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1962 Homestead Air Force Base Open House

I was 15 years old in 1962 and had been attending air shows at Homestead since 1957 or 1958. The 1962 Open House at Homestead AFB was the first year that I had a camera so in 2012 it will mark a 50-year span in air show photos from Homestead.

1962 - Ruben Rivera, his cousin and USAF F-100 Super Sabre #AF62-727 at the Homestead Air Force Base Open House
1962 - Ruben Rivera, his cousin and USAF F-100 Super Sabre #AF62-727 at the Homestead Air Force Base Open House		 USAF F-104 Starfighter AF60-811 at the Homestead AFB Open House in 1962 photo #UM62_02
USAF F-104 Starfighter AF60-811 at the Homestead AFB Open House in 1962 photo #UM62_02		 USAF KC-135 at the Homestead Air Force Base Open House in 1962 photo #UM62_4
USAF KC-135 at the Homestead Air Force Base Open House in 1962 photo #UM62_4		 USAF KC-135 on the left, B-52 landing in the middle, B-52 on the right at the Homestead AFB Open House in 1962
USAF KC-135 on the left, B-52 landing in the middle, B-52 on the right at the Homestead AFB Open House in 1962		 USAF F-100 Super Sabre #AF53-727 at the Homestead AFB Open House in 1962 photo #UM62_06
USAF F-100 Super Sabre #AF53-727 at the Homestead AFB Open House in 1962 photo #UM62_06
Judo demonstrations inside a hangar at the Homestead AFB Open House in 1962 photo #UM62_7
Judo demonstrations inside a hangar at the Homestead AFB Open House in 1962 photo #UM62_7		 Sentry dog demonstrations at the Homestead Air Force Base Open House in 1962 photo #UM62_8
Sentry dog demonstrations at the Homestead Air Force Base Open House in 1962 photo #UM62_8		 USAF KC-135's at the Homestead Air Force Base Open House in 1962 photo #UM62_9
USAF KC-135's at the Homestead Air Force Base Open House in 1962 photo #UM62_9		 USAF KC-135 on the left, B-52 landing and B-52 on the right at the Homestead AFB Open House in 1962 photo #UM62_10
USAF KC-135 on the left, B-52 landing and B-52 on the right at the Homestead AFB Open House in 1962 photo #UM62_10		 USAF B-52 Stratofortress landing (left) and parked B-52 at the Homestead AFB Open House in 1962 photo #UM62_10C
USAF B-52 Stratofortress landing (left) and parked B-52 at the Homestead AFB Open House in 1962 photo #UM62_10C
USAF B-52 Stratofortress performing behind a parked B-52 at the Homestead AFB Open House in 1962 photo #UM62_11
USAF B-52 Stratofortress performing behind a parked B-52 at the Homestead AFB Open House in 1962 photo #UM62_11

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Guest 16-Feb-2011 18:53
BROUGHT BACK MANY MEMORIES. I WAS STATIONED THERE WITH THE COMBAT DEFENSE FORCE JULY 1958-NOVEMBER 1962.
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