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The Fighter Interceptor Force: 1962-1964 Excerpts on the Cuban Crisis - Includes Selected Charts
1964
Overview
U.S. Air Force. Air Defense Command interceptors and squadrons were dispersed following John F. Kennedy Speech Announcing Soviet Missile Deployment in Cuba (22 October 1962) with Nuclear weapons for the first time in the history of the command; Deployment of U.S. Air Force. Air Defense Command Military aircraft in Florida from 22 October - 23 November 1962; U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff designate Operation Southern Tip as permanent Air defense systems for the southeastern U.S.; U.S. Air Force. Continental Air Defense Command developed Contingency plans for augmenting southern Florida Air defense systems on 5 January 1961 which became known as Operation Southern Tip; U.S. Air Force. Air Defense Command deployment of Air defense systems Fighter aircraft to the southeastern U.S. during the Cuban Crisis; Contingency plans for dispersal of Fighter aircraft were implemented before approval for use of [Canada; U.S. Navy] Military bases had been secured
Subject
/ Canada
/ Cuban Crisis (16 October - 20 November 1962)
/ Florida
/ Kennedy, John F. Speech Announcing Soviet Missile Deployment in Cuba (22 October 1962)
/ United States. Air Force. Air Defense Command
/ United States. Air Force. Continental Air Defense Command
