Our History & Stories

The Scientific & Technical Intelligence (S&TI) mission traces its heritage back to 1917 at McCook Field in Dayton, Ohio, and T-2 intelligence at Wright Field, Ohio, in 1945.

Below are links to numerous articles about our history and stories from our members

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Watson's Whizzer's with the German Junkers Ju- 290, Alles Kaputt

History of the Organization

Historical Vignettes from our Members

NASIC History (Chapter 1) - The Beginning of Scientific and Technical Intelligence

An Air Force Contractor Goes to Sea Aboard the Navy’s Mighty USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT - James F (Bill) Setchell

History of NASIC (Chapter 2) - Air Technical Intelligence Center and the Soviet Threat

Camouflage Artist to the Stars - Charles Cram

A View of the 1960’s: FTDs Formative Years - Edward W. Jedrziewski, Lt Col Ret

The Swamp Gas is Restless - Paul Reichert (one and only one time UFO analyst)

A BRIEF HISTORY OF AIR FORCE SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE (1917-2001)

ATIC’s MiG15bis Exploitation - Rob Young, NASIC Historian

Memorable MASINT Moments: Cold War Victories -Ted Larson and Ken Miller

The Last Train Out - Charles Cram

History of Information Technology at NASIC over the past 40 Years -Dave Lush

In on the Kill? - Charles Cram

HAVE NOSE – Iraqi MiG-29 of the US Air Force - Rob Young, NASIC Historian

Fieldwork: Warzone Frights and Follies - Mike Coyle

The $10 Million Portal CIRC Record - Kathy Lindahl

Foreign Technology Division and the F-15 - Edward W. Jedrziewski, Lt Col (Ret)

History of Electronic Warfare Integrated Reprogramming Data Base (EWIRDB) - James P. Smith

NASIC & NSIC Publications

99127 – Engineering and Scientific Aide - Steve Pribish

Competing in Space (2019)

From the Cuban Missile Crisis to INF Treaty: A 28 Year Journey - James F. (Bill) Setchell

Ballistic & Cruise Missile Threat (2020)

An Eventful Weekend in 1966 - Larry Benson

Soviet Military Power Reports

1967 Soviet Air Show: Naming the Planes - James W. Doyle, Lt Col (Ret)

Former Soviet MiG-23 on Display - Rob Young, NASIC Historian

Machine Translation at NASIC: A 50 Year Tradition - Dale Bostad

In the News

News articles about NASIC & NSIC

A Life-long Career in Science and Technical Intelligence - Dan J. Gareri, Col Ret

NASIC provides vital scientific, technical intelligence solutions (FME MiG-29)

CSI Fairborn - Charles Cram

NASIC unveils new intelligence facility

There are Good Guys and Bad Guys - Mike Coyle

Center’s oldest alum shares war stories (2015)

Colonel Tomb and other Mythology - Charles Cram

How this secretive Wright-Patt unit grew into one of the country’s most important watchdogs (Dayton Daily News 2017)

CIRC – The Information System whose Magic Number is Ten Million! - Kathy Lindahl

Captured Me-262 Crashes near WPAFB (1945)

Life & Times of a Space Cadet (NMUSAF Friends Journal)- Dennis Hall

The Baksheesh: NASIC’s Ju 88D in the NMUSAF - Rob Young

1Lt William V. “Bill” Haynes: World War II P-47 Pilot - Foreign Materiel Exploitation Hero - Rob Young

Books related to our History

Watson's Whizzer's: Operation Lusty and the Race for Nazi Aviation Technology by Wolfgang W.E. Samuel Available on Amazon (not a commercial endorsement)