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"For tests involving nuclear detonations participated in or conducted by
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Special Weapons Project, will exercise within any task force organization,
technical direction of weapons effects tests of primary concern to the Armed
Forces and the weapons effects phases of developmental or other tests of
atomic weapons."
Under this authority the Chief, AFSWP, augmented the responsibilities of
the Commanding General, Field Command, AFSWP, to include the respensibilities of the Chief, AFSWP, arising from the preparational, operational and
postoperational phases of the weapon effects tests of primary concern to the
Armed Forces and weapon effects phases of developmental and other tests of
atomic weapons outside the continental United States. Accordingly, the Chief,
AFSWP, having completed the preliminary phase of Operation Redwing, as-
signed to the Commander, Field Command, AFSWP, the mission of conduct-
ing the preparational, operational and postoperational phases of these tests.
The Director, WFTD, a staff agency under the jurisdiction of the
Commander, Field Command, AFSWP, was assigned functions associated
with the detailed planning and fleld implementation of the DOD Weapons
Effects Programs, Operation Redwing. The joint AEC-DOD scientific organization, Task Group 7.1, was charged with conducting the scientific tests
including the DOD Weapons Effects Programs during the operational phase
at the PPG. The approved military weapon effects tests projects in Programs i through 9 inclusive (except 7, nat used) for Operation Redwing are
cutlined in Chapter 2.
Within tho established funds, the Commander JTF 7 could modify the
projects as required by operationa!- necessity. Within sintilar {fimitations,
the Commander, Field Command, AFSW®P, could modify the projects as re-
oulred by technical necessity.
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Task Unit 3 of TG 7.1, which was commanded by Colonel K. D. Coleman,
USAF.
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Generally, the DOD program participation in Redwing was somewhat
greater in magnitude than in Castle. The air drop of a thermonuclear
weapon from a B-52 type aircraft flying at r
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was of special interest to
the military.
The blast program for Redwing was designed to obtain basic blast data
from a number of different types of events. Of primary importance was
participation on the air drop, on a medium-yield surface burst, and on the
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Colonel L. L. Woodward, USAF, was assigned as the Technical Director to the Directorate of Weapons Effects Tests, Field Command, AFSWP,
ard acted as the Deputy for DOD to Commander TG 7.1 during this operation. The DOD Weapons Effects Programs 1 through 9 were organized under —