adequate communication between the various operating locations. Thus, it was possible for the Commander of Task Group 7.4 to command all the air operations while at the same time keeping the Commander Joint Task Force SEVEN fully informed of the situation and responding to his orders. Flying Safety was a special subject at all Jevels within the Task Groupe The accident rate achieved was 21-3 per one hundred thousand flying hours. This compares with an ‘ir Force-wide rate during Calendar Year 1957 of 13.6 per one hundred thousand flying hours and Tor the first six months of calendar year 1958 of 10.8 per one hundred thousand flying hours. 15 AFWL/HO {2