10 D THURSDAY. DECEMBER 13, 1962 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON
Fort Crook of Early West Changed into Global Command
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By DONALD R. PIEPER
United Presi International
Omaha, Neb. - HOT - A cen
tury ago, at a place called
Fort Crook, perched on a
Missouri river blufl, the men
of the U. S. Cavalry protected
the Nebraska prairies against
. marauding Indians,
The fort was located Just
fouth of the tiny town of
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Omaha. It was a small place,
but it was a key Installation
in the siring of outposts
guarding wagon trains and
sodhouse homesteads against
the painted warriors of the
plains.
Today, the same ground
where the yellow-kerchicfed
cavalrymen once tied their
mounts is the headquarters
of a military command with
the entire globe to protect.
Theory It The Same
The theory is the same. The
awesome strength of the missile-bomber
armada of the
U.S. Air Force's Strategic Air
Command (SAC) deters ag
gression - not from Indians
on spotted ponies, but from
international C o m m unism
and the threat of thermo-nu-clear
warfare.
Fort Crook has become Off
utl Air Force Base, the home
of SAC.
At the south end of the
sprawling grounds is a three
story office building housing
some of the world's most fan
tastic electronic equipment
and the men who would
quarterback the free world's
supersonic answer to aggres
sion. So devastating is SAC'S
aerospace punch and so swift
is its ability to react to ag
gression and throw this punch
that peace has been preserved
during a long line of cold
war crises.
It was SAC's power which
lurked in the background
during the crisis over Cuba
and helped provide President
Kennedy with a position of
strength from which to deal.
Gen. Thomas S. Po-vcr, the
57 - year - old commander-in-
chief of SAC, has said his
men are "dedicated to mak
ing it instantly unprofitable
for an enemy of the United
States to resort to that oldest
military tactic known to man
-the surprise attack."
Every bit as important to
power as SAC'S military
hardware are the 270,000 of
ficers and men who comprise
the SAC force. He has called
them the "very keystone of
SAC's strength."
Global Command Post
Offutt Air Force Base Is
just one of about 80 SAC
bases strung around the
world - from Guam to Spain,
from North Africa to Alaska.
In addition to serving as
landlord for the command
headquarters, Offutt is home
for the 34th Tanker Squad
ron, whose KC135 jets serve
as flying gas stations for
SAC's bombers, and the 548th
strategic missile squadron,
which mans a ring of Atlas
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rockets capable of reaching
Russia,
But it is the global com
mand post buried 45 feet deep
in the rich Nebraska soil
which is Offutt's heart. From
this nearly bomb-proof war
room SAC controls its bomb
er fleet and missile crews.
In this underground nerve
center the famous SAC red
telephone sits at the elbow
of a controller. Should an
attack be detected, half of
SAC's ever-ready bombers
would be sent on their way
toward the pre-determined
targets on orders dispatched
around the globe on this
telephone.
A gold telephone gives the
controller a direct line to the
joint chiefs of staff and the
President In Wash ington.
Only the President can give
the orders which would al
low the bombers dispatched
by the red telephone to con
tinue toward their targets.
The staff In the war room
is kept up to the second with
Information fed from com
puters which assimilate sta
tistics on operational status
of aircraft and missiles, cur
rent training exercises, force
deployment and the weather.
Giant white projection
screens almost 20 feet high
line one wall of the com
mand post. Information need
ed to direct the global force
In peace and war is proj
ected on these screens.
Power and other SAC
chieftains would scurry to
the command post in case of J
war. From a "press box" -
a glassed-in room overlook
ing the command post-they
would call the plays for the
retaliatory action.
But SAC doesn't settle for
half-safe measures in any
thing. It tries to figure out
the worst that could possibly
happen - and then prepare
to handle it.
Take Direct Hit
It would take a direct hit
or a very near miss - by a
nuclear weapon to knock out
the underground headquar
ters. But it's bound to be one
of the choicest targets for
an aggressor, and SAC has
widely dispersed alternate
ground command posts, as
well as airborne control cen
ters capable of keeping the
show running if the headquar
ters were blasted out of com
mission. As proof of the importance
of SAC, the joint strategic
target planning staff - a unit
headed by Power and Includ
ing top-level representatives
of the Army, Navy and Mar
ines -' has moved into the
SAC headquarters.
This staff is assigned to
determine target priorities for
all types of strategic systems
-bombers, fighters, 1 a r d
based missiles, air-launched
missiles and missile-armed
Navy vessels and submarines.
The purpose: A unified retal
iatory assault in which each
branch of the armed forces
would carry out detailed mis
sions. SAC, with its prime respon
sibilities in a counterattack,
and the headquarters, with its
fascinating electronic and hu
man attractions, is constantly
being visited by leading
statesmen and military ex
perts from around the free
world.
They nearly always com
ment on the air of efficiency
among the men who carry the
burden of directing what
would be - if it ever has to be
unleashed - a rain of nuclear
destruction unprecedented in
history.
The mushrooming responsi
bilities of SAC headquarters
and Offutt Air Force base -with
their high ratio of upper
income officers have pro
vided adjacent Bellevue,
Neb., and nearby Omaha with
an economic stimulus since
the headquarters was moved
here in 1948.
Livewuck Center
Omaha is the world's larg
est livestock marketing and
meat processing center. Beef,
pork and lamb are still the
foundations of the city's econ
omy. But Of'utl and SAC -whose
products are peace -have
become vital contribu
tors to the economy by pump
ing hundreds of thousands of
dollars into the area.
The command figures its
8 '
mmn
total assets - including air
craft, missiles, real properly,
equipment inventory and.
oiher facilities - at $17.9 bil
lion. That compares with an
estimated total assets of tho
Standard Oil company of
some $10.5 billion.
The personnel at Off ut t
have been good neighbors to
Omaha. They helped fight tho
1952 Missouri river flood
threat. Police Chief C. Har
old Ostler has said, "propor
tionaicly, they have given us
less trouble than our own
citizenry."
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MKDFORD MUNICIPAL COURT
Orville Albert Rnwden, disobey
ed traffic signal. $10.
Emil Attilio Ciattt, violation of
baste rule, $10.
Ralph Gerald Broun, no opera
tor's license in possession, $S.
Jack Walton Buckhollz, diaobey
td traffic KlRiinl, $10.
Chester Hardy Wright, failure to
obtain Oregon opera tor'j license,
?50; improper left turn, $10.
Gene Marian Kellf nberger, vio
lation of basic rule, $10.
Blossoom Head Flury, disobeyed
traffic sienal. Sin.
Earl Richard Giimore, Improper
left turn. $10.
Richard Dale Nelson, improper
left turn, $10.
Alma Man Culver, defective
brakes, $M).
John Ernest Johnson, improper
right turn. $10.
Edith Wood Davis, improper left
turn. $10.
Jean Lois Grimes, disobeyed
traffic signal , $10.
Jcrrel Norman Kirklln, violation
ot basic rule, $10.
James Stanley Foley, failure to
yield right of way to a vehicle to
(he right on a through street. $U5.
Donald Lee Young, disobeyed
traffic signal. $10.
Frank Sousa. failure to yield
right of way to vehicle on the
right. $2Y
Ellis Leroy Cornutt. defective
equipment, headlights (twice, two
days in city jail each; inadequate
equipment, mulflrr. two days;
emerging from private property
onto public highway without
stopping, three days; excessive
noise itwiceil two days each; oh
.(meted vision, driving wiih shat
tered windshield, two days, $5
warrant charge
Larry Gene Bangs, violation of
basic rule. $2.Y
David William Nienow, disobey
ed traffic signal, $10
, William Wiley Gash, violation of
basic rule. $10
Ruse Taverner Robinett. wrong
way on a one-way street, $10.
Rose Mary Young, disobeyed
it on sign. $10
Kenneth Lynn Bradford, viola
tion of basic rule. $10.
James Melvyn Davis, racing, $100,
(suspended i driver improvement
school and 10 hours work proba
tion Neal Parmnatee Smith, disobeyed
tratlic signal. $10.
Danunn Mono, failure n virtd
rlcht ot v to pedestrian in
crosswalk $7 .Mi
Allan Eminctt Pingle. vlolit'On
of baMC rule, $10.
Johnnie Dunne Fdw ards. iola
tlon of basic rule. $10
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yield right of m to vehicle on
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(oo close 5M
Mary Grace Wells, no operator's
license, $3
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Gerald Fstet Hankins, no light
on extended load. $10
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