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OPERATIONS ORDER NO, 2-54
ATRORAFT H-HOUR POSITIONS AND FLIGHT PATTERNS

HEADQUARTERS
TASK GROUP 7.4, PROVISIONAL

“APO 187, c/o Postmaster

San Francisco, California
26 February 1954, 1800M

1. H-Hour positions of all airborne aircraft relative to Ground
Zero are designated in Appendix 1, "H-Hour A/C Positioning Chart",
-2. Detailed H-Hour range, azimuth, attitude, air speed, altitude and
route requirements for a11 airborne aircraft are designated in Appendix

2, "H-Hour A/C Flight Plans",

3. Flight patterns for aircraft airborne at H-Hour in the) shot area
are designated in the following appendicies:

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Appendix 3, "B-36 and B-47 Flight Patterns,"

b. Appendix 4, "C54, Plight Patterns,”
c. Appendix 5, "B-50 IBDA Flight Patterns,"
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All other aircraft airborne will execute orbits at H-Hour Stations.

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HOWELL M. ESTES, JR.
Brigadier General, U. S. A. F.
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Director of Operations

5 Appendicies:

1. HeHour A/C Positioning Chart 2. H-Hour A/C Flight Plans

3, B-36 and B-47 Effects Aircraft Pattern
4. 0-54 Photographic Aircraft Pattern

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5. Be50 IBDA Aircraft Pattern

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OPRS ORDER NO. 2-54
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