HARDTACK in, March 1958
WMil its conclasicn on 18 Augist 2956,
The sampling aircraft flew 20 sampling vissisns ard logged
1,635
flying hours.
The effects aircraft fiew 47 successful missicns
cn 18 shots and logced 347 flying hours.
The Asrial Pnctography Els-
ment flew 32 missions or certain specified shots and isggead 199
am
fly-
ing hours in support cf beth documertary and technical phetegraphy
requirenerts.
The Weather Reconnaissance Element flew 334 flights
ard acgged 3,696
flying hours cbtaining weather information over
ar
aréa that stretched frem the Territory of Hawaii to a point vest of
Guan and cevered weil cver 10,000..00 square mites, ir. the Central
In addition to the fiying actavities listed abive.
during tt.
operationai phase the Task Group operated weather reporting and conangece
tm
Pacific,
stations at erght (8) island sites remite fren tne testiig Lecaticr.
Wniie the cperational phase vas siial is prearess. seme elements
Element which completed its schedvied participation on tne ELDER sict on
28 June.
They were fclicwed srcortiy by tne Air Firce Effects Elenert
vhich compieted their missisc: on the POPLAR Byert on ic duis.
Wren or 27 July it was cfficially arceacced that PINON, the cper
shet for the United Nation Observers ardes persormme:, had bee: tare
celled there were only wwe (2)
shots left tc be fired at
at
niwetck and the twe (Z) high
altitude missile skots tc te fired at
Oo
Jennstes Island.
Az tnis time, weather reporting reqsirements
++ were
Cc
iz
decreased in the Eniwetok Preving Grcurd and im.ediate rcil-up of Weather
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