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162: 77: 53: 87: 22: 206:), Wakkani AS was turned over to Japan in 1972; USAFSS personnel returned to the now-Japanese complex for special projects, and the NSA stationed a 30-person joint service operation there in 1982 (Project CLEF). It says, also, that in 1986-88, a remote rack at Wakkanai was operated that sent all information back to Misawa. 336:
Someone has added back in text from the previous iteration of the article that lacks a source. Specifically, "Composed primarily of airmen culled from the cream of the Air Force's enlisted recruits (the top 1/2 of 1 percent), the USAFSS was a secretive and tight-knit branch of Air Force cold warriors
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There's a sentence in the following paragraph that seems out of place: "Wakkanai, Japan and Hof, Germany were active in the 1960 - to about 1967 period. Hof in now closed, Wakkanai is under the control of the Japanese. Wakkanai monitored the Sea of Japan area and the Russian Airfield on Sakhalin as
363:"Beyond the Wild Blue: A History of the United States Air Force 1947-2007" doesn't mention USAFSS once. Not even in the appendix chronology. (He neglects Electronic Security Command as well.) And this is in the edition updated in 2007, so "classified" not much of an excuse. Hmpf. 305:
I know there have been a number of contributions to this article from those who lived it (thank you for your service!), but I was unable to find good sources for much of the information that had been added over the years. So, I started fresh with the sources I could find.
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tasked with monitoring, collecting and interpreting military voice and electronic signals of countries of interest (which often were Soviet and their satellite Eastern bloc countries)."
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If we keep this paragraph, I suggest "Wakkanai AS closed in 82 or 84, regardless of what the author has written" be deleted. It's sufficient to say that it's now controlled by Japan.
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33: 202:" I don't know which author this sentence is referring to. According to "US SIGINT activities in Japan" ( pg 226 in 161: 204:
http://nautilus.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/US-signals-intelligence-SIGINT-activities-in-Japan-final-v2.pdf
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The majority of this article seems to be original research. The one actual source link in the article (
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Adding the few online sources I can find here, until I learn how to add them properly to the article.
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https://www.afhra.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/433911/air-force-intelligence-command/
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It's really hard not to add information that I know to be true (I was there, too), but without
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https://www.25af.af.mil/Portals/100/Documents/AFD-150310-024.pdf?ver=2016-02-11-120759-373
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I tagged it as citation needed. If anyone can provide a reliable source, please add it.
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Wakkanai AS closed in 82 or 84, regardless of what the author has written.
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http://www.nsa.gov/about/cryptologic_heritage/vigilance_park/index.shtml
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No reassessment after 3 months, so I changed it to "start class".
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great list of USAFSS units, but not a valid source unfortunately (
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United States Air Force Security Service: an Enlisted Command (
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http://www.usafssmisawa.com/hist/sncoa-enlisted-command.pdf
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https://www.nsa.gov/about/cryptologic-heritage/museum/
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I just noticed the "redirect class" assessment; have
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Start-Class United States articles of NA-importance
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http://ifel-yale.com/docs_usafss/AFD-091130-022.pdf
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http://nautilus.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/US-signals-intelligence-SIGINT-activities-in-Japan-final-v2.pdf
Schaz
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01:02, 13 November 2018 (UTC)
http://www.nsa.gov/about/cryptologic_heritage/vigilance_park/index.shtml
https://www.nsa.gov/about/cryptologic-heritage/museum/
Schaz
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22:40, 13 November 2018 (UTC)
https://www.afhra.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/433911/air-force-intelligence-command/
http://www.usafssmisawa.com/hist/sncoa-enlisted-command.pdf
https://www.25af.af.mil/Portals/100/Documents/AFD-150310-024.pdf?ver=2016-02-11-120759-373
http://ifel-yale.com/docs_usafss/AFD-091130-022.pdf

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