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yes the DoD used Shuttle for several Mission like:
(STS-4, STS-51-C, STS-51-J, STS-27, STS-28, STS-33, STS-36, STS-38, STS-39)
but there was more
at Vandenberg Air Force Base, they build a Shuttle launch pad on Space Launch Complex 6
and the north runway and overruns were lengthened for Orbiter landing.
with first mission STS-62-A targeted for October 15, 1986, using Discovery
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-62-A
http://www.spacepatches.nl/sts_mis/STS62A.html
but on January 28, 1986 Challenger explode during launch and terminate the USAF shuttle program
but there some open question on this program:
were the 4 original orbiter enough, or need USAF more Shuttle for there Mission ?
had USAF used Mission control center at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center ?
or had build there own Mission control center, perhaps Air Force Space Command in Peterson Air Force Base ?
USAF consider to use Shuttle to intercept enemy Satellite in Orbit, examine, them destroy or salvage it.
but is there any evidence they planed it for Real ?
(STS-4, STS-51-C, STS-51-J, STS-27, STS-28, STS-33, STS-36, STS-38, STS-39)
but there was more
at Vandenberg Air Force Base, they build a Shuttle launch pad on Space Launch Complex 6
and the north runway and overruns were lengthened for Orbiter landing.
with first mission STS-62-A targeted for October 15, 1986, using Discovery
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-62-A
http://www.spacepatches.nl/sts_mis/STS62A.html
but on January 28, 1986 Challenger explode during launch and terminate the USAF shuttle program
but there some open question on this program:
were the 4 original orbiter enough, or need USAF more Shuttle for there Mission ?
had USAF used Mission control center at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center ?
or had build there own Mission control center, perhaps Air Force Space Command in Peterson Air Force Base ?
USAF consider to use Shuttle to intercept enemy Satellite in Orbit, examine, them destroy or salvage it.
but is there any evidence they planed it for Real ?