Author: John Greenewald

The Joint Tactical Ground Station (JTAGS) is the Army’s element to USSTRATCOM’s Theater Event System (TES). TES The ongoing cooperation between the Army and Air Force continues to be essential to the long-term growth of the Army’s space professional cadre. High Frontier provides an integrated, in-theater, 24-hour overhead non-imaging infrared detection capability for processing and disseminating missile early warning, alerting, and cueing information data to combatant commanders and missile defense assets through the use of stereo processing of the Defense Support Program (DSP) satellite data. The TES is composed of three ground elements: the Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) Mission Control…

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The following documents are not categorized in their proper sub-category.  Until then, they will remain indexed here:  Survey of Communication and Navigation Concept for Space Escape System, 16 Jun 1969 [61 Pages, 2.92MB] – During manned space operations in near earth orbit, an emergency can occur where mission abort or onboard procedure is incapable of resolving the hazard. A space eacape system is, therefore, being investigated as a possible solution. Since the escape system is an emergency device, its design is not constrained by purely military consideration. Thus, while military missions require secure communication links and recovery sites, space escape systems are not…

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1974 Transmittal Manifest Transmittal Manifest Transmittal Manifest Transmittal Manifest Helms for Angleton “would be most grateful if I could receive” re preference to fly Helms for Byroade “Bhutto says he plans” Helms to Kissinger re disengagement agreement Scowcroft to Helms re many thanks Helms to Scowcroft re bottom of page 3 and top of 4 re Aziz Ahmed’s conversation Helms for Byroade “it had been my understanding” Helms to Scowcroft re planning to depart Islamabad re Islamabad cable Tehran have a good trip Islamabad/Tehran for Chin for Helms re lodging Lindsay to Welles for Helms re stepdaughter McKelvie re Tehran…

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Overview This collection of material by and about Richard Helms as Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) and Ambassador to Iran comprises the largest single release of Helms-related information to date. The documents, historical works and essays offer an unprecedented, wide-ranging look at the man and his career as the United States’ top intelligence official and one of its most important diplomats during a crucial decade of the Cold War. From mid-1966, when he became DCI, to late 1976, when he left Iran, Helms dealt directly with numerous events whose impact remains evident today and which are covered in the release.…

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Overview This collection of material by and about Richard Helms as Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) and Ambassador to Iran comprises the largest single release of Helms-related information to date. The documents, historical works and essays offer an unprecedented, wide-ranging look at the man and his career as the United States’ top intelligence official and one of its most important diplomats during a crucial decade of the Cold War. From mid-1966, when he became DCI, to late 1976, when he left Iran, Helms dealt directly with numerous events whose impact remains evident today and which are covered in the release.…

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