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Beale Air Force Base during the Cold War / James B. Quest.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Quest, James B., Author.
- Series:
- Images of America.
- Images of America
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Airplanes, Military--California--Yuba County--History--20th century--Pictorial works.
- Airplanes, Military.
- Beale Air Force Base (Calif.)--History--20th century--Pictorial works.
- Beale Air Force Base (Calif.).
- United States. Air Force--Airmen--History--20th century--Pictorial works.
- United States.
- United States. Air Force--Weapons systems--History--20th century--Pictorial works.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (127 pages) : chiefly illustrations, portraits.
- Place of Publication:
- Charleston, SC : Arcadia Publishing, [2014]
- Summary:
- 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.
- OCLC:
- 900734151
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