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Friends Journal Winter 2023 The magazine of the Air Force Museum Foundation CONDITION Good, unmarked pages, reading wear CONTENTS Features Doomsday Habu: The SR-71 And Nuclear War – “Confirming the destruction of the Soviet nuclear force’s leadership and command and control system would have been a priority task and there was simply no other means to do so.” Stories And Treasures -0 “The Shot ricocheted off the floor, through Ed’s flight jacket and rattled around the hut until it ran out of steam.” A Golden Carpet In The Sky – “I got to be a billionaire for a day—twice!” Priorities – “Gritting his teeth and with white knuckles, Bob finally put the aircraft on the runway.” WC-135 – “We all wore a dosimeter on the every flight to keep track of the radiation to which we were exposed.” Strategic Air Command View From A Cold War Pilot – “The B-47 was a plane that required the ultimate of coordination because its three-man crew was not physically located in one single cockpit.” Sailing On Morotai Bay – “If we had missed contract with the ship, we would have either landed on Halmahera with the Japanese or gbenn carried out to the open sea.” A 63-Year Quest – “As fat would have it he was the German jet pilot that was shot down by the Mustang pilot to his left.” In Every Issue Editor’s Notes – Happy anniversary Friends Feedback Above & Beyond – Medal of Honor recipient: SSgt Henry “Red” Erwin Classic Aircraft At The National Museum Of The USAF – Curtiss P-6E Hawk Restoration Report – Updates on Curtis JN-4D Jenny, McDonnell Douglas F-15A Streak Eagle, De Haviland C-7A Caribou, and Convair SM 65 Atlas 9 (MA-9) Upcoming Events and Exhibits At The National Museum Of The USAF – A year of events and new exhibits to celebrate the Museum’s 100 th anniversary. 61990