OPERATIONS ORDER NO, 2— CIC_PROCEDURES HEADQUARTERS TASK GROUP 7.4, PROVISIONAL APO 187, c/o Postmaster San Francisco, California 26 February 1954, 1800M 1. PURPOSE: To outline all control procedures and functions of CIC personnel for Operation CASTLE, 2. SCOPE: This annex covers all detail procedures for use in the CIC, The overall aircraft control policies and responsibilities are outlined in Annex K, Operations Order 1-53. 3. PROCEDURES: a. Supervisory control of the air operation will be exercised from the CIC on the USS ESTES, call sign "Boundary Tare", Boundary Tare as a supervisory control agency, will work with and assist the 40C (Dirty Face) and the RB~36 Control Aircraft (Cessidy) in accomplishing the aircraft missions as outlined in Annexes F through M, 0 through Q and U. To provide maximum coordination and assistance, the senior air controller, Task Group 7.4 will delegate to six (6) assistant controllers (from USS ESTES CIC complement) direct control of specified aircraft. The plotters, tellers, monitor-tellers and status personnel to coordinate CIC operetions with the AOC and JOC will be the enlisted personnel of the CIC complement, An officer controller ef the CIC ectpiomont’ willpapcerviso tho otatus display and plotting procedures under the overall supervision of the Sonior Controller of Task Group 7.4. Personnel will report for duty as specified in specific instructions for each assigned position. Upon reporting for duty they will thoroughly check the electronic equipment assigned to per- form their mission to insure it is functioning properly, The aircraft status boards and plotting boards will be checked for proper information pertaining to their assigned aircraft, b. All aircraft will take off as scheduled in Annex C contacting the AOC on VHF Channel C. Dirty Face will check all modes of Mark 10 IFF on all aircraft immodiately after take off and HF .ir~ground communications on all airereft except jets. The aircraft will take off and proceed on course to assigned mission station making the above electronic checks onroute. Dirty Face will maintain positive IFF and VHFcontrol until Boundary Tare esteblishes positive radar and radio control (to maximm capabilitios of electronic equipment). Aircraft equipped with HF air ground equipment will establish radio contact on assigned HF eir ground frequoncy. c. VHF channels, IFF modes and mission instructions for aircraft are specified in specific aircraft mission briefings ond individual con- troller instructions, d. The controller will be responsible, through his teller, to maintain and display on the appropriate status boards positions two (2) through five (5) on each aircraft assigned for hig control, Positions one (1) and six (6) will be received from the /.0C and be the responsibility of the status supervisor for proper display and provide the AUC with positions two (2) through five (5). TASK GROUP 7.4 OPRS ORDER NO. 2=54 ANNEX "qt T-1