XTIT
Officers
Required
Net Change
189
+105
Airmen
Civilians
733
+358
Mobility was an essential element of this plan,
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The variables
associated with foreign nuclear events made it possible to anticipate
the geographical site for each detonation,
Thus, a milt-in capability
to react on minimum notice was, critical to successful reconnaissance of
foreign nuclear activity.
No other aircraft in the current Air Force
inventory was more ideally suited to this particular mission than the
C-130.
Moreover, as a basic part of the production samplingoperation,
the C-130 was dually used as a 15,000-foot sampler plus back-up for
25,000 feet and for limited DUCKBJTI/RESCUE purposes,
Specific flying hours for full mobility-rescue capability were not
included in flying hour computations; however, it contemplated that hours
programmed for production sampling were available to support mobility
requirements if production sampling was temporarily suspended due to
foreign event coverage.
Time phasing for implementation was to be as
follows:
(a) Latitudes 30° - 35° N,
(1) Start B-57 operations from Yokota AB, Japan in July 1961,
(2)
Start U-2 operations from Laughlin AFB, Texas, in July
(3)
Phase in C-130 operations at Yokota AB as soon as
1961 simultaneously with B-57 flights from Japan,
aircraft complete modification, estimated to be
September 1961 allowing six months lead time.
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