A 6 December TWX from Headquarters Air Force to TAC notes that the two
AFSWC C-130B aircraft will remain on loan to AFSWC until further notice
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and that the personnel will remainin TDY status.
A 7 December TWX from Headquarters Air Force to AFSWC states the following
about the sampler aircraft situation.
Based on current high level decisions
which have reduced the number of events upon which sampling requirements
are based,
Headquarters Air Force feels that a force of 15 samplers is
sufficient provided the one B57D is repaired.
"Our present capability is two
sampling teams consisting of two B57D’ and four B57's each, with three spare
B57's.
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This headquarters concurs with the requirement for gaseous
modification of all B57 samplers and is proceeding with plans for thiswork ."'
Here is a copy of a lengthy document by JTF8 which contains draft proposals
for documents to go to the Joint Chiefs of Staff on the subject of the operation
as then seen by JTF8.
Of most interest are the ship and air requirements
“which would be laid on the Air Force and Navy.
As for air requirements
they include: eight 135's threc of which would be used for sample return
missions, and five of which would be required for optical and photographic
measurements on the very high altitude shots.
One of those five is to be the
Cambridge Research Lab airéraft.
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A 7 Dec. message from the NTS to Betts gives the result
s of the Tweezers Phase
Two Operation
which was completed on 6 Dec.
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