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==History== | ==History== | ||
The origin of the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center began during the post-[[World War II]] following the [[Manhattan Project]], which was designed by the [[United States Army]] from the outset to be a temporary organization to produce a [[nuclear weapon]]. With the end of the war, the establishment of the "Z Division" at [[Sandia Base]] and later the [[Sandia National Laboratory]] led to the creation of a [[United States Army Air Forces]] organization to coordinate military activities with the civilian research organization in 1946. On 18 September 1947, President | The origin of the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center began during the post-[[World War II]] following the [[Manhattan Project]], which was designed by the [[United States Army]] from the outset to be a temporary organization to produce a [[nuclear weapon]]. With the end of the war, the establishment of the "Z Division" at [[Sandia Base]] and later the [[Sandia National Laboratory]] led to the creation of a [[United States Army Air Forces]] organization to coordinate military activities with the civilian research organization in 1946. On 18 September 1947, President Harry S. Truman signed the [[National Security Act of 1947]], separating the Army Air Forces from the Army by creating the independent [[United States Air Force]]. The newly formed Air Force began assuming activities with nuclear research laboratories as [[Cold War]] tensions with the [[Soviet Union]] were rising. | ||
Initially part of [[Continental Air Command]] and [[Air Materiel Command]], the center was established as the '''Air Force Special Weapons Command''' as a Major Command of the United States Air Force on 1 December 1949. It was equal to the [[Air Defense Command]], [[Strategic Air Command]], and [[Tactical Air Command]]. It assumed all functions of the World War II Atomic Tactical and Technical Liaison Committees, its mission was to provide an organization for the development and testing of [[atomic weapon]]s. The nucleus of this organization was composed of the pioneering Air Force agencies which had located there to determine future employment of nuclear weapons. | Initially part of [[Continental Air Command]] and [[Air Materiel Command]], the center was established as the '''Air Force Special Weapons Command''' as a Major Command of the United States Air Force on 1 December 1949. It was equal to the [[Air Defense Command]], [[Strategic Air Command]], and [[Tactical Air Command]]. It assumed all functions of the World War II Atomic Tactical and Technical Liaison Committees, its mission was to provide an organization for the development and testing of [[atomic weapon]]s. The nucleus of this organization was composed of the pioneering Air Force agencies which had located there to determine future employment of nuclear weapons. | ||