adequate communication between the various operating locations. Thus, it was possible for the Commander of Task Group 7.4 to command all the air operations while at the same time keeping the Commander Joint Task Force SEVEN fully informed of the situation and responding to his ordzrs. Flying Safety was a special subject at all Jevels within the Task Frour. The accident rate achieved was 21-3 flying hours, Year 1.957 of per one hundred thousand This compares with an Air Force-wide rate during Calendar 13.6 per one hundred thousand flying hours and for the first six months of calendar year 1958 of 10.8 per one hundred thousand flying hours. 15 F Popren; «LANL DIDOE