OPERATIONS
NOAA P-3s
Wednesday November 3
NOAA-42: Scheduled for a tasked mission in TD 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 tentatively scheduled for a tasked mission in TD 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 completed a tasked mission into TD Tomas. Takeoff was at 05:30 UTC (1:30 AM EDT) from MacDill AFB/Tampa, recovering in St Croix.
Thursday November 4
NOAA-49: A second and final tasked mission is scheduled into TD Tomas with a takeoff from St. Croix 05:30 UTC (1:30 AM EDT) 4 November, recovering at MacDill AFB/Tampa.
AFRC DRIFT BUOY DEPLOYMENT: None at this time.
CONFERENCE CALL
A second HRD Conference call is scheduled for today, Wednesday November 3 at 2:30 PM to discuss the status of the 08 UTC N43 flight.
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