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    "ocrText": "TOP SECRET\nThe purpose of this briefing is to show the current status of aerial\nreconnaissance programs which are conducted proximate to Communist\nterritory.\nThese operations are conducted by the Unified and Specified Commanders\nby authority of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Special units of SAC, USAFE,\nPACAF, the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps participate. In the European\narea, a similar program is conducted by the Royal Air Force. This\neffort is integrated with ours. All areas of the Sino-Soviet periphery --\nwhere we have authority to operate -- are covered at periodic intervals.\nSpecial units of the Strategic Air Command, the Pacific Air Force and\nthe United States Air Force in Europe currently are engaged in recon-\nnaissance activities in all areas proximate to Communist territory\nwhere the USAF is authorized to operate. These activities are designed\nto collect Electronic Intelligence, Communications Intelligence, Photography\nand, on occasion, intelligence which may be obtained through the use of\nother sensors, such as high resolution radar and infra red devices.\nThe Strategic Air Command has two wings which engage in peripheral\nreconnaissance operations. These are:\na. 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wings, Forbes AFB, Kansas. This\nwing is equipped with 29 RB - -47H ELINT aircraft, 3 ERB-47H laboratory\nELINT aircraft and 3 B-47E aircraft equipped with telemetry intercept\nequipment. This force represents approximately 95 percent of the USAF\nELINT capability. Normally, detachments of this wing, plus supporting\ntanker aircraft, are maintained at four overseas operating locations:\n(1) Brize Norton, England: 1 RB-47H and 1 KC-135 Tanker.\nPrior to 1 July 1960, this detachment flew approximately 6 sorties per\nmonth in the Barents Sea, the Baltic Sea, and along the East-West German\nborder.\nDECLASSIFIED WITH DELETIONS\nE.O. 12958, SEC. 3.6(b)\nAgency Case 05096-M-0017/L\nTOP SECRET\nNLE Case 95-118-22\nBy Like\nNLE Date $/11/99"
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