Ye ere eee reeoe oe 7 —rerepe = THOT OPERATIONS’ ORDER NO, 5-54 os OBSERVER AIRCRAFT FLIGHT PROCEDURES = - - . So nn eo. HEADQUARTERS . os TASK GROUP 7.4, PROVISIONAL APO 187, c/o Postmaster - San Francisco, California 7 April 1954, 1800M°- © - 1,° MISSION: F : ee * ‘To monitor the arrival of official observers and prodect participants who will visit Eniwetok during the ‘CASTIE operation, St . b. To integrate and properly position the observer‘aircraft, call ~ sign VIKING, into CASTIE Operations, providing also for the departure of these aircraft from the operational area to the point | of. text intended Jand— : ote ing outside Pacific Proving Ground area. 2s RESPONSIBILITIES: . a. Official observers and project participants will be‘assisted | ct in accordance’ with the provisions of Task Group 7.4 Headquarters|Office. be are out.ined _Briefings for official observers ani participants« c. fo . oe Test ‘Aireraft “Unit valli’ a “tn AmexX' (Briefings). ee | - g yo o " wf 2 for the observer mission, (2) . , . Bo 2 . - Integrate the observer ‘aircraft: into Antex ng (drones a Mission ExecutionUhart). . ¢? ae 175 at least twelve -hours prior toscheduled“take-off: - an . re tee. Brief ‘the observer, aircraft commander. ‘to ‘tie DD Form. (1) a . wok oo Instructions, Number 900-1, dated’20 February 19546 | . . we an de VIKING Aircraft Comanter will: > ‘ Q) Attend vir briefings; °Se 42) Establish and simintain route,>.altituie, ant orbit pstterns oo and conply with instructions received from the AO and 2 a eo : Ce 3e -FROOEDURES: ae , a. ‘yee The official observeraircraft, calisighVIKING1, 2, 3; ete., a will take off as scheduled in Annex "Ct (Aircraft MissionExecution Chart), and climb to the altitude prescribed in Appendix 2, Annex D (H-Houwr Air- ~. craft Flight Plans), on a course of 180°... VIKING pilots will call DIRTY | FLCE on VHF Channel "C", . DIRTY FACEwill check all modes of IFF, and HF. ‘air-ground Circuit J-410while VIKING aircraft are proceeding to their H- . hours positions as designated in Appendix.2, Annex.D (Aircraft H-Hour Posi- tioning Chart),.’ Aircraft will fly the 160°sourse forfifty. (50) NM, . + then establish a.direct Gourse for'a position sixty (60) NM fron Ground” "Zero, along an outbound true bearing of 32g° from Ground Zero to enter ani maintain prescribed orbit patterns.at this point, . DIRTY FACE will.instruct ~" VIKING aircraft to contact the.CIO (BOUNDARY TARE) for’ positioning controt* _ on VHF Channel. noe and HF Garoult J-410 “Mode aa ‘e - “pasK GROUP Teh <OPRS “ORDER -NO, 5-54 ANNEX 9: “ uy VIKING*‘aircraft wil _ Squawk FF. -—