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(a)
The WB«29 radio oporator
11 immediately notify
the ENIV"TOK £06 of the ome. ney on Circuit
J~411 and announce tho pilots: intontions.
The AOC will initiate required orergoncy action,
-moaintiining contact with tho aircraft in distress
on J=411 until VAF contact is possible,
The USS ESTES will be located in the BIKINT Aroa
during shot periods, The CIC will continually monitor
VHF Channel "D" and HF Frequency 8364 kcs. WB~29's
may contact this station for omorgoncy assistance,
including GCI rader voctors, VHF/DF stoors and SAR
intercept, at the discretion of the aircraft commander.
(e)
Although crews will be thoroughly briefed on all
aspects of cach mission as spocified in paragraph
3b(1) above, the following cloud tracking infor~
mation is provided for planning purposes:
1.
Flight #1 (H to H/12 Hours): This flight is to
detormine the charactoristics of the radiological
hezard likcly to drift and fall out on ENIWETOK
or UJELANG 2ZTOLLS and the hazard upwind from the
shot atoll, This aircraft will take-off, climb to
10,000 fect and hold at a position 90 mutical
intles West of Ground Zero until H/5 mimtes. Th:
aircraft will then begin eae 10,000 foot racetrack
holding pattorn of approximately five (5) hours
duration, the eastern edge of which will be 50
nautical miles West of Ground Zero.
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This pattern
will extend 100 nautical miles from north to south
and 25 niles from east to west (sce Appendix 1).
Upon encountering radiation,
is to be shifted westward to
edgo of the radiation field.
this phase of tho mission, a
the entire pattern
follow the lcading
Upon completion of
search upwind from
the shot atoll will be made in a 30 degree sector
with apex on ground zero and centered on the aver-~
age prevailing casterlies. "KE" type search pattern
at 10,000 feet will be employed, Specific inst=
ructions for this mission will be forwarded by
CJIF SEVEN to CIG 7,4, ATTN: Commander, Test
Services Unit, not later than H minus eight (8)
hours,
2.
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Flight #2 (H plus 12 hours to H plus 24 Hours):
This flight is to determine the characteristics of
the radiological hazard existing upwind from the
native populated atolls in the southcast quadrant
and the hozerds existing on, or near, air routes
of interest to commands extcrnal to the Task Force
Aroa of responsibility (Appendix 2),
"E" typo
flight patterns at 10,000 feot will be employcd,.
Search of air routes will be at 10,000 foet and
aiong the routes, or through ‘the area forecast
to be upwind from such routes, for representative
distances as determined by the ostimated Limits
of accuracy of the air RADEX, The attempt here
will be to dotermine the contamination status of
tho air on the routes, or of the potentinl hezards
likely to drift across the routes. The air routos
-of interest are those through Wake and thc Marshal
Islands, Specific instructions will be forwarded
by CJTF SEVEN to CTG 7.4, ATIN: Communder, Test
Services Unit, not later than H plus four (4)
hours,
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TSK GROUP 7.4
OPRS ORDER NO. 1-54
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