A Salute to the 786th - July, 1958

Contributed by James (Bill) Harris

In the summer of 1958, the city of Minot turned out to salute the 786th AC&W Sqdn. These photos are from one of the downtown events.


The Empire Theater in downtown Minot was showing "Bombers B-52". This was before the BUFFs arrived at Minot AFB (North Base). Airmen in uniform got in free.


The 786th had an information booth set up in the theater, manned by personnel from the radar station. The airman in the photo is unknown.


Models used in the display were built by 786th guys.