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Video by Tech. Sgt. Frank Casciotta

History Shorts Ep. 6. The 310th SW and its role in nuclear deterrence during the Cuban Missile Crisis

310th Space Wing

June 17, 2024 | 3:37

Dr. Courtney Short, the 310th Space Wing historian, explores the critical role of the 310th Strategic Aerospace Wing, which is now the 310th Space Wing, during the Cuban Missile Crisis. (U.S. Air Force video by Tech. Sgt. Frank Casciotta and Dr. Courtney Short)

Sources of information in this video came from:

• The Cuban Missile Crisis by Michael Hankins, National Air & Space Museum, Smithsonian

• Department of State, Office of the Historian

• National Archives: Collection JFK-222: Theodore Sorensen papers

• George Washington University National Security Archives

• John F. Kennedy Library

• Library of Congress Veterans History Project: Bobby McCall Jones Collection

• “A Full Retaliatory Response: When President John Kennedy contemplated nuclear war, what went through the minds of the U.S. bomber crews?” by Tom Jones, Air & Space Magazine

• Evelyn Lincoln Personal Papers, John F. Kennedy Library

• Airpower & the Cuban Missile Crisis by John T. Correll, Air Force Magazine

• Beyond the Wild Blue: A history of the U.S. Air Force by Walter J. Boyne

• My Twelve Years with John F. Kennedy by Evelyn Lincoln

• Five Presidents: My Extraordinary Journey with Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon & Ford by Clint Hill