[NUCLEAR TESTS]. A group of 2 photographs from the Cherokee and Dakota Tests for Operation Redwing. May-June 1956.

[OPERATION REDWING - CHEROKEE TEST]. Photograph of the Redwing Cherokee detonation, 20 May 1956 (but printed 2009). 20 x 24 in. on Harman fiber paper, and matted.

Operation Redwing comprised a series of 17 nuclear tests conducted by the United States from 4 May - 21 July 1956. The Cherokee test was conducted on May 20 and was the first thermonuclear device delivered by plane. Due to a navigation error the bomb was released four miles away from its original drop point, resulting in military personnel originally positioned with their backs to the blast instead facing it head on.

[With:] [OPERATION REDWING - DAKOTA TEST]. Photograph from atomic test at Bikini Atoll 25 June 1956 (but printed 2009).
20 x 24 in. color print on Harman fiber paper.

The Operation Redwing nuclear tests were conducted from 4 May-21 July 1956. Each test was named after an Indigenous American tribe, with the series being the second conducted to prove new thermonuclear weapon designs. The Dakota test marked the first detonation of the series.

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[NUCLEAR TESTS]. A group of 2 photographs from the Cherokee and Dakota Tests for Operation Redwing. May-June 1956.

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