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In 1948, Alamogordo Air Field was renamed Holloman Air Force Base in honor of Colonel George Holloman who was a pioneer in rocket and pilotless aircraft research. Related research branched into the medical field with rocket sled tests and high altitude balloon ascents with animal and human subjects.
The name Edward Fitzgerald Beale is synonymous with Camp Beale and the later Beale Air Force Base. But did you also know that Beale was a surveyor, an explorer and a Mexican War veteran who made six trips between Washington, D.C. and the Pacific coast, relaying military information.