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Following the detonation, the FJ-4s and ADs were cleared to return +o base and
land, their requirements having been met.
The B-52 remained airborne fcr
approximately another hour and thirty minutes
ing the detonation.
to complete its testing fcliow-
Starting at H plus fifty-five minutes and foilowing av
fifteen minute intervals, three (3) B-57 sampler aircraft took off.
The
Air Operations Center vectored them to the airborne Sampler Contrelie>
who then assumed control and directed the aircraft in their penetrations
As each aircraft collected its required sampie,
of the nuclear cloud.
the Controller released them to the controller in the AQC who expedited
their return to the airfield to prevent any unnecessary radiatioz exposure.
The tower gave landing priority to the sampling aircraft and after dancing;
cleared them to the sample recovery area.
quickly evacuated frem the aircraft.
In this arsa, the aircrew was
The filter paper was then rserevac
by sample recovery personnel and placed in lead "pigs" for retwom to the
labratories in the ZI.
After ail the sampler aircraft and the coulrslses
had landed, the SA-16 aircraft was cleared to land.
A raport te ths ochii4s
Task Force Com‘and Pest was made by the Air Operations Centar when 204
aircraft were safely on the ground.
After landing, all effects axc
sampling aircrews were debriefed by the Test Aircraft Unit Operetions Office,
and on the folicwing day a critiqve was held for all airsreve and vesgcssilis
ground agencies to determine problem areas generated by the evant.
Figures
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Air Operations Cente-.
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