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position 15 miles soutneast of FnubU Isiand for protective pur.cses,
effects aircraft were in the array. 65
fwo air aborts occurred,
0
vevan samplers participated, 66
The radiation safety eP2V¥ (7 vluuntUT) aborted
after taxeoff pecause of mecnanical cifiicuity.
It was replaced by a se-
cond v2. (5 AILOn0OT), wnicn also abdortea after taxeoff,
ine mechanical
difriculty on tne first p2V naving veen rectified, tne orizinal aircraft
joined tne array and completed the mission,
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TernkK.*
The first of tne uperation NedonseL snots at vohnston lsisand
was the ultra nigh altitude detonation of
evice of a vredicted
ine device was carried aloft by a neastone &fssiie.
«ne detonation occurred some five aauticai miles south vf Jonnston
lslind, at 235) nours on 31 July, coiaston isl-na iocal time (at 21,0 nours
on l August, Marshall Islands time,;.
ail ten aircraft scheduled to parm
ticipate carried out their missions as vJlanned,
aositicns at H-hour,
und aii were in ore-appointed
wo dumsige was sustained by any aircraft.
Atl aircraft reoorted high frequency communicatious di:ficuit, ufter
H-nour.
lhe voice count-acwn was received by tne participating aircrart
oy either ultra hign frequency or nign freqvency radio,
Uline.
‘SEER75-2 of a 2restcteoR22, awwd..s
was fired from a .and surface position on YVOaus Lsluna, uniwebok
at i2l5 ncurs on 6 wu;pust 2Yod, after « one-a1y sosbooneue..t.
4
sce also “Coeralion
toil,
cour airceralt
woo. cue (Cuuhiston aba muy,” tais carter,
AFWL/ HO
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