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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