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The WB-29 radio operator will immediately notify
the Fniwetok AOC of the emergency on Circuit
J-411 and announce the pilots intentions,
The AOC will initiate required emergency action,
maintaining contact with the aircraft in distress
on J-411 wmtil VHF contact is possible.
The USS ESTES will be located in the Bikini Area
during shot periods. The CIC will continually moni-
tor VHF Channel "D" and HF, Circuit J-410.
WB~29's
may contact this station for emergoncy assistance,
including GCI radar vectors, VHF/DF steers and SAR
intercept, at the discretion of the aircraft commander.
(6)
Although crews will be thoroughly briefed on all
aspects of each mission as specified in paragraph
3d(1) above, the following cloud tracking infor-
mation is provided for planning purposes:
1, Flight #1 (WILSON #2 - H £.1:05 to H 4 15:00 hours):
This flight is to determine the characteristics of
the radiological hazard likely to drift and fall
out on Eniwetok or Ujelang Atolls and the hazard
upwind from the shot atoll.
WILSON #2 will take-
off at H £ 1:05 hours, climb to 10,000 feet
while proceeding to Point "A",
(See Appendix 1).
WILSON #2 will then begin a 10,000 foot racetrack
holding pattern, the eastern edge will be 50
nautical miles West of Ground Zero, This pattern
will extend 70 nautical miles from North to South
and 15 miles from East to West (See Appendix 1).
Upon encountering radiation, the entire pattern
is to be shifted westward to follow the leading
edge of the radiation field. Upon completion of
this phase of the mission, a search upwind from
the shot atoll will be made in a 30 degree sector
with apex on ground zero and centered on the average prevailing easterlies. "E" type search pattern
at 10,000 feet will be employed. Specific inst-
ructions for this mission will be forwarded by
CJTF SEVEN to CIG 7.4, ATIN: Commander, Test
Services Unit, not later than H minus eight (8)
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hours.
Flight #2 (H plus 12 hours to H plus 24 hours):
This flight is to determine the characteristics of
the radiological hazard existing upwind from the
native populated atolls in the southeast quadrant
and the hazards existing on, or near, air routes
of interest to commands external to the Task Force
Area of responsibility (Appendix 2).
"E" type
flight patterns at 10,000 feet will be employed.
Search of ‘air routes will be at 10,000 feet and
along the routes, or through the area forecast
to be upwind from such routes, for representative
distances as determined by the estimated limits
of accuracy of the air RADEX. The attempt here
will be to determine the contamination status of
the air on the routes, or of the potential hazards
likely to drift across the routes.
The air routes
of interest are those through Wake and the Marshall
Islands. Specific instructions will be forwarded
by CJTF SEVEN to CTG 7.4, ATINs
Commander, Test
Services Unit, not later than H plus four (4)
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TASK GROUP 7.4
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