. me INSTRUMENTATION SECTION Supply of all major end items was excellont. There was on hand approximately 95 percont of the recuirements placed on Task Group 7.4. The supply of expondables was good. One item (the electron tube) was not received causing two radiac sets to be out of commission. PILOT “he subject installation,immediately after the depickling process, was found to be inoperativo in 90 percent of the aircraft. This con- dition was assumed to have been creatcd by; or contributed to, by a minimum amount of salt spray encountered during the transport of the aircraft to the forward area, the methods employed in depickling; namoly, high pressure streams of steam and also existent malfunctions left in tho systems at Kirtland AFB for lack of adequate replacement component sparta. ” wll installations were repaired and placed in operating condition. It was necessary to climinate a portion of tho systom circuitry, and completcly rewire numerous cable assemblies in other systems. The wire bundles were replaced duc to their being completely saturated with water or in such a state thet they were very susceptible to saturetion or contamination duc to their past exposures which doteriorated the wire coating. . continuous secucnce of repair and rool-cement was necessary in order to ratain a high percentage of operetive autopilot systoms, It was gratifying to note the service life of tho autopilot components even _ though hindered by unsatisfactory installation. -2 “My