Item #2317454 Beale Air Force During the Cold War (Images of America). James B. Quest.

Beale Air Force During the Cold War (Images of America)

New York: Arcadia Publishing, 2014. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Item #2317454
ISBN: 9781467130813

Edges slightly worn.

127 pp. 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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