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OPERATION ORDER NO, 1-54
CIC PROCE
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San Srencisco, Californix
9 Fobrucry 1954, 1800N
1. PURPOSE: To outline all control procedures and functions of CIC.
personnel for Operation CASTLE,
2.
SCOPE:
This annex covers 211 detail procedures for use in the CIC,
The overall aircraft control policies and responsibilities are outlined in
Annex K, Operations Order 1-53.
3.
PROCEDURES:
a. Supervisory control of the air operation will be exercised
from the CIC on the USS ESTES, all sign "Boundary Tare." Boundary Tere
as a supervisory control agency, will work with and assist the AOC (Dirty
Face) and the RB-36 Control Aircraft (Cassidy) in accomplishing the air~
craft missions as outlined in Annexes F through M, 0 through Q and J. To
provide maximum coordination end essistance, the senior air controller,
Task Group 7.4 will delegate to six (6) assistant controllers (from USS
ESTES CIC complement) direct control of specified aircraft, The plotters,
tellers, monitor-tellers and status personnel to coordinate CIC operations
with the AOC and JOC will be the enlisted personnel of the CIC complement.
An officer controller of the CIC complement will supervise the status display and plotting procedures under the overall supervision of the Senior
Controller of Task Group 7.4. Personnel will report for duty as specified
in specific instructions for each assigned position. Upon reporting for
duty they will thoroughly check the electronic equipment assigned to per~
form
their mission to insure it is functioning properly. The aircraft
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boards and plotting boards will be checked for proper information
pertaining to their assigned aircraft.
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b.
All aireraft will take off as scheduled in Annex C contacting
the AOC on VEF Channel C,
Dirty Face will check all modes of Mark 10 IFF
on all aircraft immediately after take off and HF airground communications
on all aircraft except jets.
The aircraft will take off and proceed on
course to assigned mission station making the above electronic checks en-
route.
Dirty Face will maintain positive IFF and VHF control until
Boupdary Tare establishes positive rader and radio control (to maximum
capabilities of eléctronic equipment), Airoraft equipped with HF air
ground equipment will establish radio contact on assigned HF air ground
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c. VHF channels, IFF modes and mission instructions for aircraft
are specified in specific airoraft mission briefings and individual controller instructions.
d, The controller will be resvonsible, through his teller,.to
maintain and display on the appropriate status boards positions two (2)
through five (5) on each aircraft assigned for his control. Positions
One (1) and six (6) will be received from the AOC and be the responsibility
of the status supervisor for proper display, and provide the AOC with
positions two (2)through five (5).
TASK GROUP 7.4
OPRS ORDER NO, 1-54
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