CORT POST-GO OFF-ISLAND WEATHER FACILITIES The U. S, Air Force Air Weather Service (AWS) has been tasked by JTF-8 OPLAN 100-69 to furnish weather data in the Pacific Basin in the event it is decided to resume nuclear testing in that area. weather (WX) traffic will be unclassified. All The Task Force will estab- lish a RATT/CWradio net to handle WX traffic. Each AWS facility will provide weather service to scientific projects and support activities on the various islands. Weather reconnaissance aircraft will compliment the island and ship observational network. The USAF AWS weather plan does not duplicate installations on islands that presently have similar facilities available for furnishing atmospheric and surface weather data. The map on the next page identifies the location of AWS weather facilities, which are also listed below: Island Weather Facility Events FOD Canton French Frigate Shoals Palmyra AWS AWS AWS ALL ALL ALL GO+30 GO+30 GO+30 Christmas Malden Tarawa AWS AWS AWS BH BH BH GO+240 GO+240 GO+240 BH BH GO+240 GO+240 Japan Arorae Baker AWS NOST AWS AWS Those islands scheduled for various scientific experiments, GO+72 but not in- cluded in the AWS weather plan, have existing weather facilities belonging either to the U. S. Navy Weather Service (NWS) or the U. S. Weather Bureau (USWB). The Navy will also take surface observations from aboard ship in selected areas. The responsible agency and weather facility locations are as follows: Location Kwajalein Majuro Ponape Truk Tutuila Wake Guam Shemya Adak Midway Weather Facility USWB USWB USWB USWB USWB USWB USWB USWB NWS NWS 20-3 Events ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL NOST NOST NOST ALL FOD GO+30 GO+30 GO+30 GO+30 GO+30 GO+30 GO+72 GO+72 GO+72 GO+30 VOL II