‘ at = bos 0. ONS ION 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- ) 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 © 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). (5) / a“ 74°