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conduct of Air Force support personnel, sampler support teams, and the
Air Force equipment necessary to support special activities and what
equipment would be supplied by the laboratory.
Every conceivable facet
of the proposed operation was covered and designed to eliminate any
misunderstandings after Operation REDWING started."
To avoid radiation
burn accidents, Dr, Plank included instructions to be used in installing,
removing, and securing filter papers. He described the exact tools to be
used for each operation, the placement of the tools on the tractor-trailer
combinations used during sample handling, and precise steps to be taken
for all filter paper handling.
Although at the outset, only trained
physicists were permitted to handle filter paper samples, this duty
became one of many assigned to personnel of the 926th Test Squadron
(Sampling).
Within the lo26th, the Test Aircraft Unit had command operational
control over all elements in the test area,
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Additional responsibilities
included:
(1)
Provide trained personnel for all ground radiological monitoring
of the airfield at Eniwetok,
(2)
:
Provide trained personnel to accomplish and supervise the removal
of particulate cloud samples (collected by aircraft) for Los Alamos
Scientific Laboratory and the University of California Radiation Laboratory.
(3)
Procure, issue, and maintain all radiac and protective equipment
required for Task Group 7.4 operations.
(4)
Establish and operate aircraft, equipment, and personnel
decontamination centers,
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