_ x # Fo the (ositioning of both aircraft and hadthe capability to position either aircraft within specified limits. The TEAK and ORANGE Events had originally been scheduled to be fired at Bikini and most of the necessary installations had been completed. Due to the possibility of causing permanent damage to the eyes of the native population within 00 miles of the fireball, Commander, Joint Task Force SEVEN decided to move these events to Johnston Island and assigned the codeword NEWSREEL to the operation there. The NEWSREEL Events were still a part of Operation HARDTACK and the various Task Groups still retained their primary responsibilities, As a result of these changes, the B-36's departed Eniwetok in May, after YUCCA, as the TEAK and ORANGE shots were rescheduled for 1 August and 15 August respectively. These aircraft re- turned to Hickam AFB in mid-July to resume participation in the NEWSREEL phase of HARDTACK, staging their mission from that location. Figure 10 gives the pertinent statistics concerning the B-36 participation in Operation HARDTACK, The Air Force Cambridge Research Center sponsored the Ionosphere Ele~ ment and furnished a C-97 aircraft to support its participation in Operation HARDTACK, ORANGE shots. Its participation was to be limited to the TEAK and This aircraft arrived at Eniwetok shortly before the deci- sion was made to move these shots to Johnston Island and returned to the ZI without having participated in the Eniwetok Proving Ground phase of the operation, It was scheduled to return to Hickam AFB and stage its missions from there at the same time as the B-36 aircraft. It was delayed in its arrival due to storm damage and an engine change and missed some of the early practices for TEAK. It did, however, participate in both events. 96 AFWLUKO 96