Operation Head Start was an experimental program by the United States Air Force during the Cold War where Strategic Air Command bombers were launched from Loring Air Force Base and loitered off of the coast of western Greenland and eastern Canada . It was operational from mid-September to mid-December 1958. It would eventually lead to Operation Chrome Dome , as it was part of a series of programs which showed that a continuous airborne alert could be achieved.
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52-417: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Operation Head Start Operation Head Start was experimented at Loring Air Force Base , from September to December, 1958. Through the actions of the crewmembers, it helped to demonstrate that a continuous airborne alert could be maintained successfully. Before each flight, a briefing would be held, alerting
65-573: Is that it made refuelling more routine. The corresponding group for the bomber crews would be the One Gulp Club , for those who had taken on a hundred thousand pounds of fuel without a disconnect. While entering the landing pattern, the tower would alert the crash trucks to travel to the runway and await landing. This was a standard procedure for all Head Start landings. After landing, the crew would be interrogated prior to being let go, so that maintenance, intelligence, and other crews could be alerted to
78-488: The Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 2001 Operation Head Start , a Cold War operation in which B-52 Stratofortress bombers were launched and placed on rotation off Greenland and Canada Headstart (web) , an Israeli crowdfunding site for entrepreneurs Vendex HeadStart , a series of PC compatible computers sold by Philips Computers See also [ edit ] Law of the handicap of
91-511: The United States Department of Health and Human Services Head Start (TV series) , an Australian television drama series that ran for forty episodes on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 2001 Operation Head Start , a Cold War operation in which B-52 Stratofortress bombers were launched and placed on rotation off Greenland and Canada Headstart (web) , an Israeli crowdfunding site for entrepreneurs Vendex HeadStart ,
104-475: The bomber from Strategic Air Command headquarters at Offutt Air Force Base , with the idea that one of them could tell them to go to war, helping keep the crews on their feet. During their flight, many of the boom operators would enter admission into the Million Pound Club , which meant that they had transferred a million or more pounds of fuel on ten sorties or less. The added benefit of the training runs,
117-490: The cafeteria, where they would be fed a meal high in protein. After their final briefing, two crewmembers would be sent to pick up specialized meals for their long flight (the meals would later be prepared in an oven during flight). Every six hours, a bomber would then take off with live warheads and continue on a pre-determined path over Greenland and eastern Canada , a trip that would end twenty hours later. Frequently, "Foxtrot: No message required," messages would be sent to
130-454: The crewmembers to basic world events as well as safety criteria. At least fifteen hours before takeoff, the crew would thoroughly pre-flight their aircraft. Inadvertently, this also increased efficiency in terms of maintenance and other pre-flight routines. For the next twelve hours, crewmembers would enter a period of uninterrupted rest, and use the next three hours to prepare for takeoff. During this final preparation, they would first be taken to
143-437: The free dictionary. Head start or headstart may refer to: Head start (positioning) , a lead in the position in which one starts Headstarting , a technique in nature conservation Other [ edit ] Head Start (program) , an educational program of the United States Department of Health and Human Services Head Start (TV series) , an Australian television drama series that ran for forty episodes on
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169-474: The performance of the plane and other things that the crew might have noticed during their long flight. After being let go, they would typically go to the Physical Conditioning room for a steam bath and rub down. After six sorties, each bomber would receive a major individual inspection, allowing for it to be rotated out of the cycle. Head Start was directed to occur in three phases. Phase I would be
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