SUMMARY COMMAND CHRONOLOGY OP D SHIELD 10 MAR 91

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Subject = SUMMARY COMMAND CHRONOLOGY OP D SHIELD 10 MAR 91

Parent Organization = MCCDC

Unit = WDID

Folder Title = MACS-2 COMMAND CHRONOLOGY 2 AUG 90-28 FEB 91 SWA 089

Document Number = 2

Box ID = BX600177

UNCLASSIFIED

V GOAJ,S. Prior to MACS-2 arriva3. in SWA on 06 Sep@c@r,kL,.-.
the unit developed the following list of (@oals, in an.1@, .kl :.@.1 "I'
follow-on tactical missions.
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I. Embark the T60C with adequate maintenance !.1oii iii(i
assets in 8rder to Sustain operations, lti the al)!iciir(2 of
external q6ppor4l', for an extended period.

2. Install, operate and maintain an integrated, Pdurician,:
communications network and initiate coordination witli ill
AAW capable agencies throughout the theater. Bo'.Ii vc)i-co
and digital datb links permitted MACS-2 to create a,id
relay an air picture.through the integration of oigaiiic
radar sensors and a continuous data network.

3. Provide detection and identification of all a,-ic,af'- and
missions operating in, and transiting through, the Saudi
Aral)ian/Kuwaiti airspace. The complexity of th(, air
environment would make.detection and iclentificat2.on of
aircraft one of the most dei.i,,inditic, missions facing ',lie
TAOC. Deconfliction'6f multi-national weapons siyst(-m-;
(J.e., aircraft and missile systems, e-c) w3.4,@iiri the
titea"re of operations proved to be the cr3.tical iole f(.,!
the 'I'AOC.

4. Provide ai-rspace rianagement within assigned a Lippic(,.
The volume of j-oirit-force aiici t-.iult i.-riatloiial
mil'e close coordination among all @i2r coiitiol ;igtric-:LPF; i
vital requirement.

S. Provide continuous and effect4vp 'la;ikp2- inii,kaqciii(,i,il 3.ri
sup")Ort of joint and IVEY air o,)erat2on3.

6. Coor(linatp CSAR/TRAP missions, witli all jo2.nt
required. Throughout all phrases, the TAO(: niiiiii-airip,,i
close coordination witli all otii,?r jc)Jn'z in(] Sauili
agencies pnrticipat:ing in him CFAR/TRAP misqion@,
The need for timely'CSA.L?/I'.RAP m,.qsions waR essential tc@
pr(-clude the capture'of the aircrow-3 by hostile foirp-.
Maintaining complete @ituatjoiiai awa!-eness Within riie
Iiinits of the MACS-2 Surveillance qnctoi 11)cl prnvijill(,
assistance ito the a.,Crcrews iri d:Lstr*@-s t4a@i i :-Inz-j ']A-,--
mandate.

VI. ACCOMP!.IStIM@NTS. Since arriving in tiie Kingdoiii of Satj(]-
Arabia on 06 September igge, MACS-2 has been operational
continuously for 3,664 hours. " The prii-iaxy TAOC was operational
for 3,760 of those hours'at two"different locations. From 23
September 1990 to 26 Dec'ember.'i99O, the TAOC was oi)eratioiial at
King Abdul Aziz Naval-Bai3e (KAANB). From 30 Decombpr 1990 througli
08 Ilarch 1993, the TAOC functfoned from the vicinity o.' Ras Al
Mishab. Addit4-ona.1.1y..MACS- oyed seven Ea-1-y Warninq/Con-rol

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