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Declassified 341st SMW unit histories

USAF via The Black Vault · 88 pages · text by OCR

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.

  • p. 3 # DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS 341ST SPACE WING (AFSPC) 341 CS/SCBR (FOIA) 30 73d…
  • p. 7 Project How Now (Service Star), the testing of Mark 5 re- entry vehicles by higher headquarters…
  • p. 8 …the 341st SMW was advised that SAC Headquarters had called in OOAMA support for a complete…
  • p. 9 …the 341st SMW was advised that SAC Headquarters had called in OOAMA support for a complete…
  • p. 23 …report for February is submitted through your headquarters for Hq SAC (DM7B) in accordance with paragraph…
  • p. 24 …THIS HEADQUARTERS (DOFI, AND DM7B) WILL BE NOTIFIED OF THE TIME OF TEST. IF SHUTDOWNS OCCUR…
  • p. 25 …recommendations for improvement of local or higher headquarters procedures or directives. his & his man .. ROSS E…
  • p. 28 …IS CAUSE FOR GRAVE CONCERN TO THIS HEADQUARTERS. WE MUST HAVE AN IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS TO…
  • p. 47 …Flight are still be conducted by higher headquarters and the contractors. The results of all these…
  • p. 53 …This proposal was sent to Headquarters, SAC for concurrence. 155 (U) Headquarters, SAC in a message…
  • p. 55 …THIS HEADQUARTERS WILL CONTINUE TO ADVISE YOU OF OGAMA'S TEST PROGRAM AS TEST RESULTS AND…
  • p. 84 there was a power transfer. Headquarters, 15th AF ordered a test to determine if the channel…
  • p. 86 # DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE Headquarters 341st Strategic Missile Wing (SAC) Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana…
  • p. 88 …Problems/Deficiencies Requiring Higher Headquarters Action: None B D Oralh C o l JOHN W CARROLL…
1	NO. OF THE DESIGNATION	WO. NUMBER	LAST DATE	EPNO	TITLE	IV. R	FORALC.
2	CONTACT DETAILS
3 CONTACT DETAILS	CONTACT SPECIALIST
4	NAME OF PARTY PRESENTING PHOTO	PART NO. OF THE CONTRACT See Dash No. 10	APPLICED
5	RULE OF CHOICE Provide Protection for Monitor Lines Cor. 721 Channels 26 and 27.
6	A. Background:
1. In response to 0°04 direction Contractor conducted studies of Launch Facility vulnerability from the Soft Support Building (CONE Project Control Number 29-1-1644, VIP 0066-1900). These studies led to CONE direction, via letter CONEC dated 11 February 1965, that an ECP be submitted.
2. Contractor's response, letter 2-1102-56-070, was submitted 19 May 1956. (Continued on Page 3)
8	To prevent equipment damage and/or failure from overvoltages below 2000 volts. If this change is not incorporated the monitor lines for V871 channels 26 and 27 will not be protected against overvoltages below 2000 volts.
9	See Dash No. 1
10	PROCEDURE FOR PRODUCTION See Dash No. 1
11	CONTRACT PRESENTATION See Page
12	RECOVERY FOR PRODUCTION See Dash No. 1
13	EXPLANATION

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