UTILIZATION OF US-FURNISHED TACTICAL AIRCARFT - T-33

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00423R001601490001-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 4, 1999
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: August 1, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY Greece
SUBJECT Utilization of US-Furnished Tactical Aircraft - T-33
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DATE ACQUIRED
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1. Operational Data
a. During the month of August 1954, the Royal Hellenic Air Force, Athens,
Greece, continued to utilize the US T-33 aircraft in training cadets
and commissioned officers in jet transition, instrument, night flying,
and battle tactical flying. There were no special missions flown.
Flight time for the month was governed by a high training program
commitment. Flying started as early as 0530 hours and continued into
the night. Many aircraft flew six missions a day which accounted for
the high average flying time for the month. Weather conditions were
ideal.
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the seat strap to recover his-tools. As a result of t1Tls accident, all
aircraft were inspected for proper adjustment of the locking solenoid
switch.
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L)1. The average flight time for assigned aircraft record which was established
in May was broken by 30 minutes with the August record average of 98:28
tours. This may be an activity record. The eleven assigned T-33 aircraft
flew 1081:30 hours. This figure looks even better when it is realized
one aircraft was out of commission for parts the entire month, which
meant that the other aircraft had to fly 108:09 hours each in order to
establish the new record.
c. Two major maintenance problems occurred during the month of August. The
first was cockpit pressurization failure on three aircraft. The other
maintenance problem occurred as the, result of a collapsed nosegear. The
landing gear locking solenoid switch was actuated with the power on the
ship, which resulted in the gear handle raising when the mechanic pulled
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2. Maintenance and Repair Data
a. The personnel problem has eased. The third group of mechanics began
the Mobile Training Unit training course. The first group to finish
this course returned to their work at Elevsis. Some of this first
group of Greek students have become instructors in the Mobile Training
Unit with US Air Force instructors standing by to assist if necessary.
b. The supply picture for the month is not clear from the out-of-commission-
for-parts rate of 11.6 percent. This low rate was made possible because
many items were removed from the grounded aircraft in order to keep
other aircraft flying. At the end of August 1954, three aircraft were
out of commission for various parts. These three T-33 are in the repair
hangar and are receiving first priority as far as work orders are
concerned. This is not helping much because two of the aircraft need new
wings and a third is delayed because of improper heat treating of newly
hand-formed parts. These parts had to be made over again. The supply of
parts has been very slow and each individual item is often traced for
several days.
3. Accidents
a. One T-33 was damaged on take-off when it settled back to the runway
momentarily after the landing gear had been retracted. The damage to the
aircraft was slight considering the possible heavy damage which could
have occurred. The inner doors were ground off about four inches at the
front, the aft section was scraped from the lower identification light
to the skid pad, three bulkheads were slightly damaged, and the :Lower
landing gear doors were damaged on the aft end. An aft section from one
of the aircraft out-of-commission-for-parts was fitted and doors were
borrowed from still another aircraft and the airplane is in the air
again.
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