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During the seriod when Task Group 7.4 was operating at Kirtland Air Force
Base, assistance was provided by the Staff Judge Advocate of the Air Force
Special Weapons Center.
Arrangements were made with the Commander Pacific
Air Forces to provide legal assistance when needed at Eniwetok by placing a
qualified officer of his staff on [DY with the Task Group.
It proved necessary
to request such assistance on three occasions during the on-site phase of the
operation.
e Test Aircraft Unit included the data and sample collection aircraft. -
Its commander was formerly the Deputy Commander of the 950th Test Group.
Therefore, he well understood the problems connected with flying aircraft in
the vicinity of nuclear detonations and through nuclear clouds.
His deputy
was the Commander of the 926th Test Squadron (Sampling), one of the units
assigned to the 950th Test Group.
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This latter officer and his unit were
experienced, through participation in previous operations, with all aspects of
nuclear cloud sampling.
The remaining Elements assigned to the Test Aircraft
Unit were provided by various Air Force and Navy commands and came under our
operationalcontrolwhen they arrived at the Eniwetok Proying Ground.
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The Test Services Unit was manned and organized by the Military Air
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Transport Service to provide normal MATS services to the Joint Task Force.
Its commander was an officer with experience in many phases of MATS operations.
Coincident with the arrival of the Commander Test Services Unit in the forward
area he assumed command responsibility for all MATS units based in the Proving
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e Test Base Unit, whose task was to provide air base facilities and
local airlift, had as its nucleus the 4951st Support Squacron (Test), and a
detachment of the 2th Helicopter Squadron, PACAF, whose permanent homes are
at Eniwetok.
These units were augmented as needed to meet the test require-
ments by their parent commands, the 950th Test Group and PACAF respectively.
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