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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75B00326R000200130014-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 9, 2002
• Sequence Number: 14
• Publication Date: October 3, 1973
• Content Type: CABLE

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I. AS OF 30 SEPT 73 APPROXIMATELY ONE THIRD OF FLYING PHASE OF
..U-2R CHECK-OUT HAS BEEN COMPLETED. THESE INITIAL FLIGHTS HAVE ALWAYS
BEEN THE MOST CRITICAL IN THE U-2 TRAINING PROGRAM AND THE MOST
DIFFUCULT FROM THE STANDPOINT OF THE TRAINEE, THESE FLIGHTS HAVE BEEN
COMPLETED WITHOUT ANY DIFFICULTY WHATSOEVER BY wow 25X1A
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UNDERGOING TRAINING HERE.
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HAS FLOWN 6 SORTIES, 3 LOW AND 3 HIGH, AND HAS
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CHA'IACTERISTICS OF THE U-2. THEIR LANDINGS HAVE BEEN CoiR ISTENTLY
JUDGED GOOD TO EXCELLEOT EVEN WHEN COMPARED TO EXPERIENCED U-2 PILOTS.
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5. ALTHOUGH ONLY A FEW HIGH ALTITUDE NAVIGATION TRAINING
MISSIONS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED THUS FAR NEITHER PILOT HAS HAD ANY
DIFFICULTY STAYING ON TRACK OR OPERATING THE VARIOUS SYSTEMS CARRIED
ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT.
S. AT THIS TIME WE FEEL CERTAIN THAT
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SUCCESSFULLY FINISH THE TRAINING PROGRAM ON. 25 OCT 73. WE.BELIVE THE
EXCELLENT PROGRESS OF BOTH PILOTS IS DUE NOT ONLY TO THE OUTSTANDING
ABILITY OF THE PILOTS, BUT ALSO TO THE ADVANTAGE GAINED FROM THE
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