| Aircraft Commander | Jeff Hagen |
| Co-pilot | Nick Toth |
| Flight Director | Paul Flaherty |
| Flight Director | Jessica Williams |
| Flight Director Trainee | Rich Henning |
| Electronics Technician | Gabe Defeo |
| AVAPS Operator | Jeff Smith |
| Dropsonde Operator | Charles Lynch |
| Dropsonde Operator | Carlos Quiles |
| None |
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Mission Plan :
NOAA 49RF will fly a Synoptic Surveillance mission around Tropical Storm Alex. The G-IV will leave MacDill AFB, FL 1730 UTC and will recover back at MacDill by 0150 UTC.
| DROP | LAT | LON | TIME |
| # | (d m) | (d m) | (h:mm) |
| 1 | 26 00 | -86 00 | 0:31 |
| 2 | 24 00 | -85 00 | 0:49 |
| 3 | 24 00 | -87 00 | 1:05 |
| 4 | 25 00 | -88 00 | 1:16 |
| 5 | 24 00 | -89 00 | 1:27 |
| 6 | 23 00 | -88 00 | 1:39 |
| 7 | 22 00 | -89 45 | 1:55 |
| 8 | 22 12 | -91 30 | 2:08 |
| 9 | 21 09 | -92 20 | 2:19 |
| 10 | 20 00 | -91 00 | 2:33 |
| 11 | 19 00 | -93 00 | 2:51 |
| 12 | 20 35 | -93 32 | 3:05 |
| 13 | 20 35 | -94 52 | 3:15 |
| 14 | 21 09 | -96 04 | 3:26 |
| 15 | 22 12 | -96 54 | 3:37 |
| 16 | 23 30 | -97 12 | 3:48 |
| 17 | 24 48 | -96 54 | 3:59 |
| 18 | 25 51 | -96 04 | 4:09 |
| 19 | 26 25 | -94 52 | 4:20 |
| 20 | 28 33 | -95 43 | 4:38 |
| 21 | 28 00 | -94 00 | 4:52 |
| 22 | 26 25 | -93 32 | 5:06 |
| 23 | 28 00 | -92 00 | 5:23 |
| 24 | 29 00 | -91 00 | 5:34 |
| 25 | 28 00 | -90 00 | 5:45 |
| 26 | 27 00 | -91 00 | 5:57 |
| 27 | 25 51 | -92 20 | 6:11 |
| 28 | 24 48 | -91 30 | 6:21 |
| 29 | 23 30 | -91 12 | 6:32 |
| 30 | 25 00 | -90 00 | 6:48 |
| 31 | 26 00 | -89 00 | 6:59 |
| 32 | 27 00 | -88 00 | 7:10 |
| 33 | 29 00 | -87 00 | 7:28 |
| 34 | 28 00 | -85 30 | 7:42 |
Mission Summary :
| Take off | Landing
| MacDill AFB, FL | 17:28 UTC
| MacDill AFB, FL | 01:23 UTC
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NOAA 49RF flew a Synoptic Surveillance mission around Tropical Storm Alex. The G-IV left MacDill AFB, FL 1728 UTC and recovered back at MacDill at 0123 UTC. 33 dropsondes were released.
b) Mission Specifics
Problems :