(Sanitized)EQUIPPED AIRCRAFT (Sanitized) FLIGHTS OVER THE BLACK-CASPIAN SEA AREA IN SUPPORT OF PROJECT OXCART

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP63-00313A000500070095-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 4, 2002
• Sequence Number: 95
• Publication Date: May 21, 1963
• Content Type: MF

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3. Colonel Wood f dicated that problems and expense would be
sininixed u#ia the 47 as long as modifications were sloplo in
critical area as well as char n the desired oats to the 1,103.
Weather Vin g. Offutt A FS, >tebraskat for research.
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equipping and deploying W - 5 0 versus bAG -L7 t aircraft for
refractive index profile flights over the black-Caspian ea.
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2. It was decided that SAC RS_47 aircraft, currently is use
this area could be utilized most of feet ivel y on this project.
fiestioA of the -47 to carry the A.11511-14 fractc ter would of teainite
the necessity of introducing an additional type aircraft into this
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Project ti CART
subject; Weather Support for Project
OXCART; dated 22 March 63 to Colonel Geary
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