from tanker aircraft, as well as the support of other aircraft to provide The air operations became quite complex and the whole IVY exercise was Joep im a7 +f wg Jw re i | 1Yy |v Joa Ww Vig 3 “4 JoNy oN 94s rT IAgdy) OVrsPD 2 LP» ” 19 a ‘| he Pals 5-3 ‘ae °i2 aoe ey? \ task force personnel on Enewetak Atoll and all the natives from Ujelang Sot me ) considerable fallout led to a decision to evacuate prior to shot time all hee my The expected magnitude of the MIKE blast and the possibility of Pov Y MIKE Evacuation 4° np this are discussed below. ew The preparations for Po VPepa—ed evacuation of the task force from Enewetak Atoll. yyeM The potential size of the MIKE detonation also required the complete pif Gulf of Mexico. 1 This operation even included the dropping of a dummy KING bomb into the ~ it simulated in August 1952 as Operation TEXAN out of Bergstrom AFB, Texas. ypu» r navigational help for the single-place sampling aircraft. eat This required in-flight refueling PFAMLIVG yO Y remain on station for up to 5 hours. ey were to be based at Kwajalein 360 miles (500 km) from Enewetak and had to v The samplers 944 YP The aircraft selected for cloud sampling was the F-84G. f been used in GREENHOUSE. O19Fe powsagy Weyer 0 jet-powered plane to replace the propeller-driven drone 8-17s that had i This, in turn, required a - higher altitudes than had been done before.