Pakasvika Gumiguru 22, Tactical Air Command (TAC) yakanga iine varwi 511 pamwe nekutsigira matangi uye ndege dzekuongorora dzakaiswa kuti dzitarisane neCuba pane imwe nguva yekugadzirira. TAC neMasoja Air Transport Service yaive nematambudziko. Kuunganidzwa kwendege muFlorida kwakamanikidza kutungamira uye kutsigira echelons, ayo akatarisana nekushomeka kwakanyanya mukuchengetedza, zvombo, uye kutaurirana; kusavapo kwekutanga mvumo yehondo-yekuchengetedza masheya emidziyo yakajairika yakamanikidza TAC kukumbira; uye kushomeka kwemidziyo yemhepo kutsigira kudonha kukuru kwemhepo kwakamanikidza kudaidzwa kwe24 Reserve squadrons. Musi waGumiguru 25 na1: 45 am EDT, Kennedy akapindura kune teregiramu yaKushchev nekutaura kuti US yakamanikidzwa kuita chiito mushure mekugamuchira vimbiso dzakadzokororwa dzekuti hapana zvombo zvinokanganisa zvaiiswa muCuba, uye iyo Military Air Transport Service yaive nematambudziko. Kuunganidzwa kwendege muFlorida kwakamanikidza kutungamira uye kutsigira
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