DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
Air Force Reserve Command
MEMORANDUM FOR ARWO Scheduler 13 Oct 12
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
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| Mission Type | Tropical Storm |
| Tasking | 6z and 12z fix 17.0N 64.0W - found it at 15.8n 63.5w |
| Mission ID | 5303 0217A RAFAEL |
| Departure Base/Time | tisx 10/13/12 05:10 |
| Arrival Base/Time | tisx 10/13/12 15:15 |
| Flight Time | 10.1 hours |
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F I X P O I N T S
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| | Latitude | Longitude | SLP | MWnd | SWS | |
| Date/Time | dd mm N/S | ddd mm E/W | mb | kt | kt | Hurricane |
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| 10/13/12 06:08 | 15 13 N | 063 43 W | 1006 | 17 | 23 | |
| 10/13/12 08:35 | 15 22 N | 063 34 W | 1006 | 17 | - | |
| 10/13/12 10:38 | 15 25 N | 063 33 W | 1007 | 30 | - | |
| 10/13/12 11:22 | 15 28 N | 063 54 W | 1006 | 6 | - | |
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C R E W R O S T E R
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|AC | RUSSEL |
|CP | ALLEN, PLASH |
|Nav | STANTON, MINTON |
|ARWO | BRADY |
|LM | SCHERZER |
|OTHER| |
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REMARKS:
SFMR became unreliable after passing through very heavy rain.
May have got water in POD under wing. Red Freq separated from other
freqs, and also blue and green separated.
SFMR kept reporting Rain Rates between 7-10 even when not flying thru
any precip.
To get SFMR winds to come down to where they should have been, had to
bring Sea Sfc Temp up to 40C.
6 Drops(only 5 transmitted) and 4 VDMs.
6z and 12z were on time.
SATCOM also died at end of mission, wrote it up.
***Conducted SAR Mission enroute back to TISX
to find downed blue and white AZTEC plane between St.
Croix and St. Thomas. Found debris in water - marked point. Gave LAT/LON
to Coast Guard. They eventually found 1 survivor and three casualties in
plane wreckage.
Penetrations Logged: 0 ARWO:____________________________________
Penetrations Verified: Verifier:____________________________________
Penetrations Posted: Awards:____________________________________