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Declassified 341st SMW unit histories

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This Black Vault release contains the Air Force's 2001 response from the 341st Space Wing FOIA office at Malmstrom AFB, Montana, to a request about the 16 March 1967 Echo Flight missile shutdown, with excerpts from 341st Strategic Missile Wing histories covering 1967 to early 1968. The histories say all ten Echo Flight launch facilities lost strategic alert almost simultaneously. Investigators could not find a logical cause and found rumors of UFOs near Echo Flight to be unfounded.

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FIRM NAME AND ADDRESS
THE BOEING COMPANY
P.O. BOX 1915 - SEATTLE, WASH. 9824
(BOE 720)	ENGINEERING CHANGE PROPOSAL
FACILITY	DATE
27 December 1966
1	MCL NO. ATTACHMENT A1
2827	MFG CODE	SYSTEM DESIGNATION
MS113A	PLCP NO.
528	TYPE	REV.	COMP.
2	CONTRACTOR'S RECOMMENDED PRIORITY [ ] EMERGENCY [ ] URGENT [X] ROUTINE [ ] COMFATIBILITY
3	CONTRACT AND TITLE NOMENCLATURE
Launch Facility
4	NAME OF PART OR LOWEST ASSEMBLY AFFECTED
Launch Facility Support Building
5	TITLE OF CHANGE
DC Supply for Isolation Relays - VRSA Channels 26 and 27 (LF)
6	DESCRIPTION OF CHANGE
Provide DC supply for the isolation relays being installed in VRSA channels 26 and 27 per ECP 1141. A typical DC supply circuit for these relays is shown on Attachment A Sketch 1.
ADDITIONAL DESCRIPTION:
Instructions for retest of VRSA Channels 26 and 27 and for personnel and weapon system safety will be required.
7	JUSTIFICATION FOR CHANGE
The isolation relays are being installed in VRSA channels 26 and 27 per ECP 1141. The DC power required for these relays is to be supplied from the RPLE power System. This PCIR initiates the required RPLE change.	REQUESTED BY PROCURING ACTIVITY PER REU:
FWG Meeting 90
DATE: 29 November 66 ATTACHMENT B PAGE 6
8	DEVELOPMENTAL REQUIREMENTS
N/A	ALL DESIGN RECORD Yes DATE TBD
9	ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS
No alternate solutions are considered feasible
10	RECOMMENDED PRODUCTION EFFECTIVITY
N/A
11	ESTIMATED COST FOR CHANGE IN PRODUCTION
N/A
12	RECOMMENDED FOR RETROfit
Retrofit required to provide wiring changes for isolation relays to be installed by ECP 1141.
13	RECOMMENDED RENOVATION EFFECTIVITY
VAFB, LF's 02 - 09; VAFB, EAFB, MTAFB, WAFB, FEWAFB - All Flights HETF, LFSB	MOCKUP AFFECTED
YES X NO

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