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Shot Bravo was schoduled for 1: March.
‘Two days prior to the 1 March
mission, Siel6 # 49-79 was tost flown and developed a aevoro oi] leak on the
mumbor 1 propeller, which would require a propollor change.
Emergency roqui~
sitions woro submittod for the neccossary parts, however they could not be -received in sufficient time for this aircraft to participate in the mission
for 1 March,
As a rosult, a PHM was substituted, with Navy crew supplamented
by a SAR Elomont (Prov) aircraft Commander, to assume airstrip alert and to
act as backup for tho #1 and #2 Sikel6's,
cident and tho PH! was not scramblod
The mission was flown without in-
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For thid mission on 1 March the aircraft wore positioned tho same asfor
the practies and rohorsal missions during tho month of February.
Roquoste.bad -©
been initiated to change the crow mission assignment and also tho aircaft posi~
tionhng so as to faciliate tho accomplishment of the SAR mission,
However this
was not approved by higher hoadquarters in sufficient time to include such
changes for the 1 March migsion.
On 1 March, tho SAR Controller in the Air Operations Conter submitted
Critique Conments and recomendations,which had been coordinated with and
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approved by tho SAR Commandor, to the Operations Soction of Task Group 74,
Provisional, that it was fclt would faciliate the SAR Operation.
Verbal ap~
roval was obtained and it was detcrmined that ‘the recomended changes would
bo incorporated in tho mission pla
for the next schoduled shot.
12. SAR Controller Critiquo Comnonts CAB 10).
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