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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                 Fro@m" 10-17 Dece;@l             -2 functioned as an Alt@i-.iaLe
              ',Tactical Air Command              ) at KAANB while the TACC
              .:displaced from Shaikh Isa Al:@r"field, Bahrain to Jubail Airfield,
              Saudi Arabia. The ATACC was'.M'anned by MACS-2 personnel witti
              augmentation from 3@ MAW and'. H&HS-38 personnel. The estAI)IIshmerit
              of the ATACC provided-the Tact@:Lcal Air Commander (TAC) the ability
              to maintain situational awareness of the air picture throughout.
              the displacement. In addition, the movement of the TACC was
              transparent to all players in theater.
                 MACS-2 established a Jo@'nt-'Combat Operations Center at both
              TAOC sites with representatives from 2dLAAMBn, 3dLAAMBn, 2d[,AADBn,
              '3dLAADBn Army l@2nd/lOlat Airborne (Shorad), British Air Defense
              Artillery (ADA) and the Satidi!Naval UCC. The JCOC provicip,(] z@.,@r
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              -key AAW players within al ti"7threat information requii.
              Iemploy surface to air weapons'systems.
                   As the air interdiction   phase of Operation Desert Storm
              shifted to the KTO battlefield.preparation phase and all 3d MAW
              OAS aircraft missions became'focused on the KTO, it became obvious
              that a dedicated tanker track was required for IMEF aircraft.
              MACS-2 engineered such a track, which became known as the
              Gooseberry track (2833N 4831E/2845N 4850E). The maintenance of
              this track permitted 3d MAW to-maintain FASTFAC, EW and SEAD/AAW
              aircraft on station@@n support of OAS operations within the KTO@

                   MACS-2 provided assistance to aircraft and aircrews in
              distress through flight-monitoring and voice coordination with this
              MTACC, AWACS, AFTACC and NTDS ships in support of theatre Combat
              Search and Rescue (CSAR) and Tactical Recovery of AircrAft and
              Personnel (TRAP) missions. Although the TAOC did not directly
              control the CSAR/TRAP missions, our coordination among control
              agencies was directly responsible for the successful recovery of
              three downed aircrews in the KTO. The USCENTAF Joint Rescue
              Coordination Center (JRCC) and USNAVCENT CSAR aircraft exercised
              overall control of all CSAR/TRAP mission!i.


                   MARCENT was not in control of the airspace above t.tie OCE AOR,
              with the exception of HIDACZE I-le w@iich were activated it-. ti)e
              request of the DASC, through higher headquarters, in resl)oit@7,e t:o
              the flow of Close Air Support (CAS) and lire-planned irid on-rill
              fire support missions in support of the GCE. Additiorially this
              was no dedicated Marine Corps F/A-18 figliter CAPS. Despite t[iis,
              MACS-2 controlled over 366 CAP missions citiriiiq Opprationn fie@eri
              Shield/Storm, these CAPs accounted foi over 705 hours of TAL)IL-C
              data link operations. Prior to D-Day and the air interdiction
              campaign into the KTO and Iraq,:the Northern Gulf CAP was manned
              twenty-four hours per day by Marine F/A-18 fighters flying out of
              Shaikh Isa Airfield in Bahrain." This CAP was controlled on a time
              share basis between USN AAW and Coalition Forces
              (British/Australian) ships and.MACS-2. In addition, the East High
              Value Airborne Asset (HVAA) CAP   manned by USAF/RSAF F-15's, was
              also controlled by  MACS -2 durin@g"'tho@ window when the Eastern

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