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4 unusual facts about Dugway Proving Ground


138th Attack Squadron

In 1998, the 174th FW deployed to Tyndall AFB, Florida, for the "Combat Archer" exercise and also to the Dugway Proving Ground, Utah to participate in exercise "Global Patriot 98".

Dugway

Dugway Proving Ground, a United States military weapons testing range in Utah

Oh-My-God particle

The Oh-My-God particle was an ultra-high-energy cosmic ray (most likely a proton) detected on the evening of 15 October 1991 over Dugway Proving Ground, Utah.

Raymond Davis, Jr.

Davis spent most of the war years at Dugway Proving Ground, Utah observing the results of chemical weapons tests and exploring the Great Salt Lake basin for evidence of its predecessor, Lake Bonneville.



see also

MAAF

Michael Army Airfield at Dugway Proving Ground, abbreviated as Michael AAF or MAAF