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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP89B00709R000500910002-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 5, 2011
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: July 6, 1956
• Content Type: CABLE

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SAC! ~ QaiIDAI? Operations
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a. IInit and mission number: 2009
b. Conclusions:
(1)
(2)
(3)
c. Comment on adequacy of support items.
(1)
activity noted principa]~y from contrails.
expandible FAK items has been very successful. Readiness of this
mission was not delayed due to. supply factors..
(3) Base facilities - Continue to be very adequate.
(1~.) Target and intelligence data -Briefing and de-briefing of the
pilot were carried out on schedule. No mayor descrepencies-arm
apparen+ except for lack of defensive air order of battle infor-
mation.to'~'proparly brief pilots of possible air defense meas.
The location of Tactical Air Armies and PUD~strong units should be.
forwarded for utilization by this unit.
No special pilot information concerning target or intelligence data
was acquired during this mission. The pilot reported little air
during the past two weeks, especially in the FAR items of e
Estimate of mission success.- Success of mission poor.
Lessons learned from mission and other comments. See paragraphs
c(4); d(1)(3)(4)?
Recommendations. None
Air rescue -Air rescue facilities although a~t'ailable were riot:
required on this mission.
(2) Pipeline or supply support -Supply support has greatly imp~o`
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(5) internal security -Internal security has been no rea_t problem
to date.
(6) Co,~rdina.tion ,rith air defense Command -Procedures for coordination
~?ri~t~~ the Air Defense Cortimand of this theatre have been established
through wICU'~.~Y.
(7) Coardina~~ ion aith~~ S;oeci fie information required by
an_ was provided prior to the launching of this mission to
preclu'e inadvertent alerts or scrambles during the conduct of this
m~ s r~ ion.
(~) Omer p~rtincnt it^~.s - T~?one.
d. ComT~~ent ar effect of fo1J_owin~ on success of the mission..
(1) Aircr~.ft maintenance ai.1d supplies - no real problems durin the con uct
of the mission.
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?~L~C ~. _~T: I:;;~
~.ectrnnics res~i7_ts shot::*en a definite contrast bettreen this mission
and m~_ss~_on :~-2003. Ou.ring mission 2003 continuous sio als were
received. :dhi_le on this mis;~on there were perio~~s of one-half hour
Or ~rH~i-i~~I' tTi1e~ e n0 Sl~,7IalS ',?7ere recur ded? 1'TaX1mU]Tl Slgnal StrerigthS
at 'ta.~~ome ~~rere arproYimately tt~ro to four milliwatts per square meter.
Ibis si~-nal ~?rr.s recei~7cd ?.bout 3:15 to 3:30 hours after take-off.
^his s_;_,n~? ~ae a "tinkl_ing-bell"
then a ra~~.ar signal. The probability exists that it could be a
Hulse communic~.tions.
(2) Communications pres_?nted no real problems during; tae conduct o~? this
m~.ssion.
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(3) Photo~r?anh~r Yazd photographic equipment -The ;oil.ot reported that all
throe (3~ camera inu~icator lights went out after 20 minutes of oper-
gtion. The mis,.ion Tras continued utilizing the tracker for a total
of six (6) hours. Operation of the tracker was satisfactory and
a;~proVi~a.tely 650' of 70mm t,r~,s expo A duplicate positive print
t~ras made. Post flight check of the, substantiated the report 25X1
of malone~~~:.tion during flight. This was evidenced by failure of the
I1~2C motor to drive the mo~ant~ thus resl~]_ting in no shutter trip
pulses any] consequently no exposures or in:~.icator pulses to the A-P-C
lights. .'~ 'etailed inspection into the ca~ise of this malfunction
indica~;~a. ~th~~t the h~IC motor drive shaft or armatltre was frozen tight.
Thi? co~_~..a be caused by ~ithcr a defective bearing or a shorted and
overheatei armature which had throt~rn solder thus allowing it to freeze
against the field poles. The associated parts of this Il~C drive
m^chanism were ins>pected~ ope,:'ated and. found to be in a normal satis-
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factory con_liti~n. This is the first malfunction of this type to
be recorded. Past history of this particular (Ser. 2) is
r, fot~_ows
riission A-1014 USC,T~1
Mission .1-1019 USCT1
ldission A-2003 Oper
I!iission AiVi 56-4 Test
Mission ANI 56-19 Test
Mission '~-2009 Oper
oi~ A/c ~ (174)
Oh A/C 7 (lb9 )
OIL A/C $ (174)
Ch A/C 6
OI. A/C $
Pd.G. ~1/C $ (II~1C motor fai_ture)
Sixty (60) elYposures wore mane with each camera prior to maloperation.
'~ze to the slzoi?t lengths of film, no sample clips were taken. In-
~3.v~_'ual c