HEADQUARTERS
MILITARY AIR TRANSPORT SERVICE
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
WASHINGTON 25, D. C.
GENERAL ORDERS)
NUMBER
21 October 1957
110)
DESIGNATION AND ORGANIZATION OF PROVISIONAL ELEMENTS, TEST SERVICE UNIT
1. The following provisional elements are designated and organized
at locations and authorized strengths indicated, and assigned to Test
Service Unit, Provisional, effective 21 October 1957, except the Weather
Central Element which is activated effeotive 6 January 1958,
UNIT
ss
STRENGTH
Commnications Element
Air Terminal Element
Search and Rescue Element
Weather Central Element
Weather Reconnaissance Element
Weather Reporting and Forecasting
Elenent
Photo Element (Technical
Photo Element (Air Support)
2.
LOCATION
13
3
31
9
263
26
131
12
Atoll Air Field, M. I.
Atoll Air Fleld, M. I,
Norton AFB, Calif
U.S. Naval Base, Pearl
62
8
320
121
Hickam AFB, T.H.
Tinker AFB, Okla,
4
5
16
48
Harbor,
T.H.
“
Lookout Mountain Lab,
Hollywood, Calif
Palm Beach AFB, Fla
Personnel will be attached for duty to the above elements from
organizations within Airways and Air Communications Service, Pacific Division,
Air Rescue Service, Air Weather Service and Air Photographic and Charting
Service, respectively. Personnel spaces that cannot be filled from within
division and service resources will be reported to this headquarters,
3. Equipment and supplies required in addition to that furnished
from within the resources of Military Air Transport Service will be requisitioned through Headquarters, Task Group 7.4.
4. All elements except Weather Central Element, are attached to Task
Group 7.4 for operational control, Planning and coordination during period
prior to movement to the forward area will be effected with Task Group 7.4,
through Headquarte s, Test Service Unit. The Weather Central Element is
attached te Headquarters, Joint Task Force Seven for operational control,
5.
Action directed herein will be reported by means of the sir Force
Organization Status Change Report (RCS-AF-0Ol).
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