Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. AF HOSTS SOUTH AMERICAN CHIEFS OF STAFF

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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. AF HOSTS SOUTH AMERICAN CHIEFS OF STAFF

1963

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Summary: Coverage of the Third Annual Inter-American Air Force Chiefs Conference showing visitors from 16 Latin American countries arriving by VC-137B and Dominican Republic C-47. Scenes of guests being greeted by Gen Curtis E. LeMay and Gen Walter C. Sweeney, Jr., receiving honors and tour of SAWC static display. Also shows Gen LeMay's arrival by modified KC-135A and Maj Gen James E. Roberts and Maj Gen John K. Hester, Brig Gen Gilbert L. Prtichard, Brig Gen Miguel Atila Luna Perez and Lt Gen Carlos Granthon Cardona. (Shot list to follow.) Shows Gen Curtis E. LeMay, AF Chief of Staff; Gen Walter C. Sweeney, Jr., Comdr TAC and Brig Gen Gilvert L. Pritchard, Comdr Special Air Warfare Center (SAWC) on ramp, talking and waiting for arrival of Latin American Chiefs of Staff. (NG) 27' SLATE: AF HOSTS SOUTH AMERICAN CHIEFS OF STAFF. 29' MS left SV of Dominican Republic C-47 as Gen LeMay, Gen Sweeney and Brig Gen Pritchard walk out to aircraft and welcome Brig Gen Miguel Atila Luna Perez, CofS Dominican AF and other officers -- shows Gen LeMay and Brig Gen Perez walking to waiting busses. 68' MCU of English and Spanish on C-47 reading: MAAG TO THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. 77' CU of writing on back of ground crewman's white overalls: TRANSIENT ALERT. 83' MS of VC-137B taxiing in as directed. 94' Scenes of Gen LeMay, Gen Sweeney, Maj Gen James E. Roberts, Comdr APGC and unidentified major general greeting Latin American Chiefs of Staff, arrival honors, honor cordon and honor guard with flags of the Latin American countries. 196' MLS to MCU of modified KC-135A taxiing on ramp - shows Gen Sweeney going to meet Gen LeMay who is alighting by VIP ramp from aircraft; Gen LeMay and Brig Gen Pritchard taking places in front of honor cordon and inspecting honor guard with flags of Latin American countries. 272' Scenes of Gen LeMay with Maj Gen John K. Hester, Asst Chief of Staff in bg as the AF Chief of Staff shakes hands with VIP's; Gen LeMay, Gen Sweeney and Maj Gen Hester talking with foreign VIP's; CU's of Honduras and Mexican arm patches and VIP's boarding chartered Trailways busses as a major general watches. MCU of signs in windshield of busses No. 2 and No. 3 showing alphabetical listing of countries, and busses leaving. 448' Scenes of Air Commando interpreter on moving truck as Gen Sweeney, Brig Gen Pritchard and visitors view static displays including T-37, T-28, C-47, C-46, U-10A, C-l23 and YB-26K. 719' CU of Lt Gen Carlos Granthon Cardona, Comdr Peruvian AF. 771' Scenes of honor guard with flags of Latin American countries and Gen LeMay and Brig Gen Pritchard saluting in front of modified KC-135A; VIP's of Latin American countries talking with Gen LeMay, Gen Sweeney and Maj Gen Hester with waiting busses in bg. 864' MLS to MS of Dominican Republic C-47 taxiing and engine stopping. 888' LS's of honor guard -- intercut with MS of Gen LeMay leaving with Brig Gen Miguel Atila Luna Perez. 920' MLS of ground crewmen placing chocks under wheels of VC-137B and VIP ramps being rolled up to aircraft. 937' LS & MS of band playing. Fair-Good (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 ...

Cardona, Carlos Granthon

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Carlos Granthon Cardona, Commander of the Peruvian Air Force. From the description of Cardona, Carlos Granthon (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10596422 ...

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...

Pritchard, Gilbert L., 1915-1990

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Gilbert L. Pritchard (b. 1915, Redfield, S.D.-d. Mar. 20, 1990), U.S. Air Force officers, spent three years of enlisted service with the U.S. Army prior to his entry into college. Following graduation he returned to the service for Air Cadet training and in 1940 received a commission and his pilot's wings. In 1942 he went to North Africa with the 97th Bomb Group; in 1944 he was assigned to the 5th Wing; and served with the 52nd Fighter Group in Italy until the war in Europe ended. After assignme...

Hester, John K. (John Kenton), 1916-1965

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John Kenton Hester (1916-1965) was born in Plains, Montana. He received his commission as 2nd lieutenant in the Air Corps of the U.S. Army in 1939, and advanced to the rank of major general in 1960. Among his various commands were Chief of Staff of the 2nd Air Force at Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana from 1957 to 1959 and Deputy Director at Operations Headquarters of the Air Force in Washington from 1959 to 1962. From the description of Hester, John K. (John Kenton), 1916-1965 ...

Roberts, James E. (James Edwin), 1909-1978

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James Edwin Roberts (b. 1909, Pettus, Tex.-d. Oct. 17, 1978) was Deputy for Personnel at Headquarters of the Tactical Air Command, Langley Air Force Base, Virginia, starting May 15, 1960. He reached the rank of major general on August 9, 1957 and was appointed commander of the Air Proving Ground Center at Eglin Air Force Base on July 1, 1962. He retired from Air Force service on November 1, 1967. From the description of Roberts, James E. (James Edwin), 1909-1978 (U.S. National Archiv...