VEHICLE TRACK ON BLACK SHIELD MISSION BX 6718

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TARGET COVERAGE REPORT FOR MISSION BX6718, 30 August 1967
COMOR NO.
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INSTALLATION NAME
NORTH VIETNAM TARGETS
(PRIORITY I TARGETS)
1.
Dien Bien Phu Complex
2.
Lai Chau Complex
3.
Lao Cal Complex
(OTHER COMOR TARGETS)
1.
Hanoi/Lao Cal RR Segment 1
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PART II CHINA TARGETS
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GRAMMED ABILITY
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REMARKS/WEATHER
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CLEAR
CLEAR
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NONE
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Meng-Tzu Airfield West
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POOR . HAZE, OBLIQUITY
llo-Kou Army Barracks North 1
GOOD i CLEAR, OBLIQUITY
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(PRIORITY II TARGETS)
Tsa-Ti-Pao Road
(OTHER COMOR TARGETS)
FAIR , HAZE, OBLIQUITY
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NORTH VIETNAM
1 of 9 SSM targets covered
3 of 27 Priority I targets covered
1 of 21 Other N.Vietnam COMOR targets covered
0 of i. Programmed targets covered
4 of 48 N.Vietnam targets covered
0 Bonus targets (non-COMOR)
4 Total targets covered
(2 SAM search areas covered)
CHINA
2 Priority I targets covered
1 Priority II targets covered
0 Other COMOR targets covered
3 Total targets covered
4 North Vietnam Targets
3 China targets
7 Total targets covered
INTERPRETABILITY
COMOR TARGETS
BONUS TARGETS
3
- GOOD
3 -
1st
Priority
0
0
- 2nd
Priority
0 -
3rd
Priority
(OTHER)
3
- FAIR
1
- 1st
Priority
0
1
- 2nd
Priority
1
- 3rd
Priority
(OTHER)
1
- POOR
1
- 1st
Priority
0
0
- 2nd
Priority
0
- 3rd
Priority
(OTHER)
DATA BASE TARGETS COVERED:
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7.
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PROGRAMMEE, TARGETS (NOT COVERED):
SSM
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Haiphong/Cat Bi A/F
Haiphong/Kien An A/F
Hanoi/Bac Mai A/F
-Phuc Yen A/F
Kep A/F
Bai Thuong A/F
Cac Ba Coastal Defense Site
Hon Gay Port Facilities
9.
Ha Tou Naval Support Facility
10.
Vinh/Ben Thuy Port Facilities
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Haiphong Port Complex
SSM
13.
Thal Nguyen Army Supply Depot,
14.
Phu Lang Thuong Military Area
15.
Hanoi-Ping Hsiang RR, Seg. 2
16.
Hanoi-Ping Hsiang RR, Segment
3
17.
Hanoi-Lao Cal RR, Segment 5
18.
Kep to Than Nguyen RR
19.
Phu Lang Thuong Complex
20.
Kep Complex
SSM
21.
Haiphong RR Yards
SSM
22.
Yen Vien (Hanoi) RR Yards
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SUBJECT: VEHICLE TRACK ON BLACK SHIELD MISS/0
REFERENCE:
1. AS REQUESTED IN THE REF THE FOLLOWING COORDINATES ARE THE
ADJUSTED VEHICLE NADIR POSITION BASED ON PHOTO PLOTS FOR MSN
BX 6718.
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TRACK FOR THIS MISSION WAS PRECLUDED BY HEAVY CLOUD COVER.
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MEMORANDUM FOR TiE RECORD
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8 September 1967
SUBJECT: Critique for OXCART Mission Number BX6718
1. Subject mission critique was conducted in the OSA Control
Center commencing at 1400 hours, 6 September 1967.
2. Mission Data:
a. Mission Number: BX6718
b. Date Flown: 31 August 1967
c. Area of Operation: North Vietnam
d. Mission Success: Partially Successful see Para 3. c. (3) below
e. Pilot's Name:
f. Aircraft Number: 127
g. Primary or Spare Flown: Primary
h. Takeoff Time - Planned: 31/0240Z
Actual: 31/0240Z
i. Landing Time - Planned: 31/0750Z
Actual: 31/0752Z
j. Time Enroute - Planned: 5+10
Actual: 5+12
k. Departure Base: Kadena AB
1. Landing Base: Kadena AB
m. Equipment:
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a. Route (INS Plot vs Planned): Satisfactory.
(1) Comments: SC & DM data on first pass only. SC & DM
reference latitude was set one degree in error (to the North).
This did not affect in-flight INS performance.
(2) INS Terminal Error:
(3) INS Spec Error:
b. Mission Generation & Operational Support: Satisfactory
(1) Comments: INS was satisfactory. Track tolerance on
first pass within one mile. SC & DM data not available second
and third passes due malfunction.
c. Other Comments:
(1) Lack of SC & DM data is apparently associated with
Type I, Serial 0, camera malfunction.
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(2) ATC agencies indicated that air space block and time
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was excessive; did not affect this mission.
(3) Some target coverage was obtained despite camera
malfunction and poor weather in target areas.
4. Weather:
a. Forecast vs Actual:
(1) Worse than briefed.
(2) Comments: CAT III (1/8 Cu, 1/8 Ac & 2/8-3/8 Cl)
Forecast for all fit lines. CAT V (5% cloud free) existed over
Pass No. 1; CAT II over Pass No. 2; and CAT I-over Pass No. 3.
The indicated deterioration over Pass No. 1 which
was considered prior to takeoff. Deterioration due tropical
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b. Weather Scout Reporting: Satisfactory.
5. Intelligence:
a. Target Coverage:
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
facilities
covered.
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0 of 22 programmed targets covered.
1 first-priority SSM targets of 9 covered.
3 of 27 first-priority NVN COMOR targets covered.
0 SAM sites, 0 sites occupied, 0 new sites.
1 other priority NVN COMOR target covered.
Comments: No evidence of offensive SSM equipment or
observed. Photography of land mass is 6/8 cloud
b. Quality of Take: Satisfactory.
(1) Resolution:
only 55% of format could be considered good.
However,
(2) Camera Operation: Package failed twenty-four (24)
seconds after second turn-on (after approx 20 minutes and
56 seconds of camera operation). Camera transported 1200' of
film, approx 800' of this was during pre-flight. Camera
declared non-ready pending flight test.
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(1) Comments: Right engine (221) had tendency for EGT
to climb and required repeated de-richment. Aircraft EGT
system satisfactory.
b. Aircraft Systems: Unsatisfactory.
7. Communications: Satisfactory.
a. Message Traffic: Satisfactory.
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on facsimile circuit to WECEN. Malfunction did not affect
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c. UHF/HF Commo: Satisfactory.
(1) Comments:
8. Significant Actions Taken: Type I, G camera installed in aircraft
127 for FCF. Lf successful, camera will be returned to OR status.
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6 September 1967
MEMORANDUM
SUBJECT: Preliminary Assessment of Black Shield Photography of 31 August 1967
1. Black Shield Mission 6718, flown on 31 AugusL 1967, was severely
hampered by cloud cover and equipment malfunction and provided little
information of intelligence interest. Useable coverage of North Vietnam
was limited to the far northwest from Lao Cal on the Chinese border
to the Dien Bien Phu area. Some coverage was obtained of northeastern
Laos but showed no significant developments.
2. No surface-to-air missile sites or airfields were covered, and
no surface-to-surface missile equipment was identified.
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3. Fifteen possible field artillery pieces have arrived at Ho Kou
Army Barracks North--on the Chinese side of the border near Lao Cai--
From their present loca-
tion, it is more likely that these guns are intended for local defense
or storage rather than immediate shipment to North Vietnam. No other
new Chinese military activity on either side of the border was detected-
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1. CAMERA
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DENSITY STREAKS, ASSOCIATED WITH FOREIGN MAT.TER IN THE SLIT APERTURE,
ARE PRESENT ON ALL FRAMES.
3. THERE WAS NO CAMERA OPERATION DURING ASCENDING OR DESCENDING
PORTIONS OF THE MISSION. ALTITUDES RANGE FROM 77,200 FEET TO 80,800
FEET. ( UNCORRECTED BAROMETRIC READINGS)
4. EXPOSURE WAS 1/1'0 FOR THE ENTIRE MISSION. A LONGER
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EXPOSURE WOULD PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION IN CLOUD SHADOW AREAS
BUT WOULD CAUSE TOO HEAVY A DENSITY THROUGHOUT THE BALANCE
OF
THE IMAGERY.
PROCESSING LEVELS ON A FOOTAGE BASIS WERE AS FOLLOWS:
HEAD
0000
? 0940
FULL 'DEVELOPMENT
0941
- 1041
INTERMEDIATE DEVELOPMENT
1042
? 1101
FULL DEVELOPMENT.
1102
? 1125
PRIMARY DEVELOPMENT
1126
- 1176
INTERMEDIATE DEVELOPMENT
1177
- 1274
FULL DEVELOPMENT
1275
- 1352
INTERMEDIATE DEVELOPMENT
1353
? 1585
PRIMARY DEVELOPMENT
1586
- 1604
INTERMEDIATE DEALOPMENT
1605
- 2122
FULL DEVELOPMENT
5. A GOOD CORRELATION OF INS DATA TO THi FILM WAS
OBTAINED.
THE INS TAPE RECORDED A PLUS ONE DEGREE BIAS IN LATITUDE THROUGHOUT
AND THE IMAGED .CLOCK CONTAINS A PLUS TWO SECOND BIAS.
6, THE ELAPSED TIME OF EVENTS AFTER VEHICLE LANDING IS AS
FOLLOWS:
INS TRANSMISSION RECEIVED
D-VALUE CABLE RECEIVED
MATERIAL ARRIVED AT
UNTITLED DP'S ARRIV
FINAL FRAME EPHENERIS COMPLETED
INITIAL READOUT COMPLETED
HR-MIN
2 10
19 01
22 00
34 50
34 20
38 50
7. MOST OF THE MISSION WAS FLOWN IN PROGRAMMED V/H. THE
FOLLOWING ARE EXAMPLES SHOWING THE ERRORS IN THE V/11.
FRAME
199/201
295/297
PERCENT CC
0 DEGREE SCAN
40
65
V/H INS
INDICATOR V/H
ON .0404
ON .0405 .
?
A? PLUS B
OVERLAP
3.14
3.12
PERCENT ERROR
V/H
?1.09
-1.71
8. CLOUDS COVERED APPROXIMATELY 70 PERCO:NT OF THE MISSION
(304 FRAMES). AN ADDITIONAL 199 FRAMES WERE EDITED BECAUSE OF
TOTAL CLOUD COVER, A GREAT DEAL OF GROUND KAZE WAS ALSO PRESENT
IN THE PHOTOGRAPHY.
9. THERE WAS APPROXIMATLY 800. FEET OF PREFLIGHT CONTAINING DATA
BLOCKS FOR MISSIONS BX6713, BX6716, BX6717, "AND BX6718. THERE WAS
ALSO APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET OF POSTFLIGHT FILM.
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:TARGET COVERAGE REPORT FOR MISSION BX6718, 30'August 1967
INSTALLATION NAME
; NORTH VIETNAM TARGETS'
. .
(PRIORITY I TARGETS)
Dien Bien Phu Complex
Lai Chau Complex
PRO- INTERPRET.-
GRAMMED ABILITY
REMARKS/WEATHER
1 V71...0,1,110,041JA. P11...UVV,WW.A.V.4,411,1WW,
FAIR .SCATTERED CLOUDS .
A GOOD CLEAR
Lao Cai Complex
? GOOD CLEAR
(OTHER COMOR TARGETS)
Hanoi/Lao Cai RR Segment
:-PART II CHINA TARGETS
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Meng-Tzu Airfie111-.We POOR 1 HAZE, OBLIQUITY
lo-Kou Army Barracks North
L'CLEAR,' OBLIQUITY'
(PRIORITY.IITARGETP.
'
? 1.
' Tsa -Ti -Pao Road
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FAIR HAZE, OBLIQUITY
(OTHER COMOR TARGETS)
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NORTH VIETNAM
4
0
of 9 SSKtargetscovered
of 277 Priority T: targets covered:.
of 21 Other N,Vietnam COMOR targets
of 501 Programmed targets covered
of 48 N.Yietnam targets ,covered::
Bonus targets (non-COMOR).:
4 Total targeiseOVered
(2 SAM search areas covered)
CHINA
2
1
0
3
Priority I targets covered
Priority II targets covered
Other COMOR targets covered
Total targets covered
North Vietnam Targets
China targets
Total targets covered
INTERPRETABILITY
3 - GOOD
- FAIR
1 - POOR
25?(1
:covered
COMOR TARGETS
3- 1st Priority
0 -.2nd Priority
0 - 3rd Priority (OTHER)
- 1st Priority
-
2nd "Priority
- 3rd Priority (OTHER)
- 1st Priority
0- 2nd Priority
- 3rd Priority (OTHER)
DATA BASE TARGETS COVERED;
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Lai Chau Complex VN
Lao Kay Complex VN
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PROGRAMMED TARGETS (NOT COVERED);
Haiphong/Cat Bi A/F
Haiphong/Kien An A/F
Hanoi/Bac Mai A/F
Phuc Yen A/F
Kep A/F
Hai Thuong A/F
Cac Ba Coastal Defense Site
Hon Gay Port Facilities
ita Tou Naval Support Facility
Vinh/Ben Thuy Port Facilities
Uaiphonp: Port Complex
thal Nguyen Army zmppty vopot;.,
Phu Lang Thuong Military Area
Hanoi-Ping Hsiang RR, Sog, 2
Hanoi-Ping 'Hsiang RR, Segment 3
Hanoi-Lao Cai RR, Segment 5
Rep to Than Nguyen RR
Phu Lang Thuong Complex
Rep Complex
Haiphong RR Yards .