OPERATIONS
NOAA P-3s
Thursday November 4
NOAA-43: flew a tasked mission in T.S. Tomas, takeoff was at 8:15 UTC (4:15 AM local) from MacDill AFB/Tampa, landing in St. Croix around 11:30 pm local.
Thursday November 4
NOAA-42: Scheduled for a tasked mission in T.S. Tomas, takeoff at 20:00 UTC (4:00 PM local) from St Croix, landing at St Croix.
Friday November 5
NOAA-43: Down day as storm proximity is too close islands
NOAA-42: Scheduled for a tasked mission in T.S. Tomas, scheduled takeoff at 20:00 UTC (4:00 PM local) from St Croix, landing at MacDill AFB/Tampa.
Saturday November 6
NOAA-43: scheduled for a tasked mission in T.S. Tomas, takeoff will be at 8:00 UTC (4:00 AM local) from St. Croix, landing in MacDill AFB/Tampa around 12:30 pm local.
G-IV
Thursday November 4
NOAA-49: flew a tasked synoptic mission into TD Tomas. Takeoff was at 05:30 UTC (1:30 AM EDT) from St. Croix, recovering at MacDill AFB/Tampa. No further flights are planned.
AFRC DRIFT BUOY DEPLOYMENT: None at this time.
CONFERENCE CALL
An HRD Conference call is scheduled for tomorrow, Friday November 5 at 10:30 AM to discuss the further missions in TD Tomas.
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