DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE Air Force Reserve Command MEMORANDUM FOR ARWO Scheduler 14 Aug 24 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 Storm | | Tasking | 2330Z, 0530Z fixes | | Mission ID | 5302 0905A ERNESTO | | Departure Base/Time | TNCC 08/13/24 21:29 | | Arrival Base/Time | TNCC 08/14/24 03:31 | | Flight Time | 6.0 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 | |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 08/13/24 23:57 | 18 27 N | 064 52 W | 1000 | 41 | 26 | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- C R E W R O S T E R ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |AC | Tift | |CP | Allen, Wordal | |Nav | Walter | |ARWO | Nelson | |LM | Hemphill, Roundtree | |OTHER| | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- REMARKS: Mission Notes: SATCOM stopped working mid-flight, had to turn back. Missed 0530Z fix. Met System Used: C Equipment Issues: - SATCOM threw LNA Fault during IBIT and then RT Fault when trying to send. Full restart of pallet 2 times did not fix it. - MM froze and computer froze and had to restart. After the force restart SATCOM wouldn't work. Also had Blue SCOD. Transmitted: RECCOS: 4 VDMS: 1 DROPS: 3 BAD SONDES (Launched, not transmitted): 1 Penetrations Logged: 0 ARWO:____________________________________ Penetrations Verified: Verifier:____________________________________ Penetrations Posted: Awards:____________________________________