CHATTER 5 PROGRAM 6 ~ SERVICE EQUIPMENT AND TECHNIQUES 5.1 lroicetaber: : et ¢.1 title: Dy Sponsor: Test of Interim I8DA Procedures for High Yield Weapons USAF Re Project Officer: =» i Performing Agency: Strategic Air Command Lt. Colonel Gerald Keeling, USAF 5.1.1 Objective To determine by testswider field conditions current IBDA capabilities for high yield:“weapons. 5.1.2 Procedure Strategic Air Command i “Ld ‘ ub SN CO) (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. 5.1.3 fb pm 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. 36