aad ao SECRET SECRET INTRODUCTION This concise history of the Air Task Group in Operation spring 1954 Pacific thermonuclear tests) was produced in the pore Division, Office of Information Services, Air Force Special } ter by a/ic Dudley F. Saunders. It is not intended to be a « history of Task Group 7.4 in that operation, but is designed . the major features of Task Group 7.4's participation. For a full account of Task Group 7.4 in the operation, t is referred to the monthly histories of the Air Task Group fe iod beginning July 1953 and ending in May 1954. These month] contain all supporting documents and pictures of the operatio are on file in the AFSWC Historical Archives, the Air Task Gr eo n manent records, and with the ARDC Historian. Size and bulk o histories have made it impractical to distribute copies, sinc cupy five linear feet. | One additional document completes the Air Task Group his ani is the Final Report of the Commander, Task Group 7.4, Operati: Since copies are readily available, no attempt was made to in this history. For the same reason, to prevent duplication of documents and photographs included in the monthly Task Group | | were not included in this document. For other reports of the consult the appended bibliography. ~ AH BEST AVAILABLE COPY Aw), hehe ous