Mission Report Gulf of Aden September 2020

Range Fouler Reportin Form Please complete this form to the best of your ability. If you do n~ot have the requested information, please leave the field blank. If there was more than one "group " please report each on a separate form for data collection purposes. You should receive a respons within 5 business days. • Rank Last Name, First Name Squadron 0-3 SfPR Email Address Crew Position 1172 ATKS Other This information is for contact only. SPEAR sanitizes all r ports of identifying information. Absolutely no identifying information for aircrew or squadr, n will be recorded for analysis. 09/04/20 21 :09:00 Night Date {mmlddlyy} Time of detection Day I Night ISR Side No. Buno LFE? Mi$$ion Description (CAS, BFM. etc) (hh:mm:ss Z) N Contact Latitute (DD:MM:SS) Contact Won,-ing Area (Ex: W•721A) N/S 23819 E Contact LongitrJ<Je (DD:MM:SS) E,W ~ , ntact Altitllde : 22000} Please attempt to determine a Lat I Long for the contact at initial cJete<;t;on. We recommend using JMPS to reference the sensor-derived beating and range mtat/ve to the bullseye you had in use. If that methocJ is not available, any reasonable derivation of location will won,-, but please be as specific as possible and make a note in the comments section. These locations may be used to cue other means oftracking. Radar Equipped: AIM-9x Self-Track: Stable Trackfile?: A TFLIR Autotrack: # of Contacts in "Group": 1 Tally Achieved: EA Indications (Check all that apply): □ □ ECM . Letter Identifier An; □ False Trackfiles W'incJ Dir at Contact Alt (From) Altitude Constant? Wind Speed Yes Wes the contact moving? Direction/Speed (Ex. 090/15) □ □ □ 168/277 Please check all that apply: Round: [l] D Balloon-shapecJ: D Wings/Airframe: D Other Shape: D D Metallic: D Mar1<ings: D Translucent: D Moving Parts: Square: □ Opeque:O Apparent Propulsion:□ Other/ Ambiguous RefTe<:tive: □ Please use the field below to describe the contact and any inte action in your own words with as much detail as possible. Please be sure to include any detail not incJJded in questions above. + Contact at 21 :09z to 21 :17z 04SEP2020. MGRS location 38P L ?(~a<aoimJ(estimated lat/long (bJ(1 )1.4a ~. While at 23,819 HAT over the ~ulf of Aden we tracked a round, cold object in IR traveling 168 degrees at 277 mph. It made a few abrupt dir~ctional changes during the 8 minute contact. Our sensor was aimed -39 degrees below our altitude w th a slant range of 6.1 ?NM and ground range of 8.81 KM. The IR sensor was set to black hot and the obj ct in question was a bright white. I Don't use the purple "submit" button! Save this form with filenam "Date_Squadron_RF.pdf" and email it to I (blt61 I(Also in the global). For troubleshooting, call I (bl(6l I 3.5c. 3.5c, Thank you for your time. Please ensure all display tapes are rip ed for the entire time of interaction and saved as a .wmv (Example: 4 May VFA-106 HUD.wmv). Squa ron inte/ personnel shall upload those files to the repository located at this link. ( 0 3::c, c1:JJc61 USCENTCOM 26.0028 , I Approved for Release to MRO - FOUO / PA applies 03/16/26 000001