (Building 3) |
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| Events | AFOUA, AFOEA |
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RADC annexes
1956-tbd: Floyd Test Annex --5 mi (8.0 km) from GAFB 1962-5: Syracuse BMEWS Test Facility |
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1956-tbd: Floyd Test Annex --5 mi (8.0 km) from GAFB
tbd: Newport Antenna Measurement Facility
1956-tbd: Verona Test Annex
1955-61: Laredo Test Site (to ADC)
1958-61: Trinidad Space Communication Facility (to Patrick AFB)
tbd-62: Carrabelle Experimental Annex (to Eglin AFB)
Rome Laboratory (Rome Air Development Center until 1991) is the US "Air Force 'superlab' for command, control, and communications"research and development and is responsible for planning and executing the USAF science and technology program.
Rome Lab is organized by tbd:
Divisions and laboratories of the former Rome Air Development Center included the Electronic Warfare Laboratory, High Power Laboratory, Photonics Laboratory, 1968 Electronics Laboratory (dedicated 25 October), RADC Systems Division, and the Communications and Control Division which moved from bldg. 106 to bldg 3 in March 1976 (RADC computer facilities were in bldg 3, which in August 1974 had "a new $2.8 million communications research laboratory".)
The Rome Air Depot established 5 February 1942 built USAAF versions of the Norden bombsights and tested/rebuilt large airplane engines, and Army Air Field, Rome, was established as a WWII USAAF airfield in New York on 4 Nov 1942. World War II technical squadrons included the "600 Engrg Sq" (10 Oct 44-30 Oct 44) and the "1 Acft Assembly Sq" (21 Aug 45-6 Nov 45). Renamed Griffiss Air Force Base on 23 Jan 1948, the World War II installation's buildings were used as post-war offices and laboratories, e.g., for testing units that arrived beginning in 1948 from Pennsylvania's Middletown Air Depot (Griffiss had the "2 Msl Trpt Sq" 26 Jan 48-3 Sep 48.)
The 3171st Electronics Research Group activated on 12 January 1949 under the 2751st Experimental Wing formed during World War II, and the 3180th Weapon Equipment Flight Test organization activated on 4 April 1949. On September 26, 1950, the Griffiss AFB Air Force Electronics Center was established—2 Griffiss radar units were established on 12 Oct 50 for less than a year, the 7th and 12th Radar Calibration Units. The entire Watson Laboratories, which was acquiring the "state-of-the-art" Bendix AN/FPS-3 Radar for Air Defense Command, transferred to Griffiss from Camp Coles NJ, from 6 November 1950 until 2 April 1951, the date Griffiss AFB transferred to Air Research and Development Command. During the move the 3151st Electronics Group was activated on 14 March 1951.
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