NUTCRACKERS Electronic Warfare EW Area 51 / Groom Lake Test Site Air Force Challenge Coin / 413th Flight Test Squadron Army On 2 January 1968

On 2 January 1968

Piasecki said closing the unit was the saddest day of his life

Pre-Benghazi

so that should the word come--"let's go"--I had at least a handful of teams ready to go at a moment's notice

NUTCRACKERS Electronic Warfare EW Area 51 / Groom Lake Test Site Air Force Challenge Coin / 413th Flight Test Squadron Army On 2 January 1968This coin is 1 3 4 inches in diameter. The coin is in good shape with wears and surface marks from handling. NUTCRACKER = Alter ego of the EW. Flight testing The 6513th Flight Test Squadron (known as the "Red Hats") was activated at Edwards Air Force Base, California on 1 December 1977 as part of the USAF Flight Test Center. The squadron was assigned to Edwards, although it operated from Tonopah Test Range Airport, Nevada to perform technical