 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pashure pokuonekwa kwemapurisa eSoviet muCuba, SAC yakaparadzira maB-47 ayo musi wa22 Gumiguru 1962. Nzvimbo zhinji dzokuparadzira dzakanga dziri nhandare dzendege dzevanhu vane AF Reserve kana Air National Guard zvikamu. Squadron B-47s yakagadzirirwa kuitirwa kweEmergency War Order nokukurumidza sezvinobvira pashure pokuparadzirwa. Musi wa 24 Gumiguru 1962, SAC yakaenda kuDEFCON 2, ichiisa ndege dzayo dzese dzekurwa dzichigadzirira. Sezvo kunetsana kwakaderera, musi wa15 Mbudzi 16 yeB-47 yakapararira yakadzoserwa kumisha yavo. Musi waNovember 21, SAC yakaenda kuDEFCON 3. Vakapararira B-47s uye kutsigira vatengesi vakayeukwa musi wa24 Mbudzi. Musi wa 27 Mbudzi squadron yakadzokera kumamiriro ayo akajairika ekurinda. 