Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. SAC CHANGE OF COMMAND

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Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. SAC CHANGE OF COMMAND

1957

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Summary: Coverage of Gen. Curtis E. LeMay, Comdr, SAC, turning over command to Lt. Gen. Thomas S. Power. Scenes show SAC officers on review stand including Maj. Generals Francis H. Griswold, Vice Commander; George W. Mundy, Comdr, 2nd AF; Archie J. Old, Jr., Comdr, 15th AF; Walter C. Sweeney, Comdr, 8th AF and John P. McConnell, Director of Plans; Brig. Gen. David Wade, Chief of Staff; and Maj. Gen. John D. Ryan, Director of Materiel; SAC Elite guard and color guard; Offutt AFB band, troops passing in review, SAC Headquarters Building and Offutt AFB main-gate. 1) Scenes of USAF staff car stopping. Lt. Gen. Power former ARDC Commander and Maj. Gen. Griswold walking into SAC Headquarters past SAC Elite Guards. 2) Scenes of SAC VIPs Gen. Curtis E. LeMay, Lt. Gen. Thomas S. Power, Maj. Generals Walter C. Sweeney, Jr., Archie Old, Jr., George W. Mundy, John P. McConnell, David Wade, and John D. Ryan, on review stand. 3) Scenes of Gen. Curtis E. LeMay changing positions with Lt. Gen. Thomas S. Power. 4) Scenes of 3902nd AB Wing passing in review and 702nd AF band with sign on drum: COMMAND BAND, OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE. 5) Scenes of SAC Elite Guard and color guard passing review stand, of attention and parade rest and spectators watching parade. 6) MS to CU Lt. Gen. Thomas S. Power leaving review stand. 7) Scenes of four SAC Elite Guardsmen, and squadron commander approaching review stand with guidon bearer and returning to troops. 8) Scenes of Lt. Gen. Thomas S. Power leaving C-131D, being greeted by Maj. Gen. Francis H. Griswold and getting into staff car; Generals Power and Griswold in car with rain drops on window and staff car driving away and turning left. 9) MCUs left SV of C-131D (No. 54-2819) cockpit with lieutenant general's ID plate of fuselage. 10) MCUs of SAC shield and departwent of AF seal against background of white bunting. 11) Scenes of main gate with sign: OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, cars entering past AP and AP wearing white helmet with SAC shield saluting. 12) LSs of SAC Headquarters Building with cars on road in fg. 13) LS & MLS of VIPs taking positions on reviewing stand. 907': Total footage in reel. Fair-Good

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LeMay, Curtis E. (Curtis Emerson), 1906-1990

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Curtis Emerson LeMay (November 15, 1906 – October 1, 1990) was an American Air Force general who implemented an effective but controversial strategic bombing campaign in the Pacific theater of World War II. He later served as Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force from 1961 to 1965. LeMay joined the U.S. Army Air Corps, the precursor to the U.S. Air Force, in 1929 while studying civil engineering at Ohio State University. He had risen to the rank of major by the time of Japan's Attack on Pearl ...

Mundy, George W., 1905-2000

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George W. Mundy (b. 1905, Cedartown, Ga.-d. Mar. 3, 2000) took command of the Second Air Force in June 1957 and was later assigned commandant of the Industrial College of the Armed Forces in November 1957. He retired from Air Force service on July 31, 1963. From the description of Mundy, George W., 1905-2000 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10597140 ...

Sweeney, Walter C. (Walter Campbell), 1909-1965

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Walter Campbell Sweeney (1909-1965) was born in Wheeling, West Virginia. He graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant of Infantry in June, 1930. He graduated from primary and advanced flight schools in 1935, and was assigned to the 8th Attack Squadron of the 3rd Attack Group at Barksdale Field, Louisiana. During the World War II era, Sweeney joined the 5th Bomb Group in Hawaii in June, 1939, and later served as Commandi...

Power, Thomas S. (Thomas Sarsfield), 1905-

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Air Force officer. From the description of Reminiscences of Thomas S. Power : oral history, 1960. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122619630 Thomas Sarsfield Power (1905-1970 was an American military officer who served as both Vice-Commander and Commander-in-Chief of the Strategic Air Command. Born on June 18, 1905 in New York City, he graduated from Barnard School for Boys and entered the Air Corps flying school in 1928, receiving his commission as a second lieut...

Griswold, Francis H. (Francis Hopkins), 1904-1989

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Ryan, John D. (John Dale), 1915-1983

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John Dale Ryan (1915-1983) was the Seventh Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force. He was born in Cherokee, Iowa, where he graduated from Cherokee Junior College before entering the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. He graduated from West Point in 1938, and attended flight schools at Randolph and Kelly Fields, Texas, receiving his pilot''s wings in 1939. During the early years of World War II, he served as a flight instructor and in training roles at Kelly Field and ...

McConnell, John P. (John Paul), 1908-1986

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Air Force officer. From the description of Reminiscences of John Paul McConnell : oral history, 1969. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122481214 ...

Old, Archie J., 1906-1984

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Archie J. Old, Jr. (b. 1906, Farmersville, Tex.-d. Mar. 24, 1984), U.S. Air Force officer, enlisted as a private in the Texas National Guard in 1930, completed flying training and was commissioned in the Air Reserve in 1932. He was ordered to extended active duty in 1940, and in 1942 assumed command of the 96th Bomb Group and moved to the European Theater. In 1943 he became chief of the 45th Combat Bomber Wing, 8th Air Force. During World War II, he flew 43 combat missions against Germany. Follo...

Wade, David, 1911-1990

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David Wade biography (b. 1911, Minden, La.; d. May 11, 1990) reached the rank of lieutenant general and assumed command of SAC's Second Air Force, Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana on August 1, 1963. He later took command of the Eighth Air Force on August 1, 1966. He retired from Air Force service on March 1, 1967. From the description of Wade, David, 1911-1990 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10597518 ...