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Sunday, September 4, 2011

CIVIL DEFENSE PROPAGANDA"OPERATION ALERT AMERICA" (1952) A BRIEF HISTORY OF CIVIL DEFENSE AND ANTI COMMUNIST POLITICS









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DURING THE EARLY 1950s THE ALERT AMERICA CIVIL DEFENSE PROGRAM WAS STARTED,THE PROGRAM HAD A CONVOY OF 18 WHEELER TRUCKS HAULING THE EXHIBITS AND SPEAKERS WHO TRAVELED ACROSS AMERICA ,THE CIVIL DEFENSE AGENCY WAS KNOWN AS THE FEDERAL CIVIL DEFENSE AGENCY ONE OF MANY TITLES CIVIL DEFENSE WOULD GO THROUGH DURING THE COLD WAR, IT WAS A CIVIL DEFENSE CARNIVAL OF SWIMSUITED WOMEN HOLDING SIGNS TO DRAW CROWDS ,THE US GOVERNMENT WAS TRYING TO SELL THE IDEA OF SURVIVAL IN AN ATOMIC ATTACK ON THE PEOPLE THE TOWNS THEY VISITED,AND TO DRAW ATTENTION TO THE COMMUNIST THREAT OF AMERICANS WORKING WITH THE SOVIET UNION TO HELP THEM TAKE OVER AMERICA BY USING ATOMIC WEAPONS,OTHER PROPAGANDA SHOWED HOW SHELTER LIFE COULD BE FUN ,OR HOW USEFUL ATOMIC ENERGY COULD BE AND HOW HARMLESS IT WAS,IT WAS A PURE PROPAGANDA TOOL EXTOLLING THE IMPORTANCE OF LOVING YOUR COUNTRY AND HOW  ACCEPTING CIVIL DEFENSE IS THE PATRIOTIC THING TO DO, THIS ALSO STARTED THE FCDA SERIES OF VARIOUS ALERT AMERICA POSTERS  ONE SERIES WAS A BUNCH OF DETAILED B&W LITHOGRAPHS SHOWING THE MANY JOBS AMERICANS COULD DO FROM DRIVING TRUCKS TO JOINING THE LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE POSTERS ALSO SHOWED WOMEN DOING JOBS THAT MEN USUALLY DID SUCH AS CUTTING STEEL WITH A TORCH TO RESCUE PEOPLE, AND THEN THERE WAS A SERIES OF  CIVIL DEFENSE PSA POSTERS THAT WERE MORE IN LINE WITH THE WORLD WAR 2 STYLE,SINCE KOREA WAS GOING ON AND COMMUNIST CHINESE TROOPS WERE PUSHING THE MARINES DOWN THE KOREAN PENINSULA AND THE UNITED STATES FRESH OUT OF WORLD WAR TWO FELT WITH KOREA FLASHING UP IN TO MORE THAN A POLICE ACTION AND THE SOVIETS EXPLODING A ATOMIC WEAPON, THINGS WERE GOING TO CRAP PRETTY FAST AND AND ATOMIC WAR WAS MIGHTY POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME ,AMERICANS NEED TO BE READY AND KNOWING THE VIOLENT NATURE OF THE COMMUNIST TROOPS OF CHINA A WAR ON OUR HOMELAND WOULD NOT BE WITHIN THE GENEVA CONVENTION RULES SO ALERT AMERICA CAME OUT WITH ANOTHER SET OF DRAB COLOR  POSTERS IN THE STYLE OF THE PAST WAR NOT JUST 10 YEARS PRIOR WARNING OF THE ENEMY BOMBING CIVILIANS AND THE USE OF BIOLOGICAL AND ATOMIC WEAPONS AND MOST OF ALL THE CIVIL SECTOR TO GET TOGETHER AND JOIN A BRANCH OF CIVIL DEFENSE TO PROTECT THE LIVES OF AMERICAN CIVILIANS AGAINST THE POSSIBILITY ATOMIC WEAPONS ARE USED ON AMERICAN CITIES THESE POSTERS WEREV EARLY 1949-1954 AND KIND OF DISSAPPEARED AS THE GOVERNMENT YET CHANGED THE NAME OF CIVIL DEFENSE AGAIN TO OFFICE OF CIVIL DEFENSE AND MOBILIZATION NEW PROGRAMS TEACHING THE CIVIL SECTOR TO BE MORE ACTIVE IN CIVIL DEFENSE BY VOLUNTEERING TO BE A RADIOLOGICAL MONITOR OR TO WORK IN THE CD RESCUE UNITS BEING FORMED.THE THREAT CONTINUED TO BUILD AND OPERATION ALERT BECAME THE NEW CATCH PHRASE FOR ANOTHER CIVIL DEFENSE PROJECT OF BLACKOUTS AND MANDATORY AIR RAID PRACTICES THIS LASTED WELL INTO THE 1960s AND ALERT AMERICA FADED AWAY THE EXHIBITS AND LECTURES ALONG WITH THE CONVOY OF TRUCKS WERE USED IN OTHER CIVIL DEFENSE AGENCY PROJECTS AND THE ALERT AMERICA ARTWORK CAN BE FOUND OVER AT
civildefensemuseum.com
THANKS FOR THE ARTWORK ABOVE AND
conelrad.com
THEY ALSO WILL HAVE A LITTLE MORE INFO ON ALERT AMERICA THANKS TO BOTH WEBSITES FOR THEIR DEDICATION TO ATOMIC AGE LIFE AND CIVIL DEFENSE







The Alert America civil defense exhibit convoy of 1952 was what Millard Caldwell, Administrator of the Federal Civil Defense Administration (1951-1952), called “Paul Revere on Wheels.” Th
e purpose of the much ballyhooed tour was to demonstrate to Americans the value of preparing for an atomic attack by the Soviet Union and, perhaps more strikingly, the consequences of ignoring such a threat. The “Alert America!” book prepared by the John R. Morrison Studio of New York functioned as a kind of “Press Book / Play Book” for the
campaign. It is a fascinating and heavily illustrated souvenir from a strange moment in America’s history.




1952 was an excellent year to roll out this bold entry in Cold War pageantry: The Soviets had the Bomb, America was embroiled in a stalemate war in Korea and Senator Joseph McCarthy was just hitting his Red Scare stride. The Alert America convoy (which was actually three separate convoys on three different routes) found a receptive audience in the nearly forty-eight states that it visited. Over the eight-month tour, an estimated one million visitors turned out in eighty-two cities to view the exhibit.






The Alert America convoy concept was a sequel of sorts to the hugely popular Freedom Train tour of 1947-1949. The Freedom Train, sponsored by the American Heritage Foundation (AHF), was a rolling shrine to American triumph. Its 130 documents on loan from the National Archives included German and Japanese surrender paperwork from World War II. The Freedom Train became a phenomenon and drew enormous crowds—far more than could be accommodated. But the towns that the train visited also had carefully planned, pro-American celebrations called “Rededication Weeks” to occupy the overflow throngs. These patriotic events included the taking of the “Freedom Pledge.”




The tour inspired a song “The Freedom Train” by Irving Berlin (“inside you’ll find a precious freight…”), the comics (L’il Abner and Captain Marvel), books, postcards and, of course, a rapturous media and public. One reporter noted that he observed a high school girl literally kiss the train while she waited in line.






The impetus for the Alert America campaign was provided by the National Advisory Council of the FCDA. In June of 1951 this body called for a robust initiative to educate Americans about the peril of Russian attack and the importance of civil defense. Representatives of the FCDA approached the [url=http://www.freedomsfoundation.org/]


Freedoms Foundation[/url] to assist in the project, but that group’s president, Kevin D. Wells decided it would be more prudent to create a new organization for the endeavor. Thus the Valley Forge Foundation was born. One executive of the AHF became a Vice President of the Valley Forge Foundation and thus provided a human link between the Freedom Train and Alert America projects.





As it did for the Freedom Train several years before, Edward H. Burdick Associates of New York designed the exhibits for the Alert America Convoy and as with the Freedom Train various companies and governmental agencies pitched in to help, too. For example, the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) advised on content, General Motors, Ford and International Harvester contributed trucks and cars, Standard Oil contributed gas and oil, the U.S. Army contributed convoy drivers, and the Advertising Council produced promotional material (as it did for the Freedom Train). The tagline that the Ad Council came up with was fitting for the general hysteria of the times: “IT’S THE SHOW THAT MAY SAVE YOUR LIFE”






On Monday, January 7, 1952 the cargo of the Alert America convoy of ten trucks was set up for the grand premiere in Departmental Hall on Constitution Avenue in Washington, D.C. As one of the first exhibits, the opening day visitors saw “City X,” a multimedia depiction of a town before and after an atomic attack. A mushroom cloud lit up its darkened panels while audio of an explosion was played through speakers. The words “THIS COULD BE YOUR CITY” flashed over the devastation. Accompanying scale models of blast damaged buildings drove home the danger. There was also a display of drugs and bandages in the booth labeled “Every Bombed City Will Need Help.”






If the first half of the Alert America displays were intended to shock, the second half was intended to sell the hope of civil defense. Exhibits and demonstrations on shelter preparation, radiation detection and rescue work were presented. One booth offered personalized metal survival dog tags (with name, address, blood type and religion) for fifty cents. When President Harry S. Truman visited the “show” on Friday, January 11, 1952 he had dog tags made for himself and his family.





 The burgeoning genre of civil defense motion pictures was well represented in the Alert America program. People dressed in poorly fitting Bert the Turtle costumes worked the floor handing out fliers to see “Bert’s” film DUCK AND COVER.






In keeping with the other Cold War pageants of the era including the Freedom Train, the Alert America Convoy was, at its core, intended to reinforce American values in the face of “Kremlin aggression” as one piece of promotional material put it.





The “Alert America!” book includes many examples of the indoctrination efforts that would be part and parcel of the tour’s mission to arouse the patriotic survival instincts of all Americans. Here are just a few. Note that as with the Freedom Train there is a “pledge.”








EXAMPLE # 1






APPEAL TO AMERICANS by Kenneth D. Wells, President, Valley Forge Foundation






The “Alert America” Convoy Program is based on these critically important facts:






FACT 1: Our self-declared enemy, the Soviet Union, is determined to rule the world.






FACT 2: We Americans stand in the way of Soviet aggression.






FACT 3: The Enemy opposes us in four ways: a) psychological propaganda, b) economic pressure, c) political maneuvering, d) military force.






FACT 4: The Soviet Union is set on smashing our freedom, our ideals, our moral standards, and our religious beliefs. No one knows when its physical violence will crash down on our cities, factories and farms.






FACT 5: We are now in an all-out fight for freedom against Soviet tyranny.






FACT 6: The Soviet Union has a stockpile of atomic bombs.






FACT 7: The Soviet Union has a supply of long-range bombers that can reach any part of the United States.






FACT 8: The Soviet Union has the means for waging intensive biological warfare.






FACT 9: The Soviet Union has the plan and manpower for vast sabotage inside our cities and factories.






FACT 10: General Hoyt Vandenberg, Air Force Chief of Staff, states that in the event of an air attack on this country, 70 out of 100 bombers would get through to their targets.






FACT 11: The Hiroshima bomb in one second killed or severely injured 140,000 people. Bombs have grown greatly in size and destructive force since then.






FACT 12: An adequate system of Civil Defense by skilled volunteers could not cut fatalities in half.






FACT 13: Secretary of Defense Robert A. Lovett states that Civil Defense is a co-equal partner with the military in the defense of the nation and must become a strong co-equal partner if America is to survive.






With these facts in mind, the Valley Forge Foundation, a non-partisan and non-sectarian group of private individuals, has secured the help and funds, equipment and facilities from companies, individuals and organizations, and under contract with the Federal Civil Defense Administration, has developed a campaign to “Alert America.” The campaign will be dramatized by spectacular educational Exhibits brought to our major cities in three motorized “Alert America” Convoys. These Exhibits will be set up in large convention and exhibit halls of our cities.






We believe the “Alert America” Exhibits will touch off an intensive community-wide program of education and special events under the supervision of the state and city civil defense authorities in cooperation with local citizens groups.






The “Alert America” Convoy Program seeks to achieve these five results:






1. To emphasize the fact that Civil Defense is a part of the total defense of our free American Way of Life, based as it is on a fundamental belief in God, on constitutional government designed to serve the people and our indivisible bundle of political and economic rights.






2. To awaken American men and women, boys and girls—no matter who they are, where they are, or what their station in life may be—to the urgency of their personal participation in a vigorous Civil Defense in their own city, factory, and farm, and to encourage volunteers for such specialized training as may be needed.






3. To help inspire in all Civil Defense organizations the highest possible morale and the resolution to meet any danger that lies ahead.






4. To get ever family, factory, business and institution in America to organize itself as a strong center, a true citadel of Civil Defense working harmoniously with in full cooperation with local Civil Defense authorities.






5. To recognize that “Civil Defense is Common Sense,” and to realize that Civil Defense, like accident prevention in normal life, is a critically important personal responsibility.






Here is a challenge that no American with a conscience can or will ignore.






It is urgent that every American rise above all partisanship and, realizing the common danger, prove his citizenship by actively and personally backing Civil Defense. For here in our time, the destiny of the world is being decided.






We can and must individually hold our ideals high. The hard-driving work and power of our ideals will win out in this time of crisis. We have a sacred privilege that no thinking citizen will ignore—the privilege of serving as did George Washington at Valley Forge in 1777 and 1778—the privilege of accepting this opportunity to save and extend what is dearer than life itself—our American Way of Life.






Train—Work—and Pray—for an “Alert America”!






EXAMPLE # 2:






ALERT AMERICA PLEDGE






You can count on me to be an alert American because I want to help protect our freedoms and construct an enduring piece






I WILL… volunteer for one of the local Civil Defense services






I WILL… train myself and my family now in Civil Defense self-protection






I WILL… prepare a family shelter area and equip it with first aid supplies






I WILL… prepare my home against fire and atomic attack






I WILL… take an active part in Civil Defense where I work






I WILL… take First Aid training






I WILL… donate my blood for our war wounded






I WILL… pass along the Civil Defense lessons I have learned to my friends and neighbors






EXAMPLE # 3:






MAYOR’S PROCLAMATION






It is suggested that each Mayor proclaim a community-wide “Alert America” week and each Governor proclaim a State-wide “Alert America” month for the period of the Convoy’s visit.






Whereas the United States of America is challenged by a deadly enemy who would destroy our freedoms, our moral standards, our religious beliefs and everything we hold dear; and






Whereas this enemy has a stockpile of atomic bombs and a supply of long-range bombers that can reach any part of the United States; and






Whereas the Defense Department states that in the event of an air attack on this country 70 out of 100 bombers would get through to their targets; and






Whereas a strong Civil Defense, as a co-equal partner with the Armed Forces, can help protect our freedoms and construct an enduring peace; and






Whereas the non-political, non-sectarian Valley Forge foundation in co-operation with the Federal Civil Defense Administration and State and Local Civil Defense Authorities is sponsoring a nationwide tour of three motorized “Alert America” Convoys; and






Whereas these Convoys are carrying to the cities of our nation a dramatic educational exhibit on Civil Defense; and






Whereas one of the “Alert America” Convoys will arrive in our city on _________ (date) to ______________ (date);






Now, Therefore. I, ______________________ (name), Mayor of ________________ do hereby proclaim “Alert America” Week to begin on _______________ and to end on __________ and do call upon every citizen and every organized group to take part in the events of _______________ (city) “Alert America” Week and to cooperate in every way possible with the spirit of the week and of the “Alert America” every way possible with the spirit of the week and of the “Alert America” Exhibit; and to work devotedly to know our freedoms, love our freedoms, and guard our freedoms; to participate actively in Civil Defense; and by every means to train and work and pray for an “Alert America.”






In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the City of _____________ to be affixed, this _______________ (date).






Mayor’s Signature __________________


Mayor of the City of ________________


As previously mentioned, the Alert America Convoy was a significant public relations success, if not the cultural touchstone that the Freedom Train became. Of course, from CONELRAD’s perspective, Alert America is the more interesting of the two “shows.” It is easy to imagine cynical teenagers cutting class to see the exhibit to get a cheap thrill from the “Scare” half of Alert America. Indeed, the Haunted House quality of Alert America must have been hard for most people to resist. The even more magnetic lure of the Freedom Train is harder to relate to from the vantage point of the 21st Century.






The “Alert America!” book is so rare it deserves a tour of its own and it will fit in a Toyota Prius with room to spare.






SOURCES






The following reference works were used in this book review:






The Russians are Coming, the Russians are Coming: Pageantry and Patriotism in Cold War America by Richard M. Fried, 1998 (Oxford University Press, New York)






This is Only a Test: How Washington D.C. Prepared for Nuclear War by David F. Krugler, 2006 (Palgrave MacMillan, New York)






“Truman Sees ‘Alert’ Display, Pledges Self,” The Washington Post, January 12, 1952






For more on the Freedom Train, read CONELRAD's review of the Good Citizenship booklet, "an official Freedom Train publication" from 1948.










Friday, August 26, 2011

SUFFOLK COUNTY AFB F-101'S ON COMBAT AIR PATROL OVER NYC (1960'S USAF PHOTO-OP)

NUCLEAR ARMED USAF JET INTERCEPTORS GIVE NYC A PEEK AT THE MEN AND MACHINES THAT PATROL AND DEFEND THE AIRSPACE OVER AND AROUND NYC FROM SOVIET INTERCONTINENTAL BOMBERS. THESE JETS FROM SUFFOLK COUNTY AIR FORCE BASE LOCATED ON LONG ISLAND HAVE INTERCEPTED MANY SOVIET BOMBERS THAT HAVE STRAYED INTO U.S. AIRSPACE .AND ALSO THE BASES EMERGENCY HELICOPTER SQUADRON EVACUATED A SEAMEN OFF A SOVIET SUBMARINE OFF THE LONG ISLAND COAST IN NEED OF EMERGENCY SURGERY THAT SAVED HIS LIFE.
SECOND FIGHTER INTERCEPTOR SQUADRON F-101 'VOODOO' ON THE ALERT APRON PREPARE FOR ROUTINE COLD WAR AIR PATROL ARMED AND READY OVER NEW YORK CITY

2ND 'FIS' & '52ND FIS' OVER MANHATTAN UNIT SQUADRON INSIGNIA IS VISIBILE ON FRONT AND REAR OF JETS



SCAFB USAF INTERCEPTOR WINGS WERE PRIMARILY  RESPONSIBLE FOR DEFENSE OF NYC DURING THE COLD WAR AND WAS PATROLLED AS SHOWN DURING THE 1960'S THIS IS DUE TO
THE CLOSURE OF FLOYD BENNETT FIELD AND OTHER NAVY,AIR FORCE & ARMY BASES AROUND NY
C AND THE TRI-STATE THAT WERE SHUTDOWN LEAVING
SUFFOLK COUNTY AFB AS THE AIRPOWER RESPONSIBL FOR LONG ISLAND AND NEW YORK CITY

A NICE SHOT OF SUFFOLK COUNTY AFB BIRDS OVER  THE STATUE OF LIBERTY

Sunday, August 21, 2011

HOME FALLOUT SHELTER SCHEMATIC 1963 Cap.06 "HOME IS WHERE THE HOLE IS"

SUBURBAN SHELTERS
"GO TO THE GROUND AND GO DEEP..TIME ,DISTANCE AND SHIELDING"

ANOTHER AMERICAN HOME FALLOUT SHELTER PLAN
SEAL OF APPROVAL 


THE APOCALYPSE OF ATOMIC WAR LOOMED LARGE ON THE HORIZON - THE U.S. GOVERNMENT BELIEVED AN ATOMIC WAR WAS IMMINENT ENOUGH TOO START A SHELTER SURVEY AND STOCK SHELTERS NATIONWIDE , SOME AMERICANS COULD READ THIS WARNING AND BUILT THOUSANDS OF HOME SHELTERS FOR A NUCLEAR WAR, THE VERY THOUGHT OF THE DEPARTMENT  OF DEFENSE AND OFFICE OF CIVIL DEFENSE CREATING AND STOCKING SHELTERS WITH WATER AND RATIONS WOULD OF BEEN A SIGN AS TO THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE ATOMIC THREAT FACED BY MILLIONS OF CITIZENS IN EVERY TOWN ACROSS AMERICA AND SHOULD OF SCARED THE HELL OUT OF PEOPLE, THE SMART BET WAS BUILDING YOUR OWN AND AVOIDING PUBLIC SHELTERS AND THOUSANDS OF COMPANIES DID WELL BUILDING SHELTERS THROUGHOUT THE COLD WAR, THE BIG RUSH AFTER PRESIDENT KENNEDY WENT PUBLIC WARNING CITIZENS TO PREPARE SHELTERS TO SURVIVE AND ANNOUNCED DURING THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS THAT THE UNITED STATES WOULD RESPOND TO ANY ACT OF AGGRESSION FROM CUBA TO BE CONSIDERED TO BE AN ATTACK FROM THE SOVIET UNION AND WOULD BE MET WITH A FULL RETALIATORY RESPONSE (USE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS) SO AMERICANS WENT DOWN INTO THE GROUND PREPARING SHELTERS IN BASEMENTS OR ON THEIR PROPERTY UNDER GROUND CRITICS OF THE NATIONAL FALLOUT SHELTER SURVEY AND COMMUNITY SHELTER PLAN WARNED THAT PUBLIC SHELTERS WOULD BE FILLED WITH THE INJURED .BURNED,CUT BY DEBRIS IN  CATATONIC STATE'S FROM LOSING LOVED ONES AND HOW FAST AND WITHOUT WARNING A NUCLEAR ATTACK WOULD BE ,RADIATION SICKNESS FROM THOSE CAUGHT IN THE FALLOUT WOULD BE KILLING ITS VICTIMS SLOWLY AND IN AGONY AND THE SHELTER WOULD BE A MAD HOUSE OF WEEPING ,SCREAMING, INJURED SURVIVORS MOST LIKELY THE SHELTER WOULD BE WAY OVER INTENDED CAPACITY AND RATIONS WOULD BE VERY LITTLE SO MOST LIKELY THE STRONGER SHELTER RESIDENTS WOULD STEAL FOOD FROM THE WEAK &,SICK ETC..AND THE OTHER BIG PUBLIC SHELTER ISSUE WOULD BE "SANITATION" THOSE WHO MAY BE IN A POORLY RADIATION PROTECTED PUBLIC SHELTER WOULD HAVE ITS INHABITANTS SICK WEAK AND SUFFERING FROM DIARRHEA AND THE BATHROOM FACILITY'S WOULD QUICKLY BE OVERUN AND BREDING DISEASE AS THOSE IN THE SHELTER WOULD BEGIN DEFECATING IN THE BATHROOM AREA WHEREVER THEY COULD FIND A PLACE TO GO...THIS SCENARIO IS AN HONEST ACCOUNT OF WHAT PUBLIC SHELTER LIFE WOULD BE LIKE AND SIMILAR SITUATIONS HAVE SHOWN THE BREAKDOWN IN ORDER AND SANITARY CONDITIONS IN JUST DAYS! SO HOME SHELTERS WERE THE BEST BET AND THE OFFICE OF CIVIL DEFENSE MADE BLUEPRINTS OF EASY TO BUILD FAMILY SIZE SHELTERS, AND HAD A CHECKLIST OF ITEMS NEEDED AND HOW MUCH RATIONS,WATER ETC,LONG AFTER CIVIL DEFENSE BECAME "FEMA", FEMA CIRCULATED EASY TO BUILD SHELTERS UNDERGROUND AND ABOVEGROUND WELL IN TO THE 1990's ,MANY OF THE COLD WAR HOME SHELTERS DOUBLE AS WINE CELLARS,STORAGE ROOMS,TORNADO SHELTERS AND WORKSHOPS WAITING AND STANDING GUARD FOR USE IN THE EVENT OF A NUCLEAR ATTACK.


Sunday, July 31, 2011

(1950s) 4925 ATOMIC WEAPON BOMBER WING (TEST) FOLLOWED BY UNIDENTIFIED OBJECTS

4925th Test Group Sees UFO

Kirtland AFB, New Mexico

March 22, 1950

AMERICA'S SECRET BOMBER WING DURING THE PERIOD OF ABOVEGROUND NUCLEAR WEAPON TESTS WAS FOLLOWED BY UNIDENTIFIED OBJECTS AND THIS WAS NOT THE ONLY CASE ,DURING THE COLD WAR UNIDENTIFIED OBJECTS WERE SEEN AT MOST ATOMIC SITES ,FROM NEVADA TO THE PACIFIC ALSO AT THE LABS THAT WERE ENRICHING URANIUM AND BUILDING NUCLEAR DEVICES TO THIS DAY THE STORY IS LISTED AS BEING OBSERVED BY SOURCES SAID TO BE RELIABLE....
















THE VERY FACT THAT THE JOB THESE MEN UNDERTOOK WERE APPOINTED BY USAF COMMAND AS THE BEST PILOTS AND NAVIGATORS ,CO-PILOTS AND SCORED HIGHEST ON APPTITUDE TESTS AND WON UNIT CITATIONS FOR THEIR PRECISE BOMB RUNS, THESE MEN WERE PROFILED AS THE BEST OF THE BEST..IF THESE MEN SAW WHAT THEY STATE BELOW..ITS TRUE AND BELIEVE IT AS FACT,IT WAS COMMON FOR JETS WITH LIVE NUCLEAR WEAPONS TO BE FOLLOWED BY UNIDENTIFIED AIRCRAFT MOVING AT SPEEDS WE HAVE NOT MASTERED YET, IT WAS UNUSUAL TO REPORT THEM OR THAT YOU SAW ANYTHING NOT NORMAL DURING HIGHLY CLASSIFIED TOP SECRET ATOMIC TEST BOMB RUNS, IF SOMETHING POPPED UP IN FRONT OF YOUR JET BAR JESUS H CHRIST YOU DID NOT REPORT IT FOR FEAR OF BEING LABELED PSCHYOLOGICALLY UNABLE TO CARRY TOP SECRET MISSIONS HERE UIS THE 4925th's STORY...





In February, 1950, a double barbed-wire complex was set up within Kirtland AFB, Albuquerque , New Mexico, to headquarter a new Top Secret U.S. Air Force unit designated the 4925th Test Group (Atomic). A small sign at the gate simply said "Sante Fe Operations". Unauthorized, curious visitors were politely but firmly turned away by armed USAF Air Policemen.





The best bomber and fighter pilots in the USAF and all types of expert support personnel were located worldwide and orders were promptly cut transferring them to the elite 4925th.

 
BRIEF 4925 USAF ATOMIC OP TEST WING PILOTS HISTORY


A special search was made for the right man to lead the outfit. Colonel Osmund J. "Ozzie" Ritland was selected as Commanding Officer. As a test pilot, he had 150 aircraft to his credit, including all captured aircraft in WWII. He had a degree in engineering, and was an expert in logistics.





All aircraft then in the Air Force inventory and thought capable of nuclear weapons delivery were to be obtained and sent to the 4925th for testing. The Special Weapons Command reporting only to the Pentagon and the AEC, set the wheels in motion to expedite this.





The 4925 was given this mission:



1. "Marry" all nuclear weapon types to all suitable types of aircraft.



2. Establish the ballistics of each type of nuclear weapon, on precision bomb ranges.



3. Support the AEC with live test drops, at Nevada and the Pacific.



4. Fly through and "sample" the highly radioactive nuclear "clouds" after the bangs.



With top priority established, the 4925th was staffed with highly experienced people. Bomber, fighter, and chopper pilots, triple-rated bombardiers (Bomb/Navigator/Radar), staff officers, nuclear project engineers (military and civilian), depot-level modification personnel, aerial cameramen, photo lab technicians, bomb loading specialists, crew chiefs and crews. Col. Ritland "welded" these pros into a highly sharp TEAM. If there ever was an ELITE outfit, the 4925th was it."





On March 22, 1950 eleven members of the 4925th Test Group (Atomic) witnessed a UFO northwest of Kirtland AFB, New Mexico, in broad daylight.



The following, formerly confidential incident, is not listed among the original Project Blue Book Unknowns. However it was found in the Blue Book archives. With the credibility of the witnesses established, and the discovered documents now available, there is no question that this UFO sighting is also credible.



NARA Blue Book Microfilm Sequence 70352 Page 20608

Time: 1100 hours. Heights: 25,000 to 30,000 feet. Described as about the size of a golf ball at arm's length with approximate shape of the "flying wing" and tan in color to brown on the edges. Horizontal flight, extremely high speed, heading northeast. Out of sight in 5-9 seconds.



NARA Blue Book Microfilm Sequence 70353 Page 20609

NARA Blue Book Microfilm Sequence 70354 Page 20610



The Spot Intelligence Report was sent to the Director of Special Investigations, Headquarters, USAF Washington, DC. The official document reads:



"1. SNYNOPSIS: On 22 March 1950, ROPER and ten others observed what they believed was a flying disc. Disc at 25,000 to 30,000 feet northwest of Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico. Shape similar to flying wing aircraft and tan in color, turning to brown around the edges. When first observed, object was traveling in a northwesterly direction then turned north and disappeared with a tremendous burst of speed. Object left no vapor trail, although aircraft in the vicinity were leaving vapor trails. Reliabillty of informants: Reliable.



"2. DETAILS: On 25 March 1950, M/Sgt. John H. Roper, AF-18038342, 4925th Special Weapons Group, Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, advised that he, together with ten other persons, observed what he believed a flying disc at 1100 hours, 22 March 1950. Other members of the party, all of the 4925th Special Weapons Group, were:......"



In this Spot Intelligence Report ten witnesses were listed. All of these personnel were interviewed and all stated substantially the same, that at 1100 hours, 22 March 195O, all of them were standing outside of the east hanger in the Kirtland AFB Restricted Area facing south. The party noticed an object in the sky which was moving northwest very quickly. The objectthen suddenly turned north and disappeared with a great burst of speed. The tan colored object with brown edges was about the size of a golf ball held at arm's length. When it put on the last burst of speed to the north it was out of sight in 5-6 seconds.



This single SPOT INTELLIGENCE REPORT listed more witnesses, but the reports for the previous day had more isolated witnesses and much more information.



It is interesting to note that there were several very important UFO incidents reported around this period:



Mar 21, 1950; Kirtland AFB, NM, Sightings by the 4925th

Mar 22, 1950; Kirtland AFB, NM, Sightings by the 4925th

Apr 27, 1950; White Sands, NM, theodolite photo

May 11, 1950; McMinnville, Oregon, Trent Photos.

May 29, 1950; White Sands, NM, theodolite photo



At Los Alamos laboratories, New Mexico, a crash program to develop the Hydrogen Bomb was underway during March 1950. There were many reports of "Green Fireballs", discs and globes seen all around Los Alamos and Kirtland AFB during March 1950. This is just on month after the 4925th Test Gruop (Atomic) set up shop at Kirtland AFB. During the period of March 14 through 17, 1950 many UFOs were seen hanging around northern New Mexico


The Spot Intelligence Reports were sent to the Director of Special Investigations, Headquarters, USAF Washington, DC. The official documents read:



(20598) "Unidentified Flying Objects were observed from Kirtland AFB, New Mexico, between 1300 and 1330 hours, on 21 March, 1950. Object was silver in color; size approximating that of a dime at arm's length; round in shape; more maneuverable than a jet aircraft; had no projections, left no trail or exhausts; had no effect on clouds; and there was no sound or odor detected. Details of this report set out the estimated angle of elevation, time of sight, etc., as was observed by various individuals. Reliability of information unknwon."










(20598-20599) At 1320 hours a S/Sgt (Wamsley) from the 1100th Special Reporting Group, Sandia Base, New Mexico was at a checkpoint 200 yards east of the Pit Area when he reported two objects, silver in color, approximately size of dime at arm's length, round, at a considerable distance in the East, heading southwest. The ten minute observation showed no conventional turns and the objects moved up and sideways in excess of jet speeds until both objects moved out of sight in the southwest.
























(20599 - 20600) - At 1300 hours, another witness, (Sgt. Woods) from HQ & HQ Service Company, 8450th M.P. Group, Sandia Base, reported four, round, silver to shady gray objects to the northeast. His location was east side of the pit Area. Appeared to be more maneuverable than any known aircraft. The tactics used were similar to the change of positions during dog fights involving two aircraft. However, the way the objects changed position there seemed to be no similarity to the maneuverability of a conventional plane. Were more maneuverable, made right angle turns, also appeared to reverse (back up) the direction of flight. The duration apparently was about 30 minutes. These objects appeared to be at a great distance, approximately 40,000 to 60,000 feet.














(20600 - 20601)Mr. XXXXXXXXXX at Albuquerque, New Mexico reported objects in the east traveling southeast at 1315 hours. His position was from the Ordnance Area, Sandia Base. Two, white objects, smaller than a fist at arm's length at about one mile range were observed. One object changed direction to the east after completely circling the other object just prior to disappearing. Speed: Approximately 600-700 mph. Time in sight: Approximately 5 minutes.










DURING PACIFIC TESTING THE 4925th ATOMIC TEST WING WOULD BE RELOCATED TO KADENA AFB JAPAN TO PARTICIPATE IN NUCLEAR DROPS BY BOMBER

(20601 -20602) These documents list four witnesses from the 4925th Special Weapons group. The event occurred between 1300 and 1330 hours and from a restricted area near Hanger P-400. Two bright silver objects were observed that appeared the size of a dime at arm's length. They were unable to estimate distance but they appeared as quite distant in the southeast. Objects were very maneuverable with zig-zag motions up and down, more maneuverable than jet aircraft. One maneuver described it as "sort of floated like a piece of large paper in the air." When simply moving along their speeds were similar to a fast-moving jet. After about a minute the two objects were out of range of vision.



(20603) - This was a sighting by the 1100th Special Reporting Group sighting similar to others. The document is very hard to read, but the two objects were silver; like a dime a arm's length; round in shape; more maneuverable than aircraft, observed for about ten minutes. This is apparently a report filed by one witness.



(20604 - 20605) These documents are a continuation of the above report but contains the beginning of another report by a Sgt.(Woods) at Hq. & Hq. Service Company. The time is given as 1300 hours and on the east side of the pit area. Similar descriptions because these Spot Intelligence Reports are the same incidents by different people in each group. The witness here described the tactics used as similar to the change of positions during dog fights involving two aircraft. Right angle turns were also reported. The duration apparently was about 30 minutes.










FOR QUICK TAKEOFFS FROM SHORT RUNWAYS OR DURING ALERTS B-47 AIRCRAFT COULD BE FITTED WITH JATO ROCKETS (JET ASSISTED TAKEOFF)



(20605 - 20606) A civilian witness from Albuquerque offered this information: He observed the two white objects at 1315 hours from the Ordnance Area of Sandia Base. Described as smaller than his fist at arm's length and in the east; 500-700 mph, one circled the other before departure. Five minute duration.













(20606 - 20608) Four witnesses from the 4925th near a restricted area at Kirtland, filed their report. Two unidentified aerial objects were observed from Kirtland AFB and Sandia Base, New Mexico, from a restricted area on the east side of hanger P-400. This incident occurred between 1300 and 1330 hours. These objects were silver in color, and approximating the size of a dime at arm's length and round in shape. These objects were more maneuverable than jet aircraft, had no projections, left no trail or exhaust, and made no sound. The objects were observed in the east approximately a mile away. One object made a complete circle around the other just prior to disappearing. The highest speed of the objects was estimated at 600 to 700 mph, but the total sighting time of all the maneuvers was around five minutes.










PERFORING TACTICAL PITCH OUT TO MINIMIZE THE ATOMIC BLAST ON THE AIRCRAFT THE BOTTOM "WHITE" WAS PAINTED SO IT WOULD REFLECT THERMAL PULSE AFTER DETONATION OF DROPPED NUKE



The next day there were more sightings, even more impressive. This time by eleven witnesses from the 4925th Test Group

 











ONE IMPORTANT THING TO REMEMBER WHAT THESE MEN SAW AROUND THE SKIES WHILE DROPPING ATOMIC WEAPONS IT IS NOT THE RAVINGS OF LUNATICS THESE MEN WERE PICKED FOR THIS MISSION OF CARRYING AND DROPPING ATOMIC WEAPONS FOR SOME OF THE BIGGEST AND MOST IMPORTANT TESTS CARRIED OUT AT THE NEVADA TEST SITE.THESE MEN PASED TONS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL AND STRESS AND PERSONAL TESTS IF THESE GUYS EVEN BOUNCED A CHECK THEY WOULD NOT BE DROPPING NUCLEAR WEAPONS, EVER!




FORMER 4925 USAF ATOMIC TEST WING
PERSONAL BRIEFING ON THE 4925th



Approximately 300 SWC personnel from the 4925th Test Group (Atomic) and the 4901st Support Wing (Atomic) performed support missions.



Next, by an even luckier stroke, I was assigned to the 4925th Test Group (Nuclear) at Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico. The 4925th was an elite outfit dedicated to developing and testing nuclear weapons for the Air Force.



I have dropped more “live” atomic bombs than any pilot in the Air Force, during nuclear tests in the Pacific and Nevada Nuclear Test Sites. 1958. Awards and Decorations



In 1955 he was assigned as commander of the 4925th Test Group at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., and in 1956 assumed command of Task Group 7.4, the Air Force component of Joint Task Force 7, conducting nuclear weapons tests in the Pacific.



USAF 4925th Test Group (Atomic) Special Weapons Center Kirtiand Air Force Bass Albuq drquhr. Noew Mexico January 1963 1-2 *r 4925 CRYSTAL PATTERN RO0OR(S "#C At ES AREA 0of T...



Boyne returned to active flying as a nuclear test pilot with the 4925th Nuclear Test Group at Kirtland Air Force Base near Albuquerque, New Mexico.[4] While at Kirtland, he became an aircraft commander in the B-47 and B-52 Stratofortress.[2] Boyne...



Then I was sent to the 4925th Test Group (Nuclear) at Kirtland Air Force Base. It was a small outfit, with two B-47s, two B-52s and a handful of Century Series fighters.



report describes the special air instrumentation carried by delivery aircraft of the 4925th Test Group (Atomic) during Operation Buster. The instrumentation was intended to cover …[SW: NUCLEAR WEAPONS, TESTING, OPERATION BUSTER JANGLE] Details.



Boyne returned to active flying as a nuclear test pilot with the 4925th Nuclear Test Group at Kirtland Air Force Base near Albuquerque, New Mexico. While at Kirtland, he became an aircraft commander in the B-47 and B-52 Stratofortress.



Boyne flew as a nuclear test pilot with the 4925th Nuclear Test Group at Kirtland Air Force Base, flying the B-47 and B-52 bombers.



After graduating with distinction, he received the Atomic Energy Commissions “Q” Clearance and was assigned to the 4928th Test Squadron of the 4925th Nuclear Test Group, with which he served from December 1954 through August 1956.



service test program. He next served with the 4925th Test Group at Kirtland AFB, N.M., supervising the association of new types of nuclear weapons with specific types of aircraft.



The series was intended to test nuclear devices for possible inclusion in the weapons arsenal and to improve military tactics, equipment, and training. and the 4901st Support Wing...



He served with the 4925th Test Group, also involved in Nuclear Testing, at Kirtland AFB from January 1953 to May 1954, and then as Commander of the 4926th Test Squadron at Kirtland from May 1954 to June 1955.



He flew as a B-50 and B-47 combat crew member in the Strategic Air Command and later was a nuclear test pilot with the 4925th Nuclear Test Group at Kirtland AFB, flying both the B-47 and B-52.


JRB-36H 1957 = POP: 1 [51-5748], along with [51-5750] was transferred from the 28th SRW to the 4925th Test Group (Atomic), redesignated and modified as a camera platform to observe Operation Hardtack I (35 Nuclear tests at Eniwetok and Bikini...


3. Support the AEC with live test drops, at Nevada and the Pacific. 4. Fly through and "sample" the highly radioactive nuclear "clouds" after the bangs. With top priority established, the 4925th was staffed with highly experienced people.


which was exactly what the name says: an air unit tasked with testing nuclear weapons. That mission included live drops of nuclear bombs.


Boyne was a nuclear test pilot with the 4925th Nuclear Test Group flying B-47’s and B-52’s at Kirtland Air Force Base. In 1983, Boyne was named Director of the National Air and Space Museum.


Then sent to Kirtland AFB to 4925th Test Group (Nuclear), checked out as aircraft commander in B-47s and B-52s, flew base C-47s and B-25s. Participated in Operation Dominic, last live drops of atomic weapons in 1962.























UPON TAKEOFF WITH THE WEIGHT OF A ATOMIC BOMB AND INSTRUMENTS ON BOARD A KC 135 TANKER WAS NEEDED TO REFUEL THE B-47 BOMBER SO THE 4925th CAN GET TO THE TEST SITE AND HOME


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(1968) USAF SURVIVE TO FIGHT ATOMIC WEAPON HITS ADC BASE JETS SCRAMBLE INTERCEPT SOVIET ATTACKERS

THIS IS A CLASSIC UNITED STATES AIR FORCE TRAINING FILM THAT IS BASED ON SURVIVABILITY OF USAF BASE OPERATIONS IN THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES AFTER A NUCLEAR ATTACK,BASES LIKE THIS ONE WERE SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES DURING THE COLD WAR PERIOD THE AMOUNT OF PRESSURE AND RESPONSIBILITY THESE MEN HAD HAD HANDLING NUCLEAR WEAPONS THAT WERE USED ON INTERCEPTOR AIRCRAFT ,THE # AM SCRAMBLES INTO THE WINTER NIGHT NOT KNOWING IF THIS WAS FOR REAL AS BASE AIRCRAFT PEELED OUT LAUNCHING IN PAIRS SC REAMING INTO THE WINTER NIGHT WAITING FOR WORD OF WHAT WAS GOING ON. THE AIRMEN AT THESE BASES KNEW ANY ATTACK ON THE US THEY WOULD BE AMONG THE FIRST TO KNOW AND FIRST TO GO WHILE THE COMMUNITIES OUTSIDE THE GATES NEVER KNEW HOW CLOSE THEY WERE TO WAR AS THE BASES WENT TO DIFFERENT DEFCON LEVELS, THIS WAS NOT INFORMATION FOR THE PUBLIC. THE FILM STARTS AT NIGHT AND THE SAC AIR DEFENSE COMMAND LAUNCHES ITS F-101 INTERCEPTOR AIR CRAFT AND PREPARES TO RIDE OUT A NUCLEAR STRIKE AS CONFIRMATION OF INCOMING MISSILES IS CONFIRMED. THANKS TO A CLIMATE OF GUARDED DEFENSE THE AIR FORCE BASE IS ABLE TO BUILD DEFENSIVE AND SHELTER FACILITIES TO SURVIVE AND FIGHT AND AS A NUCLEAR DETONATION IS CONFIRMED ON BASE THE AIR FORCE BEGINS TO DEAL WITH THE PROBLEMS SO ITS AIR WING CAN COME BACK AND RE-ARM AND RE-FUEL A GREAT SUBJECT THAT U.S. MILITARY FORCES HAD TO PLAN FOR AND TRAIN AND THIS FILM SHOWS WHAT THEY EXPECTED, THE REAL QUESTION IS IT REALISTIC IN ITS EXPECTATION? THE ONE THING IS THAT IT IS PRICELESS THAT THE USAF MADE THIS TRAINING FILM AND ITs QUOTES LIKE "HAVE NO UMBRELLAS,IF IT STARTS TO RAIN WE WILL LET YOU KNOW." AND "YOU CALL US BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T WE WILL BE CALLING YOU" WEIRD,.. BUT STILL GREAT PROPAGANDA!FILMED AT A SAC AIR DEFENSE INTERCEPTOR BASE LOCATED IN OXNARD, OXNARD AFB CALIFORNIA 1967 THIS IS BASICALLY WHEN CLOSING OF SAC ADC BASES WAS GOING ON ALL OVER (SUFFOLK COUNTY AFB LONG ISLAND NEW YORK) RESPONSIBLE FOR THE NYC AREA FOR MOST OF THE COLD WAR.DURING 1968- EARLY 1970s MOST OF THESE AIR FORCE ADC UNITS WENT OVER TO FIGHT IN VIETNAM AND THAILAND AS FORWARD AIR CONTROL AND MUNITION LOADERS FOR USAF STRIKE PLANES USING IRON BOMBS INSTEAD OF ATOMIC MUNITIONS BOMBING NVA BASES AND NORTH VIETNAM AND THE ADC PILOTS AND BACKSEATERS WENT OVER ALSO, TO ME THESE GUYS REALLY SERVED THEIR COUNTRY PLUS ONE AND DESERVE BIG RESPECT , MY HATS OFF TO THE USAF AIRMEN OF ADC/SAC AND VIETNAM/THAILAND/LAOS

DEFCON THE ULTIMATE NUCLEAR WAR SIMULATION

NYC EMERGENCY BROADCAST PLEASE STAND BY FOR OFFICIAL INFORMATION (1980-1984)

USAF/SAC AT DEFCON ONE AND CONFIDENCE IS HIGH! "EXECUTIVE DESCISION" USAF'S NUCLEAR POSTURE

PROBABLY THE MOST TELLING STORY OF USAF MIGHT AND POWER AS WAR IS UNLEASHED ON THE AGRESSOR NATION WHO IS LATER IDENTIFIED TO BE THE SOVIET UNION, THE STOCK FOOTAGE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS BEING DROPPED BY B-47 STRATOJETS and B-52 BOMBERS ARE FROM ONCE CLASSIFIED USAF NUCLEAR TEST OPS. MOST OF THIS ENTIRE FILM IS FROM CLASSIFIED WARPLANS AND SPECIAL OPERATIONS, THIS HOMAGE TO SAC AND STRATEGIC AIR COMMANDS DEDICATION TO MISSION IS A JEWEL AND FROM A TIME WHERE THE WORLD WAS A TINDERBOX READY FOR SOMEONE TO STRIKE THE SPARK AND IGNITE A WORLDWIDE NUCLEAR CONFLAGRATION WHERE LIFE MOST LIKELY WOULD OF WENT THE WAY OF THE DINOSAUR AND ONLY MILLIONS OF YEARS LATER A FOSSILIZED REMAINS OF MAN WOULD BE DISCOVERED BY THE NEXT GENERATION THAT CAME FROM THE ASHES OF THE OLD, THIS FILM IS NOT KNOWN IF IT WAS EVER SEEN OR VIEWED OTHER THAN A HANDFUL OF HIGH RANKING USAF OFFICERS, SEE THE DESCRIPTION AND INFORMATION FROM THE NUCLEAR VAULT.COM --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "The Power of Decision" may be the first (and perhaps the only) U.S. government film dramatizing nuclear war decision-making. Commissioned by the Strategic Air Command in 1956, the film has the look of a 1950s TV drama, but the subject is the ultimate Cold War nightmare. By the end of the film, after the U.S. Air Force has implemented war plan "Quick Strike" following a Soviet surprise attack, millions of Americans, Russians, Europeans, and Japanese are dead. The narrator, a Colonel Dodd, asserts that "nobody wins a nuclear war because both sides are sure to suffer terrible damage." Despite the "catastrophic" damage, one of the film’s operating assumptions is that defeat is avoidable as long as the adversary cannot impose its "will" on the United States. The film’s last few minutes suggest that the United States would prevail because of the "success" of its nuclear air offensive. Moscow, not the United States, is sending out pleas for a cease-fire. The conviction that the United States could prevail was a doctrinal necessity because Air Force leaders assumed the decisiveness of air power. The founding fathers of the U.S. Air Force came out of World War II with an unshakeable, if exaggerated, conviction that the strategic bombing of Germany and Japan had been decisive for the Allied victory and that air power would be crucial in future conflicts. (Note 1) The film’s title: "Power of Decision" embodies that conviction. The title itself is a reference to a 1948 statement by General George C. Kenney, the Strategic Air Command’s first commander-in-chief: "A war in which either or both opponents use atomic bombs will be over in a matter of days...The Air Force that is superior in its capability of destruction plays the dominant role and has the power of decision." (Note 2) A confident statement made by one of the characters, General "Pete" Larson, near the close of reel 6 flows from that assumption: the Soviets "must quit; we have the air and the power and they know it." The story begins with Colonel Dodd, standing in the underground command post of the "Long Range Offense Force" (oddly, the Strategic Air Command is never mentioned by name). Dodd discusses the Force’s strike capabilities, its mechanisms for keeping track of its strategic assets, and its war plans. That hundreds of bombers, based in U.S. territories and overseas bases, are ready to launch at a moment’s notice is the "surest way to prevent war." Dodd does not think that the Soviets are likely to strike, but if deterrence fails and the Soviets launch an attack, "this is what will happen." What "happens" is the initial detection by U.S. air defense network of the approach of Soviet bombers over the Arctic Circle. That leads to General Larson’s decision to launch the SAC alert force under plan "Quick Strike"; airborne and nuclear-armed alert bombers fly toward the Soviet periphery, but stay at position until they receive an attack order (this was the concept of "Fail Safe" or "Positive Control" although those terms were not used in the film). About an hour after the alert force is launched, General Larson receives reports of attacks on U.S. bases, followed by more information on Soviet nuclear attacks on cities and military bases in Japan and Western Europe. "That does it," General Turner (one of Larson’s deputies) exclaims. He soon receives a call on the red phone from the Joint Chiefs, who with the President, are in a protected command post. The president has ordered the execution of "Quick Strike," releasing bombers and missiles to strike the Soviet Union. This simultaneous bomber-missile "double punch" is aimed at "all elements of [Soviet] air power" [bomber bases] along with "war making and war sustaining resources," which meant strikes on urban-industrial areas and urban populations. To depict the undepictable, the film’s producers use stock footage of nuclear tests and missile and bomber launches. Once it is evident that the Soviets have launched a surprise air attack, Colonel Dodd observes that "By giving up the initiative, the West must expect to take the first blow." This statement is not developed, but for Air Force planners, "initiative" meant a preemptive attack or a first strike. By the early 1950, senior military planners and defense officials had begun considering the possibility of pre-emptive attacks on the basis of strategic warning; that is, if the United States intelligence warning system collected reliable information on an impending Soviet attack, decision-makers could approve strikes against Soviet military forces to disrupt it. Consistent with this, Strategic Air Command war plans assumed "two basic modes" for executing strike plans [See Document One below]. () One was retaliation against a surprise attack; the other "plan was based on the assumption that the United States had strategic warning and had decided to take the initiative." The SAC strike force would then be "launched to penetrate en masse prior to the enemy attack; the main target would be the enemy’s retaliatory capability." In the last part of reel 6, Air Force intelligence briefings review the destruction of the Soviet military machine, including destruction of air bases, weapons storage centers, and government control centers, among other targets. "Target M," presumably Moscow, has "been destroyed" by a nuclear weapon which struck 300 yards from the aiming point. The Soviet attack has done calamitous damage to the United States, with 60 million casualties, including 20 million wounded, but evidence was becoming available of the "success" of the U.S. air offensive. The Soviet Air Force has been reduced to a handful of aircraft, it had stopped launching nuclear strikes outside of its territory, and SACEUR [Supreme Allied Commander Europe] reports the "complete disintegration of resistance" by Soviet ground forces. Moreover, cease-fire requests are coming in from the Soviets. In this context, General Larson’s certainty that the "Soviets must quit" conveyed prevailing assumptions about the value of strategic air power. Around the time when "The Power of Decision" as being produced, a statement by SAC Commander-in-Chief General Curtis LeMay made explicit what was implicit in Larson’s observation. In an address before the Air Force’s Scientific Advisory Board in 1957 [see Document Two], LeMay argued that U.S. strategic forces could not be an effective deterrent unless they were "clearly capable of winning under operational handicaps of bad weather and no more than tactical warning." And by winning, LeMay said he meant "achieving a condition wherein the enemy cannot impose his will on us, but we can impose our will on him." Larson’s statement about control of the air dovetailed exactly with LeMay’s assumptions about winning. Little is known about the production and distribution of "The Power of Decision," or even if it was actually shown. According to the history of the Air Photographic and Charting Service for January through June 1957, on 28 May 1956, the Strategic Air Command requested the service to produce the film, which would be classified Secret. SAC leaders may have wanted such a film for internal indoctrination and training purposes, to help officers and airmen prepare themselves for the worst active-duty situation that they could encounter. Perhaps the relatively unruffled style of the film’s performers was to serve as a model for SAC officers if they ever had to follow orders that could produce a nuclear holocaust. In any event, the script for "Power of Decision" was approved on 10 May 1957 and a production planning conference took place on 29 May 1957. The contract productions section of the Air Photographic and Charting Service was the film’s producing unit. The next step was to find actors with security clearances because even the synopsis of the film was classified secret (although later downgraded to "official use only"). As the Air Force was not in the business of hiring actors, the production unit engaged the services of MPO Productions, a New York-based firm which produced commercials and industrial films. [References to MPO, Inc. are on the index cards and on "The End" frame at the close of reel 6]. What happened next, when the work on the film was completed, SAC’s assessment of the project, and whether, when, or where the film was shown, cannot presently be determined, although the information may be in the living memories of participants or viewers from those days. Note: The relatively poor quality of this digital reproduction reflects the condition of the original reels as turned over to the National Archives by the Air Force.

PROPAGANDA No.2 "Your New Sound Of Freedom"

PROPAGANDA  No.2 "Your New Sound Of Freedom"
PUBLISHED FOR BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE MISSION OF THE USAF AIR DEFENSE COMMAND AND THATS TARGETED FOR LONG ISLANDERS WHO LIVED NEAR SUFFOLK COUNTY AIR FORCE BASE IT WAS A PRIMARY ADC SQUADRON THAT WAS TO INTERCEPT ANY SOVIET BOMBERS OR OTHER UNIDENTIFIED AIRCRAFT OF UNKNOWN ORGIN, SUFFOLK AFB BECAME PRIMARY WHEN FLOYD BENNET FIELD CLOSED AND CEASED OPERATIONS, THE CONVAIR F102-F-106 DELTA DART AND DAGGER WERE THE MAIN INTERCEPT AIRCRAFT FROM 1958-62 WHEN THE USAF DECIDED TO USE THE F-101 VODOO ALL WEATHER INTERCEPTOR, THE F-102-106 WAS USED BY THE USAF AT SUFFOLK AS WELL AS MANY OTHER AIRCRAFT THAT WOULD COME THROUGH THE AIRBASE, EARLY POSTS ON THIS BLOG HAS NUMEROUS PHOTO'S OF THESE DART LIKE AIRCRAFT AT THE BASE, THE EARLIER AIRCRAFT WERE F-86 SABRES AND THEY WERE PHASED OUT IN 1958, THERE WERE A FEW LOST AIRCRAFT OUT OF SUFFOLK AND EVEN A FALCON AIR TO AIR MISSILE AND THE INFAMOUS 1966 "STRANGE LIGHTS MOVING AT HIGH SPEEDS OVER THE SOUTH SHORE OF LONG ISLAND" THE AD WAS TO DEFEND THE MISSION OF THESE AFB'S LOCATED IN SUBURBS AROUND THE U.S. WHO HAD THE JOB OF SCRAMBLING AND GREET ANY UNIDENTIFIED RADAR CONTACT.THROUGH THE END OF WORLD WAR 2 UP UNTIL 1970 THE STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND HAD THESE BASES SCATTERED AROUND MAJOR CITIES AND VITAL US DEFENSE CONTRACTORS, SINCE THESE AIR WINGS WERE ON ALERT THEY FLEW OUT CONSTANTLY AND 6-7 IN FORMATION FLYING LOW IS LOUD SO SUBURBAN AMERICA COMPLAINED ABOUT THE NOISE AND THE USAF AND CONVAIR STARTED A ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN TO INFORM AND EDUCATE JUST HOW IMPORTANT THAT SOUND IS. AND HOW LUCKY WE ARE TO HERE IT. DURING THE 1970s to PRESENT USAF/ADC AND OTHERB MILITARY BASES WERE CLOSED BY THE HUNDREDS, IMAGINE A CITY LIKE NEW YORK HAS NO AIR DEFENSE THE NEAREST ARMED AIRCRAFT IS 30 MINUTES AWAY , AND MOST CITYS ARE NO LONGER DESIGNATED MILITARY PROTECTION, THIS MAKES NO SENSE SINCE OUR MILITARY IS TO DEFEND THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES AND I REALLY DO NOT UNDERSTAND HOW OUR NATION CAN FORGET WHY WE HAVE ARMED FORCES. THEY ARE NOT FOR FIGHTING ON FOREIGN SOIL AND IF WE HAVE TO WE CAN SEND B-52S ON BOMBING MISSIONS, WE NEED TO LOOK BACK AT WHAT THIS NATIONS FOUNDATIONS WERE AND REBUILD IT, BECAUSE SOMETHING IS NOT RIGHT!

USAF/DEFENSE NUCLEAR AGENCY (1970) MEETING THE TERRORIST THREAT- GUARDING USAF NUCLEAR FACILITIES

- Meeting the Terrorist Threat, Produced by the Defense Nuclear Agency - Early 1970's - 7:30 - Color - Since the emergence of the terrorist threat, the U.S. Governments concern about the possible terrorism against nuclear facilities has intensified. This video is a dramatization. It shows how the Government has responded to this threat. The video depicts nuclear security activities at an early nuclear storage site and how a small unarmed force of intruders easily enters under the security fence surrounding the site. The protective force subdues the intruders easily. In another scene, a well-armed terrorist team enters the base and kills a roving patrol with a well-placed sniper. Security forces finally overcome the terrorists after a superior counter-force arrives. On a third entry, a terrorist team enters the site under the cover of a fellow terrorist, hidden in the forest, armed with a heavy machine gun. This terrorist team reaches and penetrates a storage igloo after the roving patrol is killed, and the rapid response force is destroyed. However, the terrorists do not escape. When the superior security force appears with helicopter support and an armored personnel carrier, the terrorists, including the machine gunner, are killed. Since this film was made, the Department of Energy (DOE) has constantly improved the training and tactics of the security forces at each installation as well as the in-place security systems. With its modern day posture, it would be highly improbable that a small group of armed individuals could forcibly enter any DOE facility and escape with a nuclear weapon or any special nuclear

NEW!!!! ----GREAT FALLOUT SHELTER SONG 1961

(1975) RARE FOOTAGE OF ANG F-102s BASED AT SUFFOLK AFB (DECOM) FLYING OVER LONG ISLAND

THIS VIDEO SHOWS NATIONAL GUARD 2nd FIS FLYING F102s OVER EASTERN LONG ISLAND THE FLIGHT SCENES ARE DUBBED WITH A HORRIBLE MUSIC SOUNDTRACK "HIGHWAY TO THE DANGER ZONE" SO I ADVISE THAT YOU MUTE THE SOUND WHILE WATCHING THIS LAST OF THE CENTURY FIGHTERS BEING FLOWN AS INTERCEPTORS AND NOT TARGETS FOR MISSILE TESTS, THE SUFFOLK AFB NOW GABRESKI AIRPORT WESTHAMPTON HOME NOW TO THE 106th AEROSPACE RESCUE AND RECOVERY WING WHO OCCUPY AND USE THE OLD ALERT HANGARS AND USAF INFRASTRUCTURE THAT THE STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND "ADC" LEFT BEHIND WHEN THE SUFFOLK COUNTY AIR BASE WAS DECOMMISSIONED, EVEN THEN A NATIONAL GUARD UNIT USING F-102s WAS BASED THERE FROM 1969 - PRESENT.RARE CAMOFLAUGE F102s *UPDATE THE F-102 THAT SAT OUT FRONT TO PAY RESPECT TO THOSE THAT SERVED THE COLD WAR MISSION AND FLEW JET AIR CRAFT LOADED WITH LIVE NUCLEAR WEAPONS WAS SCRAPPED AND CUT UP ON BASE BY A SCRAP YARD IN A TOTAL DOUCHE BAG MOVE! I DONT CARE HOW BAD OF SHAPE IT WAS IN IT COULD OF BEEN SAVED AND SHOULD OF.JUST BECAUSE THE MISSON NOW INVOLVES HELICOPTERS YOU DONT FORGET HISTORY AND TRY TO TAKE THE LIME LIGHT BY DROPPIN A HELICOPTER IN ITS SPOT, YOU DISRESPECTED THOSE THAT SERVED A WAR COLD IN NAME BUT WAS A DIRECT THREAT AGAINST THIS NATION AND THOSE WHO FLEW THOSE JETS DURING THOSE YEARS WOULD OF GAVE THEIR LIVES TO KEEP THE POPULATION OF THIS COUNTRY SAFE, IT MAKES ME SAD TO SEE SUCH DISRESPECT AND PERSONALLY YOU CAN STICK THAT HELO UP YOUR ASSES!

COLD WAR PROPAGANDA No.41 (1951) USAF CARTOON RECRUITING COMMERCIAL

THIS USAF COMMERCIAL FROM THE EARLY 1950s MOST LIKELY WAS THE REASON AMERICA WON THE COLD WAR AND BEAT THE SOVIETS IN TO SPACE THE JINGLE IN OF FLYING DAH DAH DAH WITH CARTOON JETS AND PEOPLE PROBABLY CAUGHT THE EYE OF MANY YOUNG KIDS WHO TEN YEARS LATER ENLISTED AND HELPED KEEP THIS COUNTRY FREE OF ANY COMMUNIST AGGRESSORS, WE NEED MORE GOOD WHOLESOME RECRUITING PITCHES LIKE THIS ONE!

ATOMIC AGE PROPAGANDA (1951)

ATOMIC AGE PROPAGANDA (1951)