- XIIT and officials of both parties set a target date of 1 August 1961 for the transfer, The transfer and redesignation of the 926th Test Squadron (Sampling) was affected on 16 August 1961.7 The new desi gation for the unit was 1211th Test Squadron (Sampling), (MATS). . ol The final history ofthe 926th Test Squadron told of this transition: The mission of the 1211th Test Squadron (Sampling) remained two-fold and unchanged: (1) to provide a flight test organization which was manned, trained, and equipped to collect samples of the atmosphere in areas of radioactivity resulting from ground or air detonation of nuclear devices; and, (2) to investigate and collect particulate air samples at specified altitudes and areas, This included investigation of the exchange of air between the stratosphere and the troposphere in the vicinity of the jet stream, Because of the moratorium on atomic and nuclear testing most of the mission assignments were related to United States Weather Bureau programs, Air Force officials concluded that mission nature was more related to the duties and responsibilities of the Air Weather Service than those of Air Force Systems Command, Staff members from headquarters, 9th Weather Reconnaissance Group, McClellan Air Force Base, and Air Weather Service, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, made preliminary inspections of the squadrom beginning en.2 August and reorganization of the squadron followed in accordance with Air Weather Service Manual 66-2 with the orders that the changes take place on 16 August 1961, On 15 August, Brigadier General Normal L, Peterson, Commander, Air Weather Service, and his staff arrived at Kirtland Air Force Base for the purpose of change-of-command ceremony, 293 AFWUHO SWEH-2 -003; ale