TAC Operations, Oct-Nov62 R8 of 26
Homestead AFB, Miami, Florida
Pilot into cockpit of F-102 (?) plane & fasting harness. Canopy closed & chocks removed. Plane taxiing.
04:21:06 Large Air Force 4-engine cargo plane (C-130 Hercules?) taxiing, parking and rear door opening. Lank unloaded.
04:22:02 Two men in red coverall run out of doors and into F-102? planes, CU putting on helmets, buckling in.
04:22:52 CU Control tower sign: Homstead Air Force Base Elevation 7 Feet. Tank out of C-130? cargo bay.
04:23:54 Airmen race out of building, across runway & into cockpit of F-102 (?). Ground crew activity starting plane. Sign: Headquarters Fighter Task Force (ADC). F-102 (?) Planes taxiing off. Repeat of running & boarding fighter jets.
04:28:33 Unloading tank & jeep driven off C-130? cargo plane.
Cuban Crisis; Spying; Air Force Reconnaissance; 1960s Cold War; Tactical Air Command (TAC);
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TAC Operations, Oct-Nov62 R8 of 26 Homestead AFB, Miami, Florida Pilot into cockpit of F-102 (?) plane & fasting harness. Canopy closed & chocks removed. Plane taxiing. 04:21:06 Large Air Force 4-engine cargo plane (C-130 Hercules?) taxiing, parking and rear door opening. Lank unloaded. 04:22:02 Two men in red coverall run out of doors and into F-102? planes, CU putting on helmets, buckling in. 04:22:52 CU Control tower sign: Homstead Air Force Base Elevation 7 Feet. Tank out of C-130? cargo bay. 04:23:54 Airmen race out of building, across runway & into cockpit of F-102 (?). Ground crew activity starting plane. Sign: Headquarters Fighter Task Force (ADC). F-102 (?) Planes taxiing off. Repeat of running & boarding fighter jets. 04:28:33 Unloading tank & jeep driven off C-130? cargo plane. Cuban Crisis; Spying; Air Force Reconnaissance; 1960s Cold War; Tactical Air Command (TAC);