; COBPREATIAL ” ——~" PREFACE Our job in Task Group 7.4 was to provide air support to Joint Task Force SEVEN, The purpose of this report is to brief what we did in carry- ing ont this job. Anyone interested in more detail than contained in this report is referred to the histories of the Task Group and of its units. Although Headquarters Task Group 7.4 was not formally established for Operation HARDTACK until October 1957, plans and preparation for its participation in the opsration started long before that within Headquarters, Joint Task Force SEVFN, and within the headquarters and squadrons of the 950th Test Group (Nuclear) of the Air Force Special Weapons Center. Thus, 1957. The last shot of the HARDTACK series took place at the Eniwetok Proving Grounds on 18 August 1958, Roll-ur activities, deactivation of ; paradl this report covers activities starting as early as the Spring and Summer of provisional units, and reassignment of personnel will take place for several weeks to come. These matters are routine, however, and therefore this report has been cut off as of 18 Auszust 1958 in order to permit early publication. The report is organized into five parts as follows: Part I Sumnary Part II Command Part III Part IV Part V Personnel & Administration ‘ Operations Materiel I take this opportunity to express apnreciation to all the officers and airmen who have served in Task Group 7.4 so faithfully and well. All SWS 8SRD 28532/7 ¥ -BOPIEDIDOE CONDRRATIAL J