XTII Some seventeen of the officer personnel made a field trip to the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory and received a tour of the facilities, as well as a comprehensive briefing on the projects and the future sampling requirements of the Laboratory. We followed a myriad of steps in processing the information derived from the samples collected by the 926th Test Squadron (Sampling). To a man, those in attendance felt that the trip was extremely interesting and worthwhile in that we had never known just what value our efforts were to the overall program,: The Radiation Safety Officer, Lieutenant D, R, Shields, was sent TDY to the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory to determine the effect of the neutron field on personnel exposed in sampling Project KIWE A PRIME, Neutron radiation is a phenomenon which occurs only at the time of the detonation (sic) of fissionable material and only shortly thereafter, Consequently, sampling aircraft and crews were not previously exposed to it, In the KIWI tests; however, detonation (isic) is taking place within the reactor continuously and neutron radiation is continually produced, and the aircraft and crews are required to fly in neutron field, New measuring equip-~ ment and procedures are being devised to reduce the hazard - encountered during the last test, In conjunction with this, appointments were made for those personnel participating in KIWI A THREE to go through the Human Body Counter at Los Alamos prior to and after the projected tests, All aircraft were given a complete radioactivity check on 19 September (1960) and all readings were below the minimum radioactive levels. Deployment to accomplish its sampling missions for Project MUSIC MAN became routine with the squadron, and although the first mission to East Sale, Australia, was accomplished promptly and efficiently, subsequent deployments showed improvement. included: Preparation necessary for such a deployment The five B-57B aircraft for the Australian deployment, one of which was to be aspare, modified for one UHF, on VHF and the new Single Side Band HF (communications) equipment. The aircraft were outfitted with tip fuel tanks and were test flown at least twice, After each flight, personnel adjusted and rechecked all the equipment and the single side band equipment, Modification of the antenna loading configuration of 27h AFWUHO SWEH-2-0034 . pa a lt