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Dugway Proving Ground (DPG) is a U.S. Army facility established in 1942 to test biological and chemical weapons, located about 85 mi (137 km) southwest of Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, and 13 mi (21 km) south of the 2,624 sq mi (6,800 km 2) Utah Test and Training Range.
Dugway sheep incident. The Dugway sheep incident, also known as the Skull Valley sheep kill, was a March 1968 sheep kill that has been connected to United States Army chemical and biological warfare programs at Dugway Proving Ground in Utah. Six thousand sheep were killed on ranches near the base, and the popular explanation blamed Army testing ...
The Edgewood Arsenal human experiments took place from approximately 1948 to 1975 at the Medical Research Laboratories—which is now known as the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense (USAMRICD)—at the Edgewood Area, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. The experiments involved at least 254 chemical substances, but focused ...
Tooele Army Depot. Coordinates: 40°32′N 112°20′W. Tooele Army Depot weapons and munitions storage. Tooele Army Depot (TEAD) is a United States Army Joint Munitions Command post in Tooele County, Utah. It serves as a storage site for war reserve and training ammunition. The depot stores, issues, receives, renovates, modifies, maintains and ...
Dugway Army Air Field, Tooele; Now: Michael Army Airfield Part of: Dugway Proving Ground (United States Army) Air Technical Service Command. Hill Field, Clearfield; Ogden Air Depot, 12 January 1939-3 January 1955 482nd Base Headquarters and Air Base Squadron, 2 January 1943-1 April 1944 4135th Army Air Force Base Unit, 1 April 1944-28 August 1948
The East and West areas of the Dugway Proving Ground are contiguous with the South Area of the UTTR. History [ edit ] The Wendover Army Air Field was created in 1942 for research and training, with testing of Republic-Ford JB-2 (U.S. copy of the V-1 flying bomb ) in 1945-1946, the Matador in the 1950s, and Minuteman motor testing and ...
An Air Force C-141 jet carried the initial transfer of 64 Weteye bombs on August 12, 1981 to an air field at Dugway Proving Ground. The event was heavily covered by the media. The moves continued for the next three weeks and Weteyes were moved to the south area of the Tooele Army Depot, which became known as the Deseret Chemical Depot.
Col. Daniel L. Horn relinquished command of Tobyhanna Army Depot to Col. James L. Crocker on June 29.