gun=type weapon gust loading These weapons consist essentially of a propellant charge which drives a projectile of fissionable material on to a fissionable target so that the combination becomes supercritical, The loading on aircraft in flight associated with the dynamic pressure in an air shock wave. handling equipment Special equipment used to handle, transport, or hoist special weapons components, major assemblies, or complete weapons; often included in lists of test and handling equipment as H-equipment. implosion-type weapons The type of atomic weapons in which a subcritical configuration of fissionable material is compressed into a supercritical state by a centrally directed radial shock, to produce an atomic explosion, in-flight control and monitor equipment Electrical equipment which provides the means of performing certain weapon or missile functions in flight, and monitors an atomic weapon to provide a simple go-no- go indication of weapon conditim, in-flight insertion The process of inserting a nuclear capsule into the pit of an atomic warhead while it is airborne, ionization Joint Task Force (JTF) The process or result of any process by which a neutral atom or molecule acquires a positive or negative charge. A combined force of personnel of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and the Atomic Energy Commission, charged with conducting atomic tests. The commander is an officer of general or flag rank designated by the service acting as executive agency of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Joint Task Group (JT) A subsection of the Joint Task Force, Examples are: JTG-1 (Scientific), JTG-2 (Army), JTG-3 (Navy), and JTG-l (Air Force). 32h SWEH-2-003h, 2 APWUHO at .