This issue of the U.S. Air Force News Review features B-47 gunners attempting to shoot down radio-controlled target drones from ground stations. Other segments include the return of a bible lost during WWII by a serviceman who was killed in action, new use of survey equipment by the Air Charting Service to emplace missile bases, F-100s arriving in Japan aboard the USS Cape Esperance (CVE-88), a salute to the Civil Service Act, Civil Air Patrol cadets learning survival techniques, and McCoy Air Force Base is dedicated.
McCoy AFB (1940–1947, 1951–1975) is a former United States Air Force base located 10 miles (16 km) south of Orlando, Florida. It was a training base during World War II. After the war it became a Front-Line Strategic Air Command (SAC) base during the Vietnam War and the Cold War. and a look at the Cargomaster C-133 aircraft.
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