DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE Air Force Reserve Command MEMORANDUM FOR ARWO Scheduler 30 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 | 3109A Ian (1130Z & 1730Z Fix Mission) | | Mission ID | 5304 3109A IAN | | Departure Base/Time | KBIX 09/30/22 11:29 | | Arrival Base/Time | KBIX 09/30/22 18:36 | | Flight Time | 7.1 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 | |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 09/30/22 13:37 | 32 08 N | 079 16 W | 984 | 51 | 72 | X | | 09/30/22 14:47 | 32 24 N | 079 29 W | 986 | 46 | 54 | X | | 09/30/22 15:54 | 32 41 N | 079 31 W | 981 | 61 | 57 | X | | 09/30/22 16:37 | 32 53 N | 079 25 W | 982 | 63 | 50 | X | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- C R E W R O S T E R ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |AC | Monahan | |CP | Roth, Wordal | |Nav | Wren, Mitchell | |ARWO | Olsen, McLaughlin | |LM | Hogue | |OTHER| | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- REMARKS: 11 RECCOs, 13 drops (all good), 4 VDMs (28 total obs) This was a 30/1130Z & 1730Z fix mission into Hurricane Ian. We originally took off on 5302 but had to turn back around 15 minutes into the flight as the plane was not pressurizing (takeoff 0922Z, land 0954Z for .5 duration). We came back and switched to the spare (5304) and had another maintenance issue with HDD 5 (which took a bit to fix). We eventually took off at 1129Z. The center was estimated to be at 32.0N 78.8W. We flew at FL100 and entered from the SW for the first alpha pattern and planned to enter from the NW for the second pattern. However, we had to modify the pattern quite a bit as the system moved faster than expected and the NW quadrant was basically over land. For the second pattern, we entered from the E side, fixed the storm, exited NE, did a 180 and had another inbound leg from the NE to the SW. This pattern was also modified as the forecaster wanted several drops in the NE quadrant (rather than the standard max wind or eyewall drops). The max surface winds from our drops was 72kts, 80kts at flight level, and the lowest pressure was 981mb (NE was the strongest). Overall it was a very messy storm as it was making an extratropical transition and had an elongated center with no clear eyewall. As far as issues, the ARWO pallet started having SATCOM issues shortly after takeoff, and then crashed (blue screen of death). It took about 15 minutes to get it back up (had a connection error displaying on the monitor). Once up, we were troubleshooting the SATCOM issues with CARCAH for the next 40 minutes, and it began to work just as we were entering the WRA. Then, at 1720Z, the ARWO computer screen went completely black. We had no further issues after a restart. Penetrations Logged: 4 ARWO:____________________________________ Penetrations Verified: Verifier:____________________________________ Penetrations Posted: Awards:____________________________________