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OPERATIONS ORDER NO JB=50 ‘IBDA-FLIGHT PROCEDURES
HEADQUARTERS
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TASK GROUP 7.4, PROVISIONAL
APO 187, c/o Postmaster
San Francisco, California
February1954, 1600 M
1.
MISSION:
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a.
To provideStrategic Air Command and other interested agencies
b.
To familiarize Strategic Air Command crews with the phenomena
with IBDA data.
associated with thermonuclear detonations.
2. RESPONSIBILITIES:
a@.
The SAC detachment commander will be responsible for proper
b.
The Test Aircraft Unit Commander will be responsible br that
crew selection and for the procedures outlined in paragraph 3 below until
arrival of the aircraft at Fniwetok, and for that portion subsequent to
crew debriefing.
portion of the procedures outlined in paragraph 3 below subsequent to arrival of the aircraft at Eniwetok and until completion of debriefing.
3.
PROCEDURES:
a. Three (3) Guam based Be50 aircraft and crews, to include e
qualified Rad-Safe monitor, will be selected and dispatched sufficiently
in advance of each shot so as to arrive at Eniwetok not later than 1000
hours in D minus two (2) days.
(1)
No more than four (4) maintenance personnel will accompany each aircraft to Fniwetok. These personnel will
be qualified to perform any maintenance necessary to
assure proper prevaration of the aireraft for its mission.
(a)
A small enroute maintenance kit will accerrany each
adzoratt to Enivetok (No, B-50 parts will be available
(b) One R-4360 built-up engine, complete with power
pack, will be prepositioned at Eniwetok and this
level will be maintained throughout the operation.
(2)
All crews and maintenance personnel concerned will be
briefed on Pacific Proving Grounds restriction on contra-
band items such as Firearms, Cameras, Narcotics, etc.,
as prescribed in Task Group 7.4, Operations Order 1-53.
(3)
All of the above personnel will possess a minimum security olearance of SECRET.
TASK GROUP 7.4
OPR ‘ORDER NO. 1-54
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