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requested from Memphis Air Force Depot, inasmuch as 18 others would be
available from Indian Springs Air Force Base upon completion of Operation
PLUMBBOB, The total requirement from Zone of Interior stocks for HARDTACK
was 122,
Runway Arresting Devices.
Early planning for runway arresting devices
fn the proving ground made provision only for a cross—deck pendant and a
barricade at FRED {Eniwetok).,
Although an MA-1 barrier was used also at
FRED during REDWING, none was planned for HARDTACK because of the absence
of aircraft requiring this type of arresting mechanism.
The basic hardware
for a barricade remained in the proving ground after the completion of™
REDWING,
An entry in the Director of Materiel Black Book*’ on 8 August 1957
confirmed that no MA~l barriers would be used during HARDTACK and that the
current location of barricade stanchions was satisfactory.
The proposed
barricade was suitable for arresting B-57, A4D, andWJ4 aircraft, all of
which were proposed for the HARDTACK operation.
No requirement was declared
for barriers or barricade on emergency strips, although barriers had been
used at JANET, NAN, and PETER-OBOE during REDWING.
A letter4® on 10 September 1957 to Task Group 7,5 stated that the
FRED arresting devices for HARDTACK would be located in the same positions
as during REDWING: that is, the barricade would be located approximately
100 feet from the northeast end of the existing runway, and the cross-deck
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