Qnanter - Plannin: id -uilcup Planning for ‘ask sroup 7.4 participation in Operation HARDTACK corm: need in late 1956 coincident with the roll-up of that year's nuclear test at Eniwetok, Op*rstion REDWING, and with the planning for ths 1957 continyntal test, Operation PLUMBBOB. The first efforts were directed at the preparation of aircraft, supply, construction, transportation, and budget requirzments. These studies led to the development of the data which was presented at the Joint Task Force SEVEN planning conferenc? in February 1957 as being our needs for the conduct of our test mission. . Ry mid=1957 a Schedule of Events and a Communications Plan had been rublished and our officer and airmen personnel requisitions had been forwaréed to hizher headquarters for action. As has been mentioned rrevicusly, the activation of the various Task Group 7.) agencies occurred “arly in th: month of October 1957, Immediately thereafter the Task Gwoup held its Logistics Planning Conference which brought the test participants togetner with representetives of the various Air Materiel Areas and the Task Group Materiel staff for the purpose of outlining requirements and the steps necessary toward meeting those needs. Mean- while, the Task Group staff published its first planning directive outlining the general operetional corcepts, unds:rtook rehabilitation of the air control equipment, the AN/USQ 12, arranged for the modification of additional sampling eircraft, and prepared supplemental budgets necossary to reflect the changing requirements. By the end of the year the Onsrations Plan and a draft of the Movement Directive had besn comrieted and the Commander and his deputy had completed staff visits to she forward area, One of the principal purposes of these visits was to make mutually satisfactory arrangements with the Army Tesk Group, 7.2, for the surport the; would provide during the operational period. COPIED/DOE * NL RC 7 et PeatOne on UL