Trip to California: Vandenberg Air Force Base, 4:08PM. President John F. Kennedy meets members of Warren Air Force Base\u2019s 389th Strategic Missile Wing, following the launch of the Atlas 134D missile. Crew members (L-R): Major Clifford W. Simonson (partially hidden), Kenneth Haithcoat, SMSgt Chupka, Roger Egert, Sherman Jackson, Gerald Beth, MSgt Reginald Bufkin, TSgt Arnold Kovakka, SSgt Dale Howe, A1C J. W. Hill, and Frank Waters. Also pictured: Commander of Strategic Air Command, General Thomas S. Power (next to Major Simonson); Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara (center right, pa


Trip to California: Vandenberg Air Force Base, 4:08PM. President John F. Kennedy meets members of Warren Air Force Base\u2019s 389th Strategic Missile Wing, following the launch of the Atlas 134D missile. Crew members (L-R): Major Clifford W. Simonson (partially hidden), Kenneth Haithcoat, SMSgt Chupka, Roger Egert, Sherman Jackson, Gerald Beth, MSgt Reginald Bufkin, TSgt Arnold Kovakka, SSgt Dale Howe, A1C J. W. Hill, and Frank Waters. Also pictured: Commander of Strategic Air Command, General Thomas S. Power (next to Major Simonson); Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara (center right, partially hidden); Director of Research and Development for the Department of Defense, Dr. Harold Brown (at right, wearing suit and tie); Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh (at right); Major General Joseph J. Preston (behind Brig. Gen. McHugh, on far right edge of image). Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.


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