que Jan Feb ~ in Commission 3-33 Mar Apr May 80 65 77 Jun 88.1 Jul 65,8 ¢--a __ 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. ‘Lite vu Le20!'s: Doe Ae Atter an initial effort to limit the personnel who cold use L-20!'s wi pane /,AS ea’