The Cold War Aerospace Technology History Project 1936-2008

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The Cold War Aerospace Technology History Project 1936-2008

The Cold War Aerospace Technology History Project primarily contains oral histories gathered from several workers in the field of Aerospace Technology during the Cold War (1946-1992). With few exceptions, the interviewees were all engineers and worked at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base on projects ranging from stealth and fly-by-wire technology to jet propulsion and foreign intelligence gathering, etc.

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Wright State University. Department of Archives and Special Collections

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In the fall of 2003, Dr. Richard Thomas, retired from a career at the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, OH, and also retired Director of the Center for Strategic Technologies at Texas A&M University, suggested a proposal to Dr. Stephen Foster, University Librarian at Wright State University. Fearing the rather sudden demise of the Soviet Union in 1992, and the widespread focus on the subsequent War on Terror, has pushed the peri...

Jenney, Gavin D.

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DuFour, Howard R.

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Howard R. DuFour originally came from Detroit, Michigan. After being introduced to machine tools in technical high school, he was employed from 1932 until 1940, as a draftsman, photographer, and special machinist. During World War II, his skills were needed to support the defense industry in Dayton, Ohio, culminating with an assignment on the Manhattan Project. Remaining in Dayton after the war, he operated his own camera repair business. Starting in 1951, he worked in Dayton for Mo...

Mattice, James J.

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Brown, Squire L. (Squire Lee), 1941-

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Richey, G. Keith

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Bahret, William F.

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Mound Facility

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Veghte, James J.

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Bilek, Vic

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Morgensen, Otto Peter, 1905-

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Lusczek, Joseph J., Jr.

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Sellen, John

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Russo, Vincent J.

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