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already funded for a documentary type film and that the Atomic Energy
Commission would require an mimowm amount of film footage.~8 Because
no firm requirement for documentary type photography was know at that
time, no action was taken by Task Group 7.4 to include such a requirement
in the early HARDTACK planning program.
However, the operation plan pro-
vided for a Documentary Photography Element drawn from Air Photographic
and Charting Service resources to accanplish such photography if speci-
fied by JointTask Force SEVEN.
In December 1957, Joint Task Force SEVEN outlined the requirements
for docuxnentary type photography, and Task Group 7.4 included these req
quirements in the over-all mission.
Personnel to accomplish the photo~
graphic task arrived in the proving ground early in March 1958,
C.
MATERIEL
Logistics Planning, The HARDTACK logistics planning conference for
Task Group 7.4 was held at Kirtland Air Force Base on 29 and 30 October
1957.
In attendance were representatives of all Task Group 7.4 partici-
pating elements and Headquarters Air Materiel Command, together with
monitors from Air Materiel Command Depots, Headquarters United States Air
Force,Air Research and Development Command, Strategic Air Commnd, Mili-
tary Air Trarsport Service, Fleld Comond of Armed Forces Special Weapons
Project, Task Group 7.1 and Task Group 7.5.
The rain categories of
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