30 June 1961 - The Black Vault

In one of the other t\~O staff changes J , Colonel John H.
r!allett J
USAF, became DCS/r-rateriel 11 i,;ay replacing Co1QJ101
Paul F. Helmick, USA...';>,
tltho was named special assistant. to the
A?F'T'C commander,
In the other change, Lieutenant Colonel nwl'.?r't.
111. HO\lle~ USAF., became Commandant of the USAF Experimental Plight
Test Pilot School on 17 June l'eplacing l,lajo!' Rlchar.:i C. Lathr-op,
USI\F J 58 ';lho departed for the Air Force AcadeIr.y \\'hel:'e he \'las 1:.0
become an instructor,
Key Personnel
Other than the redeslgnat,lcJ'~
of Center Operat10ns an.3.
Intelligence nentioned 1n the previous subjec t and. the cor.'Ulland
change \llhioh occurred late in June" curren.t AFFTC org2.nl~ation
2.nd key personnel follow on the next page of this nal':!'at,i\lc.
The author encourages use of the Roster of Assisned Oi"ficeps'"
listed a~
Supportlng Document C in Volume 2. this history,
i'iission
Headquarters MDC restated the AFFTC ml1ss1on in 1959,59
Con,c i se1y spealling it was to conduc t Cat.cgory II tes t 0 f a 11'­
craft s~,; st\::, ~s,
c?-pt1veevaluat1on of missile sj'stems and sub­
S!-~5tems,
and flight evaluation of des1&nated rese3:1'ch vehicles,
Center Personnel
For IT'.ission performance, the AFF'I'C "".as authCl'ized 2,977
!'Ii.111 ttH'Y personnel and 2.6n Air Force emplo~tees on 30 June \)1 t \:
2,929 ffillit~ ::. y end 2,072 clvi::"lans nsslgne0,. Concerning th
58. .'1q ''?:-':1'C so 0-39 , 9 ';un 61. SD "A" in Vol 2, this hL;t.
.. ;Uso O~e Appen 1x "0',',
59 , P2.ge 17, t his cr,apter.