HEADQUARTERS 6TH WEATHER SQUADRON (MOBIL) Tinker air Force Base Oklahoma City, Oklahoma WREP 2 15 December 1952 SUBJKCT: Project Report, Detachment 2 TOs Commanding Officer 6th Weather Squadron (Mobile) Tinker Air Force Base Oklahoma City, Oklahoma I. Introduction WREP=2 was effectively formed approximately 5 July 1952, This Detachment, consisting of one Officer and twenty Airmen, made up one of the self supporting units destined to operate as part of Project IVY from 20 Sep 1952 until the end of the Atomic Tests, Operating location for Det 2 was in the Marshall Islands at Majuro Atoll, located approximately 240 miles Southeast of Kwajalein (Inclosure I gives the breakdown of Det. Personnel). II. Purpose of Project Project Ivy was conducted for the purpose of performing tests on all new equipment developed by the atomic Energy Commission since previous Atomic project in 1951. TI. Mission of 6th Wea Sq (Mob) Det The mission of the 6th Wea Sq (Kob) Det participating in Operation Ivy was to support the Weather Central, located at Eniwatok by taking upper air soundings and surface obs. Rawinsonde runs were taken at intervals of six hours, except during periods of maximum effort or when special runs were requested. Three and six hourly weather observations were taken during the same period, IV. Narrative Discussion 1. Location: Majure Majuro is a coral atoll, typical of those found in the Pacific Ocean, composed of numerous long, nerrow islands which surround an inner lagoon. With a few exceptions the mexirim width of these islands is a few hundred yards, their length varies greatly from a hundred yards to ten miles or more, (The maximum height anywhere on the atoll is less than thirty feet above sea level. All of the islands are covered with tropical vegatation above the high water mark, the highest vegatation being the numerous coconut palms, but also including a BEST AVAILA BLE Copy