Beale Air Force Base During the Cold War

Nonfiction, History, Military, Pictorial, Reference & Language, Transportation, Aviation
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Author: James B. Quest ISBN: 9781439644553
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc. Publication: January 20, 2014
Imprint: Arcadia Publishing Language: English
Author: James B. Quest
ISBN: 9781439644553
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Publication: January 20, 2014
Imprint: Arcadia Publishing
Language: English
KLAXON! The alarm immediately sent the aircrews at Beale Air Force Base, California, scrambling to their alert aircraft in a race to get airborne first. The KC-135 tankers were usually the quickest to taxi out, with the B-52 bombers following closely behind. Soon, the air filled with the rumble of engines as aircraft roared down the runway trailing great clouds of exhaust and disappeared into the skies of Northern California. It was a dramatic scenario practiced many times during the Cold War and one that Universal Pictures filmed at Beale AFB for its movie A Gathering of Eagles, starring Rock Hudson and Rod Taylor.
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KLAXON! The alarm immediately sent the aircrews at Beale Air Force Base, California, scrambling to their alert aircraft in a race to get airborne first. The KC-135 tankers were usually the quickest to taxi out, with the B-52 bombers following closely behind. Soon, the air filled with the rumble of engines as aircraft roared down the runway trailing great clouds of exhaust and disappeared into the skies of Northern California. It was a dramatic scenario practiced many times during the Cold War and one that Universal Pictures filmed at Beale AFB for its movie A Gathering of Eagles, starring Rock Hudson and Rod Taylor.

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