ow : 7RES S Tarn a safety check and this information was orce acaiLoidias Following the detonation, the FJ-4s and ADs were cleared to return +o base and land, their requirements having been met. The B-52 remained airborne fcr approximately another hour and thirty minutes ing the detonation. to complete its testing fcliow- Starting at H plus fifty-five minutes and foilowing av fifteen minute intervals, three (3) B-57 sampler aircraft took off. The Air Operations Center vectored them to the airborne Sampler Contrelie> who then assumed control and directed the aircraft in their penetrations As each aircraft collected its required sampie, of the nuclear cloud. the Controller released them to the controller in the AQC who expedited their return to the airfield to prevent any unnecessary radiatioz exposure. The tower gave landing priority to the sampling aircraft and after dancing; cleared them to the sample recovery area. quickly evacuated frem the aircraft. In this arsa, the aircrew was The filter paper was then rserevac by sample recovery personnel and placed in lead "pigs" for retwom to the labratories in the ZI. After ail the sampler aircraft and the coulrslses had landed, the SA-16 aircraft was cleared to land. A raport te ths ochii4s Task Force Com‘and Pest was made by the Air Operations Centar when 204 aircraft were safely on the ground. After landing, all effects axc sampling aircrews were debriefed by the Test Aircraft Unit Operetions Office, and on the folicwing day a critiqve was held for all airsreve and vesgcssilis ground agencies to determine problem areas generated by the evant. Figures See 27 ard 28 for photcgraphs cf the mission control heerde in tne Air Operations Cente-. 152 Aw , bee en I.3 oo ~ anole wh pk s