Strategic Air Command Bomb Nav Recon Competition 1959

25-30 October: Eleventh Annual Bombing and Navigation Competition is the largest ever held and the first one where air refueling squadrons were allowed to participate. Two crews each from 47 participating bomb wings and 47 tanker squadrons competed.
McCoy AFB, FL was the staging site for 27 B-47s and 20 B-52s with 27 KC-97s and 20 KC-135s operating out of Homestead AFB, FL. Each crew flew one mission consisting of aerial refueling, celestial navigation leg, and three radar RBS bombing runs. Japan made.