Dull Sword Incident,1981, 320th Bombardment Wing

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Office of the Secretary

SAF/IGI1500 Wilson Blvd.Arlington, VA 22209

Mr. Greenewald, Jr.

Dear Mr. Greenewald,

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCEWASHINGTON DC

16 August 2010

This is in response to your 7 July 2009, Freedom oflnformation Act (FOIA) request for acopy of a document- IRIS Number 01047486. It is a history of the 320th Bombardment Wing(320 BW). A copy of320 BW History, October-December 1981, was referred by Air CombatCommand to Headquarters Air Force Information Management Office for review and is nowbeing released by the Air Force Inspector General's Office, Inspections Directorate.

The attached six page document provided by the Air Force Inspector General's Officewas reviewed and is being released in its entirety.

Please contact the undersigned at (703) 588-1559 if you have questions and refer to case#2010-01862-F.

Sincerely

f b t ~ D A F Deputy Director, Inspections Directorate


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UNCLASSIFIED!IRIS Record

Key InformationMain: WING/0320/BOMBARDMENT, HEAVYDocument Type: Periodic HJtCory Rcvd: Rcl 1009/0717.7Call Number. KWG-320-BI V.l Indexer ID: 13 Entered Date:IRIS Number; 01047486 QCID: 69 QC'dDate:: 2009/G7117Scanner ID: Scanned Date:

AcciD Ace Date:Acceuioot Nota:Old Accession Nbr:Title:Beginning Date: 1981/10/01Bnd Date: 1981/IZ/31Publication Date:Classification: !11Jtlft9f'Media Roll N: 0000036369 First Frame: !96 Last frame; 0 Linear Feet: 0

Old MFim RoU # Audio Rec:NUMPAGE 86Title Exteosiona: VOL J OF lAbttract A TOTAL OF 12 DULL SWORD (NUCLEAR DEFICIENCIES) INCIDENTS EXPERIENCED DURINGQUARTER, 6 ATTRIBUTED TO PERSONAL ERROR AND 6 CAUSED BY MATBRlEL DEFICIENCIES.STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND (SAC) JS TAKJNG A TOUGHER APPROACH TO DRUG ABUSB CONTROL.THE NEW APPROACH REQUIRED COMMANDERS TO IDENTIFY DRUG ABUSERS AND DETERMINE IFFURTHER SERVICE IN THE AIR FORCE WAS WARRANTED. CONTINUATION OF PROFESSIONAL AIRTRAFFIC CONTROLLER ORGANIZATION (PATCO) STRIKE FORCED .RESTRICTED SHRVICHS ATMlNNEAPOUS AIR TRAFFJC CONTROL CENTER. DURING JUL-SEP QUARTER, WING'S BOMBING ANDNAVIGATION OPERATIONS PLANS AND INTELLIGENCE BRANCHES WERE BUSY PREPARING

UPDATED COMBAT MISSION FOLDERS (CMF) FOR ALERT FORCE BASED ON CHANGES RBCEIVEDFROM HEADQUARTERS SAC, WHICH CONTAlNED TARGET COORDINATES AND OTHER INPUTS.:u..ertpdYc CONTAINS EXHIBITS lS. FULL TBXT DOCUMENT AVAILABLB IN ELECTRONIC FORM VIA CLASSIFIED~ ~ ~ e t e ~ : NETWORK.TitleAddedEatrielAulllor:Subject: DULL SWORD AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS STRIKE, 1981Major CommaDd:Doc Unk h t l p ; / / h r a - 2 k . . . U ~ 1 2 1 1 H $ 1 K W G - 3 2 ~ 1 1 1 1 1 8 1 1 0 0 1 - 1 9 8 1 1 2 3 1 ( ( ) ( ) 4 . C 5 0 9 0 V.1.pdf

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320TH IOMBARDMENT WING (H)HISTORYOF THE

320TH BOMBARDMENT WING (H)October - December 1981

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The Wfng was inspected by the SAC/IG during the period 23-30 April 1981 and NBSrated Excellent fn Damage Expectancy. The results of the compliance inspectionare shown below. The results of the three previous inspections are included forcomparison.LORI April March Aprflrm T979' T9BU T93T

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