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The Chief of the Air Weather Service was informed of the requirements above, and a decision was made to provide four (4) Weather Mobile
Units to establish stations at Rongerik, Majuro, Eniwetok and augment the
stations at Wake and Kwajalein.
This additional personnel was organized,
trained and equipped by the Continental Weather Wing at Tinker Field and
was made available to the Task Force.
The mission of these Mobile Weather
Units was to mpplement surface and upper air observations being provided
by the established stations in the area.
They departed from the Oakland,
California, Port of Bmbarkation on 10 February 1948, arrived at Kwajalein
22 February 1948, where they were off-loaded and trans-shipped to their
ultimate destinations.
With regard to aerial weather reconnaissance, the Chief of Air Weather
Service directed that a detachment of the 514th Weather Reconnaissance
Squadron st Guam be made available with eight (8) specially modified B=29
type aircraft to satisfy this requirement.
The mission of the Air Weather
Recomnaissance Unit was to make and record observations over extensive areas
using specialized instruments and techniques.
They departed their home
station at Guam and arrived at Kwajalein 10 March 1948 to begin their
operations
8.
Miscellaneous Requirementse
Air Rescue Service was provided by two (2) (ER) Bel7's and twe (2)
OA-10's aircraft from the Fifth Air Rescue Squadron, MacDill Air Force
Base, organized as Task Unit 7.445.
The Commander, Task Group 7.7, in his other capacity as ISCOM (Island
Commander, Kwajalein for CINPAC (Commander~in-Chief, Pacific) ); had been
operating an Air Resoue Service for the Marshall Islands area.
By a mutual
agreement between Commander, Task Group 7e4 and Commander, Task Group 7.7,
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