12 "... Roswell Army Air Field (RAAF)..." "In May 1946, the Army Air Forces (AAF) gave SAC the responsibility of delivering the atomic bomb. Only one of the command’s bombardment units, the that Walker Air Force Base (then Roswell Field) in New Mexico, was trained and ready for the atomic bomb mission. The 509th Wing, training on the B aircraft, dropped the first atomic bomb on Japan" -- Reference http://www.strategic-air-command.com/bases/Walker_AFB.htm (back to 12) 13 "July 8, 1947, the Roswell Army Air Field (RAAF) issued a press release stating that personnel from the field's 509th Bomb Group had recovered a crashed "flying
