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pendant would be located approximately 1,700 feet from the northeast end
of the runway.
Task Group 7.5 was requested to take action to rehabili-
tate the installation sites, so that both devices would be installed and
operational by 1 March 1958,
D.
PERSONNEL
Initial personnel planning for Operation HARDTACK was begun in March
1957, when the 2950th Director of Personnel met with Center Personnel re-
presentatives to determine officer personnel requirements,
From decisions
reached in this meeting, a requisition for the required personnel was prepared and submitted to Air Research and Development Command,
The reouire~
ments totaled 28 and included officers to fill the positions of Personnel
Staff Officer, Provost Marshal, Flying Safety Officer, Historical Officer,
Communications-Electronics Officer (two), Operations Officer (two), Supply
Staff Officer (two), Air Electronics Officer, Aircraft Maintenance Officer,
Pilot (six), Supply Officer (four) Aircraft Observer (two}, Accountant,
Air Police Officer, Medical Service Officer, and Interceptor—Controller,
Sixteen of these positions were in the 4952nd Support Squadron. 49
and 28
positions "must be filled from other than this Center's resources," and
the filling of all positions was recuested by 1 October 1957.
No difficulty
was anticipated in the accufsition of these 28 officers.
Airman manning within the 4951st Support Sauadron (Test), the perma~
nent 4950th unit at Eniwetok, became a source of difficulty in the early
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