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(5) Any ‘Pecial typhoon reconnaissance sorties required to
discharge typhoon reconnaissance respmsibility in the
area bounded by the equator, latitude 25° North, the
Meridian of 180° and longitude of 157° 3l' Hast. The
Jeint Task Force Weather Oentral will coordinate this
effort.
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Flight Procedures:
(1)
Weather Reconnaissance and Cloud Tracking Sorties:
(a)
The Conmander, Test Services Unit, will insure that
a thorough briefing of all personnel concerned is
held in the Weather Central prier to each weather rew .
connaissance and cloud tracking flight. This briefing
will include tracks to be flown and communications,
control reporting and emergency procedures. The
following personnel will attend the briefing:
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The Weather Reconnaissance Aircraft Crew.
The Weather Officer, who will be on duty in the
Weather Central during the mission.
3.
The AOC and SAR Controllers who will be on duty .
4.
The 57th Strat Reconnaissance Squadron Radio-~
logical Safety Officer
during the mission.
Weather reconnaissance and cloud tracking aircraft
will call the AOC on VHF channel "CG", immediately
after take-off, and remain under the direct control
of the ENIWETOK AOC on this channel while within VHF
range of ENIWETOK, These aircraft will establish CW
EF radio contact with the AOC on HF Circuit J-411
immediately after take-off and remain under the AOC
control throughout the mission on this cirouit.
Crews will submit position, weather and/or rad/safe
reparts to the AOC at 100 nautical miles intervals.
The rad/safe code is included as Appendix 3 to this
Annex. The weather code will be in accordance with
Air Weather Service Manual 105-34, 1 August 1953,
Recco Code. The Senior AOC Controller will insure
that these repats are forwarded imnediately to the
ENIWETOK Weather Central. The ENIWETOK Weather
Central will forward required reparts to the USS
ESTES Weather Central. The USS ESTES weather Central
will forward all rad/safe repats received to the
JTF SEVEN rad/safe officer in the JOC.
The ENIWETOK
AOC will continually plot the position of weather
reconnaissance and/or cloud tracking aircraft.
Upon
comple tion of weather reconnaissance and cloud track-~
ing missions, WB~29's will call the ENIWETOK AOC on
VHF Channel "C* when 100 miles out from BNIWSTOK and
will remain under AOC control until base is in sight
and instructions are received from the AOC to switch
to Approach Control or Tower Frequency. Aircraft on
specific weather reconnaissance flights will include
reports d radiation, along with their primary mission weather reparts, during the period H-Hour until
H448 Hours.
(c)
<Any weather reconnaissance or cloud tracking aircraft
experiencing an emergency within VHF radio range of
ENIWETOK will notify the ENIWETOK AOC on VHF Channel
"C®, The ENIWETOK AOO will initiate SAR intercept
and implement the SAR Plan. If the emergency is experienced out of VHF range of ENIWETOK, the following
action will be takens
TASK GROUP 7h
OPRS ORDER NO. 1-54
ANNEX *M®
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