00459870 5-2074-10 UNCLASSIFIED 2436935 01-01-1960 2437116 06-30-1960

WING/1370/PHOTOMAPPING

HISTORY K-WG-1370-HI 10614 N0898 1847 1977 35 2448112 08-08-1990 COMMANDER: GEORGE W. HUMBRECHT. MISSION: PROVIDE PRECISE AERIAL MAPPING PHOTOGRAPHY, ELECTRONIC CONTROLLED AERIAL MAPPING PHOTOGRAPHY, AND ELECTRONIC GEOGETIC SURVEYS OF ANY ASSIGNED AREA OF THE WORLD. 1370 PHOTOMAPPING GROUP BECAME 1370 PHOTOMAPPING WING AND WAS REORGANIZED UNDER DOUBLE DEPUTY COMMANDER CONCEPT. RC-45 AIRCRAFT FERRIED TO DAVIS MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE AZ FOR DISPOSAL. RB-50 AIRCRAFT GROUNDED FOR FUEL CELL PROBLEMS. RC-130 AIRCRAFT BECAME FULLY OPERATIONAL. OPERATIONS WERE CARRIED OUT IN THE ZONE OF THE INTERIOR, ICELAND, BRITISH GUIANA, PHILIPPINES AND PANAMA. ACQUIRED H-21 HELICOPTERS. TESTING WAS SUCCESSFUL ON AIRBORNE GRAVITY METER AND BALLISTIC CAMERA TECHNIQUE. 1372 MAPPING AND SHARTING SQUADRON INACTIVATED. REWIRING PROGRAM FOR RB-50 AIRCRAFT WAS COMPLETED. HIRAN (HIGH INTENSITY RADIO AIR NAVIGATION (USED IN PHOTOMAPPING AND GEODESY)) OPERATIONS AND TESTING WERE CARRIED OUT. AIRBORNE PROFILE RECORDER AND DROPSONDE (AIRDROPPED METEROLOGICAL DATA COLLECTOR/TRANSMITTER) TESTING PROGRAM DESCRIBED. 1376 PERIODIC MAINTENANCE SQUADRON REDESIGNATED 1376 CONSOLIDATED MAINTENANCE SQUADRON AND 1370 SUPPLY SQUADRON ACTIVATED. INCLUDES TABLE OF CONTENTS, ROSTER OF KEY PERSONNEL, CHRONOLOGY, ORGANIZATIONAL CHARTS, PHOTOGRAPHS, NONE SAMUEL D. OWEN, EVALUATION OF HIRAN (HIGH INTENSITY RADIO AIR NAVIGATION) NETWORKS, JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH, FEB 60 FINAL REPORT OF FIELD OPERATIONS, AERIAL SURVEY TEAM NO. 4, ALBROOK AIR FORCE BASE, PANAMA CANAL ZONE, 7 MAY 60