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DESIGNATIONS, HEADQUARTERS, AND COMMANDS 1945 - 1992 Designation Dates Headquarters Command Cambridge Field Station 20 September 1945 - Watson Laboratories Air Technical Service (CFS) 5 July 1949 Red Bank, NJ. Command (in 1946 renamed 20 September 1945- the Air Materiel Command). 1 December 1947 20 September 1945 - 2 April 1951 Air Force Cambridge 5 July 1949 - Research Laboratories 28 June 1951 (AFCRL) Air Force Cambridge 28 June 1951 - Air Research and Development Research Center (AFCRC) 2 May 1960 Command (ARDC) 2 April 1951 - 1 April 1961 Detachment 2, Hdgtrs. Air 2 May 1960 - Air Force Re…

PHILLIPS LABORATORY, GEOPHYSICS DIRECTORATE AT A GLANCE, 1993 MISSION: Phillips Laboratory, Geophysics Directorate, is located at Hanscom AFB, Massachusetts. The Directorate conducts research in five major areas: space physics, optical/infrared physics, ionospheric physics, earth sciences, and atmospheric sciences. The Directorate also does work in environmental simulation and data analysis. The Geophysics Directorate understands, specifies, and predicts the environment, and with other Phillips Laboratory directorates, provides technology to mitigate the environmental effects on systems. The D…

PHILLIPS LABORATORY, HANSCOM AFB AT A GLANCE, 1993 MISSION: Phillips Laboratory is a national leader in space research and development. Phillips Laboratory, Hanscom AFB, focuses primarily on geophysics - understanding the environment between the earth and sun and the effects of this environment on military systems. Phillips Lab, Hanscom, also does research on advance weapons and survivability - understanding how military systems can survive in the space environment; space missiles and technology - developing technologies that provide options and alternatives for space vehicles; and space exper…

PHILLIPS LABORATORY/GEOPHYSICS DIRECTORATE History The Geophysics Directorate of Phillips Laboratory, which was formed on 13 December 1990, traces its origins back to 1947. In a 26 March 1947 directive General Curtis LeMay at Army Air Forces Headquarters ordered the Air Materiel Command (AMC) to assume responsibility for research and development in meteorology and related geophysical fields in the Air Force. The responsibility for meteorological R & D had previously been delegated to the Air Weather Service, and so trained AWS personnel were transferred over to AMC. The Air Materiel Command im…

GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE AIR FORCE: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE 1945 The Army Air Forces set up the Cambridge Field Station (CFS) at 224 Albany St, Cambridge, Massachusetts, to continue radar and electronic research after the war. 1946 CFS scientists launched the first of the Air Force’s V-2 rockets, which carried instruments to probe the upper atmosphere. 1947 In response to a directive from Army Air Forces Headquarters, the Air Materiel Command set up a Geophysics Research Division within its Watson Laboratories in New Jersey. 1948 The Geophysics Research Division moved to th…

1963 1965 1969 1970 1972 1973 1976 LOT. 1978 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 An AFCRL "first"--scientists measured positive ions in the D-region, reshaping notions of the region’s chemistry. Earth scientists at AFCRL successfully bounced a laser beam off a satellite, marking the debut of satellite laser geodesy. Another AFCRL "first"--scientists measured negative ions in the D-region of the upper atmosphere. AFCRL sponsored the pioneering Aspen Conference on Fourier Spectroscopy. The first edition of AFCRL’s LOWTRAN code for modeling atmospheric propagation was published. In a record-setting per…

1988 1989 1990 1991 Another AFGL 'first"--the ECHO-7 rocket experiment imaged an electron beam Spiraling up one of the Earth’s magnetic field lines. AFGL was redesignated the Geophysics Laboratory (AFSC). The rocket-borne EXCEDE III experiment simulated nuclear-induced effects in the upper atmosphere. GL’s Space Radiation Effects (SPACERAD) experiments were launched on the USAF/NASA Combined Release/Radiation Effects Satellite (CRRES) and made new breakthroughs in the study of space radiation. On 18 December the Geophysics Laboratory became part of the Air Force’s new Phillips Laboratory. The …

Company/ Organization ONTAR Corp. AeRo lnc: Rockwell Int. U. So. Florida Salem State College ONTAR Corp. Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRDAs) Product PC-LOWTRAN 7 Global Spectral Climate Model Integrated GPS/INS System PC-HITRAN Internships PC-MODTRAN Use Atmospheric Transimission Code Effect of Anthropogenic Change on Environment Mineral/Petroleum Exploration High Resolution Optical Transmission Spectrum/Atmosphere Simulation Laboratory (Simlab) Training Atmospheric Transmission Code