TAC OPERATIONS, HOMESTEAD AFB Reel 5 · Part 3

Description

Summary: Coverage of TAC operations in and around Homestead AFB during the Cuban Crisis, including briefing sessions, aircraft being readied, pilots scrambling, inspection tours by Gen Curtis E. LeMay, CofS USAF; Gen Walter C. Sweeney, Jr., TAC Comdr, Gen Thomas S. Power, SAC Comdr; Brig Gen Robert W. Hall, APCS; Gen Herbert B. Powell, CONAC; Adm Robert L. Dennison and other officers. Shows Pres John F. Kennedy watching flyover and presenting Outstanding Unit Award to 363rd Tactical Reconnaissance Wing; Army troops arriving by train, setting up bivouac area and assembling Hawk missile launchers; Sen Barry Goldwater arriving for inspection and SAC personnel arriving during redeployment. Reel 5: 1) C-124C offloading trailer on cargo elevator. 2) Adm Dennison arriving by VC-131 for inspection tour and being greeted by honor guard. 3) Lt Gen Maurice A. Preston, 19th AF (TAC) and party getting out of staff car. 4) Adm Dennison, Army Gen Herbert B.Powell, and Army Lt Gen Louis Truman driving to 31st TFW Headquarters Building. 798' Total footage in reel. Reel 7: 1) Gen Power, SAC Comdr and Lt Gen Joseph J. Nazzaro, 3th AF (SAC) arriving in two KC-135's for inspection and being greeted. 2) Scenes of Gen Sweeney touring base. 3) AV's of Homestead AFB flight line, showing aircraft in alert position. 4) Men lounging around flight line. 784' Total footage in reel. Reel 11: 1) F-102's taking off--M-42 tank in fg. 2) Airmen arming F-102's with GAR Falcons and 2.75 FFAR's. 3) Air Force and Army personnel leaving chapel after services. 4) Ground crew retrieving F-102 drag chute. 5) F-102 taxiing to runway and taking off. 869' Total footage in reel. Reel 13: 1) AV's of Homestead AFB flight line. 2) Men packing aircraft drag chutes. 3) F-102 taxiing and jettisoning drag chute. 4) F-102 taxiing--man fishing in fg. 5) Series of scenes of drag chute riggers at work. 332' Total footage in reel. Reel 14: 1) MATS C-135 and SAC KC-135 landing. 2) Scenes of SAC men returning and being greeted by families. 3) Flight line activities including C-54 being loaded, C-123 taking off, and KC-135 taxiing. 4) Army M-41 tanks driving off flight line and through gate. 5) Airmen loading hydraulic hoist onto C-119. 6) AV's of aircraft on flight line, including F-100's, F-102's, C-119's, C-123's, C-130's, KC-135 and B-52. 7) B-52 landing during SAC redeployment. 907' Total footage in reel. Reel 15: (Unclassified) 1) Two RF-101's flying overhead. 2) Series of scenes during President John F. Kennedy's inspection tour, including AP's saluting and President inspecting squadron on flight line. 3) Series of scenes of President Kennedy entering command post, then leaving. 349' Total footage in reel. Reel 16: (Unclassified) 1) President Kennedy watching flyover, then touring base with Gen Sweeney. 2) RF-101's in static display area. 3) President Kennedy shaking hands with Gen Sweeney, boarding VC-137, then aircraft taxiing out. 4) President Kennedy talking to pilots on flight line. 350' Total footage in reel. Reel 20: (Unclassified) 1) C-130 taxiing to runway and taking off. 2) Army personnel removing barbed wire. 3) Airmen loading gear onto C-130. 4) SAC personnel arriving by KC-135 and boarding busses. 5) SAC men greeting families. 6) C-124 and KC-135 landing. 793' Total footage in reel. Reel 21: 1) Scenes of tent area command post. 2) Dancers at USO show. 3) Army missile men installing nose cone and guidance package in Nike missile. 4) Series of F-102's taking off in pairs. 5) Cars, trucks and mobile crane entering main gate. 6) C-119's taxiing and others landing. 931' Total footage in reel. Reel 22: (Unclassified) 1) Series of scenes of Lt Gen Maurice Preston in command post. 2) Pilot and cameraman boarding F-100F. 3) Maintenance personnel boarding C-119--shows engine starting and aircraft taxiing. 4) Pilots and cameramen walking to F-100F's. 5) Series of scenes of C-119's and C-54 taking off. 623' Total footage in reel. Reel 23: 1) Scenes of flight line from tower, showing F-100's, F-102's, C-47, C-54, C-123's, C-130's and HU-16. 2) Airmen loading boxes of rockets onto dolly. 3) AP's on flight line with F-102 landing in bg. 4) Scenes around motor pool. 5) C-133, F-100 and C-124 taking off, and C-124 landing. 6) Brig Gen Robert W. Hall (APCS) and party arriving by C-54. 908' Total footage in reel. Reel 24: 1) Scenes around Command Post (ADVON) with officers entering and leaving past MP's. 2) AV's of ADVON Building. 3) HU-16B taxiing on flight line. 4) Army personnel assembling Hawk missiles and mounting them on launchers. 448' Total footage in reel. Reel 25: 1) C-133 cargo doors closing. 2) F-102 taxiing in to flight line, pilot debarking. 3) Series of scenes of armorers mixing napalm in F-100 wing tank, and loading cannon ammo in canister. 4) C-133 offloading jeeps and tank. 5) Alert crews relaxing in ready room. 362' Total footage in reel. Reel 26: 1) F-100D and F-100F taxiing to runway and taking off. 2) VC-137 taxiing in to flight line, President Kennedy debarking, getting in car and driving away. 3)F-100 flyover. 735' Total footage in reel. Fair (Basic: Orig color)

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Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations

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Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities