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OPEHATIONS ORDER NO. 2JOIN’ TIGER/CAT AGREEMENTS

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1. The following agreements between interested U.S. Air Force and
U.S. Navy agencies pertaining to TIGER/CAT were reached at a joint con~
ference held on 22 Sep 1953 at San Diego Naval Air Station.

a.

Operations:
(1) Air Force aircraft will arrive and depart San Diego

Naval Air Station at times and on dates specified in

Annex B to Task Group 7.4 Operations Order Mo. 2-53,

a copy of which has been provided the Commander, San

Diego Naval Air Station,

(2)

San Diego Naval Air Station will innke available to

Task Group 7.4 all facilities reqiirod for aircraft

operations from 0600 hours to 1800 hours on Mission

Day which is 27 October 1953, weather permitting,

with 28 October 1953 as alternate,

If a rerun is

scheduled, it will be held on M plus 3 days.

(3)

Fleet Weather Central, Sen Diego Branch, will provide
Task Group 7.4 with weather services as required,
including briefings, current weather informntion and

forecasts.

(4)

A Task Group 7.4 Operations Officer will assist ‘the
. San Diego Naval Air Station Tower Operator in an
advisory capacity in controlling mission take offs
and landings of Air Force aircraft,

(5)

All Air Force pilots will comply with San Diego
Naval Air Station flying regulations,

(6)

San Diego Naval Air Station will coordinate traffic

so as to insure that TIGER/CAT aircraft meet all take

off and landing schedules,

(7)

COMAIRPAC will coordinate the operation with all

agencies having jurisdiction over warning, danger
and operating areas affected by the operation and
secure necessary clearances bo operate in these
areas. The operational area limites are defined as:

(a)

A ten (10) mile wide corridor, the center of
which is a direct line between San Diego Navel
Air Station and the northern tip of San Clemente

Islend and a forty (40) mile wide corridor the

center of which is « direct line between the
northern tip of San Clemente Island end the Sen

Nicholas Island Airfield end a point 35 degrees,
18 minutes North and 122 degrees, 20 minutes

West.

The operation will be conducted within

these corridors from 0600 hours until 1800 hours

on Mission Dny at altitudes of 10,000 to 45,000

feet.

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