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of aircraft would raise a requirement for additional funds.
The only Air Force effects aircraft. Listed was a B-52.
Two aircraft,
an FJ4 and an A4D, were programmed for Navy effects tests.
Two RB-36's
were planned for airborne instrumentation, primarily for the very high
altitude balloon shot but possibly also for the other two high altitude
shots.
A Department of Defense requirement for an unspecified number of
helicopters also was announced.
Lieutenant Colonel Judson D,. Wilcox of
the Armed Forces Special Weapons Project stated that Army had listed a
requirement for six helicopters for sample recovery and that Air Force
would need from 1 to 10 helicopters for the same purpose,
Navy estimated
that approximately eight helicopters would be required during the pre-
paraticn of the target array for the underwater shots,
Colonel Emil A.
Lucke of Task Group 7.1 had disoussed this requirement with several agencles and, thus, expressed the opinion that the numbers listed represented
a duplication in that the requirements were to be met by Air Force helicopters at Eniwetok and Navy or Marine helicopters at Bikini,
He advised,
however, that a firm decision could not be made until more information
were available regarding the test projects to be authorized.
Colonel
Massey, on the other hand, added that early planning should allow for
all probable requirements and unnecessary allotments could later be deleted,
Colonel Massey, early in February 1957, learned that a "rumored"
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