$ - 'ffifii ff'' rt r-a FCRTS J1Y AIP-rcrcEMFE 4--- - ---' l ---r-t vl - rcPEKA KNgAS s Oct - Ss- lqs6 iltt €JT ' cowlor-9 - coPtEs I trrc t - LJ gg- ' rrrb rt'ftt ' q t ' '- 'i 9TQATEGIC NLCCTu'rAr r-r -i CHRO$CIISGY gn 10 IL October unit #r tuA conbat ni-ssion was camied out by the 55Lt1 t ng uad er $bh A lr Force Operatlons Order LQ9 56 nParty Tin€H 21 Oetober A p qqc$ce alert was qallea to deternine if arly out of the 40 P1an J1 October ttre Eltfr Aif RefueJ ing $qr udron deployed under $bh 1r Force Operations Order 88 56 n$and Foxnn to Ernest Harmon AB for a peried of 60 'days DY 1J November A SAC-wide alert r as ca -led that lasted until t Depemberr Midd e Sast erisis Has one reason for the alert cend itlons 22 Secember All F ing fJying operations eeased exeept for w eather sortl-es and seheduled detachnent depJ-oy ment j n accordanee with Christmas proceduresr fi J-illffilJ sivenreaveeinproportionto 2 Deeember The 55th A ir Ref ueling Squedren returned from TDT at Ernest Harxron SB 1 Oeeernber As of th1s o i zbf officers and airmen were sssigned to the 55th $R f 11 - In this operatlon the fi-ng uas lo exercise the ttsrr band radars of the h estern Air Defense Forces to evaluate the puniLity of the rrPhase 5tf equ ippeci RB- pf aircrar't to accomplish an assigned nrission under specifled cond ltions and to conducl SC t aetivities against the $IKE acquisition radars Air refueling was furr -j-shed by the 55th Air Refuellng Squadron Z on 3t October 19s6 8th Air Force operations order g -55 rtsand Boxtrn was ca rrj-ed out by the 55Lh tr Refueling squadron This v- operation wa$ a 60-Aay tOY deployrnent to Ernest Flarnon Air Base Newfoundland Righteen l c 97 aireraft were deproyed by the H efueling $quadron along with crews and support personnel rurnedlately upon aryivar the squadron off loaded eargo anci personnel and readied the aircraft for support oi' strike mlssion Etghth Air Force issued the tr xecution Ord er f or d eploycent of aireraft 3 A $Ac-j ride alert was ealled at 0045 hours on 15 November Lg56n and lasted until 9 Decenber Lg56 This alert rnad e necessary fiany alterations in the Monthly l ing operation Plano4 Crisis in the fiddle st iras one reason for the three-week alert 2 operations order 109 56 Hq 55trr sRhi 15 oeL J6 Fp zr3r Exh l-2 3 Operations 0rder 8 56 Hq 55th SBId A0 Oct 6 pF p 4r gKh 1 4 Report Dj-rector ef operali-ons Hq 5iti $RW Novennber l 562 F lr xh 3