Headquarters
TASK GROUP 7.ia} (PROVISIONAL)
Air Force Special Weapons Center
United States Air Force
Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico
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10 October 1957
MEMORANDUM FOR THE COMMANDER
SUBJECT:
Trip Report
1.
On 2, 3 and kh October 1957 I visited in the Washington, D. C.
2.
Personnel Visited:
area, contacting personnel in JTF~7 and Hq, MATS.
of a wide variety and are listed below.
Items discussed were
JTF7
Brigadier General Perry Griffith
Colonel Jeffrey
Comnander Snyder
Lt Colonel Loveless
Major Dean
Major Policastro
J~3 Office
J~3 Office
J~3 Office
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Jel, Office
Jal, Office
Hg MATS
Lt Colonel Wientjes, Project Officer, METS
Major Cummings, Assistant Project Officer, MATS
Major Dursten = AWS
Major Gikas
-= AACS
3- I made a courtesy call on General Griffith. He expressed
keen interest in our B-57B modification programg he reported that
General Luedeke was willing to go to bat for us if we ran into delays
that hurt the 926th. I said that we had had no official indication
that there would be any delay in the program but that I would pass to
you General Luedeke's offer,
Me AireradtInv
: There are no apparent problems in this
area although
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= vet determined which type aircraft to assign
for the vertical photography. Commander Snyder felt that the RB-50
would be the choice and that they would come from APCS, Orlando,
Florida.
MATS (Lt Colonel Wientjes) had not received direction to pro-
vide these aircraft nor the two additional SA-16's. He was, however,
aware that the levy would probably be soon forthcoming. Colonel
Wientjes informed me that the B-50's would come from the 57th Weather
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