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CONTROL RB~36 FLIGHT PROCEDURES

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HEADQUARTERS ,
TASK GROUP 7.hy PROVISIONAL
APO 187, c/o Postmaster

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26 February 1954 1800M

To contro]. all aircraft in the sampling area; to direct _

F-84 and FB-36 sampling missions as required; to accomplish certain photographic missions; and to Provide required radiological data to the Command
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Re sepsis: The Comander, Test Aircraft tit, and ‘the

Senior Task Group 7.4 Controller, wine assurethat the provisioms of this
Annex are carried out.
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a. On B-Day, the Control FB-36, call sign CASSIDY, will ‘take-off
as scheduled in. Annex "C" (Aircraft Mission Execution Chart), CASSIDY-

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will climb to H-Hour orbit altitude over FRED and‘ will make wind runs while proceeding from FRED to orbit position, ;The pilot will call the AOC, call
sign DIRTY FACE, on VHF Channel "C", DIRTY FACE will check all modes of

IFF and HF air-ground Channel J-410 while CASSIDY is proceeding to his.

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assigned H-Hour position as designated in Annex "D" (Aircraft. H~Hour Positions and Flight. Patterns), DIRTY FACE will maintain control til
CASSIDY is approximately 90 miles from Bikini, then instruct CASSIDY to

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contact the CIC, call sign BOUNDARY TARE on VHF Channel a forcontrol. —
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° be, The BOUNDARY TARE Controller will ‘establish radio and IFF con- ¢.

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. tact with CASSIDY and provide the aircraft with range and bearing to its
assigned H-Hour position, to perform cloud measurement photography, Details
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of this mission will be supplied by Task Group 7.1.

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CASSIDY will hold at

this position with BOUNDARY TARE providing range and bearing information, as |
“required, from ground zero, -At H-Hour, cloud measurement photographs will be ~
_ accomplished, - Rendezvous of CASSIDY and STABLE ONE (1) will be accomplished.
‘by BOUNDARY TARE through radar control on VHF Channel "F",° CASSIDY will -

then proceed on its primary mission, STABLE ONE (1) will remain on "F!
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-< | .°1 * Fe&4 samplers, call sign TIGER RED, WHITE, or BLUE, with range.‘and bearing "-2
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he -Controller, call sign CASSIDY CVE, the TIGER element's relative position. °

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trol of the TIGER elementover to sampler ‘Controller, callsign CASSIDY» me
TWO,-on VHF Channel -"E", ‘CASSIDY TWO. will direct the TIGER aircraft .
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. * sampling mission. Upon completion thereof, CASSIDY TWO will instruct ‘the Boo
-‘? .. TIGER elanent to return. to "F" Channel. and-call CASSIDY ONE. CASSIDY ONE:
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-~’ and range to BOUNDARY TARE or DIRTY-FACE, maintaining control until - *, BOUNDARY TARE or DIRTY FACE establishes. radio and AEF contact with, TIGER.
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