were;ten (10) WB-50's for weatherfé6énnaissance purposes, seven (7) SA-16's fot Search and Rescue and weather island resupply missions, three (3) C-54's f and wwo (2) RB-50's for photographic missions. Personnel to operate these aircraft and to carry out the functions of operating eight (8) weather islands, a weather central, Air Force communications, a Military Air Transport Service Terminal and documentary photograph were supplied by MATS. This was the organization which Task Group 7.4 set up to plan for and to conduct Operation HARDTACK. See Figure 1, Chapter 3 - Command Section for a presentation of the organization. 68 AFWL/HO afi,