Documents / Document

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…
FDCP 528 PAGE 6 OF ___

1. MCL NO. 2827	MINUTEMAN WEAPON SYSTEM FACILITIES WORKING GROUP ACTION SHEET	2. DAY MONTH YEAR
DATE: 29 November 1965
3. THE PROPOSED FACILITY CHANGE AS DESIGNATED BY THE MCL NUMBER IN BLOCK I. ABOVE WAS REVIEWED AT FWG MEETING NO. 90. ACTION TAKEN ON THIS CHANGE WAS:
☐ 1. APPROVED AS WRITTEN
☐ 2. APPROVED WITH FOLLOWING CHANGES OR COMMENTS
☐ 3. RETURNED TO ORIGINATOR: ☐ AS NOT JUSTIFIED: ☐ FOR ADDITIONAL JUSTIFICATION FOR FOLLOWING REASON:
The FWG classified this FCIR for design action. A Routine priority FECP 528 will be submitted to the CCB for final determination. Work with DCP 1141 and if approved accomplish concurrently.
☐ SKETCHES ATTACHED TO CHANGE ARE ADEQUATE
☐ SKETCHES WILL BE PROVIDED BY THE A/E ON TBD
4. CLASSIFICATION OF CHANGE:
☐ CLASS I ☐ CLASS II	6. PRIORITY FOR CHANGE:
☐ EMERGENCY ☐ URGENT ☐ ROUTINE	8. FACILITY AREA AFFECTED:
☐ LF ☐ LCF
☐ SMSB ☐ OTHER
5. INTERFACE AFFECTED:
☐ YES
☐ NO
ECP ACTION REQUIRED:
☐ YES ☐ NO	7. ESTIMATED COST FOR CHANGE:
Labor 4 MH at $11 = $44
Mat'1 = 1/$45/Fac
EFFECTIVITY FOR CHANGE
BASE	TO BE ACCOMPLISHED BY CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTOR	BASE	TO BE ACCOMPLISHED BY ASSEMBLY AND CHECKOUT CONTRACTOR
YAFB YAFB	LF's 02-09
WING I MAFB WING I MAFB	All Flights
WING II EAFB WING II EAFB	All Flights
WING III MTAFB WING III MTAFB	All Flights
WING IV WAFB WING IV WAFB	All Flights
WING XV FEWAFB WING XV FEWAFB	All Flights
WING XV GFAFB WING XV GFAFB
SQDN 20 HAFB SQDN 20 HAFB
ETF HAFB ETF HAFB	LFSB

About this file

Document, cited by the archive. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is under it. The text was read from the page images by an OCR model; expect the odd misread word. 88 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.