The history of the National Air and
Space Intelligence Center (NASIC)
is long and glorious. Variously known during
its more than 70 years of existence as T-2 Intelligence Department of the Air
Materiel Center, Air Technical Intelligence Center, Foreign Technology Division,
Foreign Technology Center, Foreign Aerospace Science and Technology Center and
the National Air Intelligence Center, NASIC has made
critical but unsung
contributions to the mission of the US Air Force and to the security of the
United States and the Free World. The NASIC Alumni Association (NASICAA) seeks
to celebrate that history while providing an opportunity for social interaction
between the people whose careers made NASIC successful in fulfilling its
mission.
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Change of Command
NASICAA members are cordially
invited to attend the ceremony on 30 May 2012 when the command of NASIC is
changed from Colonel Kathleen Sakura to Colonel Aaron Prupas.
To view your invitation please
click the link below. If you are unable to click on the link please copy and
paste the address into your web browser.
https://einvitations.afit.edu/inv/anim.cfm?i=106720&k=0361440E7957
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Call for 2012 Arcier Scholarships
Please click
here to access
information about and application for the NASICAA 2012 Arcier Scholarship
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2011 NASICAA Scholarship Winners
Please
click here to learn about the
very impressive young people who are winner of the 2011 Arcier scholarships.
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Annual Meeting Photograph
By clicking
here, you can view
the photograph of the attendees at the 2011 NASICAA Annual Meeting
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NASICAA Newsletter: Please click
here to access the latest
edition of the NASICAA Newsletter, The Sphinx Speaks, published in May 2011.
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Air Force Museum Opening of exhibit
of three formerly classified reconnaissance satellites, KH-7, KH-8, and KH-9
WHAT: Media are invited to cover
the exhibit opening of three formerly classified reconnaissance satellites:
Gambit 1 KH-7, Gambit 3 KH-8 and Hexagon KH-9.
WHERE: National Museum of the U.S. Air Force's Cold War Gallery
WHEN: Thursday, Jan. 26 at 10 a.m.
– Media interested in covering this event must contact the Museum’s Public
Affairs Division in advance and report to the museum’s lobby information
desk by 9:45 a.m.
BACKGROUND: Military, government and industry officials will gather on Jan.
26 to officially place three formerly classified reconnaissance satellites
on public display in the Cold War Gallery at the National Museum of the U.S.
Air Force.
The three satellites: Gambit 1
KH-7, Gambit 3 KH-8 and Hexagon KH-9, were among the most important U.S.
photo reconnaissance systems used from the 1960s to the 1980s and played a
critical role in winning the Cold War and maintaining U.S. national
security.
Passing in space high over their
targets, these satellites used specially-designed film and cameras to take
photos in orbit. The satellites were unmanned and unlikely to be shot down,
therefore minimizing risks to military personnel while still obtaining
information about areas of the world that the United States could not
access. Led by the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), the Department of
Defense (DOD), U.S. Air Force, Central Intelligence Agency, and industry
worked together to create these amazingly complex and capable satellites.
Eventually, the three satellites
will be placed in the museum’s planned fourth building, which will house the
Space Gallery, Presidential Aircraft Gallery and Global Reach Gallery.
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NASIC WALL OF HONOR AND WATSON AWARD
WINNERS
Please click
here and here to access the forms and documentation to nominate worthy candidates for
the NASIC Wall of Honor or the Watson Award. The list of NASIC Wall of Honor members
and
Watson Award winners can be accessed by clicking here.
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NASIC COMMANDER BIOGRAPHY
Please click
here for the biography of
Colonel Kathleen C. Sakura, the current NAIC commander.
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GROUP PHOTOS FROM RECENT ANNUAL MEETINGS:
Please click
here to view the group photos
of the attendees of the 2007 through 2010 NASICAA annual meetings.
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STORIES ABOUT AIRPLANES
* World War II Aviation Art:
Please click here.
* F-22 vs F-35: Please click
here for the Air Force Association
briefing that compares the performance of the F-22 and F-35 aircraft.
* Hot info: F-35B TAKES VSTOL TO NEW
LEVEL: Please click on the link below for an description of the impressive VSTOL
capabilities of the F-35B.
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=Ki86x1WKPmE
* Amazing facts about World War II
aircraft are available here.
* Hot Info: Click on
http://www.ausairpower.net/APA-J-XX-Prototype.html for a description of the
prototype of the Chinese J-XX/J-20 stealth fighter.
* From the Air Force Association is
information on the first reported
flight of the Russian Federation's fifth-generation fighter, the PAK-FA. The
attached 74 page briefing, dated 2 Mar 10, by David Markov and Andrew Hull is
full of interesting pictorials, facts and figures. It's a large file (over 5
MB). And … all should know that it is gleaned from unclassified sources.
http://www.afa.org/edop/2010/PAK-FA'sFirstFlighton29JAN10REV5.pdf
* Also from the Air Force Association
magazine, an interesting report on Have Donut:
http://www.airforce-magazine.com/MagazineArchive/Pages/2010/June%202010/0610doughnut.aspx
* Su-30MK video. I found this to be a
fascinating video showing some capabilities of this aircraft, and of a type that
I’ve not seen for a few years….. It is interesting to compare this Su-30
MK video with that of the F-22 video that’s already on the website. (To my
knowledge the Su-30 MK program has not been cancelled!) Click
here to
view.
* SR-71 Pictures and a story. Pictures
along with a pilot’s perspective regarding the aircraft will be available at the
web site by clicking here. (Please note that
I’ve not attempted to verify that this story is true.)
* SO YOU THINK YOU KNOW US
AIRCRAFT? Please click on
http://rareaircraf1.greyfalcon.us/UNITED%20STATES.htm to glimpse
some rare US aircraft.
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NEW OVERHEAD SHOT OF
NASIC COMPLEX
Please click
here to
access an overhead image of the NASIC complex
NASIC HISTORY VIGNETTES
Rob
Young, NASIC Historian has made available a number of historical vignettes
submitted by NASIC alumni in response to requests for assistance for the NASIC
history project. Please click on the title to gain access to each input:
"ATIC's MiG-15bis
Exploitation" by Rob Young
"A View of the 1960s:
FTD's Formative Years," by Lt Col Edward Jedrziewski, USAF (Ret)
"Camouflage
Artists to the Stars" by Charles Cram
Chapter 1: "The
Beginning of Scientific and Technical Intelligence"
Chapter II: "Air
Technical Intelligence Center and the Soviet Threat"
"CIRC: The Information
System Whose Magic Number is Ten Million" by Kathy Lindahl
"Colonel Tomb and
Other Mythology" by Charles Cram
"CSI - Fairborn
by " Charles Cram
"Fieldwork: War
Zone Frights and Follies" by Mike Coyle
"Foreign Technology
Division and the F-15" by Lt Col Edward Jedrziewski, USAF (Ret)
"Former MiG-23 on
Display" by Rob Young
"From the
Cuban Missile Crisis to the INF Treaty" by James F. (Bill) Setchell
"Have Nose: Iraqi
M-G-29 of the US Air Force" by Rob Young
"History of the
Electronic Warfare Integrated Reprogramming Data Base" by James P. Smith
"History of
Information Technology at NASIC Over the Past 40 Years" by Dave Lush
"In on the Kill"
by Charles Cram
"Last Train Out"
by Charles Cram
"Life Long Career
in Science and Technical Intelligence" by Col. Dan J. Gareri, USAF (Ret)
"Machine
Translation at NASIC: A 50-Year Tradition" by Dale Bostad
"Memorable MASINT
Moments: Cold War Victories" by Ted Larson and Ken Miller
"Satellites and NASIC's Role in Missile Defense" by Terry Hunt
"The Swamp Gas is
Restless" by Paul Reichert
"The $10 Million Dollar
PORTAL CIRC Record" by Kathy Lindahl
"1967 Soviet Air
Show - Naming the MiGs" by Lt Col James W. Doyle, USAF (Ret)
"99127 -
Engineering and Scientific Aide" by Steve Pribish
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2012 NASICAA
OFFICERS
President: Nita Lewis, 257-8392
Jeanita.Lewis@wfafb.af.mil
Vice President
Wayne Wolfe: 429-6230,
waynewolfe@aol.com
Membership Vice
President: Jim Smith,
jpsjim@hotmail.com
Hospitality
Counselor: Larry Benson,
llb77@naic.wpafb.af.mil
Treasurer: Gerald Constable
Newsletter Editor: Art Geier
geierart@aol.com
Chairman A.
Francis Arcier Scholarship Committee
Emi Vishoot,
231-2385,
etvishoot@earthlink.net
NASIC Liaison: Brian Niswander,
257-6434, brian.niswander2@wpafb.af.mil
Specialist:
Shirley A. Harris 274-5732
saharris43@aol.com
Webmaster: Dick Husemann;
husemann@earthlink.net
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