VIIT The exact number of aircraft for operations and training was unknown, In fact, these aircraft came from several military agencies, their numbers remained fluid even after Operation PLUMBBOB got under way, Three B-l? aircraft from the Strategic Air Command were scheduled for indirect bomb damage assessment, but only the types of the remaining operations and training aircraft were specified,” Many of these aircraft staged from such scattered places as Kirtland, March, George, Edwards, and Nellis Air Force Bases, The PLUMBBOB Operation Plan, published on 1 April 1957, listed the following types and number of aircraft for the indicated test support missions: TYPE B-S7B NUMBER MISSION 6 Sampling F-8),G 11 F-895 2 ZSG (blimps) 2 T-33 HSS1 FJ) AD 1 2 1 H-21 C-47. c-119 L-20 C-L5 C-h7 L-21 2 2 B-SO B-25 B-29 C-h7 2 2 F-89D B-25 Sampling L 6 - Sampling WEe1scery YY" ge fects studies Effects studies Effects studies Effects studies Effects studies Cloud tracking Cloud tracking _ Cloud tracking Radiological surveys Taxi service 2 Sample return and courier 1 Photography h 4 Sample return and courier Airlift 3 Security sweeps and CRT 3 Terrain survey 3 1 Security sweeps and CRT Terrain survey The above differed only slightly from the list issued on 18 February 1957, 166 APAKO 6 SVEH~2-0034 \% ? ate