DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE                    
                       Air Force Reserve Command                     



MEMORANDUM FOR ARWO Scheduler                               25 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                 
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| Mission Type        | Tropical Storm                                       |
| Tasking             | 0909A Ian (1130Z & 1730Z Fix Mission)                |
| Mission ID          | 5301 0909A IAN                                       |
| Departure Base/Time | TISX 09/25/22 08:32                                  |
| Arrival Base/Time   | KBIX 09/25/22 18:46                                  |
| Flight Time         | 10.2 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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| 09/25/22 11:49 | 14 54 N   | 079 16 W   | 1002  |  33  |   35  |           |
| 09/25/22 13:16 | 15 03 N   | 079 40 W   | 1005  |  17  |   28  |           |
| 09/25/22 15:06 | 15 16 N   | 079 46 W   | 1003  |  24  |   35  |           |
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                      C R E W   R O S T E R                          
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|AC   | Dunn                                                                 |
|CP   | Hudgins, Smith                                                       |
|Nav  | Mitchell                                                             |
|ARWO | Olsen, Pereda, Rickert                                               |
|LM   | Klingenberger                                                        |
|OTHER|                                                                      |
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REMARKS:
11 RECCOs, 2 drops (2 bad), 3 VDMs (16 total obs)
This was a 25/1130Z & 1730Z fix mission into Tropical Storm Ian. The center was estimated to be at 15.2N 79.3W. We flew at FL025 and entered from the SE for the first alpha pattern and planned to enter from the NW for the second pattern. However, we had to modify and we were only able to hit 3 fixes due to fuel constraints (modified to enter from the SE to the NW for the 3rd fix). The max surface winds from our drops was 37kts, 44kts at flight level, and the lowest pressure was 1002mb (NE was the strongest). Additionally, I split the time with Ryan and Cristina (Ryan had the first fix, Cristina the second, and I had the third). Overall it was a pretty messy storm and weaker than NHC expected. As far as issues, we got a GPS FOM error of 2 on System C at 25/0910Z and switched to System F. Additionally, the ARWO pallet had the blue screen of death twice at 1400Z and 1404Z. After the first crash, all the data on Mission Manager was yellow prior to the second crash. After a full pallet restart I had no lingering issues. Finally, we dropped two sondes and both had no launch detect.

Penetrations Logged:  0             ARWO:____________________________________

Penetrations Verified:          Verifier:____________________________________

Penetrations Posted:              Awards:____________________________________