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ATTN OF: 

Sincerely 

b"KENNETH B. HOBSON 

General, USAF 

Commander 

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SUBJECT: 

TO: 

Utilization of NASA Gemini Program Equipment on the Manned 

Orbiting Laboratory (MOL) Program 

Major General Harry L. Evans 

Vice Director, MOL Program 

Office of the Scretary of the Air Force 

Washington, D.C. 20330 

Dear General Evans 

Reference is made to your letter dated 8 March 1967 regarding the 

arrangements necessary to assemble, transport, refurbish and 

provide storage for NASA Gemini program equipment for future use 

on the Manned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL) Program. This Command 

will provide the necessary storage and maintenance support as 

required on the Gemini equipment. However, as you know, additional 

information is required concerning the location, condition, quantities 

of specific NASA Gemini equipment, and refurbishment required 

before specific arrangements can be finalized. 

In this regard, direct liaison is authorized between the MOL System 

Program Office and the Manpower and Organization Division, 

Directorate of Operations (MCO1V1), in this Command. The point 

of contact at this Headquarters will be Mr. Robert L. Finch (MCO1V1), 

extension 70303, Additional AFLC activities will assist in the detailed 

planning as the need*arises. 

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MEMORANDUM TO COLONEL HERAU 

SUBJECT: MOL Priorities. 

Reference your SECRET SAFSL-4- 38524 March 1967, 

'regarding upgrading of the MOL USAF Precedence Rating. 

and DOD Master Urgency List designator. 

The attached memoranda initiated the actions 

requested by your officei- Dr. Flax has not yet 

acted uponYthe proposed memorandum for.the SecretarYH 

of Defense 

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JAMES T..STEWART 

Major General, USAF 

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1. MOL priorities should be upgraded. • , 

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2. During the March 10, 1967 discussions on revision of MOL schedules and costs, Dr. 

Flax agreed to support an interim action to upgrade the MOL position on the DOD Master 

Urgency List (MUL) to Category S (Brick-Bat other than .01), pending a final- OSD decision on Dr. Brown's recent recommendation to place MOL in Category S (Brick-Bat .01). 

The attached memoranda initate this action. 

3. A separate, but related, action to *upgrade the present MOL USAF Precedence Rating 

from 3-70 to 1-7 is considered appropriate in the present circumstances. Award of 

Brick-Bat .01 status would result automatically in assignment of Precedence Rating 1-1; 

in the absence of the BrickBat .01 designation, the highest Precedence Rating that can 

be awarded by the Air Force without JCS approval is 1-7. Interim assignment to MOL of 

USAF Precedence Rating 1-7 would be consistent with the recent SAF recommendation to 

SecDef for Brick-Bat .01 status. In addition, upgrading of the existing precedence'rat 

ing is required in connection with specific. supplY support problems recently encountered in setting up MOL aircraft operations in Los Angeles. Tab B, SOMMS letter of 

March 2, 1967, discusses these problems. • 

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In view of the present uncertainty regarding assignment of 

Category S (Brick-Bat .01) Master Urgency List designator and 

DX industrial priority to MOL, it seems prudent to proceed with 

the program, for the moment, on the conservative assumption that ' 

DO industrial priority will be employed for YOL procurements. 

' In these circumstances, the confidence with which. the MOL 

Program can be scheduled will be materially improved by interim 

assignment to the program of a relatively high priority listing 

within the 8 (Brick-Bat other than .01) Category of the DOD 

Master Urgency List. I therefore recommend that the attached 

memorandum, or its equivalent, be forwarded to the Secretary of 

Defense. 

I further recommend that immediate action be taken to upgrade 

the MOL USAF Precedence Rating from 3-70 to 1-7. Our field activities advise that initial lay-in of T-33 and T-38 spares and. AGE for 

NOD aircraft operations in Los by the relatively low-Precedence Rating now assigned. 

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January 7, 1967, regarding assignment of Category S (Brick.. • 

Bat .01) Military Urgency List designator to the Manned 

Orbiting Laboratory Program (.:0L). 

The existing situation with respect to NDL priorities 

continues to jeopardize the orderly progress of the TiOL . 

effort. As an interim measure, pending a final decision 

on assignment of Category S (Brick-Bat .01) designator to 

143L, I recommend that the YAL Program be placed immediately 

• in Master Urgency List Category S (Brick-Bat other than • 

• .01) in the highest possible relative position, following 

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1. Reference is made to APSC Index of R&D Projects, 30 Sep 1966, 

' Control Nr 66-SCCDF-11261, which identifies the MOL precedence rating 

.of 3-70. Due to the critical shortage of T-33 and T-38 spares and ' 

: AGE, initial lay in is jeopardized by the unsatisfactory precedence 

rating assigned the MOL program. AMC inventory. managers advise they 

can only be as responsive as the USAF. Precedence and Priority Systems, •. 

allow. 

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2. The MOL program consists of three T-33A aircraft; SNs 56-3674, . 

, 56-3675, 57-609 and two T-38A aircraft; SNs.59-1603, 59-1604. These 

. aircraft will be assigned Los Angeles APS . in support of this program . 

I ... which is scheduled to be operational 15 April 1967. 

.3. To insure that the MOL%program supply support is effective and will 

, . be continuously supported by APLC, we require your assistance. Request,,.. 

the MOL program:be included in the next revision to the Program Docu- •;• 

• i .: .ment 68-4 and those aircraft referenced in paragraph 2 above be specif-. . ! 

,,.,::: ically identified with the MOL program located. at SSD. In order for -:. 

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