que
Jan
Feb
~ in Commission
3-33
Mar
Apr
May
80
65
77
Jun
88.1
Jul
65,8
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EIKINI
Jan ‘Feb
Mar
Apr May
S5h
62h2
3063
2082
6507
6118
Jun
Jul
2015
136
95
4566
2609
223
He1l9 (HER 361)
Helicopters
Missions
Passengers
% in Commission
77¢5
78.0
75.8
83.2
7.0
L~20 Aircraft
Missions
25h
Flying Hours
Passen-ers
635
% in Commission
oF ye,
“y
Skh6
860
862
1073
727
125
180
295
231
158
1222
1807
1927
2299
1587
936 0
85.5
90.0
87.2
65.8
i.Kir traffic was dou! led,“hen the overational pericd bezan on 15 Marci.
At Eniwetok it was virtually doubled again when Cactus and Koa went on sit:
From the first Cactusel on 20 April through Wahoo-2 on 16 May, transsorta-
tion and operational requirements for L-20's and helicopters were at a Sus .
tained naximum.
detonated.
During t:is »eriod Cactus, Butternut, Koa and Wahoo were
The overlan of prep2r-tory anc. recovery onerations for these
shots severely taxed the available airlift.
Right at tais critical time,
unfortun-tely, Air Force technical cflirectives on re vLacement of H-21 rotor
blaces reduced the availability of those aircraft to less than 50% of the
9 assi-neec.
The extensive and complex recovery operations associated with
the ‘four s ots required most of the availa:le H-19 flying tine.
This left
no backuv for the rovtine uveisland transportation schedule, except for
L=20's which could operate only into Janet until Cactus was fired.
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vu
Le20!'s:
Doe
Ae
Atter an initial effort to limit the personnel who cold use L-20!'s
wi
pane
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