SURVEY TRIP (IDEALIST) MCCOY AIR FORCE BASE, 9 OCTOBER 1962

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP33-02415A000100390085-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 8, 2000
• Sequence Number: 85
• Publication Date: October 11, 1962
• Content Type: MFR

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11 October 1962
NRO/USAF DECLASSIFICATION/RELEASE INSTRUCTIONS ON FILE
MEMORANDUM FOR TBE RECORD
SUBJECT: Survey Trip (IDEALIST) McCoy Air Force Base,
9 October 1962
accompanied b
3S/O~SA visited Acuoy air rorce nmae v ?o:*,vuw
to survey base facilities for use by an IDEALIST staging team.
2. The following officers were cleared IDEALIST-III:
Colonel William G. Walker Wing Cmdr
Lt. Col. Milling L. Jac boon DCO
Lt. Col. William F. Pigeon DCM
Lt. Col. H. J. McDonald Base Caamo Officer
3. The visiting party not with the Wing Comdr, Colonel
Walker at 0830 hours, 9 October 1962. During this meeting
our requirements were relayed to him. Upon completion of
this preliminary meeting, Colonel Walker took the party on a
tour of base facilities. The base presents Itself as a neat,
clean, well-organized and secure unit. Upon completion of
the base tour the party returned to the Cadr's office to work
out the detailed requirements. The following facilities and
equipment will be made available to us as we require:
a. Two small hangars (Buildings 401 and 402)
originally B-47 nose docks which will completely
cover two IDEALIST Articles and one complete
staging kit and support equipment.
b. One large room in Building 406 originally
the base drag chute packing room. Room measures
100 feet by 24 feet, is completely air-conditioned
and will be secured for our use. It is planned to
partition this large room into four small rooms for
use. He plans to plane all
functions except maintenance in this large room in
Building 406.
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c. It is planned to store fuel in a Government-
owned railroad tank car (10,000 gallon capacity) in
a secure area. An R-2 refueling track will be
available to transfer fuel from the tank car to the
Article. A permanent tank could not be made avail-
able to us at McCoy. There will be no demurrage
charge on the rail car.
d. Oxygen and nitrogen will be available to us.
e. Furniture as required is available.
f. Sufficient billeting is available for all
our personnel,
g. Twenty-four hour messing is available.
h. Three telephones will be installed in
Operations Building-406. One telephone will be in-
stalled in Maintenance Hangar 402. One IWX line
for Signal Center will be installed in Building 406.
I. All facilities except billets that will be
in use by the staging team are located in secure
areas, guarded twenty-four hours a day by Air Police.
,K.
4. General Information:
a. Address: 4047 Strat Wg (SAC)
McCoy AFB, Florida
b. Detachment shipping address:
Transportation Officer AFB 4658 25X1A2g
McCo AID Florida
c. Uniform - summer all year
d. Civilians will be authorized to use DX
e. All personnel must be badged by Base
Security Section to enter secure areas. Base CWdr
will authorize these badges upon receipt from BQ, USAF
of Top Secret clearance information.
f. Assigned Same Aircraft:
15 - B-52
2 . KC-135 (15 by January 1963)
2 ?C-47
2 = T-33
i - C-54
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g. Runwayti - 2 parellel north-south runways
1 - 12,000 feet X 300 feet
1 - 19,000 feet X 200 feet
h. Weathar forecaster available twenty-four.
hours daily.
5. lisceliruneous Items:
a. ;%ted trucks and autos will be used at
this base clue to shortage of base transportation.
b. 118 will be furnished by staging team to
precludointerference with the SAC mission.
6. Suinary - Colonel Walker and his entire staff were
extremely croperative with the visiting party. I an sure he
will do hiv utmost to insure the success of our mission.
Lt. Colonel, USAF
Maintenance Officer
Materiel Division
OSA-DD/R
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MD/OSA -.DD/R :are
Distribution: Cy 1 - AD/OSA
2 - DAD/OSA
3 - C/OD/OSA
4 - IDEA/OD/OSA
5 - SB/OSA
6 - CD/0SA
7 - Comoro/OSA
8 - Admin 08A
9 - NRO 25X1
10 - C/*D/USA
11 - BIB/OSA
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