A 17 Aug. 59 letter from JTF
~7 to the Commander of the
Army Task Group at
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An 18 August Trip Report from Col. Eddy of AFSWC reports on planning
‘or the WILLOW Operation which was recently discussed with Cambridge
tesearch people.
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DDR&E has informed the service secretaries to plan on an
-ssumed date for WILLOWof no earlier than March 1961 and the proposa
l is for
LFSWC to launch rockets and pods in conjunction with the AFSWC-proposed
sRGUS I and II High Altitude Shots and this has been approved by DASA and
‘ecommended to the JCS but at a cost of 2 million dollars rather than the 6
aillion which AFSWC recommended would be needed.
In this event the use
f pods would be selected to keep the cost down and give more precise
ositioning.
Headquarters, Air Force has withheld concurrence from the
IASA proposal.
Furthermore AFCRC {Air Force Cambridge Research Center)
as requested support from AFSWC on the launching of rockets fora number .
f: measurements to be made.
f the 4950th to the AFSWC,
In a late August letter from Col. Byrne
the 4950th points out that the 4952nd has this
ocket launch and associated capability within its unit and that the types of
ctivities associated with WILLOW would indecd come under and within the
upport requirements of the 4950th as -Task Group 7.4 if the testing should
ome to pass.
Therefore in principal,
the 4950th will find support of the
FCRD requircments operationally feasible.
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