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BLACK SHIELD
In March 1965 the situation in Asia reached the critical point that DCI McCone and Secretary McNamara initiated steps to deploy the OXCART over communist China. Plans drawn up to fly the A-12 out of Okinawa were approved by President Johnson on 15 May 1965. Fifteen days later, the first Black Shield mission was flown over North Vietnam, lasting 39 minutes with photographs taken of 70 North Vietnam radar facilities.
Visit the links below for glimpse into the
declassified aspects of BLACK SHIELD.
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CIA Star for Valor |
CIA Legion of Merit |
Outstanding Unit Award |
HONORARY MENTION
In a ceremony at Groom Lake in Nevada on 26 June 1968, Vice Admiral Rufus L. Taylor, Deputy Director of Central Intelligence, presented the CIA Intelligence Star for valor to pilots Kenneth S. Collins, Ronald L. Layton, Francis J. Murray, Dennis B. Sullivan, and Mele Vojvodich for participation in the BLACK SHIELD operation. The posthumous award to pilot Jack W. Weeks was accepted by his widow. The United States Air Force Legion of Merit was presented to Colonel Slip Slater and his Deputy, Colonel Maynard N. Amundson. The Air Force Outstanding Unit Award was presented to the members of the OXCART Detachment (1129th Special Activities Squadron, Detachment 1) and the USAF supporting units.
We members of Roadrunners Internationale hope this web site honors and
extends remembrance to these and all the other Roadrunner heroes
who gave so much to keep our nation safe.
Norbert "Norb" Alber's Memories of Kadena during Operation Black Shield
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THE CIA GUYS
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MORGAN MANOR
The housing area occupied by the CIA and 1129th SAS during Operation Blackshield in Kadena in 1967 to 1968
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