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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. 26 …THE TASK GROUP WILL CONVENE AT BOEING, SEATTLE ON 4 APRIL TO DEVELOP A TEST PLAN…
  • p. 28 …19 C-208 RUNNBAA/AFPRO BOEING CO SEATTLE WASH RUWJABA/BSD NORTON AFB CALIF BT 9…
  • p. 29 …APB MONT RUWMDAA/APPRO THE BOEING CO SEATTLE WASH RUWJABA/BSD NORTON AFB CALIF C GONE…
  • p. 33 …The group was to reconvene at Boeings' Seattle plant on 4 April 67 for development of…
  • p. 42 …DURING TESTING AT BOEING, SEATTLE. A 30 MICRO SECOND PULSE TO 10 TORG VOLT SQUARE WAVE…
  • p. 44 …BOX 1915 - SEATTLE, WASH. 9824 (BOE 720) ENGINEERING CHANGE PROPOSAL FACILITY DATE 27 December 1966 1…
  • p. 68 …BROADWAY SEATTLE 24, WASHINGTON ENGINEERING CHANGE PROPOSAL 1 MODEL OF THE MODEL Figure A 1248 VES…
  • p. 70 …BOX 1955 SEATTLE, WASH. 9824 (BOE 720) ENGINEERING CHANGE PROPOSAL FACILITY DATE 27 December 1966 1…
  • p. 79 …THE TASK GROUP WILL CONVENE AT BOEING, SEATTLE ON 4 APRIL TO DEVELOP A TEST PLAN…
  • p. 80 …AFB MONT RUWMDAA/APPRO THE BOEING CO SEATTLE WASH RUN 4804/NORTH AMERICAN AUTONETICS DIV ANAHEIM…
  • p. 81 …THE TASK GROUP WILL CONVENE AT BOEING, SEATTLE ON 4 APRIL TO DEVELOP A TEST PLAN…
FIRM NAME AND ADDRESS
THE BOEING COMPANY
P.O. BROADWAY
SEATTLE 24, WASHINGTON	ENGINEERING
CHANGE PROPOSAL
1	MODEL OF THE MODEL
Figure A 1248	VES. NO.
81205	SYSTEM DESIGNATION
WS-133A	DCP NO.
1141-1	TITLE	REV.
R	CORREC.
2	COMPATIBILITY RECOMMENDED
3 CONTRACT INFORMATION
Cable Assembly Set, Launcher	CONTRACT SPECIFICATION
4	PART OF PARTNERSHIP TO BE AFFECTED
Cable Assembly Set, Launcher	PART NO. OF FILM AFFECTED
No Change	IN PROC.
YES NO
5	TIME OF CHANGE
Provide Protection for Monitor Lines for VRGA Channels 26 and 27
6	DESCRIPTION OF CHANGE
A. This change will require the revision of the following schematic drawings to change the nomenclature on cabling affected:
21-52047 21-53057 21-54327
21-52987 21-55927
21-53407 21-54520
B. Figure A 1248 hardware will not be affected.
C. Interchangeability: The functional interchangeability of the Figure A 1248 cables will not be affected by this change.
D. Items in lines 10, 17, 18, 19 and 20 which are not checked (x) are not affected.
7	STATEMENT FOR CHANGE
See JCP 11412	X APPLICATION ANGUAGE FOR JCP 11412
INITIAL BY CONTRACT NO.
1 CONVENIABLE WORKER OR SUPERVISOR
2 THE TOP FINANCIALIST REPORTING.
3 OTHER
8	DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENT
None, the development of Figure A 1248 has been completed.
9	ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS
None
10	PRODUCTION EFFECTIVITY
11	ESTIMATED COST FOR CHANGE MOTES
See JCP 11412 page
12	RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ADDITION
N/A
13	RATIFACTIVE EFFECTIVITY
N/A

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