PRIVACY ACT MATERIAL REMOVED of tho 4930th Test Support Group an? attached to Tesk Group 7.3 for = short poriod of tine for additioncl trainin: in water lendings.!? This roquest was conplicd with and the PR: cirercft were dispatched to Bikini to be under the operationcl control of Task Group 7,3 as requested, They were returne? to tho 4930th Test Support Group control after a period of approxinately ten (10) ccys. Wator landints in the Bikini cree, clthouch not considered criticcl for the tiost part, were considered a little tricky beccuso of the cround swells within tho lasoon, On the cleventh of larch, Deputy Commemicr, Task Group 7.4, flow to Bikini in an SA~16 to survey tho lazoon area for desisnation of safe landing aree or creas, On the seven- teenth of March a letter was subriitte? to Joint Tusk Force SEVEN outlining the Task Group 7.4 choice fer wator landing erecs. It was requcsteld that this one area subnitted be designated the only oren for water landings at Bikini and further requested that an cireraft buoy be provided. Tho sare lottor outlinod a proposal for overall aircraft ccentrol in the Bikini crea. Thes@ proposals were concurred in by first indorserent, thereto, on the twonty-~first of Merch by Joint Task Force SEVEN. 2? The SA~16 aircraft assimed to the 78th Air Rescuc Squatrcn at Kwajalein, which were being used on the CASTLE operation at Eniwctok, cid not seer to be gettin: proper meintenance. It wos “ctermino’ thet the Sit Detachment Comandcr, unter the Test Services Unit, wos in an undesirable position in that he was roguired te keep two (2) Cpora- tional SfA~16's at Eniwctok Curing non-operetional period and three (3) Sé--16' at Eniwetok curingoperations) pericts, In addition, he was theSyuadron 1G #3~3108C, Ltr to JTF SEVEN, subj: "Airlift Oor", TG #3-3174C. ~~ ae s 5) AeIC) RhAa eaeec a arr ne ~] 12, 13.