OXCART PILOT PROCESSING

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75B00326R000200120002-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 20, 2002
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: January 27, 1964
• Content Type: MFR

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27 January 1964
MEMORANDUM FOR T
SUBJECT: OXCART Pilot Processing
1. On 20 January 1964 General Flickinger screened
he Air Force records of the 14 prospective pilot candi-
date who will eventually comprise the Group D OXCART
pilots. Records screened by General Flickinger were
solely the official Air Force personnel folder for each
officer.
2. From this preliminary screening General Flick-
inger selected eight officers whom he identified as
excellent prospects Of the remaining six he indicated
that he felt two or three were almost totally unaccept-
able and the remaining three or four were what he des..
cribed as marginal.
3. General Flickinger intends to contact the eight
individuals who were his first choice either at Edwards
AFB or Nellie Aft prior to the time they are scheduled
into the School of Aerospace Medicine at Brooks APB.
With the aid of the results of the background investiga-
tion which he will review before he sees the individualep
and their complete medical records, which they will have
with them at the time of his interview, he feels he can
make a firm evaluation of the candidates' desire for our
program and the likelihood of their qualifying for the
program. Five of these eight individuals are believed
to be presently stationed at or near Nftards APB. One
of the remaining three is presently assigned to Yokota
Air Base, Japan, and two are in the v!cinitg of Nellie
AFB. These latter three he would interview at Nellie.
4. When I expressed some concern to General Flick-
inger that in view of the fact we might be looking for
four or five new pilots, and the starting figure of
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eight left little room for washouts, he reassured we that
there was really no worry on this score. In fact, he
sari, "l can guarantee you that we will get four or fiv425X1A
of these eight".
3. Based on a fairly firm assurance from II
that the background security information wou
Table on or about 1 February, General Flickinger
now is tentatively planning to conduct these field in-
terviews between the first and middle of February. 25X1 A
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