CDAC02360: Telegram: SAC Overflights (April 6, 1960)

Canada’s adoption of the Air Alert programme created an opportunity for the USAF to request further blanket clearance for other operations, including transport missions and other military exercises by non-USAF aircraft (such as the US Navy). However, the Canadian government was hesitant to extend the precedent set by this policy to other aircraft, and routinely refused this request (see CDAC02363)