Final
Report of the Assassinations Records Review Board p. 158:
Chapter
8
Compliance
with JFK Act by Government Offices
16.
Department of the Air Force
In 1995,
the Air Force directed certain Air Force Commands to undertake searches for
assassination records. The only assassination record found was an operations
logbook from Andrews Air Force Base that had recorded events at the base on the
day of the assassination.
The
Review Board asked the Air Force to conduct further searches for assassination
records. The Review Board asked the Air Force to conduct further searches for
assassination records. The Review Board asked the Air Force to: (1) identify
and review the 1963-64 files for the highest officials in the Air Force,
including the Secretary of the Air Force; (2) more thoroughly review the files
of the Office of Special Investigations for any records relating to Air Force
One on November 22, 1963 including specifically searching for any audiotapes of
transmissions to and from Air Force one on the day of the assassination.
[BK: Please note that this log was retrieved from a trash by a civilian employee of Andrews - probably a custodian, and it appears that that was what became of most if not all of the significant and historical Air Force records of the assassination, as reported by the Assassination Records Review Board (ARRB) in their final report:: JFKcountercoup: The Andrews AFB Log Book 11/22/63 ]
As the
Review Board requested, the Air Force conducted a targeted search. The Air
Force did not, however, forward additional records to the JFK Collection. After
the Air Force submitted its Final Declaration, the Board requested that the Air
Force further account for specific Air Force records, particularly records for
the Air Force’s Office of Presidential Pilot and the Historical Research Agency
at Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama. The Air Force, at the time of this
Report, had not followed up on the Review Board’s request.
The Air
Force submitted its Final Declaration of Compliance dated November 21, 1997.
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