Big Show (19600620-19610110)

Name: Big Show (Exercise)

Date: October 4-5, 1960

Location(s): Eastern and Western Canada.

Purpose: To test SAC’s tanker forces, involving a total of 550 SAC sorties.

Notes: This exercise involved separately planned missions in Eastern and Western Canada. No prior information on this exercise was disclosed to SAC personnel.

More documents from this exercise are available in the archive.