TASK GROUP 7,4, PROVISIONAL: APO 187, c/o Postmaster - ‘San Francisco, California : "7 April 1954, 1800M ‘ OPERATION ORDER NO, - we 5. CHART REFERENCES: a, World Aeronautical Charts (748, 749, 848, S49, 850) 1:1,000,‘000, . b, USAF Aeronautical Planning Chart (AP-14) 1:5,000,000. TASK ORGANTZATTON: a, . Headquarters, Task Group. Tohy Brigadier General Howell Me Estes, dn, ‘s Provisional aC oot ~ b. Test Aircraft Unit Lt Colonel James A. Vaticing 7 ci . Test Services Unit a Lt Colonel ‘Mahlon B. B, HammondweeS a. Test Support Unit ae Pe ~ Colonel James F.» Starkey: —_ ae fey Le —_ 7 , GENERALSITUATION:a CO 1, ‘GENERAL a. : Loss 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 .~ 4. 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 Se, No. 1-53 which is still in effect, ' (1) (2) See Annex A,_ Intelligence > Task Group 7, lh Operation Order No. 1-53. - . a, See Annex B, Organization and Command Relationships, Task 3 . Group 7. 4 Operation Order ‘No, 1-53. (a) | 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). 2. MISSION: , a. . ~ . ; a et . Ls . ee ve To “participate: inthe ‘ENTMETOK:operations as ‘directed w Seti . Task Foree SEVEN, 3. Lo, 2 ¢. TASKS FOR SUBORDINATE UNITS : “TASK GROUPh 4: _ OPRS ORDERNO. 5b . oo ,