% nect this combined requirement etandard armed ASY patrols were flown in the Denger Area throughout the Cperation averaging one patrol every other night. In addition reconnaissance flights were flown: preeeding and following shote, The reeonnaiseance patrols esvered to seators; the Tanger Area, and the ecator along the bearing of the predieted€ path of the radicective eload, i.e. the significant sector. Initially the first recennaiesance flights took off from Kwajalein early en ehot day minus twe, One aircraft soarched the Daager Area continucusly, relieving on etatios, until a few hours before shot time. One aircraft searched the signifiesnt seetor on minus two day, re-. tarning to base upon completion of the search, peated on minus one day, This flight we re- A third significant sector ecarch vas adds by one aireraft on shot day, after the shot, if 16 was requested by (GSTF SEVEE, Thies was the general pattera of flights conducted for the firat shet, 13. As o remlt of the contesination of the Japanese fishing vessel lecky Dragon which wes caught ia the widespread BRATO fallout despite its yosition cutside the predicted falleut srea, the YP-29 reconnaiscance tack wae greatly increased on subsequeat shote. ‘The Faiwetek Danger Area, vhich before CASTLE had Been enlarged to include Bikieai Atoll, was further expanded, with a different area prescrided depending upor whether the shot wae to occur at Bikini or Eniwetok. The munder of alroraft to search the new arene was inereased to three, The signifiqunt eactor was mow te be searched by tuo afreraft, tring- AFWL/HO \no fing to a tetel cf five the number of planes YP-29 had to put in the