Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. DEPUTY CINC MEAFSA TOUR, MONROVIA, LIBERIA, ABIDJAN, IVORY COAST, KINSHASA AND LUBUMBASHI, CONGO, NAIROBI, KENYA, AMMON, JORDAN, TEHRAN, IRAN, AND MACD

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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. DEPUTY CINC MEAFSA TOUR, MONROVIA, LIBERIA, ABIDJAN, IVORY COAST, KINSHASA AND LUBUMBASHI, CONGO, NAIROBI, KENYA, AMMON, JORDAN, TEHRAN, IRAN, AND MACDILL AFB, FLORIDA

1969

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Covers African and Middle East tour by Lt Gen Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., Deputy CinC, Strike Command and Deputy CinC, MEAFSA. VIPs include US Ambassadors John R. Root, Sheldon B. Vance, Robinson McIlvaine and Harrison Symmes. NOTE: EC-135 (No. 10316) is Strike Command Air Command Post, has refueling boom and is painted all white with black stripe running length of fuselage, and black lighting bolts on engine nacelles.

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Davis, Benjamin Oliver, Jr., 1912-2002

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Benjamin Oliver Davis (1912-2002) was born in Washington, DC, the son of Sadie (Overton) and Benjamin Oliver Davis. Upon his graduation from West Point in 1936, he requested an assignment in the Air Corps, which did not accept African Americans at the time. Instead he commissioned with the 24th Infantry in Georgia. In 1938 he taught at Tuskegee as professor of military science and tactics. The Army promoted him to the rank of captain in 1940 and a year later assigned him as an aide to...