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OCR Page 1 of 8TOP SECRET
The purpose of this briefing is to show the current status of aerial
reconnaissance programs which are conducted proximate to Communist
territory.
These operations are conducted by the Unified and Specified Commanders
by authority of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Special units of SAC, USAFE,
PACAF, the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps participate. In the European
area, a similar program is conducted by the Royal Air Force. This
effort is integrated with ours. All areas of the Sino-Soviet periphery --
where we have authority to operate -- are covered at periodic intervals.
Special units of the Strategic Air Command, the Pacific Air Force and
the United States Air Force in Europe currently are engaged in recon-
naissance activities in all areas proximate to Communist territory
where the USAF is authorized to operate. These activities are designed
to collect Electronic Intelligence, Communications Intelligence, Photography
and, on occasion, intelligence which may be obtained through the use of
other sensors, such as high resolution radar and infra red devices.
The Strategic Air Command has two wings which engage in peripheral
reconnaissance operations. These are:
a. 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wings, Forbes AFB, Kansas. This
wing is equipped with 29 RB - -47H ELINT aircraft, 3 ERB-47H laboratory
ELINT aircraft and 3 B-47E aircraft equipped with telemetry intercept
equipment. This force represents approximately 95 percent of the USAF
ELINT capability. Normally, detachments of this wing, plus supporting
tanker aircraft, are maintained at four overseas operating locations:
(1) Brize Norton, England: 1 RB-47H and 1 KC-135 Tanker.
Prior to 1 July 1960, this detachment flew approximately 6 sorties per
month in the Barents Sea, the Baltic Sea, and along the East-West German
border.
DECLASSIFIED WITH DELETIONS
E.O. 12958, SEC. 3.6(b)
Agency Case 05096-M-0017/L
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