0945 Secure Comms operator on aircraft advises Kamiseya that further transmissions would be on hold due to ongoing activity at one of the radiotelephone intercept positions (14). 0940 Called Ops and closed out the tactical flight plan on DEEPSEA 111 & D.S. 0925 Communications problems are resolved between aircraft and Kamiseya. 0908 Hakata (USA-58) advises Osan (USA-31) of mission departure via OPSCOMM (13). 0847 Chatter between aircraft and Kamiseya (via secure comms) regarding minor communications issues. 0817 Routine voice message received from aircraft. 0747 Was properly relieved by LT(JG) R.J. 0717 Ground check with Kamiseya (via secure comms (9) ). Information extracted from the NSA study is printed in blue. Information extracted from the Report of the Congressional inquiry is printed in red.Ĥ. Information extracted from the USS Tucker on-line history is printed in green.ģ. Entries from the Air Plot Duty Officer (APDO) log are printed in black.Ģ. – SKY KING Collective callsign used by Fuchu (5th Air Force) to address advisory information to PARPRO missions. – DUSTY MOMENT/ VP-40 P-3Bs deployed to Fleet Air Wing (FAW) Six at Iwakuni (RJOI). – RICHARD INDIA/COMDESRON 3 (embarked in Sterett) Participating Units (listed by Callsign): LT Robert Frank Taylor 1100 Communications Evaluator (COMEVAL)ĪT1 Bernie Joel Colgin Airborne Electronics Supervisor (AES)ĪT1 Richard Edson Sweeney, Jr.* EW Operator (EWOP)ĪT1 Stephen Curtis Chartier EW Operator (EWOP)ĪTR2 Dennis Joseph Horrigan EW Operator (EWOP)ĪTR2 Timothy Harlan McNeil Radar OperatorĬTIC Frederick Arthur Randall Russian LinguistĬTIC Richard Earl Smith Chinese or Korean LinguistĬTR3 John Alexander Miller, III Morse Operator LT John Halleck Singer 1325 Senior Evaluator (SEVAL) LTjg Norman Elbert Wilkerson 1355 NavigatorĬTO2 Steven Joseph Tesmer Secure Communicator LCDR James Howard Overstreet 1310 Electronic Warfare Aircraft CommanderĪEC LaVerne Albert Greiner Flight EngineerĪDRC Marshall Harry McNamara Flight EngineerĪDR1 Ballard Franklin Connors, Jr. Air Force Aircraft Shore Commands and finally the Log with a detailed time-line of events. The following is the list of the crew by name, rank/rate and job description participating Units (listed by Callsign U.S. North Korea not only celebrated the shoot down of our aircraft, but also celebrated Kim II-Sung birthday No reparations were ever paid to the U.S. President Nixon suspended peacetime aerial reconnaissance program (PARPRO) flights in the Sea of Japan for three days and then allowed them to resume, only with escorts. Six hours and 48 minutes into the flight the aircraft was shootdown. The flight was scheduled for approximately eight and a half hours after departure. The aircraft flight track was to take off from Atsugi Naval Air Station Japan, fly two and a half orbits off the coast of North Korea (at an approach not to exceed 50 nautical miles) and land at Osan, Republic of Korea. At roughly 1347 local time, while approximately 90 NM off the North Korean coast, the aircraft was shot down by two North Korean MiG-21 fighters. Navy VQ-1 EC-121M (callsign, “Deep Sea 129”) flew a routine Beggar Shadow reconnaissance mission over the Sea of Japan.
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