Just a kid at Otis AFB, MA. My dad was on EC-121's "Warning Star" ; the predecessor to E-3's.
I used to watch those loud old planes lumber into the sky as they passed right near base housing; there were a few didn't come back as they dropped into the Atlantic Ocean.
As things heated up in Cuba, they were lots of missions and then he was sent TDY to McCoy AFB, FL to be closer to Cuba (more time on station).
I remember his flight gear(B4 bag) sitting by the front door, my mom and I taking him to the flight line for the preflight briefing and later see them take off.
Yes, I do remember 1962.
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