Operation Headstart 1959: Inside the Airborne Alert Test at Loring Air Force Base!

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Air Force Film Report 33, titled "Operation Headstart - Airborne Alert," produced by the U.S. Air Force, provides a comprehensive overview of the ground and flight crew operations during a three-month test held at Loring Air Force Base in Maine. The primary objective of this test was to unequivocally showcase the successful maintenance of an airborne alert force.

The original source of this documentation is the Motion Pictures Unit within the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, specifically housed in Record Group 342.

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