1963 3AD yearbook photo
from Jim Chorazy, Web Staff
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1962: A Rare Night Launch of an Honest John by 3AD

Zoom in on Rocket

  A 12-mile range with a nuclear warhead, the M31 "Honest John" rocket (shown above at Grafenwoehr) had arrived at the 3AD in Germany in 1957. A phase-out began in 1962 with the arrival of the new M50 version with a 30-mile range. The Honest John was a free-flight artillery rocket, as opposed to a guided missile.

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