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,” - 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, 139 AFWU SWEH=-2-003), \o ae