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OPERATIONSORDERNo.
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San Francisco, California
1 May 1954, | 1800M
CHART RETTERENCES:
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World Aeronautical Charts (748, 749, 048, 848, 849, 850) 1:1,000,000.
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USAF Aeronautical Planning Chart (AP-14) 1:5,000,000.
TASK ORGANIZATION:
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Provisional
Brigadier General Howell M. Estes, Jr.
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Lt Colonel James A. Vaticins
c, Test Services Unit
Lt Colonel Mahlon B. Hanmond
d.
Colonel Janes F, Starkey
Test Support Unit
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GSNERAL SITUATION:
The mission covered by this Operations Order is assigned the. code
nane YAIKES. Its execution day is Y-Day. Certain communications procedures, aircraft positioning in space at H-Hour and control procedures
will be issued as annexes hereto not later than Y minus two days. This
“is a specific directive to all elements of the Air Task Group to execute
their assigned missions in support of YANKES.
This order supplements
Task Group 7.4 Operations Order 1-53 and 2~54 which are still in effect.
a. ‘See.Annex A, Intelligence,
b
TG 7.4 Operations Order 1-53.
See Annex B, Organization and Command Relationships, TG Th
Operations Order 1-53.
(1)
Task Group 7.3 will provide, to Task Group 7.4, aircraft.
control facilities aboard the Command Ship andthe Control
Destroyer-for the Y-Day event,
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(See Annex A, Check List,
this Operations Order and Annex T, Commend Ship cIc Procedures; Annex U, Control Destroyer Procedures, Operations
Order 2-54. :
(2)
B50 aircraft of the 97th Bomb Wing (Medium) will partici
pate on Y-Day. -(See Annex 0, B-50 IEDA Flight Procedures,
TG 7,4 Operations Order 2-54, and Annex A, Check List, this
Operations Order).
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LISSIO:
To participate in the YANKEE Operation as directedLW Joint Task ©
Force SEVEN,
"3. ‘TASKS FOR SUBORDIN' = -URTTS:
a. Test Aircraft Unit:
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(1) - Exeente assigned mission to include that specified in Annex A:
TASK GROUP 7.4
OPRS ORDER NO. 6-54
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