claim: Jarhead, a 2005 American biographical war drama, was directed by Sam Mendes.
evidence: Launch Complex 18 -LRB- LC-18 -RRB- is a launch complex at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station , Florida that was active during the late 1950s and early 1960s .. Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. It was used by Viking , Vanguard , Thor and Scout rockets .. Vanguard. Vanguard ( rocket ). Viking. Viking ( rocket ). Thor. PGM-17 Thor. Scout. Scout ( rocket family ). The complex consists of two launch pads , LC-18A , which was originally built by the US Navy for the Vanguard rocket , and LC-18B , which was originally by the US Air Force used for tests of the PGM-17 Thor missile .. Vanguard. Vanguard ( rocket ). PGM-17 Thor. PGM-17 Thor. Thor. PGM-17 Thor. US Navy. US Navy. US Air Force. US Air Force. The first launch from LC-18 was a Viking rocket from LC-18A on 8 December 1956 , on a test flight for Project Vanguard .. Vanguard. Vanguard ( rocket ). Viking. Viking ( rocket ). Project Vanguard. Project Vanguard. A further Viking launch was conducted in May 1957 , and the Vanguard made its maiden flight from the complex in September .. Vanguard. Vanguard ( rocket ). Viking. Viking ( rocket ). Following this , the United States first satellite launch attempt was made from LC-18A , using Vanguard TV3 , on 6 December 1957 .. Vanguard. Vanguard ( rocket ). TV3. Vanguard TV3. United States. United States. Vanguard TV3. Vanguard TV3. The launch failed after the rocket lost thrust and exploded on the launch pad .. All twelve Vanguard launches were conducted from LC-18A , with the complex being transferred to NASA after it took over responsibility for Vanguard following its formation in 1958 .. Vanguard. Vanguard ( rocket ). NASA. NASA. After the Vanguard 's retirement in 1959 , LC-18A was transferred to the US Air Force for use by Scout rockets .. Vanguard. Vanguard ( rocket ). Scout. Scout ( rocket family ). US Air Force. US Air Force. LC-18B was used for 17 tests of Thor missiles between 4 June 1958 and 29 February 1960 .. Thor. PGM-17 Thor. Following this , it was also converted for use by Scout rockets .. Scout. Scout ( rocket family ). Sixteen Scouts were launched from LC-18 ; ten from LC-18A and six from LC-18B .. Fifteen of the launches were suborbital sounding flights , and one was an orbital launch with the Mercury-Scout 1 satellite for NASA .. NASA. NASA. Scout. Scout ( rocket family ). sounding. sounding rocket. Mercury-Scout 1. Mercury-Scout 1. This failed to reach orbit and was destroyed by range safety 43 seconds after launch .. orbit. orbit. range safety. range safety. The launches from LC-18A used the Blue Scout Junior configuration , and were conducted between 21 September 1960 and 9 June 1965 .. Scout. Scout ( rocket family ). Blue Scout Junior. Blue Scout Junior. The launches from LC-18B consisted of three Blue Scout I rockets and three Blue Scout IIs , launched between 7 January 1961 and 12 April 1967. Scout. Scout ( rocket family ). Blue Scout I. RM-89 Blue Scout I