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The following provisional elements were designated and organized
at locations, and with the authorized strengths, as indicated, and were
asaigned to the Test Services Unit, effective 21 October 1957.2
ELEMENT
QERICERS
AIRMEN
LOCATION
Communications Element
13
263
Eniwetok
3
26
Enivwetok
Search and Rescue Element
31
131
Norton AFB, calif,
Weather Reconnaissance Element
62
320
Hickam AFB, T. H.
Weather Reporting and
Forecasting Element
8
121
Tinker AFB, Okla,
Photo Element (Technical)
4
5
16
48
Air Terminal Element
Photo Element (Air Support)
Lookout Mt, Lab.,-
Hollywood, Calif,
Palm Beach AFB, Fla.
Personnel were attached for duty to these elements from organiza-
tions within Airways and Air Commmnications Service (Pacific Division),
Air Rescue Service, Air Weather Service, and Air Photographic and Chart—
ing Service.
These elements were attached to Task Group 7.4 for opera~
tional control,”
The Weather Central Element was also activated as a Test Services
Unit element at the Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Hawati, with an authorized
strength of 9 officers and 12 airmen.
This activation, however, was not
to become effective until 6 January 1958,
‘The Weather Central Element
was to be attached to Headquarters Joint Task Force SEVEN for operational
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