IDEALIST OPERATIONAL SUMMARY AND STATUS

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• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 15, 2000
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OPERATIONAL SUMMARY AND STATUS
25X1A2g
I. General Summary
A. No A>;ency 11,.2 overflights were flown during the
month of June 1967. Mission C197C was alerted for 3 June
Zulu date. This mission was subsequently cancelled due to
weather deterioration in tar yet area. Mission C207C was
alerted for 2f June Zulu date. This mission was cancelled
for lack of M approval. Mission 217C wa for 25X1X7
10 June but was subsequently disa0proved :~v Since
cancellat f on of C217C no missions have been alerted due to
reluctance of _ to overfly the mainland durin cc the Mideast
crisis. No definite date forecast for resumption
of overf 1i ht approval t-v iWo 25X1X7
B. U-2 from Operation as redeployed to
Edwards AFB, California on 9 June 1967. Na operational
missions were flown in that theater due to lack of political
approval.
C. 'our missions were flown durin% the ninth.
25X1A2g on 2 June a systems checkout against a ;round radar environ
meet was performed in Article 349. On 9 June a duplication
of the " June .mission was performed with particular attention
to the study of X -Band transponder effect on System 1213.
25X1A2g Both missions were successful. 25X1A5a2
Rx w are still in
25X1A5a2 LOS n- . es an pro?rossi nag satisfactorily
t~, one of the oril;ii~al drivers, was
re t ?red from the pro-,ram effective 30, June 1967.
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II. Product provement
A. On ? 28 June Systems 25 and 26 were test flown
25X1A6a against the ground radar signal environment. The
purpose for the teats was to determine it these systems
favorably compared with existing Systems 12B--1, 12C, Oscar
Sierra MKIIA and Oscar Sierra MK III. The Systems 25/26
seemed to perform an expected and did exhibit some new and
desirable operational features. A meaningful comparison
made until all the flight test data and -
25X1A5a2 tests are thoroughly studied and analyzed.
B. A modification on the MC recorder is being strongly
considered to make it more compatible with a number of
different ECM equipments which have a variety of output
impedances. The change consists primarily of adding a
record amp to each channel and removing the present IK ohs
input impedance to the MC recorder.
C. The updated System 6 (6A) is presently being
mocked-up at LAC with TRW doing the development work. This
change will be covered by a LAC S/B which includes the
permanent installation of the MC recorder in all Articles
and outfitting the vehicles with the new System 6A.
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