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"Scramble horn," at Offut AFB, that sounds when SAC alert aircrews must rush to their aircraft.

Strategic Air Command (SAC) Headquarters at Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska. Views of the so-called "Scramble Horn." When sounded, SAC aircrews, standing alert, must immediately respond to their aircraft ready to take off on a mission. The horn, atop wooden beams, near power lines, appears approximately 5 feet in diameter and resembles a power line insulator.

Date: 1960, April 19
Duration: 1 min 1 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675031236
Officers being briefed by Lieutenant Colonel Roland Rodgers during the official activation of IBM 7090 EDP System, Offutt AFB.

Ribbon cutting ceremonies which officially activate the IBM 7090 Electronic Data Processing System, SAC (Strategic Air Command) Headquarters, Offutt AFB, Nebraska. Department Director of Operations SAC Major General Keith K. Compton, Commander AWS (Air Weather Service), MATS (Military Air Transport Service) Brigadier General Norman L. Peterson and Chief of Swedish Military Weather Service Colonel Oscar Herrlin enter the computer area. They are briefed by Chief of Computer Programming Lieutenant Colonel Roland Rodgers at the center. Airmen in teletypewriter room

Date: 1960, October 24
Duration: 3 min 49 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675047439
Brigadier General Norman L. Peterson cuts the ribbon and officially activates IBM 7090 EDP System, Offutt AFB.

Ribbon cutting ceremonies which officially activate the IBM 7090 Electronic Data Processing System, SAC (Strategic Air Command) Headquarters, Offutt AFB, Nebraska. Department Director of Operations SAC Major General Keith K. Compton, Commander AWS (Air Weather Service), MATS (Military Air Transport Service) Brigadier General Norman L. Peterson, and Chief of Swedish Military Weather Service Colonel Oscar Herrlin being briefed by Chief of Computer Programming at the center Lieutenant Colonel Roland Rodgers. Brigadier General Peterson cuts the ribbon and presses the start button on IBM 7090 computer console. Major General Compton and Lieutenant Colonel Rodgers look at the computer components. A WAF (Women in the Air Force) woman in the teletypewriter room. Forecasters plot and examine weather maps.

Date: 1960, October 24
Duration: 3 min 59 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675047440
Electronic Data Processing system in operation including magnetic tape drives, card reader, computer console at Offutt AFB.

Official activation of the IBM 7090 Electronic Data Processing System, SAC (Strategic Air Command) Headquarters, Offutt AFB, Nebraska. Views of computer room with EDP system in operation including magnetic tape drives, card reader, computer console. Airmen place reel of magnetic tape drive spindle.

Date: 1960, October 24
Duration: 2 min 29 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675047441
Major General Curtis LeMay flies non stop to Buenos Aires from Honolulu,Hawaii.

U.S. Joint Strategic Target Planning staff at SAC (Strategic Air Command) headquarters in Nebraska, United States. Chairman Joint Chief of Staff General Lyman Lemnitzer, USAF Chief of Staff General Curtis LeMay, Chief of Naval Operations Admiral George W Anderson, Jr., U.S. Marine Corps Commandant David M Shoup alight from a U.S. Air Forces VC-135 aircraft at Offutt Air Force Base. The officers being greeted by Commander of SAC General Thomas S Power and Vice Commander Lieutenant General John P McConell. The officers talk and shake hands. The officers leave the air force base in staff cars as SAC elite guards salute.

Date: 1962, June 18
Duration: 1 min 32 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675059861
Secretary Robert McNamara and others of Joint Strategic Target Planning staff arrive for meeting to discuss Project Guard Rail

U.S. Joint Strategic Target Planning staff meets to discuss Project Guard Rail at SAC (Strategic Air Command) headquarters in Nebraska, United States. Chairman Joint Chief of Staff General Lyman Lemnitzer, USAF Chief of Staff General Curtis LeMay, Chief of Naval Operations Admiral George W Anderson, Jr., U.S. Marine Corps Commandant David M Shoup arrive at the Offutt Air Force Base in staff cars. A few officers board the flight. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara and Deputy Secretary Roswell Gilpatric arrive in a car. Secretary McNamara shakes hands with an officer and boards the aircraft. The officers shake hands before boarding the flight.

Date: 1962, June 18
Duration: 1 min 22 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675059864