short nobice, The majority of the medical supplies ani equipment wore either treught from the 22 or were furni ded by the station medical officer at Kwajalein, 10-18 was called upon to assist in the axpediting of shipments of specimens to the £7 and of high priority equipment and supplies from the 21. For future operations eersideration might be given te establishing within the 22 a canplete group of medica) persenns] whe would be available on short notice to move overseas for the purpose of observing and treating personnel inadvertently exposed to radiation, : . & Progran 6. Fregran 6 consisted of five usrelatedereaeen iuvelving the evaluation. of the effective. nese of current Indirect Bemb Damage Assessment <BDs) capabilities; the determination of bias: and thermal effects two types of aire craft; the evaluation of shipboard atomic warfare counternsasures; a atudy of the effectiveness of vericus neana of decontaninating ecustrustion paterials and lastly studies of a effects of high yield a : DO ° Re the reba’project was relatively sizple frenthe aporationai atandpoint sirse it consisted of three BeSO type SAC aireraft orbiting in presorived positions at the _ tine ofburst ard recording by means of caneras the record ef the bars? aa) vousen the airerats) racer aets, 3. tu the study of the effects of thermal radiabien nd bias on Gircraft, ons B47 and one 3-86, beth specially instrumented, partioipated in al] shots. Their ac%ual1position in space was caloulated prior to the shot on the basis of the bess evaiiableinforuation, Ae the operation pro~ gressed and as were actual data beoems available, it was possible te position thease nireraly to receive close to 106 por cant of thelr designed limit leads. During each shot, the aircrats were controlled by the Air Operations Center whieh was iecated for all Bikini shots aboard the 088 Bates, In addition, their positions were checked after ench shat by means of Raydist equipent. either of the aircrafs suffered mere than minor viaible derage. However, the iustrimentetion recorded data whioh will be of gone siderable value in deteraining the delivery capabilities of these two types of aircraft,