(5)
Any special typhoon reconnaissance sorties required to
discharge typhoon reconnaissance responsibility in the
area bounded by the equator, latitude 25° North, the
Meridian of 180° and longitude of 157° 31' East.
The
Joint Task Force Weather Central will coordinate this
effort.
b.
Flight procedures:
(1)
Weather Reconnaissance and Cloud Tracking Sorties:
(a)
The Commander, Test Services Unit, will insure that
a thorough briefing of all personnel concerned is
held in the Weather Central prior to each weather re- ,
connaissance and cloud tracking flight. This briefing
will include tracks to be flown and communications,
control reporting and emergency procedures.
following personnel will attend the briefing:
BP
1.
The
The Weather Reconnaissance Aircraft Crew. -
The Weather Officer, who will be on duty in the
Weather Central during the mission.
The AOC and SAR Controllers who will be on duty
during the mission.
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(b)
The 57th Strat Reconnaissance Squadron Radio-
logical Safety Officer.
Weather reconnaissance and cloud tracking aircraft
will call the AOC on VHF Channel "C", immediately
after take~off, and remain under the direct control
of the Eniwetok AOC on this channel while within VHF
range of Eniwetok. These aircraft will establish CW
HF radio contact with the AOC on HF Circuit J-411
immediately after take-off and remain-under the AOC
control throughout the mission on this circuit.
Crews will submit position, weather and/or rad/safe
reports to the AOC at 100 nautical miles intervals.
The rad/safe code is included as Appendix 3 to this
Annex. The weather code will be in accordance with
Air Weather Service Manual 105-34, -1 August 1953,
Recco Code. The Senior AOC Controller will insure
that these reports are forwarded immediately to the
Mniwetok Weather Central.
The Iniwetok Weather
Central will forward required reports to the USS
ESTES Weather Central. The USS ESTES Weather Central
will forward all rad/safe reports. received to the
JTF SEVEN rad/safe officer in the JOC. -The Rniwetok
AOC will continually plot the position of weather
reconnaissance and/or cloud tracking aircraft.
Upon
completion of weather reconnaissance and cloud tracking missions, WB-29's will call the Rniwetok AOC on
VHF Channel "C" when 100 miles out from Rniwetok and
will remain under AOC control until base is in sight
and instructions are received from the AOC to switch
to Approach Control or Tower Frequency,
Aircraft on
specific weather reconnaissance flights will include
reports of radiation, along with their primary mission weather reports, during the period H-Hour wtil
HAS hours.
’(c)
Any weather reconnaissance or cloud tracking aircraft
experiencing an emergency within VHF radio range of
Iniwetok will notify the Eniwetok AOC on VHF Channel
"co",
The Riwetok AOC will initiate SAR intercept
and implement the SAR Plan. If the emergency is expericnced out of VHF range of Iniwetok, the following
action will be taken:
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TASK GROUP 7.4
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