eddquartersa - AIR FORCE SPECIAL WEAPONS CENTER Air Research and Development Command Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico SWP 4 March 1957 SUBJECT: TO: (S) Officer Personnel Requisitions for Operation "HARDTACK"™ Commander Air Research and Development Command Attention: RDSPMO Post Office Box 1395 Baltimore 3, Maryland 1, Attached are AF Forms 390 listing total known officer perSonnel requirements for Operation "HARDTACK”®, At this time, it appears all these 28 UMD positions for the 4950th Test Group (Nuclear) and 4952nd Support Squadron must be filled from other than this Center's resources, Additionally, these requisitions should remain valid until filled, and will be added to the mechanized roster in accordance with current requisitioning pro- cedures, Note that the AF Forms 390, brcken out in Groups I, II, and III, are comprised of lines number 3% through 423, and we have added a suffix "HT", to denote “Hardtack Manning™ and thus hope to preclude necessity of security classification of the mechanized requisitions. (S) 2. All officers selected to fill these requisiti-ns must possess a minimum security clearance of Final Secret, Officers selected will be assigned duty station at Kirtland Air Force Pase for a minimum period of 45 days prior to proceeding on TDY to test location. Prriod of TDY will probably extend to a maxi- mum of 6 months, (U) 3. Note further that, at this time, unit manning precedence rating is unknown, Air Force Special 'eapons Center precedence is VI; however, message your Headquarters, cite PDSTTW-~7-35-E, ALRAD 848/56, dated 18 July 1956, established precedence rating of 1-B, II-3 for *Plumbbob” manning. It is requested that 100% manning be effected, and manning precedence added when known. (S) 4.- For our planning purposes, and ~av-imum effectiveness of mission accomplishment, it is deemed mandatory that officers br in place not later than reverting dates srecified. - (U) AFWL/ HQ Tnel 1%> 1