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A-11/A-12 Operational Procedures

Header of the declassified CIA file: A-11/A-12 Operational Procedures

A-12 OXCART · 1 April 1964

A 1 April 1964 memorandum for the record on a meeting to finalize policy and define responsibility for A-11 emergency and operational procedures. Colonel Geary said OXCART operations should take full advantage of the cover provided by the A-11 operation then at Edwards Air Force Base. Colonel Templeton announced that, effective immediately, the A-11 had been officially redesignated the YF-12.

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