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satisfy Air Force needs. Plane were made for use of Ghe Combat
Information Center aboard the ~.
MCKINLEX ami its associatad VHF
ami HP voice radio facilities for communicationswith aircraft in
the operating area
on test dayS. Thus aU
the communicationsre-
quiresmnts by the Commnder, Air Forces$ on board the Flagship were
met
by use of existing shipboard facilities or joint use of those
which were to be specially installed for the task force.
Since the Flagship was to serve as the command post for the
Coumwder, Joint Task Force Seven; Commander, Air Forces, Joint Task
~orwe Seven; ad
Commander, Naval Task Group (Task Group 7.3), it was
considered that increase of the shipts consnunications
persomel would
be required. b
attempt was made to provide an Mr Force Communica-
tions Squadron to meet the Cosunander,Air Forcest communicationsrequiremmts on the Flagship @
on Eniwetok Island. In a conference
with Brigadier General F. L. Ankenbrandt, Air CommunicationsOfficer,
U. S. Air Force, it was found that it would be impossible for the
Air Force
to protide any additional communicationspersonnel over ad
above th$se planned for the Air Task Group and MCS
requirements
without seriously affecting the Air Forces1 fifty-five-grouppmgrsm
which had ptiority over Operation $suxlstone. It was finally agreed by
Captain Engleman that the Navy ~uld
be responsible for providing all
communicationspersonnel aboazxlthe Flagship, and by Colonel Hatch
that the Amy Signal.Corps would furnish personnel ashore on Eniwetok
for all except AACS facllitiea.
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