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Original Named 1962 USAF B-47 Series Performance Computer – Col. Thomas A. Keaney
Offered is an original B-47 Series Performance Computer, Type CPU-32/P, named toColonel Thomas Addis Keaney, United States Air Force.
This is an original Cold War-era U.S. Air Force aviation performance computer manufactured by Felsenthal Instruments Company of Chicago, Illinois. The accompanying operating-instruction handbook is dated 16 July 1962 and identifies the equipment as:
Handbook of Operating Instructions for B-47 Series Performance Computer, Type CPU-32/P
The set includes the original U.S. Property-marked case with a slip with a card that has Keaney\'s name, the B-47 performance computer, and the original operating instructions.
The equipment was acquired from the estate of Colonel Thomas Addis Keaney (1940–2026), a U.S. Air Force officer whose career included service during the Cold War era. The case and components show appropriate period wear from storage and use.
Also included is a U.S. Air Force field cap from Colonel Keaney\'s estate, with his surname written inside the cap. The cap is included as part of the grouping to preserve the personal provenance of the aviation equipment.
Here is an excerpt from his obituary: Tom attended Boston Latin School and then went to the Air Force Academy as part of the first class to enter the school when it opened in Colorado Springs. Upon graduating from the Academy in 1962, Tom began a 29-year decorated career in the Air Force that had him flying B52 missions around the world, spending a year in Vietnam as a forward air commander, earning a PhD from the University of Michigan, teaching at the Air Force Academy and the National War College, and becoming a squadron and base commander. Following assignments in New Hampshire, Arkansas, Colorado, Texas, Guam, Virginia, Michigan, and Washington DC, he retired from active duty in 1991 with the rank of Colonel.
After leaving the military, Tom had a distinguished career in academia, first returning to theNational War College where he was a professor of military strategy, then to the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), where he worked beginning in 1998. At SAIS, he was Associate Director of Strategic Studies for nearly 20 years.
Included:
- Original B-47 Series Performance Computer, Type CPU-32/P
- Original 1962 operating-instruction handbook
- Original U.S. Property-marked case
- Original Colonel Thomas A. Keaney USAF field cap with his name written inside
Condition:
The items show age-related wear, storage wear, and signs of prior use consistent with vintage military equipment. The computer and case have not been professionally tested for operational functionality. Please examine all photographs carefully, as the photographs form part of the description.
