TRACE-P Deployment Schedule &
Status Updates

Day GMT	Date		P-3B	Best Time	Flt. Hrs. Alloc.	DC-8	Best Time	Flt. Hrs. Alloc.	C-130	Best Time	Flt. Hrs. Alloc.
	WDL	EDL	P-3B	Best Time	Flt. Hrs. Alloc.	DC-8	Best Time	Flt. Hrs. Alloc.	C-130	Best Time	Flt. Hrs. Alloc.
		11 Dec	Begin install inlets and plumbing
		02 Jan				Begin install inlets and plumbing
		08 Jan	Racks avail. to begin installation			Racks avail. to begin installation
		15 Jan	Holiday			Holiday			Holiday
		23 Jan				CCB Hazard Review
		25 Jan				Complete Rack Install and C/O.
		26 Jan	Complete Rack Install and C/O			Update
		29 Jan	Wallops			Tech Brief
		30 Jan	Wallops			Cmplt. Elect/DADS & Power Ck
		31 Jan	Wallops			Rollout, Wt. & Balance, etc
		01 Feb	Wallops			Engineering Check Flight & ICATS flight		2
		02 Feb	Wallops			Pilot Proficiency Flight
		03 Feb	Wallops			Laser Calibrations
		04 Feb	Wallops			Laser Calibrations
		05 Feb	Wallops			ICATS RVSM cert. Flight
		06 Feb	Complete power check and hazard analysis		2	Laser Calibrations
		07 Feb	Safety brief and FRR			Laser Calibrations
		08 Feb	Engineering Check Flight		2	Laser Calibrations
		09 Feb	Test Flight 1		2.5	Laser Calibrations
		10 Feb	Wallops			Laser Calibrations
		11 Feb	Wallops			Dryden
		12 Feb	Wallops		3.5	Mandatory Safety Briefing
		13 Feb	Test Flight 2			Dryden
		14 Feb	Wallops			Test Flight 1		3
		15 Feb	Wallops		5.5	ORR
		16 Feb	C-130 load ready in N-159			Test Flight 2		4
		17 Feb	Test Flight 3			Dryden
		18 Feb	Wallops			Dryden
		19 Feb	Holiday--Wallops Pack			Holiday			Holiday
		20 Feb	Wallops Pack & Load C-130			Dryden Pack		6	Upload P-3B Equipment
		21 Feb	Wallops Pack & Load C-130			Test Flight 3			Upload P-3B Equipment
1		22 Feb	Delay			Dryden Pack			Delay
2		23 Feb	Delay			Dryden Pack & load C-130			Transit: Wallaops to DFRC	7.9	7.9
3	25 Feb	24 Feb	Transit: WFF to Palmdale	6.8	8.5	Dryden Pack			Transit: DFRC to Palmdale	0.4	0.4
4	26 Feb	25 Feb	Palmdale			Dryden Pack			Palmdale
5	27 Feb	26 Feb	Transit: Palmdale to Kona, Hawaii	7.5	8.5	Transit: Dryden to Kona, Hawaii	5.9	8	Transit: Palmdale to Kona, Hawaii	8.6	8.6
6	28 Feb	27 Feb	Transit: Kona, Hawaii to Wake Isl.	6.3	8.5	Transit: Kona, Hawaii to Guam	8.4	10	Transit: Kona, Hawaii to Wake Isl.	7.1	7.1
7	01 Mar	28 Feb	Wake Island			Guam			Wake Island
8	02 Mar	01 Mar	Transit: Wake Island to Guam	4.1	6	Guam			Transit: Wake Island to Guam	4.7	4.7
9	03 Mar	02 Mar	Guam			Guam			Guam
10	04 Mar	03 Mar	Transit: Guam to Hong Kong	6.1	8	Transit: Guam to Hong Kong	4.8	7	Transit: Guam to Hong Kong	7.0	7.0
11	05 Mar	04 Mar	Hong Kong			Hong Kong			Offload all equipment
12	06 Mar	05 Mar	Down Day		8	Down Day	10
13	07 Mar	06 Mar	Hong Kong Local 1			Hong Kong Local 1
14	08 Mar	07 Mar	Hong Kong		8	Hong Kong		8
15	09 Mar	08 Mar	Hong Kong Local 2	2.7	8	Hong Kong Local 2 to Okinawa	2.1	10
16	10 Mar	09 Mar	Hong Kong Local 3	2.9	8	Hong Kong Local 3 Okinawa to Hong Kong	2.3	6
17	11 Mar	10 Mar	Hong Kong			Hong Kong
18	12 Mar	11 Mar	Hong Kong			Hong Kong
19	13 Mar	12 Mar	Hong Kong Local 4		8	Hong Kong Local 4		8
20	14 Mar	13 Mar	Hong Kong			Hong Kong
21	15 Mar	14 Mar	Hong Kong Pack			Hong Kong Pack
21	15 Mar	14 Mar	TRACE-P Education Day			TRACE-P Education Day
22	16 Mar	15 Mar	Hong Kong Pack			Hong Kong Pack			Upload all equipment
23	17 Mar	16 Mar	Transit: Hong Kong to Okinawa	2.7	8	Transit: Hong Kong to Okinawa	2.1	9	Transit: Hong Kong to Okinawa	3.1	3.1
24	18 Mar	17 Mar	Transit: Okinawa to Yokota AB	2.7	8	Transit: Okinawa to Yokota AB	2.1	10	Transit: Okinawa to Yokota AB	3.1	3.1
25	19 Mar	18 Mar	Yokota AB			Yokota AB			Offload all equipment
26	20 Mar	19 Mar	Yokota AB			Yokota AB crew changeout
27	21 Mar	20 Mar	Yokota Local 1		8	Yokota Local 1		8
28	22 Mar	21 Mar	Down Day			Down Day
29	23 Mar	22 Mar	Yokota AB			Yokota AB
30	24 Mar	23 Mar	Yokota Local 2		8	Yokota Local 2		8
31	25 Mar	24 Mar	Yokota AB			Yokota AB
32	26 Mar	25 Mar	Yokota AB			Yokota AB
33	27 Mar	26 Mar	Yokota Local 3		6	Yokota Local 3		8
34	28 Mar	27 Mar	Yokota AB			Yokota AB			Round Trip to Iwakuni	4	4
35	29 Mar	28 Mar	Yokota AB			Yokota AB
36	30 Mar	29 Mar	Yokota Pack			Yokota Local 4 Yokota	2.3	10
37	31 Mar	30 Mar	Yokota Local 4 Yokota to Okinawa	2.7	8	Yokota Local 5	2.1	8
38	01 Apr	31 Mar	Down Day			Down Day
39	02 Apr	01 Apr	Yokota Local 5 Okinawa to Yokota	2.7	8	Yokota Pack			Upload all P-3B Equipment
40	03 Apr	02 Apr	Yokota Pack			Yokota Pack			Upload all DC-8 Equipment
41	04 Apr	03 Apr	Transit: Yokota AB to Midway	5.5	8	Transit: Yokota AB to Kona, Hawaii	8.5	10	Transit: Yokota AB to Midway	6.2	6.2
42	05 Apr	04 Apr	Midway			Kona			Midway
43	06 Apr	05 Apr	Midway Local 1		8	Kona			Midway
44	07 Apr	06 Apr	Midway Pack			Kona Local 1		10	Midway
45	08 Apr	07 Apr	Transit: Midway to Kona, Hawaii	3.2	4	Down Day			Transit: Midway to Kona, Hawaii	3.6	3.6
46		08 Apr	Kona, Hawaii			Kona Pack			Reload and Upload DC-8
47		09 Apr	Transit: Kona, Hawaii to Dryden	6.3	6.5	Transit: Kona, Hawaii to Dryden	5.3	8	Transit: Kona, Hawaii to Dryden	7.1	7.1
48		10 Apr	Transit: Dryden to WFF	5.3	7	Off Load			Transit: Dryden to WFF	6	6
49		11 Apr	Off Load			Off Load			Off Load P-3B Equipment
50		12 Apr	Off Load			Off Load			Off Load P-3B Equipment
51		13 Apr	Off Load			Complete			Complete
52		14 Apr	Off Load			Complete			Complete
53		15 Apr	Complete
			Total Flight Hours Planned		172.5			163		64.8	64.8
			Total Flight Hours Available		172.5			163

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