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1. _GUNRRAL ZONTSPT OF CONOUNTCA TIONS-RLECTRONTOS OPERATIONS.
ae Communieations~Electronics facilities for "TIGR caT™ wild
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Airborne communications and navigational aids installed .
in participating aircraft. -These will be as outlined
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Order No, 1-53, in so far as ‘possible,
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HF, VHF, radar and IFF facilities aboard the Command
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(3) HF and vHE radiotelephone ‘and.“danaiine.‘telephoneser~
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‘Facilities and equipment wii be furnished by the ‘Naval Lt
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(4). An’ IFF Interrogator in the AOC.
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(5) Navigational ‘Aids as ‘Listed in the”current Radio Reet oy
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Administrative messages traffic will be passedover
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The primary purpese ‘of. OE. facilities is to assist in the. Lon
control, navigation, and “positioning of aircraft. |All radio communica-
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tions used for this purpose will be voice. VHF radio circuits will be.
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In addition, one HF radio circuit between the AOC. and the cre ~ eh
will be used for telling control information and as back-up for air~_ ;
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ground YH" circuits in case. VHF contact.is lost, Primary positioning *
6+) facilities will consist. of the air searchradar of the Command Ship with; ae
the attendant CIC radar scopes using IFF:returns from aircraft, all of osso .
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which will have IFF transponders.
Sampling’ control will be centered
rogator Search Radars scanning both upward and downward.
All Fadars will.
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aboard the 28-36 Control Aircraft using combination APS~23-APX-6 Inter~./-. |
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the CIC and the AOC. so
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: manual VHF relay’ stati n betweenthe control RB-36 aircraft ‘andtheCIC, :