TASK GROUP 7,4, PROVISIONAL:
APO 187, c/o Postmaster
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‘San Francisco, California
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"7 April 1954, 1800M
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OPERATION ORDER NO,
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CHART REFERENCES:
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World Aeronautical Charts (748, 749, 848, S49, 850) 1:1,000,‘000, .
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USAF Aeronautical Planning Chart (AP-14) 1:5,000,000.
TASK ORGANTZATTON:
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Headquarters, Task Group. Tohy Brigadier General Howell Me Estes, dn, ‘s
Provisional
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b. Test Aircraft Unit Lt Colonel James A. Vaticing 7
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Lt Colonel ‘Mahlon B.
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~ Colonel James F.» Starkey: —_ ae fey
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GENERALSITUATION:a CO
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In order to ‘aad flexibility to the detonation schedule, ‘Task Group’
7.4 Operation Order No. 5-54 has been prepared for execution in the event
adverse wind conditions prevent detonation in the BIKINI: area, this Oper- *~ation Order will apply. Execution day for this Operation Order will ‘be “\ sothee
specified by Joint Task Force SEVEN,
At that time and upon -notification
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by this headquarters, this order is a specific directive to all elements... ~!
of the Air Task Group to execute the assigned missions in support of the ...--.
ENIWETOK event. This order supplements Task Group.7. 4, Operation, Order OOS
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No. 1-53 which is still in effect,
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See Annex A,_ Intelligence > Task Group 7, lh Operation Order No.
1-53. -
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See Annex B, Organization and Command Relationships, Task
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Group 7. 4 Operation Order ‘No, 1-53.
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Task Group 7.3 will provide to Task Group “Tot aircraftcontrol facilities aboard the Command Ship and the Con-”
trol Destroyer for the ENIWETOK event. (See Annex A,
Check List, this Operation Order, and Annex T, Command~
Ship CIC Procedures; Annex U; Control Destroyer Pro- ;
. cedures).
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To “participate: inthe ‘ENTMETOK:operations as ‘directed w Seti .
Task Foree SEVEN,
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TASKS FOR SUBORDINATE UNITS
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