DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE Air Force Reserve Command MEMORANDUM FOR ARWO Scheduler 21 Sep 22 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 | Hurricane | | Tasking | 2207A FIONA (0530Z & 1130Z Fix Mission) | | Mission ID | 5307 2207A FIONA | | Departure Base/Time | TNCC 09/21/22 02:26 | | Arrival Base/Time | TISX 09/21/22 13:12 | | Flight Time | 10.8 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 | |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 09/21/22 05:17 | 23 22 N | 071 46 W | 942 | 128 | 104 | X | | 09/21/22 07:12 | 23 35 N | 071 47 W | 940 | 115 | 93 | X | | 09/21/22 08:57 | 23 49 N | 071 47 W | 937 | 111 | 116 | X | | 09/21/22 10:47 | 24 02 N | 071 45 W | 938 | 123 | 114 | X | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- C R E W R O S T E R ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |AC | Dunn | |CP | Hudgins, Smith | |Nav | Mitchell | |ARWO | Olsen, Rickert | |LM | Klingenberger | |OTHER| | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- REMARKS: 12 RECCOs, 20 drops, 4 VDMs (36 total obs) This was a 21/0530Z & 1130Z fix mission into Hurricane Fiona. The center was estimated to be at 23.4N 71.7W. We entered from the SE for the first alpha pattern and the NW for the second. Instead of ending in the SW, we left out the SE due to ORM issues (exhaustion). The max surface winds from our drops was 115kts, 133kts at flight level, and the lowest presure was 937mb. Additionally, NHC upgraded it to a Category 4 hurricane from our data. As far as issues, the hygrometer was reading red values for awhile but eventually started working after a mission manager restart. The load pallet also crashed 3 times and the 10 sec data on the VDM was out of order (at the bottom instead of the top). Penetrations Logged: 4 ARWO:____________________________________ Penetrations Verified: Verifier:____________________________________ Penetrations Posted: Awards:____________________________________