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Eleven scheduled aircraft took

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art, none of which were effects aircraft,“

but seven of wikch were samplers, —+

The Eniwetok Air Operations Center

encountered difficulty with several ultra high frequency communications

channels,

This difficulty did not prevent the establishment and main-

tenance of air control,

ep
Having a predicted yield of ‘rou the NUTMEG weapon
detonated from a barge at TARs Island, Bikini

YELLOWWOOD,

Fired from a barge at JANET Island, Eniwetok Atoll, at

1400 hours on 26 May 1958, YEuLOWWCCD was the ninth test of the HARDT ACK

program,

Four postponements were encountered,

or

YxLLOwWO0D vas

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oer

No aborts of cancellations occurred among the 17 scheduled aircraft.
Five of thess were effects aircraft, <2 and six were samplers,

Air

Operations control and communications performed satisfactorily.

MAGNOLIA,

Again during the MAGNOLIA event, air operations control

and communications performed with.ut malfunction,

ALi the eleven sched=

uled aircraft were in their azpointed tiehour positions.

Four of the ele=

ven were effects aircraft; “4 five were samplers, *?
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MAGNOLIA,

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nan

rep

was expected to produce a yield UY

eis It was detonated om a barge ancnored near YVUNhn Island,
Eniwetok Atoll, at 0600 hours on 27 tiay 1958, afver two postponeuents,

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