U.S. AIR FORCE NEWS REVIEW - PRESIDENT EISENHOWER VISITS MOROCCO, BOMARC MISSILE

Heat. [Music] Heat. [Applause] 3 days before Christmas, the president's VC137 arrives at Newsur Air Base for a brief state visit with His Majesty, King Muhammad 5th. This is the final stop on the president's history-making 11 nation goodwill junket that has covered 22,000 miles in two weeks. With the Moroccan leader, President Eisenhower reviews the famous Black Guard and the hundreds of Moroccan soldiers and American airmen present to pay honors to these two heads of state. Spectators thrown the 20-mi route into Casablanca. Official estimates place the crowd lining the route at more than 3/4 of a million people, tribesmen from the rim of the Sahara, warriors from the plains, and suburban Moroccans, all warmly greeting the president in perhaps the most colorful welcome of his tour. [Music] [Applause] While the president handled state business, airmen ready his plane for the transatlantic hop back to the United States. Within a very few hours, the VC137 will be minutely checked, refueled, and ready to carry its distinguished passenger home from a triumphant goodwill mission. [Music] Seven short hours after his arrival, the president is ready to depart, confident that his talks with King Muhammad have strengthened our two nations common beliefs in peace and justice among men at George Air Force Base. Ground crewmen prepare a squadron of 18 F104 star fighters for deployment to Spain. These record busting craft will be in first class shape by takeoff time. The 476th TAC Fighter Squadron is the first full squadron to move in this fashion. The briefing is thorough. There's a lot of ocean between the US and Spain. The pilots of these star fighters will be back on California soil in 4 months. When these men touch down in Spain, they'll be combat ready because their support elements will be right behind them, followed by Matt's strategic airlift force. [Music] [Music] [Music] 8 hours flying time after leaving the states. The first element is over Marone Air Base near Seville. The 476 will help maintain the air defense of Spanish cities and US military installations in the area. And now the VIP treatment. We understand the carriage is traditional at but uh we're not sure about the senoritas. [Music] Uh, California was never like this. I mean, like Claude, this is the coolest. What soothing bomb after driving a hot pipe over 3100 miles of ocean? Well, hostile away you all. These young men are candidates for Tactical Air Command's 9inth Air Force Missile Man of the Year award. Their performance and technical skill in the training of Mace and Matador Missile Crews have earned them this outstanding recognition. To announce the winner, 9inth Air Force Commander, Major General WD Hutcherson. It is indeed a great privilege for me to be here and to present the first 9inth Air Force Missileman of the year award to Airman Secondass Edward J Nuders [Applause] 9inth Air Force United States Air Force Air Force Base, South Carolina, 16th December 1959. Subject 9inth Air Force Missile Man of the Year. Two Airman Second Class Edward J. Nud 454th Training Squadron, Orlando Air Force Base, Florida. It is with great pleasure that I inform you of your selection by the 9th Air Force as the 1959 Missile Man of the Year. Airman Nod, recipient of the first missileman award, gained recognition for his work in training mace crews and he has also been instrumental in offering training manuals which have aided in producing skilled missile teams in minimum time. Present to you the plaque record. [Applause] Congratulations to the ninth Air Force Missile Man of the Year. This may look to some to be a schematic diagram of a vacuum, too, but it's actually a symbol of some important Air Force achievements. During one 7-day period in mid December 59, the Air Force set five new aircraft records here at Edwards Air Force Base. An F104 star fighter, a weapon system accustomed to breaking records, was piloted by Captain Joe Jordan to a new world's altitude mark. Captain Jordan is a test pilot at ARDC's flight test center. From break release to 98,424 ft. The F104 established a time to climb record of 15 minutes and then zoomed to a new altitude record of 103,395 ft, bettering the previous record by more than 4,800 ft. Brigadier General Joseph Moore, commander of the fourth tactical fighter wing, piloted his F105 Thunder Chief in an assault on the world speed record for a closed course. His altitude 38,000 ft. The general pulled a constant two to 2 1/2 gs as he steered his fighter in a tight 62 1/2 m circle and with a speed of,16 mph bettered the previous French record by almost 100 mph. This is Air Defense Command's newest interceptor, the F-106 Delta Dart. With Major Joseph W. Rogers at the controls, the 106 battered a recent Soviet record by 38 mph for a straightaway speedrun. At 40,000 ft, Major Rogers flashed two ways on an 18-mi measured course for an average of better than 1525 mph. And in Brookfield, Connecticut, Captain Walder Hudson, pilot and Major William Davis, co-pilot, flew a command H43B helicopter to a new world altitude mark, bettering a Soviet record by nearly 10,000 ft. The H43 tops 30,000 ft in an extraordinary helicopter performance. The Distinguished Flying Cross is awarded by Chief of Staff General Thomas White to the men who flew their aircraft to new world records. It's a remarkable accomplishment. Five records in 7 days. A feat which demonstrates the performance capabilities of the weapon systems now in use by the United States Air Force. The Bomark interceptor missile is undergoing extensive testing at Eglund Air Force Base to improve its range and guidance system. A Bulmar guidance package has been grafted to the nose of a can bear bomber and with this unique instrumentation marriage, the complete guidance system can be tested under controlled conditions. [Music] In actual operation, the guidance system controls the B-57 to intercept with a target aircraft just as it would in an actual missile. With this test arrangement, numerous intercept situations can be studied without expending a missile in each test. It's an economical approach to developing the best possible guidance for the bulmar. It's the reserve troop carrier rodeo at Ellington Air Force Base. 14 troop carrier wings with three teams each compete in this World Series of Reserve troop carrier operations. Navigation, precise mission timing, and drop accuracy are prime scoring factors as all teams fly three drop missions. A supply bundle away. Impact accuracy is checked by triangulation. Competing crews watch intently, determining how well the other guys are doing. Closest drop to target a very respectable 9 ft. At the end of 5 days of competition, the final scores go up on the huge scoreboard. To the High Point gatherer goes the Rodeo Trophy. This year's winner, the 446th Troop Carrier Wing, the host team from Ellington Air Force Base. Project Open Road, a test of Strategic Air Command's new alert takeoff procedure that literally cuts minutes off the time needed to get a sacked strike force airborne. Pre-flight checks are made while the bomber is taxiing. And when the plane reaches the runway, the pilot applies full power and takes off without delay. Succeeding aircraft follow the same procedure, allowing the bombers to take off just seconds apart. [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Water and alcohol injected into the B-476 jet engines to increase takeoff thrust accounts for the smoke, but white lines on the runway guide the pilots toward takeoff. [Music] [Music] Tests like this one at McDill and Homestead Air Force bases were termed successful. And the new procedure would allow a greater number of aircraft to be launched in the critically short period of warning which may be expected in the event of attack against our nation. Each additional aircraft airborne adds another nuclear strike against any wouldbe aggressor and increases the deterrent power of the free world. [Music]