CHATTER 5
PROGRAM 6 ~ SERVICE EQUIPMENT AND TECHNIQUES
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Test of Interim I8DA
Procedures for High Yield
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Performing Agency:
Strategic Air
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Lt. Colonel Gerald Keeling, USAF
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Objective
To determine by testswider field conditions current IBDA
capabilities for high yield:“weapons.
5.1.2 Procedure
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(SAC)aixdraft with standard combat radar
equipment will fly in positions simulating strike and support aircraft
formations but will be offset from a ¢traight fly over consistent with
safe slant ranges from ground zero. Three B-50 aircraft will participate in each shot with the possible exception of Echo. The aircraft
Task Group 7.4.
Upon completion of this mission the SAC atreraft will return
to Guam where the data collected will be processed. and analyzed in
accordance with SAC Reporting Guide and other standard operating
procedures (SOP) for IBDA.
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Remarks
The SAC interim IBDA systems and techniques employedduring
UPSHOT-KNOTHOLE proved to be reliable under usual conditions and
promising for all-weather conditions provided certain operating calibration procedures on current SAC radar equipment are referred. This
additional participation in CASTLE should assist in the final
adoption of optimum operating procedures for the interim IBDA system.
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