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    "ocrText": "TOP SECRET\n- 2 -\n(4) Eielson, Alaska: 2 RB - -47H and 2 KC-135. An average\nof 8 sorties per month, prior to 1 July 60, were flown by this detachment\naround the Soviet Arctic periphery from Petropavlovsk on the Manchatka\nPeninsula to Novaya Zemlya in the Barents Sea.\nb. 4080th S.R. W., Laughlin AFB, Texas. This wing operates 24\nU-2 aircraft, of which 12 are configured for photographic reconnaissance,\n4 for ELINT, 2 for high resolution radar photography and 6 for high altitude\natmospheric sampling. The photographic reconnaissance capability is\nutilized to satisfy special requirements for long range oblique photography.\nOperation Congo Maiden, conducted from Eielson, Alaska, against Soviet\nArctic Coastal objectives in March and April of this year is an example.\nThe ELINT and HRR configured aircraft represent a standby EWO capa-\nbility, while the Samplers are used in support of\nagencies requiring high altitude atmospheric\nsamples.\nUnder USAFE, the 7499th Support Group, Rhine Main, G ermany, operates\nC-130 Communications Intercept air craft in the Baltic Sea, along the East-\nWest German border, the Adriatic Sea and the Black Sea. Oth er recon-\nnaissance activities conducted by this organization include covert photo-\ngraphy from specially equipped transport air craft in the Berlin Corridors,\nELINT along the East-West German borders and on airways over Yugo-\nslavia, and long range oblique photography in the Baltic and Adriatic\nSeas.\nThe 7499th Support Group operates:\n(1) 7 C-130 (Communications Intercept, approximately 75 per month)\n(2) 4 T-29 (Covert photography in the Berlin Corridors, approximately\n12 per month)\n(3) 1 C-97 (Long range oblique photography in the Berlin Corridors\nand along the E -W - German border, approximately 12 per month)\nTOP SECRET"
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