we -i , culoter 6 - Aircraft Control ‘In Operation Order 1-58, dated 1 Octobe: 1957, Commander, Joint Task Force SEVEN delegated to Commander, Task Group 7.4 the responsibility for control of all aircraft flying in the Eniwetok Air Control Area, flying within this area fell into three (3) categories: Aircraft Test aircraft participating in test detonations, Joint Task Force SEVEN aircraft flying locally and aircraft entering or departing the area. These aircraft categories posed three (3) different control problems, which will be discussed in this chapter. _ Task Group 7.4, in conjunction with the AACS and representatives of CAA at Honolulu and Wake, set up an air control area around the Eniwetok and Bikini Atolls. (See Figure 21) Control of traffic within this area was exercised by Task Group 7.). To handle the three (3) types of control mentioned above, there were set up within the Eniwetok Control Area three (3) different controlling facilities, These were the Eniwetok Air Operations Center, which was the master control center; a subsidiary control center aboard the USS BOXER and precise positioning control facilities using MS5Q-14 and M-33 radar equipment in vans. The Eniwetok Air Operation Center (EAOC) was established on 8 March 1958 and assigned the mission of controlling the movement of all aircraft in the Eniwetok Control Area on a 2) hour a day basis throughout the test period, This center served also as the Command Post for the Task Group Commander during test events. Aircraft were controlled by Officer Inter- cept Controllers (AFSC 161-16) utilizing the AN/USQ-12 positioning AFWL/HO