| In 1957 both the 4025th and the 4028th were involved with the High Altitude Sampling Progr ( HASP) that was designed to sample the radioactive debris in the upper atmosphere following the detonation of Russian, Chinese and French Nuclear weapons. Unofficially this program was called "Crowflight", and missions were initially flown from Ramey AFB Puerto Rico (Det 3),and Plattsburgh AFM New York State (Det 4) . | |||
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Det 3 Ramey AFB Puerto Rico
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| Later missions were flown from other Operating Locations (OL's) world wide from Alaska, Argentina, Panama, Guam, Australia, North Dakota, Texas and Hawaii. Some of these missions were also dual purpose in that surveillance mission were also incorporated into the mission profile. An example being Crowflight and Green Hornet (see patch lower down page- Patch seen on page 74 of the 4080th/100th SRW 20Year History Book ) | |||
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Operating Location OL-5 (U-2)
Eielson AFB Alaska.
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"El LOCO DUO" CROWFLIGHT /GREEN HORNET MISSION PATCH I HAVE IT |
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| The U-2 aircraft being used in these Crowflight missions were WU-2A's which carried some of the sampling equipment in the aircraft nose. This resulted in the nose being flat at the tip to accommodate the sampling device. Further sampling inlets were carried on the port side just in front of the Nose wheel well. Filter membranes were placed inside these units and after flying though the radioactive clouds the membranes were sent for analysis. From this test the strength and make up of the Nuclear device could be determined. Aircraft flew in a Straight line , North to South and then reversed course , hence the mission name of Crowflight ( as the crow fly's). Crowflight missions continued until February 1965 with the ending of the final deployment to RAF Avalon in Australia.. | |||
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Operating Location OL-11 RAAF Laverton
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| The following photographs are Courtesy of Tina Denzik, Ed Kaelins daughter | |||
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| 4028th SRWS OPERATING LOCATION-3 17 August 1964 | |||
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| CREW CHIEF SSGT ED KAELIN | |||
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| Credit Ben Georgeson | Credit Ben Georgeson | ||
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Credit Ben Georgeson | ||
Thanks Dan White via Tony G
