RESUME AND CRITIQUE OF MISSION C229C

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• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 19, 2002
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: October 9, 1969
• Content Type: MF

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MEMORANDUM FOR: See Distribution
SUBJECT: Resume and Critique of Mission C229C
1. The critique for Mission C229C, flown on 25 September
1969, was held in the OSA Control Center at 1330 EDT, 3
October 1969. In addition to General Ross, representatives
from the Deputy for Operations, IDEALIST Division, Intelligence
Division, Deputy for Materiel, Security Staff, Communications
Division, Avionics Division, Weather Division, Office of ELINT,
Office of Scientific Intelligence and HASC/OEL were present.
Following personnel critiqued on applicable portions of the
mission:
Mission preparation and
exe .
- Forecast and. actual weather.
]Materiel and. Avionics
- Sensors
- Communications equipment and
I target coverage
and er ac ivi y.
Analysis of signals recorded on
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2. Mission C229C (Canned Route 1120) was alerted on 25X1C
22 September 1969 for a 23 Septembe launch. Mission execution
was delayed 24 hours
fro If or
a mi ours. The mission was planned to
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collect photo and ELINT information along the South China
coast from east of Hainan Island to northeast of Fouchou.
The route was flown as briefed until 0450Z, when the mission
was aborted due to an "H" camera malfunction. One and one-
half flight lines were lost because of the malfunction. Other
collection systems were the T-35 tracker and System 17B h
of which worked satisfactorily.
completed his second operational sortie. U-2R 057 was
own.
Preplanned Mission Data:
Distance 1681 NM
Time to Landing 4+30 Hours
Mission Profile Maximum Altitude
Take off Fuel 1288 Gallons
Fuel Reserve at HiCone 175 Gallons
3. Weather; The weather forecast was for Category II
with light haze except for an area of Category III between
longitudes 113E - 117E. The pilot reported predominately
Category II weather except for a solid overcast north of
Hainan Island and Category III to IV in small areas south of
Swatow and northeast of Chinmen Island.
activity. A local modification will correctvthisjdiscre
pancy.
System 13 showed improper response to self-test during post-
flight. Replacement of a circuit board corrected the problem.
The cause of the "H" camera malfunction that caused abort of
the mission was found to be a faulty germanium transistor in
the shutter motor trigger circuit. Germanium transistors will
b
e replaced by silicon transistors in all "H" cameras to
prevent this type of malfunction.
5. Communications: Except for
problem mentioned previously, all Co ions were
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6. Intelligence:,
a. Target Coverage: Photo interpretability ranged
from poor to good. Overall interpretability was poor
with 65 percent cloud cover reported by OPIC A. NPIC
reports 45 percent. Target coverage consisted of 15
programmed COMIREX targets, two bonus COMIREX targets
and 12 bonus non-COMIREX targets for a total of 29
targets.
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f. Electronic Warfare Systems Activity: No EWS
activity was noted in the area of interest.
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Lt. Colonel, USAF
Deputy Chief, IDEALIST Division, OSA
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