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APR 01, 1952
New Office of Scientific Research Formed
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The Air Research and Development Command of the U.S. Air Force announced in January the establishment in Baltimore of its Office of Scientific Research, which will work with educational and industrial organizations, initiating and administering a program of research through contracts, especially in broad fields of interest to the Air Force. Graduate study and research in such fields as physics, fluid mechanics, chemistry, and mathematics will be sponsored under the new office, and the use of graduate skills in carrying out the research contracts will be encouraged, according to the Air Force statement. Establishment of the new organization, the announcement said, “marks an increased emphasis by the Air Force in basic research performed in the nation as well as within the Air Force, and in furthering understanding of the value of basic research to the Air Force mission.”

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