A 1 - Air Force One Transcript Codes, Characters

[1] – Codes, characters Persona & codenames.

In the order of their appearance of the Air Force One Radio Tapes

86972 – Eight, Six, Nine, Seven Two tail number for the Cabinet on way to Japan.

Andrews – Andrews Air Force Base – Maryland, a few miles SE of Washington DC

26000 – Two, Six Thousand – Air Force One when the President is not aboard.

Air Force One – Presidential aircraft when the President is aboard, aka “Angel”

Frequency – the frequency number that they agree to use in order to communicate.

One-Five – 15 – is the frequency number they use to communicate with Andrews.

Honolulu – Hawaii, Hickam AFB, where 86972 stops to refuel on way to Japan.

Command Post – SAC Command Post – (probably Ofutt AFB, Nebraska)

Zulu – Military time – G.  Mean Time – 24 hour time rather than 12 hour AM/PM

ETA – Estimated Time of Arrival

Weather Officer –frequently interrupt patches to obtain weather conditions

Airman Gilmore – Radio operator at Andrews, coordinates many of the patches.

Patch – Radio operators acting as middle-men for two people at two different locations who need to have a conversation, sometimes a radio to ground land line telephone or radio to radio. I have broken the radio transmission tapes into groups of conversations that I have numbered and labeled “Patches.” There are 70 patches altogether.

On the block – Upon arrival at destination, blocks are placed at the base of the wheels of the airplane when it comes to a stop to keep it from moving, and that time is registered and regarded as the official time of arrival.  

Dallas – Texas, Love Field, destination of Air Force One from Carswell AFB Ft.Worth.

Larry – Radio operator, possibly at Liberty relay station.

Situation Rom – White House basement crisis nerve center.

Liberty – Liberty Radio Relay Station at Collins Radio HQ, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

CINPAC – Pacific Command, Hawaii

Traffic – Messages, radio communications, telephone calls, etc.

White House – aka Crown
Wayside –President’s Press Secretary Pierre Salinger aboard the Cabinet Plane.

Crown – White House

Oliver Hallett – Situation Room radio operator

Connally – Texas governor John Connally, wounded at Dealey Plaza 

Bromley Smith – State Department officer in the Situation Room at the White House.

Tickers – AP Associated Press UPI United Press International wire service teletypes.

Secretary of State – Dean Rusk, senior passenter aboard 86972 Cabinet Plane

Parkland Hospital – Dallas, where JFK and Connally as well as LBJ taken

Dallas Trade Mart – Original destination where JFK was to deliver speech.

Andy – Hatcher, assistant Press Secretary at White House.

Cedar Rapids – Collins Radio Liberty Radio Relay Station – Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Mr. Ball – Undersecretary of State George Ball

Murray Jackson – State Dept. Washington DC

Colonel Toomy – Pilot of AF1 26000.

Colonel Holland/Ireland?

Kilduff – Andrew Kilduff, Asst. Press Secretary in Dallas, Delayed the announcement the President was dead until LBJ aboard AF1.

Stranger – Major Harold R. Patterson US Signal Corp, WHCA

McGeorge Bundy – National Security Advisor – at Situation Room in White House

SAC Command Post – Strategic Air Command HQ, Omaha, Nebraska

SAM Command – Strategic Air Mission Command Post, Andrews AFB, DC

Hic Cup – Hickam AFB Hawaii

Duplex – Secret Service Agent Jerry Behn

Volunteer – Vice President/President LBJ

Jerry – Newport Jerry? Radio operator.

Lace –Mrs. Kennedy – First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy.

Col. Hornbuckel – Andrews Opeations officer – (See: Andrews Log)

Congressman Thomas

Congressman Thornbury

Congressman Brooks –

General Heaton – Surgeon General of the Army

Airman Stanz – Radio Operator

Walter Reed Hosptial – US Army hospital in Washington DC
Dr. Burkley – JFK’s personal physician aboard AF1

Bethesda Medical Center – Naval hospital where autopsy is performed.

Captain Shephard – President’s Naval Aide in Washington DC

Jerry Behn – Secret Serivice Chief at White House

General Clifton – President’s Military Aide.

Watchman – Gen. Clifton
Tillerman – Unidentified
Secretary of Defense – Robert MacNamara in Washington DC

Sorrensen – JFK Cabinet Member Ted Sorrensen on AF1

Kellerman – Secret Service Agent responsible for security for Texas trip.

Bob Burke – (Secret Service?)

Dr, John Walsh – Mrs. Kennedy’s personal physician in DC

Colonel Dorman – Col. George S. Dorman, Gen. LeMay’s aide in DC.

General LeMay – Chief of Staff of the Air Force (aka Grandson)

C-140 – Type of Plane LeMay is in.
Dagger – Secret Service Agent Rufus Youngblood

Victoria – Mrs. LBJ

Valley – LBJ’s DC home.
Venus – LBJ’s daughter
Wing – Gen. Godfrey McHugh, USAF

Slugger – Capt. Cecil Stoughton, photographer

Warrior – Malcolm Kilduff

Winner – Andrew Hatcher
Witness – Capt. Tazewell Shepard USN

Speaker of the House – John McKormick

Carl Albert – Congressman

Hal Boggs

Charles Halleck

Leslie Arends

Manfield
Humphrey

Dirkson

Smathers

Kuchel

Hickenlooper

Fish Room – White House Conference Room

Mrs. Rose Kennedy – JFK’s mother in Massachusetts.

Walter Jenkins – LBJ’s aide in Washington DC.

Mrs. Connally – Governor Connally’s wife at Parkland Hospital in Dallas.

Tanker – Maj. Michael Cook (Andrews)

Tiger – Col. Swindel (AF1 Pilot)

Congressman Thomas –

Captain Benson – SAM Command Post

C-130 – Plane with vehicles

On the Block, 2304 Zulu GMT– 6:06 PM EST