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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             AWACS' system was down  for tan er operations. With the kickoff nf
             D-Day, MACS-2 assumed responsibility for controlling the SEAD/A,@'.i
             CAP located in the southern   KTO in support of the OAS missions.
                  As all Marine Corps air@c'raft became dedicated to interdiction
    :o       and OAS after D-Day, MACS-2's focus shifted to the KTO airspace
             management operations. From    the period of 17 January 1991 to 28
             February 1991, MACS-2 performed over 10,840 RIO's providing these
             missions enroute to and return from the KTO flight following for
             traffic deconfliction and real time threat updates on the enemy
             surface to air threat operating within the KTO and specifically in
             their target area. This real,time threat information allowed
             these OAS aircrew to effectively plan their run in headings to the
             target area and to safely egress after expending their ordnance.

                  The MACS-2 EW/(! detachment which dep7loyed to the Khanjar
             Gravel Plain on 15 february was the final detachment deployed in
             support of the main  TAOC. The EW/C was tasked with the primary
             mission of providing air cover for the CCE utilizing four HAWK
             firing platoons and  forty-five STINGER teams. The system was
             mobile loaded to enable it to displace quickly in trace of the GCE
             through the breach  in Iraqi defensive fortifications. on the
             morning of 27 February the EW/C departed Khanjar in trace of lst
              nd 2d MARDIV elements and proceeded through the breach. At 1800
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             on 28 Februar.y 1991 the EW/C became operational at Ahmed Al Jaber
                       'Kuwait. Operations continued at Al Jaber until (3001 on
             Airfield,
             03 March  with retrograde ordered at 0900 04 March 1991.
































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