Editing Atomic Weapons Establishment (section)

===Atomic Weapons Research Establishment===
The British nuclear weapons programme, then operating under the project name '[[High Explosive Research]]' within the [[Ministry of Supply]], established operations on 1 April 1950 at the former [[RAF Aldermaston]] airfield.<ref name="Our history">{{Cite web | url=http://www.awe.co.uk/what-we-do/our-proud-history/ | title=Our history | access-date=11 June 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140450/http://www.awe.co.uk/what-we-do/our-proud-history/ | archive-date=12 June 2018 | url-status=dead }}</ref> The airfield was constructed in [[World War II]] and had been used by the [[Royal Air Force]] and the United States's [[Eighth Air Force|Eighth]] and [[Ninth Air Force]] as a troop carrier (C‑47) group base, and was assigned USAAF station No 467. In 1952, the [[High Explosive Research]] project was renamed the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment (AWRE), with [[William Penney, Baron Penney|William Penney]] appointed as the first director.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16655 | title=Atomic Weapons Research Establishment and Predecessors
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