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made that. only the Complete Assembly Shelters were suitable for Task Group
7.4 purposes.
Seven of these shelters had been provided for REDWING.
Up-
on termination of REDWING activity, the shelters had been dismantled and
shipped to Shelby Air Force Depot, Ohio.
Therefore, on 15 April 1957, a request was submitted to Air Materiel
Command to obtain, repair, and ship the seven shelters currently at Wilkins Air Force Depot, together with generators, to arrive at Cakland port
of embarkation by 1 January 1958. 37
In late April 1957, the Director of Materiel visited Camp lercury,
Nevada, and inspected several air supported structures which were being
field tested at that cite.
These structures, of rubberized nylon and in-
flated by a continuous supply of low pressure air, anpeared to be a pos=
sible answer to the portable building problem; but, as determined by the
testing engineer, the air structures were not at that time giving fully
satisfactory results,
The Director of Meteriel, however, obtained addresses
of the nanufacturers for future reference.
Headquarters United States Air Force on 10 May 1957 advised Air Ma~
teriel Comand that eight Complete ‘ssembly Shelters on hand at Wilkins
were marked for Air Force Special Weapons units for high priority use and
were net available for Operation HARDTACK,
Therefore, Air Meteriel Comnand
was recuested to investigate the use of “utler type prefabricated buildings,
40 by 100 feet,
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