Stories and memories of Col. Francis Harold Potter, USAF (1921-2009)

Personally written stories and memories of a career USAF Bomber pilot.

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My Life In SAC – The USAF Strategic Air Command

December 16, 2013by Ben Phillips 1 Comment

“Aaaaaarrrrooooooogah, Aaaaaarrrrooooooogah, Aaaaaarrrooooooogah” came blasting through the building. It was two o’clock in the morning this time, when that raucous electrifying blasting klaxon horn announced that an aircraft launch message […]

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B-52 Memories

December 16, 2013by Ben Phillips Leave a comment

I piloted the B-52D aircraft, number 56-676, now on display, several times while stationed at Fairchild AFB, Washington from 1954 to 1964.  My first fight with it was on February […]

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Operation Chromedome, The USAF Strategic Air Command

December 16, 2013by Ben Phillips 6 Comments

Written by Col. Francis Harold Potter, USAF Operation Chromedome was a top secret military exercise conducted in the late 1950s and early 1960s. It evolved as the “Cold War” heated […]

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