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airoraft, four (4) HO-355's and two (2) HTL's for special operations in the
area.
Two (2) Naval PEM's were also made available for air resoue as
needed,
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Maintenance and Supply Problems.
Le. Colone] SMa, was assigned to the staff of the Air
Commander to monitor supply and maintenance problems, and to keep him informed on matters of a logistical nature that might endanger the accomplishment of the mission.
He had been A~4 of Task Group 1.5 (the Air Task Group)
in Operation CROSSROADS, and was cognizant of the difficulties involved in
the support of air operations of this type.
He realised that the further
an Air Force unit operates from the vicinity of supply and maintenance
depots, the more complicated logistical matters become.
It was decided that normal Air Force supply procedures would be
followed within the Zone of Interior in equipping the Air Force units before
they left the states for the operating area.
This decision entailed the
requisition of logistical support for all alroraft in the area in sufficient
time to allow water shipment to the operating area.
Inasnuch as there were
seventy (70) some airoraft of different types being assembled throughout
the United States, Oahu, and Guam, it became quite a problem to coordinate
all of this requisitioning.
Most of the assembly of materiel was accom-
plished by the Eighth Air Force, but since other commands were also
interested in the project, it was evident that some central agency would
have to monitor the assembly of allof the air materiel for the project.
It was not the Air Commander's desire that his office become involved in the actual requisition of supporting items.
His responsibility
did extend over all Air Force matters within the Joint Task Force, but the
Section VIII
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