SR-71 PHOTOGRAPHY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-01074R000100230003-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 24, 2009
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: April 15, 1968
• Content Type: MISC

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SR-71 PHOTOGRAPHY
MISSION S002/S007
21 MARCH 1968
CAMERA TYPE
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OPERATIONAL OBJECTIVE
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DIEN BIEN PHU AIRFIELD
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(c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER
REFERENCE: GIAN SCALE 002? ATTACHMENT TO N-001i2
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SR-71 PHOTOGRAPHY
THIS BRIEFING BOARD DEPICTS SELECTED EXAMPLES OF INSTALLATIONS IMAGED
BY THE FIRST SR-71-OPERATIONAL MISSION FLOWN OVER WESTERN HAINAN ISLAND
AND OVER PORTIONS OF LAOS, THAILAND, AND NORTH AND SOUTH VIETNAM.
2. LOCATION:
AS STATED..
MISSION READOUT:
GIANT SCALE 002, 21 MARCH 1968, COVERS THE WESTERN PORTION OF HAINAN
ISLAND, NORTHERN AND CENTRAL LAOS, PORTIONS OF THAILAND, THE HANOI, HAIPHONG
AND DIEN BIEN PHU AREAS OF NORTH VIETNAM AND NORTHERN SOUTH VIETNAM. INTER-
PRETABILITY IS GENERALLY LIMITED BY HEAVY CLOUDS AND HAZE. TWENTY-FOUR
SA-2 SAM SITES AND THREE MAJOR AIRFIELDS ARE IMAGED. HAIPHONG IS ONE HUNDRED
PERCENT CLOUD-COVERED. AND HANOI IS EIGHTY-FIVE PERCENT CLOUD-COVERED.
DEPICTED ON THE BOARD IS DIEN BIEN PHU AIRFIELD, NORTH VIETNAM:
UTTARADIT AIRFIELD, THAILAND: AND DA NANG AIRFIELD, SOUTH VIETNAM.
4. REMARKS:
EACH EXAMPLE WAS IMAGED BY A DIFFERENT OBJECTIVE CAMERA AND HAS GOOD
IMAGE QUALITY.
should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the re?
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Collateral Support
Division, NPIC.
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