Arctic jet power for Alaska defense aims
The article discusses Arctic air operations for the all jet B52 and the 7th Weather Group based near Elmendorf Alaska. It covers weather challenges from cold soak ice fog and high altitude jet performance versus piston engines, and notes testing and reconnaissance flights to forecast Siberian and polar weather conditions.
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Elton OC
Fay
Elmendorf Air Force
Alaska
Arctic
Weestern
Siberia
Iron Curtain
Bering Strait
Galena
Elmendorf
1Th Airborne Division
Yukon River
7Th Weather Group
Wilson Air Force Base
Fairbanks
Polar
Roun
Air Force
Senate panel hears progress on long range A missile tests
Senate Armed Services Committee members heard Gen Nathan Twining and Secretary Talbott brief on intercontinental missile efforts with remarks from Chairman Russell and Sen Jackson. They cited Snark and Atlas tests as progress toward near term deliverable atomic capabilities and warned of strategic risk if rivals advance first.
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Washington
Russell
D.-Ga
Senate Armed Services Committee
Soviet Russia
Nathan’ Twining
Air Force
Talbott
Twining
Sen. Jackson
D.wash
Armed Services
Congressional Atomic Energy Committees
Jackson
Freighter Meta Cleerie Refloated After Coastline Alarm
Grounded 7,212 ton freighter Meta Cleerie was refloated near Portsmouth England after a storm kept it aground off the English Channel. Twenty four crewmen evacuated as the ship drifted and a short circuit cut an air raid siren triggering a street search. The vessel had been carrying coal from Newport News to Rotterdam when the alarm and rescue operations occurred.
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Portsmouth
England
U— San
Francisco
Meta Cleerie
English Channel
Golden Gate Park
Newport
Rotterdam
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