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etgnt (8) reporting stations wer@established.,
These were located at
I{PINGAMARANGI, NAURU, KUSAIE, RONGELAP, UJELANG, WOTHO, UTERIK and
TARAWA.
Operation of camp facilities was the responsibility of this
element at KAPINGAMARANGI, NAURU, KUSAIE and TARAWA.
Task Group 7.5
operated camp facilities at the remaining locations.
Activation of these
locations began on 4 February and was completed on 5 April 1958.
On 11 April 1958, the Weather Central Element conducted the first
maximum effort shakedown of all reporting locations.
During the period
19-30 April 1958 a continuous maximum schedule was undertaken with.all
stations participating,
Operational commitments, both normal and maximum
effort observations were met during the entire operation,
During May 1958, five (5) personnel from this element were transferred
to Johnston Island to augment the detachment there in support of the
NEWSREEL Project.
During June 1958, the NAURU Weather Station was closed and moved to
Bikini to replace the facilities of the USS BOXER which was deployed to
Johnston Island to support NEWSREEL,
On 27 July, CJTF~SEVEN directed the roll-up of all Weather Island
sites except the Bikini site due to the cancellation of the PINON Event.
It was decided that the Eniwetok and Bikini stations could provide adequate
coverage of remaining events.
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The mission of the Weather Reconnaissance Blement was to provide
inflight meteorological data, perform tracking missions and radiological
safety missions as required by Commander, Joint Task Force SEVEN,
The first WB-50 aircraft arrived at Eniwetok on 11 March 1958.
This
was the first of ten (10) WB-50 aircraft that had been decided as necessary
to perform the weather mission for HARDTACK,
WB-50 aircraft for the operation,
The 57th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron,
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