LAUNCH CREW R-07
389th STRATEGIC MISSILE WING
F. E. WARREN AFB
PHOTO TAKEN APRIL 1962
LAUNCH CREW R-07 SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED AN ATLAS D MISSILE ON MARCH 23, 1962 FROM VANDENBERG AFB WHILE PRESIDENT KENNEDY WITNESSED THE LAUNCH AND AFTERWARDS CAME DOWN TO THE BLOCKHOUSE WHERE HE WAS INTRODUCED TO THE CREW
Crew
members are as follows:
Front Row your left to right:
Arnie Kovacka, Dale Howe, Clifford Simonson, Kenneth Haithcoat, Roger Egert,
Reginald Bufkin,
Second Row:
Sherman Jackson, SMSgt Chupka, J. W. Hill, Frank Waters, Gerald Beth
MANY THANKS TO DALE HOWE FOR SHARING THIS PHOTOGRAPH
THESE FOLLOWING PHOTOS TAKEN MARCH 23, 1962
PRESIDENT KENNEDY LEAVING 576-B LAUNCH CONTROL
NOTE: GENERAL POWER, CINCSAC ON PRESIDENT'S LEFT
PRESIDENT KENNEDY WATCHING ATLAS 134D
NOTE: SECRETARY OF DEFENSE ROBERT S. McNAMARA IN THE MIDDLE
PRESIDENT KENNEDY WATCHING ATLAS 134D
PRESIDENT KENNEDY WATCHING ATLAS 134D
MAJOR SIMONSON & LAUNCH CREW R-07 PRESENTING THE PRESIDENT WITH MISSILEMAN BADGE
NOTE: MISSILE LAUNCH ART ON BLOCK HOUSE WALL
PRESIDENTIAL LIMOUSINE WITH BULLET PROOF BUBBLE TOP
A PERSONAL NOTE...HAD THE PRESIDENT BEEN RIDING IN THIS LIMOUSINE IN DALLAS ON NOVEMBER 22, 1963...HOW HISTORY WOULD HAVE BEEN CHANGED...
MANY THANKS TO JIM DEARMAN FOR SHARING THESE GREAT PHOTOS