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Five Craters in the Moon
Let me tell you about five craters in the moon.
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Came from a poor family
House looked a little better when I lived there, but it was still a poor neighborhood.
With no guidance, I was a confused high school student.
I joined the Air Force after graduation from high school to learn a trade.2WATCHING NEWSREELS
No TV when I was young. Went to movies Saturday afternoon matinees.
Two movies, many cartoons, newsreels, serials.
Newsreels of experimental rockets with cameras showing the view from high altitudes.
Texas theater was my favorite.
Years later, Harvey Oswald was captured here.
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Basic Training
Enlisted airman with no goals, but interest in rockets
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Camera Repair School
Cameras in the nose of a F-86 fighter aircraft.
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RB-57A Reconnaissance Aircraft
Three cameras are in the tail in this aircraft, except for one camera which took up the entire bomb bay.Spy plane used for photographing missile sites being developed by the Soviet Union. Space satellites did not exist yet.Show video.
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RB-57A RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT
RB-57A & RB-57D Reconnaissance AircraftRB-57A Background and RB-57D Flying in Fomation.
Note the long wings on the D model that are needed for extremely high altitudes.
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RB-57D RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT
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SR-71 BLACKBIRD RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT
B-47 Stratojet Bomber
Strategic Air Command protected the US during the Cold War. Each aircraft carried two nuclear bombs.
I maintained the radar cameras.
Deployed during the Cuban crisis.
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B-47 STRATOJET BOMBER
University of WyomingApplied for and Accepted at University of Wyoming majoring in Aeronautical Engineering.
Former Vice President Dick Cheney attended about the same time that I did, but I did not know him.13
Officers Training School
Slide - AF Band
Accepted For Aerospace Engineering At AFIT
Commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant in USAF
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Air Force Institute of TechnologyOne of the Top Engineering Schools in the NationWaiting List is 7 yearsMost applicants are Service Academy graduates cream of the cropMy application was out of sequence and approved in only two weeksMS Aerospace EngineeringAssigned To Manned Spacecraft Center (Houston)
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Manned Spacecraft Center(now Johnson Space Center)
Apollo Telescope Mount, Skylab, Apollo 11, Apollo 13, EASEP (PSEP), ALSEP, Project Bluebook (Mission to Mars), Lunar Rover
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SKYLAB
ALSEP
LUNAR CRATER
HIGH EXPLOSIVE INCENDIARY WARHEADS
B2/JDAM TEST (INERT ROUNDS)
CLUSTER BOMBLETS
AC-130 GUNSHIP24
GLIDE BOMB UNIT (GBU-15)
ASSAULT AMPHIBIAN VEHICLE (AAV)
SUBMARINE PERISCOPE TRAINER
JSTARS
JSTARS
M1A2 ABRAMS TANK
SHOULDER FIRED STINGER MISSILE
CLOSE COMBAT TACTICAL TRAINER (CCTT)
Cecil Bassham(Captain, USAF, Retired)Aerospace Engneer
Former NASA Flight ControllerALSEP Senior EngineerApollo 11 & Apollo 13
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