# “™s\ Center, except that for Bikini events the launching and recovery of air~ craft from Eniwetok was handled by the Eniwetok Air Operations Center. Control of the aircraft passed from one center to the other at a point approximately 100 miles east of Eniwetok. Additionally, information was relayed between the Commander, Task Group 7.4 in the Eniwetok Air Operations Center and his representative aboard the USS BOXER. The control of Task Group 7.4 aircraft flying locally on non-shot days was exercised by the controllers in the Eniwetok Air Operations Center, assisted by Air Force Controllers operating in the Bikini Air Operations Center. To carry out the responsibility of controlling aircraft entering and departing the Eniwetcok Control Area it was necessary to make an agreenent with Kwajalein on procedures to be followed in the transfer of control of aircraft between Kwajalein and the Eniwetok Air Operations Center. Additionally, the Wake FIR was extended southward to border on the Eniwetok Control Area and therefore similar arrangements had to be made with the CAA authorities at Wake. To insure control of all air~ craft entering the area, it was stipulated that aircraft would not enter it until specific clearance to do so had been received from the Eniwetok AOC either direct or by relay through the Kwajalein Area Control Center or the Wake CAA Center. To insure safety of crews and passengers from possible flash blindness or other effects of a detonation in case of radio failure on the aircraft, and to allow aircraft to clear to Eniwetok from distant sta- tions like Hawaii and Guam on a D~1 Day, a NOTAN was issued to all AFWL/HO