ee ee Lot. a CHRONOLOGY 1 Jeu vu SR eee 2 te (1983) 7 Jan & Jan 7 Jan 14 Jan 17 Jan 1 Feo J-4 Fob € Fah an -.: 22 ren 2? Tah 72202 Fon cu i 1983 . QTH STRATEGIC RECONNAISSANCE WING Headquarters SAC activated Notacnment 4 at Patric! SFE, Florida (previously OL-LF) A Reaie KC-1350 lost an encine dane) durina a flight witr no reported aamaae. Headauarters SAC dropped a proposal to realian tne CSR overseas detachments. Maj Fdwin Siers replaced Maj Fred “. Jordan as commander of the Sth Reconnaissance Technical Squadron Col Sichard L. Thompson hecame the deouty commander Tor maintenance. Headauarters SAC instituted a cnanae in the AED ancioned aneretiona? canghitiey, (Naty. The 14th Air Nivision conducted a staff assistance visit to the 9th Ying as a Tollow-ub to the Actoher 1982? manaaement effectiveness inspection. The Social Actions Aifice at Reale earned th> SAO Class I Pont of the year for 199? Tne Ofn “ine conducted a staff assistance Visit to Vet2cnment = to ensure orocer mroces ad peer ta TANF Security Luper Tropny ag tne nest small security colice unit in SAC for 1952. ers SAC awarded tne Col Jonn ®. HMeacau2art Cclice Scuadron tne The Netachment 4 mission at SSF Mijderhall, (LK. chanaed as the -22 mission was taken aver hy tne 17th Peconnaizssance Ming at FOF rt Tne U-2P war withdrawn From tek etett kak it K ric onn a athe Netathment 4. Tne Gtn King Sommander and stati caonsucted a StatT aAsvistenle visit tG fe tecmment 2 eat Usdh wy Fora. a a a a a - a awe ne ene ment 1 at hadena AK, Gapan tor statf assistance. AUG 10 1984 Mtoraraee thean ch the “REESOM UF be e!hud SCT by the Nerpons Kesearch Project Arms Race and ifaci: hecttate for olicy Studies UNCLASSIFIED” -
oe) << Ton at a4 Mar & Mar 4 Mar 7 Mar o Mar Mar may qt March JNCLADSINE General kernarc Capilion. Chief of Staff of tne French Air Force visited Keale for a Qth “ing Orientation. A change in the SR-71 mission toot place at Netacnment 4, Q4r Mildennall, tik. A Qth “ing T-38 on a fliaht from Reale SFP injested ice into its engines causing a minor fliaht mishap. Maintenance technicians assisted in the recovery of an air ahorted SR-71 at Loring AFP, Maine. The [th Loaistics Plans, Proorams and Mobility “ivision of Maintenance won tne karry N. Haves award for hest in S40 for 7442. U-2R on a landing roll at: R8eale experienced a minor mishap. The Ath Wing completed a feasibility study on the capabilities and limitations of the KC-19 in assuming all or cart of the wing's SR-71 retueiing ooerations. Tre fir Force inactivated the iAth fir Pefyueling “inc and its essorizied nase suDnort units and corsolicsted tne missior witr otnat of tne Ftc S24) Tne fire Force 2iso activates tne Ctr Lomnat Suncert Sroun anc tne Sin Servires, transzortation, Suodly, Security roiice anc Civil Engineering Sauasrons Tne SR-71] aircrew tr2zinino rission moved to tne 420th Strategic Rezonnaissance Training -¢ Squadron from tne Ist SPS. & KC-19 tanker from the ?nc PRomhardment “Ving at Sarkssesie 4Ar&, toutrian2 devtiovyed tao Nezle for refueling tests with the SR-71. Tne 24r Force's first 7r-if trainer model arrivod at fezle to he used in the 4927%*¢h Se TS Feet eitnltew Training orocram,. The Oth Hind Intallinonce Nenutate wag named Outstanding Intelligence Unit in Fifteenth Air Farce for 1982. UNCLASSIFIED
31 Mar Pye Oo Of. FA my ft enn we Ete . lt ers ewe . The 2th Strateaic keconnaissance “Ing ended the quarter with 450 officers, 3725 enlisted airmen and 378 civilians for 2 total of 3,972 assianed personnel. The 4eale AFN booulation, inciudina tenants, totalied ¢.857 people. The Wing nad spent $15.488,9N or 51 percent of the annual budaed on 1f March. UNCLASSIFIEZEO
Paiee E ROOl er s ceo! i t Vil nn Fe Be kt CHRONOLOGY 3a te (1933) Event Page April 1 Alliance Properties, Inc (ALLPRO) replaced M&M Services on the Base Housing Maintenance Con- tract. Legal complications ensued 0-10 Speaker of the US House of Representatives Tnomas P. "Tip" O'Neill toured Beale with a congressional delegation of 35 persons 12-13 Two SR-71 search and rescue sorties scoured mountains in a search Tor a crashed B-52 Trom Nellis AFB, Nv. 13 A 29th SRS H-? Flew a Rusv Plavmate Search and Rescue mission to look for a downed 6-52. 17 4 Cypriot English lanquage newsoaper erroneously reported the deployment of a TR-1A to Detachment 3 at Akrotiri, Cyprus. 18 Headquarters SAC announced the award of the eighth fir Force Outctanding Unit bward (Fr OA) to the 9th SRW for 1] Jul 831-39 Jun 82. 79 Besje AFS conducted a Sroken Arrow mzjor acci- dent response exercise { MARE) tat simulated a crasned KC-°7 carrying 2 nuclear weaoon. is Netacnament 2 at Gsan 48, Korea experienced a peculiar equipment problem. 29 A 99th SPS U-2R flew a special domestic mission. 25 The Base Environmental Protection Committee discussed potential chemical pollution on Beale. 25-29 The 14th Air ivision conducted a Staff Assis- _, tance Visit (SAV) to the 9th Wing. Pl-l Msy Tne Stn wing Commander and selected staff members visited Detsachments 3 and 4 in furope. May i beate’S 7ih Missiie wertiing Suyacran (M3) transferred from SAC to the new Snace Command. (SSIES fren Pet ae) eo aot ae
May (contd) 2 w 17 UGE PSSIRIED Maj Kenneth L. Stanford became the first perma- nent commander at Detachment 5, Patrick AFB, Fl. KC-135Q #589129 was struck by lightning on a routine flight, but landed without incident. Col John A. Anderson replaced Col John T. Dyer as the commander of the USAF Hospital, Beale. The 9th SRY sponsored the Blackbird Reunion of current and former SR-71 and U-2 personnel at the MGM Grand Hote? in Reno, Rv. The Neputy Commander for Maintenance conducted a staff assistance visit to Netacnments ] and 2? in the Pacific. Beale AFB conducted a MARZ involving a mass casualty where a fuel truck collided with a loaded passenger bus. Tne Ath Wing deployed a KC-1250, SR-71 and U-2 to Randolph AFB, Texas for a static display. Detacnment 3 flew a successtul Olive Tree mission following a succession of cifficulties. The Air Force's sec mode] arrived at Beale. ©5S5 Dersonnel combieted an raft cecontaminztion on a U-? Tne first use of a KC-19 Extender to refuel an operation2] SP-7] reconnaissance mission took place. Maj Donald E. Haslam repiacec Li Col Kevin T. - ‘Hegarty as commander of the 9th Organizational Maintenance Squadron. The Air Force Audit Agency comoieted the formal report of a 1-38 operations and training audit. aetare car diwacrtnd the ‘ rts +o ~- uachscn u ana. ' ere roms - anti -G suits for all T-38 pilots. ‘
June (contd) 18 2] 23-24 23-30 to (SG UNGLASSIFIED Beale AFB hosted the annual open house with static displays, bands, refresnments and flybys. A 7-38 painting facility opened in SR-71 Shelter 2126. A Short Sprint local exercise took place in con- junction with SAC's Exercise Global Shield 83. The 9th SRW and Beale AFB participated in SAC's worldwide Exercise Global Shield 83. Local involvement consisted of a battle staff exercise with very limited exercise flying. Detachment 5 flew a Global Shield U-2R sortie. - A wing U-2 performed a flyby of the Truckee, California air snow. Col David H. Pinsky replace Col Lonnie L. Liss as OSRW vice commander. A SAC coordinated reconnaissance mission took place at Detachment 7. A KC-135Q piew a tire udon landing but comnleted rob] Headquarters SAC reduced tne Kc-125Q0 Flying nour allocation due to decreased mission tasking. Tne Oth S2h obligated $73,731,999 or 74 percent of tne FYE2 budeet (just neliow tne 75 dercent target ceiling) to remain in excellent Fiscal gsnape,. Beale AF8 had an assigend total of 553 officers (255 authorized), 3,993 enlisted airmen (3,715 authorized) and $54 civilians (560 autnorized).
Date (1983) July 2 Jul-19 Aug 8 148) ™N Boy Ca i) eC“? (3 ac Gy ser CHRONOLOGY _ - Event Page The 9th SRW deployed a L-2R on short notice con- tinaency location in support of Senior Look II tasking. One wing U-2R and a supnort KC-135Q0 tanker deploy- ed to Jackson, !fississinni for a static display at an air snov. ; ‘ The 9th SRW participated in the first operational testins of tne Advanced Aperture Synthetic Radar System (ASA®S) at Detachment 4. A 9tn SRW 7-38 on 2 normal training mission exper- jenced a major accident. 7i and KC-i359 ¢cepdlovec to Pav i ton for a static display at the Boe jon facility. A controlled i control it 2G2 used aan s2 aot out of ructure and E. Cirino essumec commana of tne connaissance Squadron es Lt Coio- r3z was reassianed. The SAC inspector General team conducted a Manage- mont Effectiveness (MEI) inspection at Detacnment 3. Colonel Thom2s S. Push, then the 9th SRW commancer, was reassianed to 14th Air Sivision and Coionel David H. Pinsky, tnen Vice Commander, assumed temp- orary command of tne wing. A civilian protest at argennam Comzon, ingiand dvur- ing tne International Air Tattoo air snow ended with nzint sniattered on a fietacnnent 4 Sk-7). The first “Ma ior Accident _ Resnonse Exercise of the nets ed mmr se sera Tae Teeter oan woo Ss explosion. “and fire on a parked KC-12 50. tanker. UNCLASSIFIED ‘itd
Aucust 16 ss Orv Ogee ol ed Briaadier General (Ret) Cnaries "Cnucl:" Yeaoer, tne first man to oreak tne sound oarrier visited beale for orientations and a fiiaht in tne SR-710. A Colonel Georae V. Freese arrived on station and assumed command of tne 9th SRW in place of tne departed Colonel Pugh. . A host - tenant agreement was finalized between Detacnment 5 and Patrick AFB, Florida. The first of t en Giant Clipper missions launcned Trom %eale was fiown successfully. neral Lawrence A. Skantze. Deputy Chief of "OSAP for kesearch and Leveiopment, visited e for briefings and a Tlicht in tne SR-71B. or Represenatives Majority Leader Jim Wright and a Coneoressional delecation visited Beale for prietings and static displays of wing aircraft. on that surveyed tne tne Gamaces inflict- tv 10 The Gth SRW recieved tne National Safety Council Productions, a movie company visited Tisch-Avnet Beale to film Ground and Tlicht footage of the U-2s at Bbeele for a movie entitled “Air Force" ‘Tecnnical Ta inite Tne 9tn Perannaic.ance ade request to allevi- jated @ new manning aszistance r ate 404X0 mannina shortages. Colonel David E. Volz replaced Colonel Fred A. Bissinoer, who retired, as the new Deputy Comman- der for Resource Management. UNCLASSIFIED
Sentember (cont'd) Is 19 20-21 28 Wes uae oxy Gavin flanderv. a loca) civilien. received tne Exceptional Service Award. This pesteqious non- or nad peen awarded oniy to four otner individuals 35 vears. The wing deploved a sinale U-2R and on KE-1350 with support equipment to Lanaley, Virginia for a static display. A 9th SRW SR-71 air aborted into Fairchild AFB, Washington and the wino aeploved a KC-135Q tanker with support personnel and equipment to repair the Stricken Blackbird. The annual off-base civilian disaster exercise took plac@ as a simulated 7-38 accident tested combined civilian and Air Force response. The final Major Accident Response Exercise of the Quarter evaluated the response to a simulated air- craft accident involving nuclear weapons, UNCLASSIFIED
Date (1983) October 71 w ~~ 17-11 Nov 20 22-25 24-4 Nov -~22 fiov to ts in) Ov November 1-2 co URGE Aw olPIED CHRONOLOGY Event Paaqe OL-AY, Air Force Operatione] Test and Evalyatinn Center (AFOTEC) activated at Beale. Civil Engineering and Services Manage- ment Assistance Team (CESMAT) visited 9th Civil Engineering and 9th Services Squadrons. Tasking increased due to Urgent Fury operations in support of U.S. rescue mission in Grenada. The first Short Sprint Exercise of the quarter tested the wing's aircraft generation capabilities. One wing U-2R deployed to Mather AFB, Ca for a static display. Brig Gen Jesse S. Hocker, 14th Air Divi- sion Commander Ted a 14th AD Staff bssistance visit to Detacnment 4 at RAF Mildenhall, U.K. h Oth Wing TR-1£ deployed to the i7th Reconnaissance Wing at RAF Alconbury, UK to alleviate an aircraft snortage. major accident response exer- ) of the quarter was neid. The 9th Wing held the Senior Staff Officers Orientation Course with staff afficers and civilian equivalents from Headquarters SAC, Air Force Intelli- agence and the Defense Intelligence bnoncy in attendance, fh Mth Wing OF-7) uborted into fet ton 3Vel AIP otetion, WeVSEGa. The wing deployed resources necessary for the rotrinval of the UNCLESSIFIED oy AMO.
URGLCSIFIED November (cont'd) ¥ Lire 10 12-14 14-18 12 12 15 A KC-135Q tanker crew from the 9th SRW received awards as best Air Force active duty refueling unit and best tanker crew in SAC following aniuual SAC Bombing and Navigation Competition. The wing deployed one SR-71 and one U-2R: to March AFB, CA for a static display. The 14th Air Division conducted a staff assistance visit at Beale AFB. Ouring the visit, a Short Sprint Exercise was conducted. The second MARE of the quarter was held in conjunction with the 14AD staff - + sit. vT . - Bisiztance vis Te exercise scenario consisted of a bomb threat and explosion at the Beale hospital. A U-2R mishap occurred. Lt Gen James E. Light, Fifteenth Air Force Commander visited Beale for an SR-71 orientation flight. The 1st Combat Evaluation Group (CEVG) inspected wing flying operations and assigned an overall excellent rating. Tne Oth Wing denloyed a t-22 and a KC-1250 to Laughlin AFB, Texas for a static display. assumed command Lt Col Edward J. Saven of the 349th Air Refueling Squadron as Lt Col Walter N. Schrecker was reassigned While on a Giant Clipper mission, an SR-71 air aborted to Carswell AFR, Tx. The wing depioyed a tanker, crew and support personnel to recover the SR-71. Tne wing held the tnird MARE of the Quarter. The exercise simulated the midair collision of a £-52 Somber and a KC - 135 Tanker with resultant ground UNCLASSIFIED
UnuLncSiFlED December (cont'd) 18-19 22 27 Brig Gen John Stihl, Strategic Communi- cations Division Commancer, visited the 1883rd and 2156th Communications Squadrons. Upon tanding at Beale, a T-38 assigned to tne 9SRW blew a tire causing minor damages. An SR-71 on a training sortie diverted to Mather AFB, CA due to heavy fog at Beale. The wing dispatched a crew to return the plane to Beale. BB ROSE Cu Fe BE. > pees Peiteig Te aera perks < tee etre sis be
(Page One) CHRONOLOGY 1983 9TH STRATEGIC RECONNAISANCE WING Date (1983) 1 Jan Headquarters SAC activated Detchment 5 at Patrick AFB, Florida (previously OL-LF) 6 Jan A Beale KC-1350 lost an engine panei during during a flight with no reported damage. 7 Jan Headquarters AC dropped proposal to realign the 9SRW overseas detachments. 14 gan Maj Edwin Siers replaced Maj Fred N. Jordan as commander of the 9th Reconnaissance Technical Squadron 17 Jan Col Richard L. Thompson became the deputy commander for maintenance. 1 Feb Headquarters AC instituted a change in the 9SRW designed operational capability (DOC). 1-4 Feb The 14th Air Division conducted a staff assistance visit to the 9th Wing as a follow-up to the October 1982 management effectiveness inspection. 4 Feb The Social Actions Office at Beale earned the SAC Class I Best of the year for 1982. 5-7 Feb The 9th Wing conducted a staff assistance visit to Detachment 5 to ensure proper procedures for permanency had been taken. 17-20 Feb Representative C.W. "Bill" Young, a Florida Republican, visited Beale for an SR-71 orientation flight. 22 Feb Headquarters SAC awarded the 100th Sccurity Police Squadron the Col John R. Luper Trophy as the best small security police unit in SAC for 1982. 22 Feb The Detachment 4 mission at RAF Mildenhali, U.K. changed as the U-2R mission was taken over by the 17th Reconnaissance Wing at RAF Alconbury, U.K. the U~2R was withdrawn from Detachment 4. 23-28 Feb The 9th Win Commnder and staff conducted a saff assistance visit to Detachment 2 at Osan AB, Korea. 28 Feb -2 Mar The commander of the 9th Wing visited Detach- ment i at Kadena AB, Japan for staff assistance.
(Page Two) 42 Mar 4 Mar 4 Mar 4 Mar 7 Mar 9 Mar 10 Mar 15 Mar 15 Mar 21-24 Mar 25 Mar March UNCLASSIFIED General Bernard Capillon, Chief of Staff of the French Air visited Beale for a 9th Wing Orientation. A change in the SR-71 mission took place at Detachment 4, RAF Mildennall, U.K. A 9th wing T-38 on a flight from Beale AFB injested ice into its engines causing minor flight mishap. Maintenance technicians assisted in the recovery of an air aborted SSR~71 at Loring AFB, Maine. The 9th Logistics Plans, Programs and Mobility Division of Maintenance won the Harry D. Hayes award for best SAC for 1982. A U-2R on a landing roll at Beale experienced a minor mishap. The 9th Wing completed a feasibility study on the capabilities and limitations of the KC-10 in assuming all or part of the wing's SR-71 refueling operations. The Air Force inactivated the 100th Air Refueling Wing and its associated base support units and consolidated the mission with that of the 9th SRW. The Air Force also activated the 9th Combat Support Group and the 9th Services, Transportation, Supply, Security Police and Civil Engineering Squadrons. The SR-71 aircrew training mission moved to the 4029th Strategic Reconnaissance Training Squadron from the 1st SRS. A KC-19 tanker from the 2nd Bombardment Wing at Barksdale AFB, Louisiana deployed to Beale for refueling tests with the SR-71. The Air Force’s first Tr-1B trainer model arrived at Beale to be used in the 4029th SRTS TR-1 aircrew training program. The 9th Wing Intelligence Deputate was named Outstanding Intelligence Unit in Fifteenth Air Force for 1982.
(Page Three) UNCLASSIFIED CHRONOLOGY Date (1983 Event Page . July 2 Jul-19 Aug The 9th SRW deployed a U-2R on short notice con- tingency location in support of Senior Look II tasking. 8-10 One wing U-2R and a support KC-135Q tanker aeploy- ed to Jackson, Mississippi for a static display at an air show. 9-30 The 9th SRW participated in the first operational testing of the Advanced Aperture Synthetic Radar System (ASARS) at Detachment 4. 12 A 9th SRW T-38 on a normal training mission exper- ienced a major acci“ent. 14-18 One SR-71 and KC-135Q deployed to Payne Field, Washington for a static display at the Boeing production facility. 18 A controlled burn grass fire on base got out of control. It destroyed the roof structure and caused damage to the base reservoir. 18 18Lt Colonel Alan B Cirino assumed command of the lst Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron as Lt Colo- nel Eldon W. Joersz was reassigned. 21-22 The SAC Inspector General team conducted a Manage- ment Effectiveness (MEI) inspection at Detachment 3. 22 Colonel Thomas S. Pugh, then the 9th SRW commander, was reassigned to the 14th Air Division and Colonel David H. Pinsky, then Vice Commander, assumed temp- orary command of the wing. 24 A civilian protest at Greenham Common, England dur- ing the International Air Tattoo air show ended with paint splattered on a Detachment 4 SR-71. 27 The first Major Accident Response Exercise of the quarter was conducted. The exercise simulated an explosion and fire on a parked KC-135Q tanker.
{Page Three) 12-13 te ~) 18 19 19 25 25-29 25-3 May " se¥) UNCLASSIFIED CHRONOLOGY Event Page Alliance Properties, Inc (ALLPRO} replaced M&M Services on the Base Housing Maintenance Con- tract. Legal complications ensued. Speaker of the US House of Representatives Thomes P. "Tip" O’Neill toured Beale with a congressional delegation of 35 persons Two SR~71 search and rescue sorties scoured mountains in a search for a crashed B-52 from Nellis AFB, Nv. A 99th SRS U-2 flew a Busy Playmate Search and Rescue mission to look for a downed B-52. A Cypriot English language newspaper erroneously reported the deployrent of a TR-1A to Detachme:.* 3 at Akrotiri, Cyprus. Headquarters SAC announced the award of the eighth Air Force Outstanding Unit Award (AFOQUA) to the 9th SRW for 1 Jul 81-30 Jun 82. Beale AFB conducted a Broken Arrow major acci-~ dent response exercise (MARE) that simulated a crashed KC~97 carrying a nuclear weapon. Detachment 2 at Osan AB, Korean experienced a peculiar equipment problem. A 99th SRS U-2R flew a special domestic mission. The Base Environmental Protection Committee discussed potential chemical pollution on Beale. The 14th Air Division conducted a Staff Assis- tance Visit (SAV) to the 9th Wing. The 3th Wing Commander and selected staff members visited Detachments 3 and 4 in Europe. Beale’ 7th Missile Warning Sqiadron (MWS) transferred from SAC to the new Space Command.
(Page Four) Date (1983) October 1 17-11 Nov 20 22-25 24-4 Nov 23-24 Nov 26 November 1-2 UNCLASSIFIED CHRONOLOGY Event Page OL~AY, Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center (AFOTEC) activated at Beale. Civil Engineering and Services Manage- ment Assistance Team (CESMAT) visited 9th Civil Engineering and 9th Services Squadrons. Tasking increased due to Urgent Fury operations in support of U.S. rescue mission in Grenada. The first Short Sprint Exercise of the quarter tested the wing’s aircraft generation capabilities. One wing U-2R deployed to Mather AFB, CA for a static display. Brig Gen Jesse Hocker, 14th Air Divi- Sivun Commander led a 14th AD Staff Assistance visit to Detachment 4 at RAF Mildenhall, U.K. A 9th Wing TR-01A deployed to the 17th Reconnaissance Wing at RAF Alconbury, UK to aileviate an aircraft shortage. The first major accident response exer- cise (MARE) of the quarter was held. The 9th Wing held the Senior Staff Officer Orientation Course with staff officers and civilian equivalents from Headquarters SAC, Air Force Intelli- gence and the Defense Intelligence Agency in attendance. A 9th wing SR-71 aborted into Fallon, Naval Air Station, Nevada. The wing deployed resources necessary for the retrieval of the plane.