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I just came across this. So far I’ve failed to get it to admit to actually having *anything; no search term or combination of search terms results in any hits. But perhaps it is new; perhaps it’s a work in progress… or perhaps all the good stuff is behind some AF firewall. Dunno. But I thought y’all might find it of interest… and if anyone has any success with it, let me know how and with what.

AF FOIA Library​

https://efoia.milcloud.mil/(S(vovixi10c1twlmkm50inkazg))/App/ReadingRoom.aspx
 
I get a warning that the connection is not private, and may be attempting to steal personal infomation...
 
The best way to approach this is to "uncheck" all the boxes on the page. Then check "a" box, or at most, a "few" boxes. Then things come up (wait up to two minutes for this to happen). But then....

I found you can only download one document at a time. Not multiple. And you have to wait for the download to complete, then on to the next. Documents I thought of interest included Big Safari, Skybolt, Have Degree, Have Bait, Have Doughnut, Eastern Range launch chronologies, military space operations history 1971-1992 (don't hold your breath--the illustrations did not reproduce very well, despite this being an electronic publication to begin with), USAF atomic bomb chronologies, and so on.

Some are readable, others are taken from apparently microfilm, and are difficult to scrutinize.

Have at it, yeomen!
 
Some of these are solicitations for bids to paint hallways? What planet are we living on where painting bids have to be released with a FOIA request??
 
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AF MDR​
REQUESTER NAME AND COMPANY​
SUBJECT​
05-MDR-058​
WILLIAM BURR​
STRATEGIC BOMBERS​
05-MDR-065​
RICHARD BANCROFT​
REVIEW DOC, RM05897, RM-2892PR, R--862-PR​
06-MDR-030​
MICHAEL DOBBS​
SAC OPERATION IN THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS OF 1962 HISTORICAL STUDY​
06-MDR-034​
MR JIM KLOTZ​
SAC HISTORY STUDY 15​
06-MDR-037​
MR JIM KLOTZ​
THE HISTORY OF THE 42ND BOMB WING (B-52) LORING AFB MA ​
06-MDR-045​
MR WILLIAM BURR​
MILITARY USES OF TACTICAL WARNING OF AN ATTACK ON CONUS​
07-MDR-002​
BARBARA MORAN​
2-9 OF SAC HISTORICAL STUDY #109​
07-MDR-004​
JFK LIBRARY PAUL LYDON​
MIG-21 FIGHTERS​
07-MDR-009​
WILLIAM BURR​
A-TEAM DOCUMENTS​
07-MDR-030​
C SCOTT WILLIS​
CANDIDATE EXPERIMENTS FOR MANNED ORBITING LABORATORY​
07-MDR-076​
BOBBY SAMMONS​
FTD AD-0030234/AD-0040232/AD-00408756/AD-005-224​
07-MDR-081​
WILLIAM BURR​
SAC HISTORY STUDY #99-102, 104,106,110​
07-MDR-084​
MR DENNIS HANEY​
HISTORY OF THE WWW'S SEA 1985​
07-MDR-093​
ROBERT WAMPLER​
MEMO TO SEC OF DEFENSE FROM GEN LEMAY 5 MAR 63 AND OTHER INFORMATION​
08-MDR-007​
WHS/JAMES E. DAVID​
ACCESSION #330-82-0306 RECORDS GROUP 330 SPACE SHUTTLE 1977 CORRES​
08-MDR-008​
WHS/JAMES E. DAVID​
ACCESSION #330-82-0306 RECORDS GROUP 330 SPACE SHUTTLE CORRES JULY-SEPT 1979 ( PRICE TO DOD FOR A SHUTTLE FLIGHT)​
08-MDR-013​
WHS/JAMES E. DAVID​
DOD SPACE SHUTTLE UTILIZATION PROGRAM​
08-MDR-014​
WHS/JAMES E. DAVID​
MEMO, RELEASE OF DEFERRED SPACE SHUTTLE FUNDS, 2/15/78​
08-MDR-015​
WHS/JAMES E. DAVID​
ACCESSION #330-82-0306 RECORDS GROUPS 330 SPACE SHTTLE 1977 CORRES (SPACE TEST PROGRAM)​
08-MDR-016​
WHS/JAMES E. DAVID​
EST FOR NASA TO FLY ARMY SECOR SATELLITE ON MIMBUS B-2​
08-MDR-019​
BREWER, ROBERT​
1.0 INFORMATION SYSTEMS & NETWORKS TECHNOLOGY​
08-MDR-020​
WHS/JAMES E. DAVID​
MEMO - AFSARC REVIEW OF THE TITAN IIID/INSTERIM UPPER STAGE (IUS) INTEGRATION PROGRAM, DTD 1 APR 77​
08-MDR-021​
WHS/JAMES E. DAVID​
LTR TO MR LYNN FROM JOHN MARTIN, 29 JUN 76​
08-MDR-022​
WHS/JAMES E. DAVID​
ACCESSION #330-82-0306 RECORDS GROUP 330 SPACE SHUTTLR 1977 CORRES (INTERIM UPPER STAGE)​
08-MDR-023​
WHS/JAMES E. DAVID​
MEMO - INTERIM UPPER STAGE (US) FOR COMMEND AF DECISION COORDINATING PAPER (AFDCP) NO 001, 7 DEC 77 W/ATCH​
08-MDR-024​
WHS/JAMES E. DAVID​
MEMO SPACE SHUTTLE BACKUP - 5 DEC 77​
08-MDR-025​
WHS/JAMES E. DAVID​
SUMMARY BRIEFING - JOINT NASA/USAF STUDY ON SPACE SHUTTLE ORIBAIATER PROCUREMENT AND RELATED ISSUES​
08-MDR-028​
SCOTT KOCH​
MSG TO WASH FROM SAIGON 0720, 15441, 8 SEP 63, & MSG TO SAIGON TO WASH 66928, 8 SEP 63​
08-MDR-029​
WHS/JAMES E. DAVID​
STATUS OF OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET (OMB) SPACE SHUTTLE STUDY, 20 JUL 76​
08-MDR-030​
WHS/JAMES E. DAVID​
TITAN III/US CONFIGURATION STATUS, 25 AUG 76​
08-MDR-031​
WHS/JAMES E. DAVID​
PROPOSED PDM LANGUAGE - SPACE BOOSTERS, 20 JUL 76​
08-MDR-032​
MICHAEL RAVNITZKY​
SPECIAL HISTORICAL STUDY: DEVELOPMENT OF USAFSS CAPABILITY ON SOUTHEAST ASIA (3 VOLUMES) ​
08-MDR-036​
WHS/JAMES E. DAVID​
RESER RADAR, 1/9/67​
08-MDR-037​
WHS/JAMES E. DAVID​
CORTS USE OF COMM DATA TRANSMISSION​
08-MDR-039​
WILLIAM BURR​
A HISTORY OF THE AF PARTICIPATION I THE ATOMIC ENERGY PROGRAM 1943 - 1953 (FIVE VOLUMES)​
08-MDR-041​
WILLIAM BURR​
ALTERNATE EXECUTION AUTHORITY, DOC # DJSM-904-71, 14 MAY 71​
08-MDR-044​
KENNEDY LIBRARY​
THE ALPS CONCEPT​
08-MDR-046​
WHS/JAMES E. DAVID​
SPACE TEST PROGRAM, 8 FEB 78​
08-MDR-047​
WHS/JAMES E. DAVID​
MEMO AF COMMENTS DTD 7/23/77, ON DRAFT RDT&E ISSUE PAPERS​
08-MDR-048​
WHS/JAMES E. DAVID​
MEMO: SHUTTLE OVERFLIGHT QUESTIONS, 29 OCT 76​
08-MDR-050​
WHS/JAMES E. DAVID​
VISIT TO MARTIN MARIETTA, DENVER, CO ON 19 APRIL BOEING AEROSPACE, SEATTLE, WA 20 APRIL, AND HQ SAMSO, LOS ANGELES, CA ON 21, 22 APRIL 1977​
08-MDR-051​
WHS/JAMES E. DAVID​
PROGRAM MEMO ON DOD SPACE SHUTTLE UTILIZATION, 10 NOV 75, VOL 1​
08-MDR-052​
WHS/JAMES E. DAVID​
PROGRAM MEMO ON DOD SPACE SHUTTLE UTILIZATION, 10 NOV 75, VOL 11​
08-MDR-054​
WHS/JAMES E. DAVID​
BUBUD WORKING PAPERS, 1 SEP 67​
08-MDR-060​
WILLIAM BURR​
RECOMMENDED LONG RANGE NUCLEAR DELIVERY FORCES ​
08-MDR-062​
WILLIAM BURR​
ESSENTIAL NAT'L STRATEGIC TASK, 31 OCT 81​
08-MDR-063​
WILLIAM BURR​
RECOMMEND LONG RANGE NUCLEAR DELIVERY FORCE 1963-67​
08-MDR-065​
WILLIAM BURR​
RECOMMENDED LONG RANGE NUCLEAR DELIVERY FORCES ​
08-MDR-073​
BRIAN O'DELL​
GROUND JAMMER P- 834 II​
08-MDR-077​
DONALD E. DAVIS​
DOC FOR REVIEW​
 
I was going to post the entire index but decided it was too much work. Here are a couple interesting ones.
This came from the PDF "Mandatory Declassified Records Listing"

08-MDR-186
WHS ROBERT STORER
THE SPACE LASER BATTLE STATION

09-MDR-081
DARPA/ROBERT LUPEI
EXPENDABLE HARASSMENT DRONES FOR SELECTIVE DEFENSE SUPPRESSION
 
sublight is back said:
Some of these are solicitations for bids to paint hallways? What planet are we living on where painting bids have to be released with a FOIA request??
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In a planet where you bid for, and lost a contract to paint those hallways, and your trained attack lawyer is preparing an award protest to reverse the award.

For all the high intentioned words, the FOIA process is not just for enthusiasts and historians.
 
I'm still having problems find anything.

edit - showing all records of one type seems to be the best option.
 
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overscan (PaulMM) said:
I'm still having problems find anything.
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It's flaky as, or at least for me, but as a starting point:

Click on tick to left of 'Reading Room File Cabinet' to de-select.
Select Drawings
Select Teleportation
Clear 'Folder Name:' field
Click Search - nothing
Click Search again and 66 files are available.

(Also tried Photos and Teleportation (and still nothing on the Philadelphia Experiment...)

I found files on MX-2147 (X-16), Project PLUTO, Yak 23 evaluation, Hot Eagle, Project Silver Bug, and Weapon Systems Acquisition Vol II which had discussion among other systems, on RC-135 (all the really interesting info was redacted) and a successor called RCX which would have been based on a B747.
 
Thanks for the link Orionblamblam!
Has anyone been able to get this one:

F-108, B-70 Aircraft Program Analysis_AFMC

I keep getting an error when I click the download which also kills my search resulsts.
 
Their sign up system seems broken. Never asked me for a password. They when they sent me a temp password it says "invalid username or password" when I try to login. Been through the process three or four times. Same result. Oh well.
 
Bill S said:
Thanks for the link Orionblamblam!
Has anyone been able to get this one:

F-108, B-70 Aircraft Program Analysis_AFMC

I keep getting an error when I click the download which also kills my search resulsts.
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I have it. Good luck reading it though.
 

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sferrin said:
Their sign up system seems broken. Never asked me for a password. They when they sent me a temp password it says "invalid username or password" when I try to login. Been through the process three or four times. Same result. Oh well.
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Perhaps you are on A LIST.

Of course, I'm on the same list. When I enter the username I registered under, and the password they emailed me... nothing happens, it just resets. Clearly it's a conspiracy to keep all that juicy Project Pluto data away from me.
 
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Weird. I just got two emails out of the blue, in a different format, that fixed the problem. Wonder if they realized they were having issues or something.
 
I've gotten word that a Known Aerospace Historian signed up for this back in 2017, made some FOIA requests... and never heard a peep in response. No email confirmations, no updates on the status page. So an inability to sign on might not amount to much anyway.
 
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I am using chrome: it seems work well if:
1) tick all the documents;
2) use only ONE word as "Folder Name:"
3) click with the mouse on "search" button (not on the "enter" keyboard);
4) a new blank window appears and after 10 seconds a list of items appears too.

I found also that if I want to make another search, I have to update the page (i.e. F5), otherwise I will get always the previous results.
 
Temistocle said:
2) use only ONE word as "Folder Name:"
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really doesn't matter. you can use several words still if they are not in filename you'll find nothing
Temistocle said:
I found also that if I want to make another search, I have to update the page (i.e. F5), otherwise I will get always the previous results.
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no need to. previos results in the window will be replaced by new ones you'd just wait a little
 

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