OXCART PILOT NOMINEES (GROUP D)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP63-00313A000500100061-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 1, 2003
• Sequence Number: 61
• Publication Date: August 22, 1963
• Content Type: MF

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MEMORANDUM FOR: AFIGO-S k n.~ wvv
Headquarters USAF
SUBJECT: OXCART Pilot Nominees (Group D)
REFERENCE: Memorandum for the Record from AC/I}PD-DD/P;
dated 16 January 1961; subject: OXCART
Pilot Recruitment Criteria (OXC 1266)
1. The adequacy of the nine A-12 pilots "on board" to support planned mission requirements ehasbeen
recently re-examined. Realizing that errors may exist or
changes may develop in the planning assumptions used to
determine the exact number of A-12 pilota required, it has
been concluded that initial steps should be taken to establish
an A-12 pilot nominee pool. A-2 pilot nominees will be
processed to the point of recruitment (security, physical,
psychological assessments), at which time a re-evaluation
of the over-all A-12 pilot requirement will be undertaken and
further recruitment initiated as deemed necessary.
2. The A-12 pilot nominee l should provide for
three to four additional A-12 pi ootts. Past 'experience has
shown that approximately five pilot nominees should enter
assessment for each A-12 pilot who is ultimately recruited.
Accordingly, approximately twenty nominees should be identified
and programmed to undergo pre-recruitment assessments.
3. It is requested that this office be furnished the
Officer Selection Folders and a current flying hour breakdown
for twenty (20) additional A-12 pilot nominees. In order to
meet planned assessment schedules, this information is required
by 15 September 1963. Nominees should possess the prerequisite
qualif icat i s established in reference memorandum.
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FOR THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR (SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY)
BY:
JACK C. LEDFORD
Colonel USAF
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