GENERAL It-was necessary that certain roquiremonts of Task Group 7.4, Provisional, and the dir Force Office of .tomic Snorgzy (FAT) be met before this section could bo completely prepared for a mission. requiremonts were that 14 These aircraft be available with all onuipment operative for cach mission. 1. Two aircraft, not necessarilyecuipped with air sampling dovices, had to be airborne prior to the time of dctonattion to obsorve the dctonation of the nuclear device. 2. Twelve aircreft, equipped with radioactive air sampling devices, had to collect samples of the radioactive cloud created by the dotonation of the nucloar device. The type of air sampling dovieco installed in each -— aircraft is oxplained in inclosure 1. during cach shot. The 12 aircraft flew in pairs - ‘ Tho first pair was cquippod with tho Youble Squeoges™ One of the second, third and fourth pair was ecuipped with the special Doublo Scucegee and one with the Snap Bag. pairs as equipped with the Double Squeegee One of the fifth and sixth and one with the Snap Bag. This section sucessfully participated in the operstion of 1 March by meeting all requiroments. There were no aborts at take-off and there were no inflight incidents reported, There wero 14 lendinzs and 31 hours and 40 minutes flown, of which one hour and 50 minutes was night time in the actual sampling mission of 1 March, day was35 hours and 35 minutes. *he totel flying time for the There was a total of 5,338 gcllons of JP-4 fuel issucd. The 12 aircraft which actually collected samples of the radioactive nn J Jee 297