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Homestead Air Force Base During the Cuban Missile Crisis

by on October 23, 1962 in Cuban Missile Crisis, Raw Footage, Video


Originally classified footage of operations around Homestead Air Force Base and Naval Air Station Key West during the Cuban Missile Crisis, including preparation of planes and weapons and visits by Chief of Staff of the Air Force General Curtis LeMay, Tactical Air Command Commander General Thomas S. Power, and others.
October 1962
Dept of Air Force
National Archives
342-USAF-34535-Crisis
Color
Silent

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