Table 68.
Patrol Squadron 29 (VP-29) operations, CASTLH.
Type Flight
Number of
Flights
Cargo and admin
22
50.6
4.2
46.4
Antisubmarine warfare
53
579.3
326.4
252.9
Survey
o7
197.5
1.9
195.6
Escort
28
266.1
154.9
111.2
Recon
72
712.5
274.0
38.5
36.6
1.7
34.9
2
12.7
0.0
12.7
8
86.3
3.8
82.5
216
1,941.6
766.9
1,p74.7
Hours Flown
Buoy recovery
Buoy evaluation
HASL (AEC)
special project
TOTAL
Source:
Night Hours
Day Hours
Reference 14.
configured to increase their passenger capacity to provide interatbil airPassenger service.
The P2V-5 was airborne at shot time on shots BRAVO,
ROMEO, UNION, and YANKEE, providing airborne remote control capability for
operation of the test ships YAG-39 and YAG-40.
The P4Y-2 was airbprne at
shot time on all shots except KOON, serving as an airborne telemetffy sta-
tion for data from instrumentation placed in the lagoon for Projecf 1.4.
Its nominal position was 50 nmi
time at 10,000 feet (3.05 km)
(93 km)
altitude.
south cf tne burst at snock arsival
There are no instances of}signir-—
icant contamination among personnel of cue Patroi Plane Unit, sich a
VP-29 aircraft was sufficiently contaminated py the BRAVO cloud thgt ics
mission was aborted.
Kwajalein NAS, besides providing basing support for VP~-29, provided
the aircraft and crew following shot 3FAVO for the evacuation of tife Rongerik Weather Station and the Project 6.5% perscanel.
Aircraft from
this
Station also provided the airlift for the evacuation of the Rongel
and
tirik natives.
The exposed natives were decontaminated, fed, houged, and
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