ANNEX J 0 - TOU ers a < OPERATIONS ORDER NO, Buu? ERHECTS FLT PROMEDIRES oa pe : HEADQUARTERS ° oS ‘TASK GROUP 7.4, PROVISIONAL - APO 187, c/o Postmaster. San Francisco, California > y April 1954, 1800M 7 ‘ : 2 ors a . as «7 : x os a |. f fe eS 1, MISSION: To measure and record certain blast and thermal a effects in the immediate target area during. Operation CASTE inorder. La. 2. - RESPONSIBILITIES: “3 . . > to obtain required effects data, Co og _ Ce ' ‘a. The Commander, Test Aircraft Unit is responsible for. the: readiness of the aireraft to meet take-off schedules for rehearsalsCoe and actual shotse be Woe rte . ; oot. wo The senior oir controller ‘on the Command: Snipwill be re- 4 - wie sponsible for the operational control.of. the B47 effects airoraft. while Of BYES are a a : operating in the test areas. Se it “ ¢, Task Group 11 will be responsible for the calibration;:eo maintenance, and operation of the-“special instrumentation ingtalled|an: a the BA effects aircraft, . 3. FROCEDIRES; oo OB See ms te : a, The Effects B47, cali sign BLAINE TWO, will take:“ott as_ : . scheduled in Annex C (Aircraft Mission Execution Chart), Thepilot. Lie i will call the AOS, call sign DIRTY FACE, on VHFChannel ugh, DIRTY. FACE oe will obsck all modes of IFF while ELAINE TWO is proceeding to H-Hour Position© | a designated in Annex D (Aircraft H-Hour Position and Flight Patterns), DIRTY - e . - FACE will mintain control until ELAINE TWO is approximately 50 miles from Eniwetck atassigned control point, then instruct ELAINE TWO to contact the, CIC, cali sign BOUNDARY TARE, on VHF Shanne], ME", with IFF squawking mode° 2. “3 ve , - bs The BOUNDARY TARE Controller will establish radio and IFF.” "contact with ELAINE TWO and provide the aircraft with range and bearing . to pre-H-Hour crbit position, Upon reaching orbit position, the air- “eraft will establish wind run patterns to culminate in H-Hour position ~. designated in Annex D, ‘three (3) seconds, H-Howr position tolerances are plus or minus we ae - ee , Positioning will be the responsibility of the aircraft: commander, BOUNDARY TARE will monitor the flight path an@ issue required : - instructions. BOUNDARY TARE will provide weather and high altitude wind : informtion, as required, and instruct ELAINE TWO to switch to Channel Bi, ‘for all time hacks, ELAINE TWO will .maintain radio silence .on Channel pe at all times, Immediately following H-Hour, BIAINE TWO will be Provided ‘range and bearing to his inbound control point. by BOUNDARY TARE, ‘ELAINE © TWO will remain on Channel YE" until instructed ‘to ‘switch ‘to.‘Chane "oe.oe for DIRTY, FACE control, wee a + OFFICIAL: ot not Golpnel, “USAF “: Director of Operations ao” nolo : Ye 2