Fw: RE: Fw: Re: [Milsurplus] RS-1 to AN/GRC-109 to RS-6

[D C Macdonald]

I was in wing plans/programs in 1966
and I never heard of this program then
or in the previous 2 1/2 years as crewmember.

Mac in OKC



---- Original Message Follows----
From: Cletus W Whitaker <whitaker@pa.net>
Reply-To: whitaker@ieee.org
To: milsurplus@mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: Fw: RE: Fw: Re: [Milsurplus] RS-1 to AN/GRC-109 to RS-6
Date: Thu, 06 May 2004 20:37:02 -0400

de WB2CPN South Central Pennsylvania  2004.05.06

In the 50's and 60's, and maybe later, the USAF
philosophy was to get as close to your Russian(?)
target as you could and drop the bomb.  This would
be done only if the Russians had already made the
first WMD move.  Once the bomb was dropped the
aircraft was expected to return to what was left
of the USA and land.  If the aircraft couldn't make
it back, augured in, or landed in some other country
the crew was supposed to dig in, hide their heads,
and wait out a short war.  Their little HF radio
would attempt to let USAF know where to look for
them.  This idea of rescuing air crews was abandoned
when it didn't appear that we had any way to rescue
them.   Them days I was paid to be a USAF Plans &
Programs person.  As the Man said, sometimes too much
knowledge can be a pain in the butt.

73  Clete