‘ Fo oe OQ Den i / ANNEX "Ts ok me OPERATIONS ORDER NO. cp +, B36 EFFECTS FLIGHT PROCEDURES Co 7 PO Trem - ot tt: oo, eo miquicems OLS 7 feSTs TASK GROUP 7,4, PROVISIONAL, ro, we . Oe “4 APO 187, ¢/o Postmaster aoo San Francisco, California — 9 February 1954 1800M . Ee 1. MISSION: To measure5 and record certain blast and thermal effects . in the immediate target area Guring Operation CASTLE in order to obtain required effects data, . . . ; "ae RE. - q to: . RO , me, wR - "by - The Senior. Air Controller on the ‘Command ‘Ship willbe respdh= sible for the operational control of :the 3-36 Effects aircraft while operating in the test areae wry Be oye es wet mw , - Taék Group 7.1 will be responsible:“for “the calibration, . B-36 Effects aireraft.oF «BeEROCEDURES: ' a Cok Po o . . os of ‘va The Effects’B36, call‘sign ELAINE E ONE, will'teke-off as. scheduled in Annex © (Aircraft Mission Execution Chart). Se ~ 6-07 ee naintenanee and” operation” of the ‘special instrumentation installed in the oo : The Conmander, Test Aircraft Unit, is responsible for the readiness of the aircraft to meet take-off schedules for rehearsals and ws 2. actual shots. re 4 : = a “4 . yo ; P Se | 2. "RESPONSIBILITIES: 7. The pilot will -.-. = call the AOC, cal} sign DIRTY FACE, on VHF Channel "OC", DIRTY FACE will 3. check all’ modes of IEF and HF air-ground Chamnel 'J-410, while ELAINE ONE: s+ is proceeding to H-hour position as designated in Annex D (Afreraft H-Hour s ov Position and Flight Patterns), DIRTY FACE will waintain control until’ ~: ELAINE ONE is approximately 90 miles from Bikini, then instruct ELAINE ONE : to contact the CIC, call Sign BOUNDARY TARE, onVar Channel- “Ee with IFF squawicing mode Be: 2 _ yee vo : + “be” The’ BOUNDARY TARE Controllerwill establish radio and IEF con° ¢ tact with ELAINE ONE and “provide the aircraft with range and bearing to = pre-H-hour orbit position, - Upon reaching orbit position, the aircraft. will ‘establish wind run patterns to culminate in H-hour position as specified -~.... in Annex D, H-hour position tolerances are plus or minues five (5) seconds.~ |. Positioning will be the responsibility ofthe aircraft commander and his ~~“ navigator. BOUNDARY TARE will monitor the flight path and issue any required emergency instructions. BOUNDARY TARE will provide weather and high altitude wind information, as required, and instruct ELAINE ONE to switch to Channel *. oft... “BY for all time hacks. ELAINE ONE will maintain radio silence on Channel-ee~y Co "B" at all times. Immediately following H hour, ELAINE ONE will be ‘provided ” s _range and bearing to, base by BOUNDARY TARE, ELAINE ONE will remain on Chan-. * ‘nel "E" until nstructed’to switch to Channel "C" for DIRTY FACE control when approximately $0 miles from base. If at any time ELAINE ONE cannot contact-” DIRTY FACE on Channel "C", or BOUNDARY TAREon “E", HF air-ground cdreuit : J-420 whl be used as an alternste,‘7 Lt.Colonel,“USAFaos e Director of.Operations’ae Se aks Ba oa WS t °