CHAPTER VIF
CVERSEAS FOR OPERATION REDWING
At a REDWING conference staged by Joint Task Force Seven in
Washington, D. C., on 29 April 1955, officials agreed on six B-57B
aircraft.!
The 926th Test Squadron (Sampling) still had no B-57B
aircraft and had to borrow them from the Tactical Air Command,”
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Plans and Operations
Planning officers and scientists were not entirely satisfied with
the sampling platforms used, or the number provided,
In reply to a letter
from Lieutenant ColonelRichard J, Hynes, Acting Director of Operations
for the 950th Test Group (Wuclear) » Dr. Harold F, Plankdiscussed the
possibility of obtaining two“samples with one plane,
He pointed out that
mission time requirements were miltiplied by four to obtain two samples
as opposed to one and that obtaining two samples was possible early in
the sampling operation or if sample size was small.
In any case, sampling
could be conducted under conditions unsuitable for F-81C aircraft if a
full compliment of B-57 aircraft were not available for use by the cloud
samplers?
With each additional nuclear testing operations, broader experience
proved invaluable.
‘The Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory submitted a
detailed analysis of requirements to Commander, Task Group 7.l. Making
no reference to past difficulties between operating organizations of
tests, the document listed, besides requirements, concepts, aircraft
control, radiation exposure requirements, aircraft contamination and
return exposures, pre-mission preparations, post-mission treatments,
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