Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. TAC OPERATIONS

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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. TAC OPERATIONS

1962

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Summary: Coverage of TAC operations at McCoy AFB during the Cuban Crisis. (Shot list to follow.) Reel 1, 910': 1) Scenes of C-135 taxiing in and Gen Curtis E. LeMay debarking. 2) Scenes of T-39 taxiing in and Maj Gen Walter E. Arnold, CofS TAC, debarking and being greeted. 3) Series of scenes of F-105's taking off. 4) Shows Gen LeMay being greeted by Brig Gen Robert W. Hall, APCS Commander. 5) Scenes of Gen LeMay board C-135, aircraft taxiing to runway and taking off. Reel 2, 383': 1) Series of scenes of one KC-135 and two B-52's landing (night scene). 2) Scenes of SAC crews being greeted by band and 4047th Bomb Group wing commander. Fair (Basic: Orig neg)

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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 ...