(Elmshoot) wrote:

I was wondering the other day how the 2.75" Air to ground rocket came to be
named Zuni. Any experts that can help?
Sparky
Yes, I shot them from the A-6 what fun!!! Bottle rockets for adults

As has already been pointed out, the Zuni is the 5" FFAR.

I still have yet to hear back from my official query to China
Lake, but have heard back from an ex-bubblehead now working
there.

China Lake, under whatever their official name was at the time,
developed the 5" FFAR [and the 2.75" one, too, for that matter.]

It appears that the Zuni was named after the Zuni indian tribe,
which lived in the AZ/NM region, hard by [in continental terms]
China Lake.

[I thought, after all these "There I was at 20,000 feet ..." TINS
sea stories, someone ought to return to the original question.]
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