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


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             .:(EW/C's) s                             a   Each was emplaced to covpr
             likely ave                                areas which were
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             terrain                                  age. These small det,
             also provided cover for'   ibe-f'orward  movement of the main TAOC fio[ii
             KAANB to Ras Al Mishab, and io,@ altitude surveillance for
             attacking elements of the GCE..

                  The EW/C detachments   wer'e local    at Hill 306 (2655N 493SE),
                                            33E   Mahifah Bay (2734N 4856E), Hill
             Abu  Ali Peninsula (2722N-49
             te2  (28ION 4836E), Hill    104 (2806N 482SE), Khanjar Gravel Plain
             '(-2834N 4723) and finally at'A@med Al Jaber Airfield, Kuwait (2855N
             ',i746E)  MACS
                            -2 SUCCOBSFU            yed to all of these sites and
             met  all employment se@h6d'u'          orth by higher headquarters.
             All  unit movements   i4or'e @"a:      ed without vehicle mishap or
             Personnei injury.

                  During the P
                                e r                 r 1990 through 08 March 1991,
             'hACS-2 conducted:

                    14,900 radio                    with joint/IMEF aircraft. Upon
                    check-in wit                    aircraft was provided
                    flight-following ser, ic'e's" Hand real-time threat updates on
                                       y
                    surface-to-air's@st(iins"s-Eive within the Kuwaiti Theater of
                    Operations CKTO).

                    Control of 366    Combat Air Patrols (CAP) and 473 hours% of
                    TADIL-C  operations.

                    1,498 successful   tanker  join-ups.

                    Control of 22 Senior Warrior battlefield surveillirice C--130
                    missions.

                    Control of 88      rborne Direct Air Support Center (I)ASCA)
                    C-13e missionsi,

                    3205 hours of   TADIL-A  witki USAF and RSAF AWA(:S and NTDS
                    ships.

                    3111 hours of   TADIL-B  with MTACC, AF CRC/MPC, AFI'ACC, EW/C
                    and Data Link   Simulator Portable Computei- (L)I.SP(.) located
                    the Joint Combat Operations Center.

                    3257 hours of   ATDL-1 with the USMC IIAWY firir)g plai-,(@ons.

                  MACS-2 was not   officially'tasked with the mission of I)ata Link
             Interface Coordinator but after many weeks of continuous data link
             operations, it became obvious that MACS-2 would be a key
             participant in this process. The immediate benefit of TAOC
             employment was the integration.of'USCENTAF/Saudi E-3A aircraft and
             USNAVCENT data link equipped platforms (i.e. NTDS ships, E-2C
             aircraft) via TAOC equipment. This interface technique cemented
             TAOC relationship with all air'defense platforms operating in
             theatre.


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