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adjacent to the Alachua Pinellas community at the mouth of the

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, site D 3 of the Eglin Range Complex, was used for development tests, e.g., 1950s/1960s

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supersonic cruise missile firings from the Venice missile launch complex. The Anclote site "phased down" May 1-July 1, 1969. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=888&dat=19690515&id=E0tSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xnsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6431,3371311 Anclote Tracking Site "phased down" from May 1 to July 1, 1969.

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