Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. GEN LEMAY'S F-105F CHECKOUT

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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. GEN LEMAY'S F-105F CHECKOUT

1963

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Summary: Covers Gen Curtis E. LeMay's checkout flight in F-105F, piloted by test pilot Harry Evans of Republic Aviation Corporation. Other VIP's include Brig Gen Clair L. Wood. (Shot list to follow.) 1) MCU's & CU's of Harry Evans, test pilot, and Gen Curtis E. LeMay, CofS, USAF, at F-105F cockpit mockup as Mr. Evans briefs Gen LeMay. 2) Gen LeMay arriving on flight line and being led on preflight check of F-105F by Mr. Evans. 3) MLS, MCU & CU's of Gen LeMay getting into F-105F rear cockpit and strapping in. 4) MLS's to MS's to LS's pan left with F-105F taking off and landing. 5) MS's F-105F taxiing from and to parking position -- row of parked T-39A's in bg. 6) Gen LeMay leaving cockpit, taking off parachute, talking with Mr. Evans and boarding staff car. 7) MCU & CU of Brig Gen CLair L. Wood, Comdr 1001st AB Wing Hqs Comd. 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 ...

Evans, Harry

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Wood, Clair L., 1908-1987

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Clair L. Wood was born in El Reno, Okla., in 1908. His early years were spent in Seward and Meade counties of southwestern Kansas. He completed high school at Meade, Kan., in 1927 and entered the University of Kansas at Lawrence where he received the degree of bachelor of science in civil engineering in 1932. While at the university, he was a member of Theta Tau, a professional engineering fraternity and was elected to Tau Beta Pi and Sigma Tau, the national engineering honor fraternities. The y...