"7 High"
Recollections of a Combat Defense Squadron Ramp Rat
A work in progress...
Seven High - A message dispatched to SAC Headquarters whenever an event occurs which could adversely effect the capability to launch the strike force, and which cannot clearly and immediately be ruled out as possible sabotage or enemy action.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1 “Gateway to the Air Force” , Lackland AFB, Sep. 12, 1960
Chapter 2 “Peace is our Profession”, Bunker Hill AFB, Nov. 18, 1960
Chapter 3 “Kansas Blows”, Forbes AFB, Sep. 23, 1961
Chapter 4 “Operation Clutch Pedal”, Billy Mitchell Field, Dec.14, 1961
Chapter 5 “Back Home Again, in Indiana”, Bunker Hill AFB Dec. 20, 1961
Chapter 6 “Crisis”, Fairchild AFB, September 1, 1962
Chapter 7 “Keep Flexible”, Zaragoza AB, Dec 1, 1962
Chapter 8 “Tough Tiger”, Torrejón AB, Oct 1963
Chapter 9 “El Camino de Morón”, Morón AB, May 64
Chapter 9.1 “Quiniela”, Big winner in Sevilla, January 1965
Chapter 9.2 “North to Barcelona” Spanish Coast, August 1965
Chapter 9.3 “Bienvenue en France”, South of France, Monaco, Italy, Pisa
Chapter 9.4 “Two Coins in the Fountain”, Roma, Venice, Austria, Switzerland
Chapter 9.5 “Crazy Horse”, Belgium, Germany, Netherlands, Paris …
Chapter 9.6 “Adiós España”, McGuire AFB, December 1, 1965
Chapter 10 “Big Sky Country”, Malmstrom AFB, January 10, 1966
Chapter 11 “No Chance on the Outside”, September 11, 1968
PREQUEL
Chapter 0 "Route 1104", Spokane, circa 1957
SEQUEL
Chapter 9.7 "Peregrino", España, May 2013
Chapter 9.8 "San Fermin", Pamplona, July 2013
Chapter 9.9, "Remember Zaragoza", Zaragoza, July 2013
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