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Crew menbers of the 926th also were given radiological safety
courses as a part of the over-all training preparation,
Because of a
lack of qualified air crew observers in the 926th, other qualified per=
sonnel of Task Group 7,4 underwent this radiological safety training in
order to provide an adquate supply of trained observers and to allow a
spreading of radiation dosages among the several observers,
The 926th supervised a similar over-all training program at Laugh.
lin Air Force Base during February 1958 for Strategic Air Command crews
which would be flying the 3-57D aircraft during the HARDTACK series,
Both the B-57B and the B-57D training programs were completed by the end
of Harch 1958,
On 1 April 1958, the ten B-57B aircraft of the 926th Test Squadron
departed from Kirtland Air Force Base on the first leg of the trip to the
Eniwetok Proving Ground,
At McClellan Air Force Base, California, the
first stop enroute, the aircraft encountered a delay of some 12 days, a
delay caused by adverse winds over the Pacific Ocean,
On 12 April, seven
of the aircraft departed for Hickam Air Fores Base, finally arriving at
Eniwetok on 18 April,
The three remaining B-57B's departed from McClellan
on 16 April and arrived at Entwetok on 21 April,
They were readied inme-
diately for sampling missions,
“The R57) aircraft left Laughlin Air Force 3ase, accompanied by two
C-12), support aircraft carrying maintenance personnel and equipment, on
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