ee Oe" AN0 . : Cyor Ast 0° ° QUARTERS TASK GROUP 7.4, PROVISIONAL Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico 15 August 1953 1800T OPERATIONS ORDER NO. 1-53 CHART REFERENCES: a. World Aeronautical Charts (748, 749, 848, 849, 850) 1:1,000,000. bv. USAF Aeronautical Planning Chart (AP~14) 1:5,000,000. TASK ORGANIZATION: 1. . a. Headquarters, Task Group 7.4, Brigadier General Howell M, Estes, Jr. b. Test Support Unit Colonel James F, Starkey ce. Test Aircraft Unit Lt. Colonel James A. Watkins ad. Test Services Unit Lt. Colonel Mahlon B. Hammond Provisional (TG 7.4) GENERAL SITUATION: The Department of Defense, in collaboration with the Atomic Energy Commission, will test experimental devices at ENIWETOK and BIKINI ATOLLS early in 1954. JTF SEVEN, commanded by Major General P. W. Clarkson, United States Army, will conduct the operation, which has been assigned the code name of CASTLE (RESTRICTED, SI), a. See Annex A, Intelligence. b. See Annex B, Organization and Command Relationships. (1) The Naval Task Group will provide aircraft control facilities aboard the Command Ship and Control Destroyer to TG 7.4 during rehearsals and shots. 2. MISSION: a. The ultimate mission of TG 7.4 is to conduct the following opera- tions and services in the forward area in direct support of scientific prograns: (1) Cloud sampling. (2) Effects test aircraft operation. (3) Documentary photography aircraft operations, (4) Inter-island and inter-atoll airlift operations. (5) Communications services. (6) Weather service. (7) Search and rescue. b.\ The interim mission of TG 7.4 is to execute the following tasks prerequisite to accomplishment of ‘the ultimate mission: - , a (1) “Provide for delivery of significant devices to the forward, area. (A plan covering this operation will be prepared at *@ “CLASSIFICATION CANCELLED ( BY AUTHORIP OF D 10cm, a later date.) TASK GROUP 7 7.4 OPRS ORDER NO. 1-53 ? ty Oe > > i aot ° 4 na [ fATE, ¥ thei[ove 2h Yiofes O°on a * co