XTIT Officers Required Net Change 189 +105 Airmen Civilians 733 +358 Mobility was an essential element of this plan, 10 The variables associated with foreign nuclear events made it possible to anticipate the geographical site for each detonation, Thus, a milt-in capability to react on minimum notice was, critical to successful reconnaissance of foreign nuclear activity. No other aircraft in the current Air Force inventory was more ideally suited to this particular mission than the C-130. Moreover, as a basic part of the production samplingoperation, the C-130 was dually used as a 15,000-foot sampler plus back-up for 25,000 feet and for limited DUCKBJTI/RESCUE purposes, Specific flying hours for full mobility-rescue capability were not included in flying hour computations; however, it contemplated that hours programmed for production sampling were available to support mobility requirements if production sampling was temporarily suspended due to foreign event coverage. Time phasing for implementation was to be as follows: (a) Latitudes 30° - 35° N, (1) Start B-57 operations from Yokota AB, Japan in July 1961, (2) Start U-2 operations from Laughlin AFB, Texas, in July (3) Phase in C-130 operations at Yokota AB as soon as 1961 simultaneously with B-57 flights from Japan, aircraft complete modification, estimated to be September 1961 allowing six months lead time. 286 AFWUtL | SWEH-2-0034 40 @