OPERATIONS
NOAA P-3s
Wednesday November 3
NOAA-42: Scheduled for a research mission in T.S. Tomas, scheduled takeoff at 20:00 UTC (4:00 PM local) from MacDill AFB/Tampa, landing at St Croix.
Thursday November 4
NOAA-43: N43 is scheduled for a research mission in T.S. Tomas, takeoff at 8:00 UTC (4:00 AM local) from MacDill AFB/Tampa, landing in St. Croix.
G-IV
Wednesday November 3
NOAA-49: N49 is scheduled for a tasked mission into T.S. Tomas. Takeoff is at 05:30 UTC (1:30 AM EDT) from MacDill AFF/Tampa. Recovery is in St. Croix. No HRD people are participating on this flight.
Thursday November 4
NOAA-49: Possible a repeat of the Wednesday flight.
AFRC DRIFT BUOY DEPLOYMENT: None at this time.
CONFERENCE CALL
An HRD Conference call is scheduled for tomorrow, Wednesday November 3 at 10:30 AM
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