Fifty years ago (this month) I was a B-52 Electronics Warfare Officer flying 24 hour 35 minutes Chrome Dome Missions during the Cuban Crisis. We would depart Westover AFB, fly across the Atlantic (no GPS - Celestial Navigation ), find a tanker over Spain, refuel, fly to the eastern Med and orbit for "HOURS" with four nuclear weapons ready for delivery. Departing orbit we would find another tanker over the Med and fly back to Westover. - thee times in ten days. Think about a night in flight refueling with pilots that have flown 65 hours in ten days and have been airborne for almost eighteen hours. Hundreds of missions were flown safely - a tribute to both the tanker and bomber crews.