DEPARMENT OF THE AIR FORCE Air Force Reserve Command MEMORANDUM FOR ARWO Scheduler 11 Aug 10 FROM: 53 WRS Flight Meteorologist SUBJECT: Mission Summary Report G E N E R A L I N F O R M A T I O N ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Mission Type | Tropical Depression | | Tasking | 18, 00Z Fixes (28.0N, 87.2W) | | Mission ID | 5300 0305A CYCLONE | | Departure Base/Time | kbix 08/11/10 16:35 | | Arrival Base/Time | kbix 08/11/10 19:40 | | Flight Time | 3.1 hours | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- F I X P O I N T S ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Latitude | Longitude | SLP | MWnd | SWS | | | Date/Time | dd mm N/S | ddd mm E/W | mb | kt | kt | Hurricane | |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 08/11/10 17:39 | 27 58 N | 087 29 W | 1010 | 17 | 44 | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- C R E W R O S T E R ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |AC | garcia | |CP | b.woods | |Nav | shannon, blackmon | |ARWO | baker | |LM | burden | |OTHER| | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- REMARKS: one drop was done at 5000 ft (850mb / 1521m) for center fix - just sent for info only mission started out as a fix, but turned into an INVEST thought i found a center (trof line endpoint), didnt send VDM via CARCAH request started invest and searched for winds with help by CARCAH (forecasters) let loose early by CARCAH because system was a large low pressure trof line video recorder quit twice during mission. no significant data was able to be obtained. sent a SATCOM to MX about issue. thinking it is the data cable that connects the load pallet to the video recorder coming loose. Penetrations Logged: ARWO:____________________________________ Penetrations Verified: Verifier:____________________________________ Penetrations Posted: Awards:____________________________________