Table 16.
CASTLE TG 7.4 aircraft decontamination nater ipts used.
BRAVO
ROMEO
KOON
UNION
YANKEE
NEETAR-
19
17
15
11
14
12
88
2,320
2,3/5
7,250
3,490
3,214
32000
21,649
594
475
1,450
820
623
585
4,547
14
14.5
14.5
14
14
14
85
12
8
5
10
10
8
53
3
4
3
3
5
4
22
280
120
70
70
70
70
680
11,900
15,852
8,100
8,840
16,500
15§o0o0
76,192
Aircraft
decontaminated
Kerosene
(gallons}a
Gunk (gallons)@
Detergent
(pounds )b
Rubber Gloves
(pair)
Aprons (each)
Respirator
Filters (each)
Water
(gallons) 4
Total
Notes:
“One gallon equals 3.79 liters.
Sone pound equals 0.46 kg.
Source:
;
Reference 30.
Figures 41 through 43 show decontamination operations for
B-36.
Note
the overhead cable and safety harnesses for personnel working
the wings.
Also, the need for supporting personnel, equipment, and vehicl
is evident.
Figure 44 shows a scrubbing operation on the wing of an F-84G
OTHER AIRCRAFT.
Contaminated aircraft were also a problem
roko and at the Kwajalein Naval Air Station.
On the Bairoko th
reraft.
pn the Baiproblem
was the landing gear of HMR-362 helicopters returning from deli reries of
work parties to contaminated sites.
Helicopters returning from such mis-
Sions were landed in a canvas bathtub to hose off their landing
gear
(Reference 32).
VP-29 aircraft and the two RAF Canberra cloud samplers base { at Kwaja~
lein Naval Air Station during CASTLE received decontamination.
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The NAS