i aed th. mission, During this month, two Si 15 aircraf* wore placed unde> “he overational control cf this unit for ampuibicus-type oporacious in the event that the TATE airstrip should be umisaLle, Theta SA i6's wee in addition to the two Navy PBM's proviously undor our cc1iroi. Thece sircraft cre no* particwarly good for nirlift operrticns, s7nca uhour carrying capacity is smal]; however, they will cnable csscntial pessoinel to bo muve.l at times when the airstrip is not usavic. Cpezation and maintencnec of these aircraft is the responcibility of vh? 2st Support Unit, administration of the personnel is tne res- nonsibility of the Test Services (nit, since they belong to tho Air rescva Service, During *he month of Maren, the campaign “io improve = “hk? Jook3 of the island was vigerousiy centinued- A consideoraec agirs of gxalins, rolling, rock and debris removal, fence butiling, and gen-: ern t1¢an-up wae accomplished. The man hours ts accomplish thvuse tess, wOra necessarily taken from the productive man hours intsneod Sor éivercft maintenance, supply activity, ctc. This was mace neccss~ ary tecause iabor troops, or personnel who c%uld be so consiuered, “were not part of the manning of this unit, i should be noted that, us :tated in the History of the 4932nd Test Support Squadron (a*tached hereto), 7121 mar hours were spent on clean-up projucts. This amounted 40 Approx'mately one-seventh 1/7 of the man hours avallable to the 493and “oz all its supply and maintenance functions. On 24 March, a production linc wes cscabiishc’t for corrosion cca= trot and painting of Arm~oyned vehicles in wre by “his Task Group. 367 aon 21 nr .