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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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(b) The program to provide the initial Force Modernization retrained mobile teams has been completed, as previously reported. As of 31 January 1968, the 341SMW expects to have fifteen electro-mechanical teams, eight missile maintenance teams and eight combat targeting teams Force Modernization retrained. The on-base launch facility trainer has continued to be used effectively for training of missile maintenance teams and combat targeting teams. Site India - 10 was approved as the 341SMW off-base Electro-Mechanical Team trainer during January. It will be utilized to the maximum possible extent to assure an optimum capability in the EMT support area. The on-base LF trainer was converted to the WS133-B configuration on 5 Jan 68, to fulfill the immediate training needs for Wing VI mobile teams. (c) The T-20 Control Monitor Trainer has been removed from the On-Base LF Trainer for necessary modifications. It is at the Autonetics Company, McAlester, Okla. The training tasks which would normally require the equipment are being accomplished at the Classroom Control Monitor Trainer, T-19, located in the 34lMIMS Hangar. No problems are anticipated in fulfilling our training requirements. (d) The T-15 Control Monitor Trainer, applicable to WS133B (Wing VI) training,is at the Autonetics Company, Anaheim, California being modified. It is scheduled for return to Malmstrom AFB by 27 Jun 68. (e) The WS133A (Wing I) off-base launch facility trainer, Alpha-11,will be continued as a proficiency trainer and team evaluation facility, until Mar 68. After that date, training and evaluations for WS133A mobile maintenance teams will be accomplished in conjunction with EWO dispatches. (2) Program: ( a ) Golf Flight at 341SMW is scheduled to be repostured on 26 Jan 68. (b) Juliet Flight is scheduled to be depositured on 30 and (c) The Electro-Magnetic Pulse (EMP) Lightning Test on Site Sierra - 39 was completed and the site returned to SAC on 9 Jan 68. Posturing of the site began on 10 Jan 68; however, due to a Guidance and Control Package problem, posturing was not completed until 14 Jan 68.
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