I lived on Whitman when I was just a tyke when my dad was in SAC. I still have two vivid memories. One was when a fully fueled B47 crashed on take off. The explosion was deafening. Sadly the crew and several firefighters were killed.
The second was the Cuban Missile Crisis. The base went on alert. I never saw my dad move as fast as he did that day.
I’m surprised that the usual suspects haven’t demanded that Whiteman Air Force Base be renamed. The name could cause mental distress to African Americans.
I was living at MCAS Beaufort. Your dad moved fast? My dad's entire squadron disappeared!
No one knew to where until we read the Sunday funnies.
Milton Caniff drew an out the window view of Homestead Airbase for a Steve Canyon episode. Sticking out the the hangers were the tails of F-8's with my dad's squadron markings!