Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29072
President John F. Kennedy (center) greets pilot, Lieutenant David F. Callahan, Jr. (wearing orange jumpsuit and holding helmet), following weapons demonstrations at Naval Air Facility (NAF) China Lake's Naval Ordnance Test Station (NOTS) in China Lake, California; Lieutenant Callahan flew in the High Performance External Gun (HIPEG) demonstration. Standing right of President Kennedy in foreground (left to right): Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Governor of California, Edmund G. "Pat" Brown; Commander of NOTS, Captain Charles Blenman, Jr.