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HEADQUARTERS
TASK GROUP 7,4, PROVISIONAL
APO 187, c/o Pestanster
San Francisec, California
23 March 1954
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Joint Task Forco SEVEN
APO 187 (HOW), c/c Pestrinster
San Francisco, Califcrnia
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It would eppear to ne, if a prelonzed period cf upper cir wins
resulting in a faverable foll--cut situcticn shoul? oceur, it woul* be
your Jesire te fire a mexicun number cf the reinininz 2evices in the
shortest possible rerio? of tire, I have thercfere czuse? uy staff to
meke « thercuzgh study cf our cbility to eccepe with shot intecrvels cf 5,
6, onl 7 teys. This stuty reveals thnrt wo cculs operate continucusly
on a seven=lay intervel but woul” nit be able te provide 100 percent of
eriticcl cireroft with only « 5 or 6 (sy intecrvel.
The basic reascn for this tine roquire: cnt lics in the trouenicus
cnount of effort required te deecntcerinate B-36 cirersft. Our expericnce
“pilus43 days.
Since it is nececssary tc p-sition cur airereft for tarc-
cff by 1700 on D rinus cne, it is obvicus thet rractivally no nainten.13
tie would have been aveilable hag{beeen fired five cr six “tnys f-ilowing
dey schecule.
mi that tino woul? heve been limited, at best, cn a sevon
It was apparent, thorefcre, that the najcr probler. to be attic wos
that cf roducing the tine require] for deecntsminaticn, A thor: uch vor.icw
ef cur equipnent ni? persennel rcscurees wes unmorteken resulting in
pincin: of an crvcer with
fer night licghtin: anid s-foty
harness facilitics over the 2ccontarinaticn pad, in cbtoining atiuticn:1
Acecntrscination cquiprent ant in schctulin’ all cvrileble unnpewer to
werk cn deecntcinaticn cn « ecntinucus 24~hcur or acy basis. By these
noms we fecl that, cfter a reasenable peric’t of Aceay, we esa dee: nty-incte
2 B36 in ten (10) hours.
pericnce:
effect this’ Dp
This is c« trei-on’cus retucticn cf tic tine ex-
Fellewine the next “otcnaticn, we shw.i net into
see
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in deccntaminating three (3) B+36's, three (3) B29's, ani 15 F-%4's,
wes that leecntarinaticn was cozpleted cn the Inst B-36 cn
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