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of Air Force Cambridge Hesearch Center (and formerly a part of the Iono~
sg heric clement at iniwetok), was acheduled for a project investigating the
jonization and associated effects created in the high atmosphere by a
large nuclear detonation,
The two aV2 aircraft were to be used on a project to investigate the
propagation of radar transmission through the Lonized regions produced by
high altitude nuclear detonations,
A second significant change contained in the operation order regarded
Search and rescue coverage,

This coverage now was to be furnished by tne
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76th air Rescue oqyuadron, Hickam air Force Bave.

The weather reconnaissance requirement remained stuble: one weather
track daily beginning 45 July.

iiowever, tne task was to be accomplished

in conjunction with the flying of a track also for the sniwetok ’roving
Ground area,

Une track would originate at Eniwetok and terminate at Hickam,

while a second overlapping track would originate at Hickam and terminate
at sniwetok.
The operation order also provided a summary of the air control effort.
Air Control of test and test susport aircraft during practices, renearSais, and events was to be performed tnrough the use of IFF and radar capa

bility of the sir Cperations Center on the USS Boxer.

Ihe center (call

Sign b..enT) would monitor safe aircraft separation, provide search and
rescue ussistance, ana a.ford a secondary method cf positioning test array
aircraft,

‘rimary sircraft vositioning, Newever, was to be iccompiished

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