OPERATIONS
NOAA P-3s
Friday October 22
NOAA-43: Scheduled for an air/sea mission, scheduled takeoff at 0200UTC (10:00 PM local) from MacDill AFB/Tampa, returning to Tampa.
Saturday October 23
NOAA-43: N43 is tentatively scheduled for air/sea content mission, takeoff at 1400UTC (10:00 AM local) from MacDill AFB/Tampa, returning to Tampa.
G-IV
Friday October 22
NOAA-49: N49 is scheduled for a reconnaissance mission into TD-19. Takeoff is at 1730 UTC (1:30 PM local) from MacDill AFF/Tampa. Recovery is at MacDill AFB/Tampa. No HRD people are participating on this flight.
Saturday October 22
NOAA-49: Possibly a repeat of the Friday.
AFRC DRIFT BUOY DEPLOYMENT: Deployment is scheduled for October 23 Saturday morning around TD-19.
CONFERENCE CALL
An HRD Conference call is scheduled for tomorrow, Friday October 22 and at 9:15 AM.
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