AIR FORCE OUTSTANDING UNIT AWARD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75B00326R000200180002-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 1, 2006
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: August 20, 1974
• Content Type: CABLE

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APPROPRIATE AWARDS CEREMONY. RECEIPT OF THE AWARD MAKES ALL
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SUBJECT: AIR F0''1'- OUTSTANDING UNIT AWARD
I. C NG A ILAT IONS AR IN ORDER FOR ALL CONCERNED SINCE THE
I13'TH HAS BEEN AWARDED THE AIR FORCE OUTSTANDING UNIT AWARi7. THE
PERSONNEL, AND II ARE ALSO INCLUDED
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"THE 1130TH AEROSPACE TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING GROUP
ALL PERSONi"BELT ARE BEING POUCHED UNDER SEPARATE COVER.
3. THE UNCLASSIFIED CITATION ACCOMPANYING THE AWARD READS AS
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WITH THE II33TH AND THE I19STH, INCLUDING 0 ARE ENTITLED TO
WEAR LAPEL PINS BY VIRTUE OF THE AWARD HAVING BEEN MADE. A SUPPLY
OF MILITARY RIBEONS AND CIVILIAN LAPEL PINS SUFFICIENT TO INCLUDE
USAF review(s) completed.
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DISTINGUISHED ITSELF EY EX:CEPTIDNALLY `}1ETITO PIOUS ACHIEVE MMENT FROM
1 JANUARY 1971 TO 3'2s JUNE 1374. DURING THIS PERIOD, THE 1130TH
AEROSPACE TECHNICAL D1EVELOP`1.FiT AND TRAINING GROUP DEMONSTRATED AND
SUSTAINED THE HIGHES DEG EE OF EFFECTIVENESS WHILE PROVIDING
DIRECTION AND LEAD RS HIP FOR THE SUCCESS OF THREE PROJECTS OF MAJOR
IMPORTANCE TO THE UNITED STATES. THE HIGH DEGREE OF PROFESSIONALIS A,
DEDICATION, AND RES,.DU CYFLTLNESS DISPLAYED BY THE MEMBERS OF THE 113 TH
CONTRIBUTING FACTORS TC- THE OPERATIONAL SUCCESS OF THE MISSION. THE
! AEROSPACE TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING GROUP WERE MAJOR
4. ALL STAFF AND CO N1s RAAC; E:r1PLOYEES HOULD BE ADVISED THAT TO
SINGULARLY DISTINCTIVE ACCO:YPLISH:4.ENTS OF THE 1130TH AEROSPACL
TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING GROUP REFLECTS GREAT CREDIT UPON
ITSELF AND THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE."
DOCUME NT THE AWARD, A COP" OF THE FOLLOWING MEMORANDUM (CLASSIFIED
CONFIDENTIAL) WILL INSERTED INTO THEIR OFFICIAL PERSONNEL FILES:
A. "EFFECTIVE 23 JULY 1S 74, COMPONENTS OF THE AGENCY
OPERATING UNDER CERTAIN DESIGNATED U.S. AIR.FORCE UNIT COVERS
WERE AWARDED THE AIR FORCE OUTSTANDING UNIT AWARD FOR EXCEPTIONAL
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MERITCRIOUS ACHIEVEMENT DURING THE PERIOD 1 JANUARY 1971 TO 30 1UNE
1974. THESE UNITS QUALIFIED FOR THE AWARD BY MAMING A SUBSTANTIAL
CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL SECURITY OF THE FREE WORLD. IN
COOPERATION WITH THE HIGHEST ECHELONS OF THE UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT, THESE UNITS WERE PRI iARILY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
SUCCEEFFUL IMPLEMENTATION, DIRECTION, CONDUCT AND ACCOMPLISHMENT
OF THREE HIGHLY CLASSIFIED OPERATIONAL PROJECTS VITAL TO THE
INTERESTS CF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AND ITS ALLIES. THESE
PROJECTS WERE CONDUCTED UNDER MOST DIFFICULT CONDITIONS AND
COMPLICATED DIPLOMATIC CONSIDERATIONS IN AN EFFORT TO ESTABLISH AN
ATMOSPHERE FOR THE FURTHERANCE OF PEACEFUL INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
AND TO IMPROVE INTERNATIONAL SECURITY.
B. ALTHOUGH THE SUBJECT AWARD IS PRIMARILY DESIGNED TO
RECOGNIZE OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AIR FORCE MILITARY PERSONNEL,
AIR FORCE REGULATIONS DO PROVIDE THAT EQUIVALENT RECOGNITION
SHOULD ALSO BE MADE TO THOSE CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES WHO WERE ASSIGNED
TO THE UNITS SINGLED OUT FOR RECOGNITION.
C. AS A MEMBER OF ONE OF THE UNITS, YOU MAY WELL TARE PRIDE
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CO.-MBINED WITH. YOUR DEDICAT IO N AND HARI) WORK, OFTEN PERFORMED UNDER
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A MAJOR FACOTR IN NA LING THESE UNITS TO ATTAIN THAT ,MEASURE OF
SUCCESS WHICH JUSTIFIED THEIR BEING AWARDED THE AIR FORCE OUT-
STANDING UNIT AWAR . YOUR ACHIEVE TENT REFLECTS GREAT CREDIT UPON
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5. SECURITY RESTRICTIONS INVOLVING THE WEARING OF THE RIBBON AND
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THE LAPEL PIN ARE AS FOLLOWS:
A. ,1ILITARY PERSONNEL MAY WEAR THE RIBBON AS SPECIFIED IN
PERTINENT AF RE3ULATIONS.
SHOULD INDICATE PI0v IS A SPECIAL AWARD AUTHORIZED IN CONNECTION
WITH T-EIR WORK WITH THE AIR FORCE.
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D. .ALL R CIP.IENTS..OF..BOTH, .TtBO i.S..AIJp..PI~+.S ..~1.R ...T(J.,zBE .~.. .. ...
ADVISED THEY ARE NOT AUTHORIZE!) TO DIVIJLGE THE DETAILS OF THEIR
INDIVIDUAL DUTIES AS P"IRFOR- SD IN CONNECTION ' ITH THE AWAiiD.
6.F rN Tr R A` H OF A';tAk2iJS,s PLS ADVISE, A M E OF ALL INDIVIDUALS
AWARDED A .r1ILITARY RIBBON Ord A LAPEL
AWARDED SHOULD BE RETURNED TO
t Y 'wE AGAI.N ADD...O,UR .PERSONAL APPRECIATION :FOR.A JOB r,-=Ll.
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