Airman Buford Jackson Plots Position of F-8),G Sampling
Aircraft, Operation PLUMBBOB
would perform in case of a national emergency,
Therefore, AFOAT-1
planned a sampling requirement apart from those of the Los Alamos
Scientific Laboratory and the University of California Radiation
Laboratory.
Colonel Wignall, 950th commander, approved the Air National
Guard sampler training on 1 December 1956, and included them in the early
planning for Operation PLUMBBOB.
Shots and Aircraft Participation
A total of 875 different sorties were planned for Operation PLUMBBOB,
and 786 of these missions were completed.
168
APWUHO
There were 17 air aborts,, while
SWEH-2 ~003),
9!