Ltr, SWS, 4950th TESTGU(N), dtd 24 Jul 57, “Comments to Final Report of
Commander, TG 7.4, Operation REDWING"
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The TG 7.4 Staff Transportation Officer has visited
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counterparts in JTF SEVEN and has discussed
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mutual problems and requirements, Preliminary instructions are contained in the TG 7.4 logistic
Support Concept letter. Detailed instructions will
be included in the TG 7.4 Logistic Support Plan,
The only anticipated problem is the late designation
of elements of TG 7.4. Present time scale for processing of support requirements will permit maximm
use of sea lift, It is planned that only that portion of support requirements transported by the TG
element concerned will be moved by air. All pre-
positioned items, time permitting, will be moved
by water. It is further planned to station the TG
7.4 Transportation NCO in Hawaii to act as a “trouble
shooter™ during the shipping period, as required.
By maximum use of sea lift, it is not expected that a
bottleneck will exist in Hawaii. Further, this Headquarters intends by personnel representation at Travis
and Hickam AFB's, and close monitoring of TG 7.4
movements, to furnish assistance to the Task Force
INO's in determining the movement priority of all
TG 7.4 personnel and material,
The major governing
factor of authorizing transfer officers at enroute
terminals to divert shipments from air to surface
lift will be the establishment of realistic in-
vlece dates, The prorating of sea lift and the
actual sea shipments will be closely monitored by
both this Headquarters and our representatives at
the Oakland POR,
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Planning for the movement of short-range aircraft is
in progress, It does not now appear that this problem will approach the magnitude of that on REDWING,
A letter is being sent to Hq USAF requesting that
each major AF Command furnishing elements to participate in HARDTACK, be required to provide special
airlift for its elements, If this request is
approved, this responsibility will be so stated in
the Hq USAF Movement Directive. This will be included in the TG 7.4 Logistic Support Plan. Detailed
procedures for Special Airlift & Enroute Support
Aircraft will be dependent upon the reply from Hq
USAF wherein we request that major commands be re-
quired to provide special airlift for its elements,
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