An Executive typewriter did not have a ball! It was a regular typewriter with a fancy type for executives. The AF Generals had those in their offices and the rest had selectrics with the little balls and then selectric II typewriters came out but I can guarantee that the ANG would not have been getting anything updated.
900 - "I can guarantee that the ANG would not have been getting anything updated."
I will agree with you on that. I was on active duty in the Air Force at that time, and just getting an Electric typewriter was a big thing. I remember, I pulled a number of strings to get one of my clerks an electric. He was an excellent typist (120 WPM on a manual typewriter). And he wanted to kill me - he couldn't type worth a damn on the electric. (That's when I found out he had gone to Juliard School of Music to be a concert pianist).
I had to go get the manual typewriter back to get any reports done. :o)