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

'UNri@'ASSIFIED

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.i@, ..kl :.@-i -11'
follow-on tactical missions.
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1. Embark the T60C with adequate maintenance !'Ioii iii(i
assets in 8rder to Sustain operations, lti the al)!iciir(2 of
external q6ppor-l-, 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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