the positioning of both aircraft and had the capability.fa-p06itfon either aircraft within specified limits. The TEAKand ORANGE Events had originally been scheduled to be fired at Bikini and most of the necessary installations had been completed. Due to the possibility of causing permanent damage to the eyes of the native population within 00 miles of the fireball, Commander, Joint Task Force SEVEN decided to move these events to Johnston Island and assigned the codeword NEWSREEL to the operation there. The NEVWSREEL Events were still a part of Operation HARDTACK and the various Task Groups still retained their primary responsibilities, As a result of these changes, the B-36's departed Eniwetok in May, after YUCCA, as the TEAK and ORANGE shots were rescheduled for 1 August and 15 August respectively. These aircraft re- ° turned to Hickam AFB in mid-July to resume participation in the NSWSREEL phase of HARDTACK, staging their mission from that location, Figure 10 gives the pertinent statistics concorning the B-36 participaticn in Operation HARDTACK, The Air Force Canbridge Research Center sponsored the Ionosphere Element and furnished a C-97 aircraft to support its participation in Operation HARDTACK, ORANGE shots. Its participation was +o be limited to the T2AkK and This aircraft arrived at Eniwetok shortly before the deci- sion was made to move these shots to Johnston Island and returned to the ZI without having participated in the Eniwetor Proving Ground phase of the operation, It was scheduled to return to Hickam AFB and stage its missions from there at the same time as the B~36 aircraft. It was delayed in its arrival due to storm damage and an engine change and missed some of the early practices for TEAK, COPIED/OGE LANL RO It did, however, participate in both events. 96 pe -. —_— NOT R FO N ABLE 0 ( IONALS