OPERATIONS (UPDATED 2:30 PM Thursday)
NOAA P-3s
Thursday September 16
NOAA-42: N42 is scheduled for an IFEX RI mission in T.S. Karl. Departure from MacDill AFB at 1530 UTC (11:30 AM EDT) returning back to MacDill AFB/Tampa.
NOAA-43: DOWN in STX until further notice.
Friday September 17
NOAA-42: N42 is still scheduled for an IFEX RI mission in T.S. Karl. Departure from MacDill AFB at 1500 UTC (11:00 AM EDT) returning back to MacDill AFB/Tampa. This mission might be canceled or shortened because of landfall.
NOAA-43: DOWN
G-IV
Thursday September 16
NOAA-49: N49 is scheduled for a 1730 UTC (1:30PM EDT) takeoff on a research mission around T.S. Karl. Recovery is at MacDill AFB/Tampa.
Friday September 17
NOAA-49: Flight is canceled.
AFRC DRIFT BUOY DEPLOYMENT: No missions scheduled for next 24 h.
CONFERENCE CALL
There is an HRD Conference call scheduled for tomorrow, Friday September 18 at 10:30 AM. Today’s call was canceled.
The daily Tri-Agency list information from Michael Goodman for the noon project briefing. This conference is at 12:00 Noon every day and is by invitation only.
RAB
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