Approved For Release 2000108120 tuner max-1a Division 033 3 1 957 Acting Chief Aircraft Branch 0 1 1957 Soviet my Day Air Demonstration 1 me 1 my air Amman-anon over Hoseaw'e Red Square oceumigisge gen 0730 and 0136 A total of 178 aircraft new the normal parade route passing one-half mile north and east or the US Embassy anti on Red 8mm at altitude from 200 to 900 feet Re new type aircraft were shown The aircraft count was as follows 1 0 Bison 9 Boar its Badger SO Flashlight A 60 lam - Franco 2 Four of the Bison had me probes Rene of the Biron were equipped with a remeling tail boom The observers who believed they new one Bison equipped with a tail bean in the twelfth rehearsal must have been mistaken 3 The fomtion and timing of the was good it The weather wee clear with five miles visibility in haze Approved For Release 2000108126 - I This document is from the holdings of The National Security Archive Suite 701 Gelman Library The George Washington University 2130 H Street NW Washington D C 20037 Phone 202 994-7000 Fax 202 994-7005 nsarchiv@gwu edu