SAR EUMEF® (PROV) HISTORY REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH-OPERATIONS SECTION-Cont! The new parking plan was put into effect with all three S/1L6's parked close by the alertshack and also the #3 St-16 and crew assumed airstrip alert responsi~ bility as of O1OOL, leaving the #2 and #2 aircraft and crews unhampered with air strip alert responsibilities and free to concentrate on effective accomplishment of their assigned orbit missions. Tho two changes aided considerably in facili- ating the effective accomplishment of the SsR missione Tho #1 Siel6 was airborne at O4OSL and proceeded to his orbit position as for the previous mission, The #2 Si~16 was airborne at 0637L and procoede to his assigned orbit positions This miswion was flown without a roquost for SAR assistance, lence was cncountered by cithor aircraft. No radiation or turbu- 4A total of fifteen (15) hoursand twenty (20) minutes was flom by the two aircraft on the Romeo mission. <> ~ Again on 30 and 31 March water transition flights were scheduled and sucessfully flowne On 31 March the crew was alerted to start engines and hold at the end of the runway for a WB29 that was 100 miles with one engine feathered. out at 20,000 fect, returning The WB-29 landed safelye However it was agreed that in the futuro tho rescue aircraft would actually tako-off on all requests for SAR assistanco, regardicss of close proximity to the field. Again on this day a WB-29 feathered #2 propeller approxdmately 500 miles Northeast of Eniwetok and the crew was scrambled for the intercept. cept. The intcre . The intercept and escort was accomplished in a routine manner and the WB~ 29 landedSafoly at 1936L.7° The month of March saw many of the previous month's problems solved and oper ations in ecncral woro considered vory satisfactory, 18. Mission Rept, SAR Element (Prov)—JeZl March 1954. seen . (ao) - (TAB 6) qs~