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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP89B00569R000200120067-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 1, 2002
• Sequence Number: 67
• Publication Date: January 3, 1963
• Content Type: CABLE

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to A BRIEF SUMMARY OF MSN 3210 IS PROVIDED FYI9 ARTICLE 342
AND SUPPORT ACFT ALL OFF ON SCHEDULE AND MISSIONS COMPLETED AS
BRIEFED. THERE WAS NO CLOUD COVER IN THE AREA OF INTEREST AND THERE
25X135 EVERY INDICATION AT THIS POINT THAT IT WAS A VERY SUCCESSFUL 25X1A
SORTIE PROVIDING FULL COVERAGE ON ALL FLIGHT LINES.
OPERATION APPEARS TO BE SATISFACTORY FROM CURSORY POST
FLIGHT CHECKS.
2. THE RENDEZVOUS FOR REFUELING WORKED OUT PERFECT IN SPITE OF
140K WINDS ACROSS THE REFUELING TRACK. TANKER ROLLED OUT LESS THAN
2NM BEHIND THE RECEIVER AND JOIN UP WAS VERY FAST. THE TANKER
ENCOUNTERED DIFFICULTY IN UNLATCHING THE BOOM AND FOR A BRIEF PERIOD
IT APPEARED THAT THE PROBLEM COULD BE SERIOUS. THE DIFFICULTY WAS
OVERCOME RY A SHARP TANKER CREW AND THE REFUELING WAS COMPLETED
WITHOUT INCIDENT.
3. ALL ACFT RETURNED ON SCHEDULE AND MISSION PILOT MADE A
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MICE SMOOTH LANDING AFTER DARK UPON COMPLETION OF 11 PLUS 45 SORTIE.
PILOT APPEARED TO BE IN SURPRISINGLY GOOD SHAPE AND NOT EXCEPTIONALLY
FATIGUED IN SPITE OF LONG TIME AIRBORNE.
4. KC-135 WILL REQUIRE SOME WORK ON THE BOOM ON 4 JAN BUT IS
NOT EXPECTED TO PROVE TO BE A SERIOUS PROBLEM. WE WILL BE READY
FOR ANOTHER ALERT ON 4 JAN FOR SORTIE EARLY A.M. OF 5 JAN.
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