The Air Force Special Projects Production Facility was a top-secret facility operational at

Westover Air Force Base Westover may refer to: People *Al Westover (born 1954), American professional basketball player in Australia *Arthur Westover (1864–1935), Canadian sport shooter and 1908 Olympian *Charles Westover (1934–1990), better known as Del Shannon, Amer ...

from 1961 to 1976. It was responsible for developing film from the Corona satellite program and other film projects that were

top secret Classified information is confidential material that a government deems to be sensitive information which must be protected from unauthorized disclosure that requires special handling and dissemination controls. Access is restricted by law or ...

. The facility was co-located with the 8th Reconnaissance Technical Squadron and developed the film used during the

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. It was also the primary production facility for the National Reconnaissance Program during this time. The facility was also in charge of the Controlled Range Network, which served to calibrate

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, and

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programs.

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