Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "One of the bright spots of the Oklahoma City Indians' spring training camp at De Land, Fla., has been the hitting of the third baseman Spencer Robbins."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Chi Chi Rodriguez blasts out of a buning Thursday's first round of the PGA Seniors Championship in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Oklahoman Tom Stafford, right, leads the way as Apollo astronauts start short trip to launch pad Tuesday afternoon at Cape Canaveral."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Oklahoma Gov. George Nigh answers questions during the Southern Growth Policies Board conference at Lake Buena Vista, Fla."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "There are various ways of absorbing the blow of being told you haven't quite made a major league club again and it's triple-A for you this season."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Pepper Martin and Dizzy Dean of the St. Louis Cardinals shaking hands on their training camp resolutions for a successful year in the coming pennant race."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Pitching and catching candidates for the Oklahoma City 89ers and the Houston organization's other farm teams checked into Astro-town dormitory her Monday and 89er manger Hub Kittle came as close to having a day off as mangers get in spring training."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "We're for Oklahoma" was the cry of these Duncan football fans as they boarded an 80-passenger airliner Thursday morning for the flight to San Francisco and the Saturday grid clash between the OU Sooners and the University of California Bears."

Interview with attorney and Army Air Forces veteran Edward J. Drake. The interview includes Drake's personal experiences about being a B-17 pilot in the European Theater during World War II, youth and education in Dallas, Texas, enlistment in the Aviation Cadet Program, various training programs, bombing transportation facilities during and after the Ardennes Offensive, crash-landing in Belgium after his plane was hit, and linking up with American troops. Additionally, Drake talks about his assignment to the 91st Bomb Group, the routine for a typical mission, formation flying, flying through enemy flak, rest and relaxation on-base and in London, recuperating from a collapsed lung, his return to combat for three more missions, and his return to the crash site of his plane 57 years later. The interview includes an appendix with "The Last Flight of 'Jezebel,'" written by Drake.

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper, Jr., command pilot for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Gemini V eight day mission is photographed through the window of the spacecraftl."

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Astronauts Charles Conrad, Jr., pilot; and L. Gordon Cooper, Jr., command pilot, check out the Gemini V spacecraft during a simulated mission. The photograph was shot through the window of the spacecraft."

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Making a good impression in the Oklahoma City Indian's early spring drills at the new Deland, Fla., base is Harland Clift jr., who is attempting to nail down the third base job."

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Dr. Charles A. Berry, Chief of Medical Programs, prepares an ear mold for Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper, Jr., Gemini V command Pilot. The mold is made to make exact measurements for the astronaut's communication gear in his space helmet."

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Astronaut Gordon Cooper, passing over the Florida area on his 6th orbit, placed his capsule television camera to the window of Faith 7 to flash this view back to earth."

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Astronaut Gordon Cooper made this picture of the cloud cover below his Faith 7 space capsule as he passed over Florida on this 18th orbit of the earth."

Letters regarding the purchase of items related to Lee Harvey Oswald by Leon H. Hough, a resident of St. Augustine, Florida and operator of Courtesy Gas. An ambulance and furniture from a room Oswald once rented were purchased for display in a museum. A newspaper clipping of an article titled "Hoover Criticizes Oswald Handling" is also included.

Letters regarding the purchase of items related to Lee Harvey Oswald by Leon H. Hough, a resident of St. Augustine, Florida and operator of Courtesy Gas. An ambulance and furniture from a room Oswald once rented were purchased for display in a museum. A newspaper clipping of an article titled "Hoover Criticizes Oswald Handling" is also included.

"The results obtained from an evaluation for gust and draft velocities of acceleration and airspeed-altitude records taken by NACA recording instruments installed in P-61c airplanes participating in thunderstorm flights 6, 7, and 8 of July 9, 1946, July 10, 1946, and July 11, 1946, respectively, are presented herein. These data are summarized in tables I and II. In accordance with a recent discussion with a member of the U.S. Weather Bureau staff, the tabulated results for the present flight include in addition to data of the type presented in reference 1, the initial heading of the airplane for each traverse, the pressure altitude at the start of each traverse in increments of 500 feet, and the gust gradient distance when it could be evaluated" (p. 1).

Executive Correspondence – Letter dtd 08/15/2005 to Senator Warner from Chairman Principi in response to DCN 7273 on the BRAC E-Library concerning the BRAC hearing on 8/20/2005 regarding the state of Florida.

Executive Correspondence – Letter dtd 08/9/2005 to Chairman Principi from Lincoln Diaz-Balart (Rep 21st FL) writing in support of a letter by Congressmen Ander Crenshaw (FL-04) and Cliff Stearns (FL-06) regarding the transfer of the navy’s F/A-18 fighter squadrons from NAS Oceana, VA to NAS Cecil Field, FL

Executive Correspondence - Letter to Governor Bush informing him of the Commission's decision to conduct a hearing to further consider information that was presented during meetings between the BRAC Commissioners and Gov Bush on 11 Aug 05

Executive Correspondence - Letter from Florida Senator Bill Nelson dated 9 August 2005 urging the Commission to examine the former Naval Air Station Cecil Field as an alternative to NAS Oceana

Executive Correspondence - Letter from Town Manager (Orange Park Florida) John W. Bowles regarding the re-establishment and reopening of the Cecil Field facility