SUMMARY COMMAND CHRONOLOGY 2 AUG 90 TO 28 FEB 91 10 MAR 91

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Subject: SUMMARY COMMAND CHRONOLOGY 2 AUG 90 TO 28 FEB 91  10 MAR 91     

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                                           PART II


                                      NARRATIVE SUMMARY


                                      TASKS AND MISSIONS


            1. MISSION. On 06 September 1990, Marine Air Control Squadron
            2 (MACS-2), arrived in The Kingdom of Saudi. Arabia and was
            directed to establish a Tactical Air Operations Center (TAOC) in
            .the vicinity of King Abdul Azii Naval Base (KAANB). MACS-2 was
            tasked with the mission of providing a Base Defense Zone (BDZ) for
            KAANB and the port facility",at,Jubayl. Additional missions
            included advanced cuing   ,for'the@HAWK and STINGER missile
            battalions, surveillance f@r,@the MARCENT Area of Responsibility
            (AOR) and traffic management in,and around KAANB and Jubayl
            Airfield.

                 Although BDZ and t.raffic,,@anagement of airfields is not
            doctrinally a mission@of the@TAOC, the TAOC performed this mission
            until Marine air traffic control systems could be established at
            these facilities to assume BDZ@and airfield traffic management
            functions. As air int,erdictio@@h planning progressed, MACS-2
            displaced forward to the.vicihity of Ras Al Mishab. On 29
            December 1990 MACS-2, with personnel and equipment augmentation
            from MACS-6 and personnel from. MACS-7, established a primary TAOC
            eight miles due west of the Ras Al Misl)al) port:, harbor and
            airfield complex.

                 In addition MACS-2 established an Early Warriirig/Cc)ntrol (EW/(@)
            site with the capability to assume the primary functions of the
            TAOC if called upon, 4nd cuel@'HAWK fire platoons and SJ'IN(F-R
            missile teams. Utilizing these sites MACS-2 was able to provide
            all functions of Anti.air Warf,@te (AAW) in support of USMARCF:N,R and
 air and grotAnd@off6nsiv6@operati-ons. Specifically, the TAOC
            provided air defense for the,@IMEF AOR wi.t@i priority of air defense
            to the GCE, IMEF airfields, Command, Control- and Coinintini(,ations
            (C3) nodes, and Combat Service Support ((,SS) areas.

                 MACS-2 and other supporting agencies accomplished          by
            activating an Integrated Air Defense System (TADS) utilizing HAWK
            and STINGER missile assets from 2d LAAM Bri, 3d LAAM Rn, 2d J,AAO Flr)
                 (rein) and 3d LAAD Sn (-) (rein) and F'/A-1.8 fiq@itet qjrrrAft,
            from Marine Aircraft Group 11 (MAG-11) popit.i.c,ried at
            Airbase, Bahrain. On order, MACS-2 was to transition to off(?r)sjv,,
            operations in support of operations to secure IMEF objectives.
            Additionally MACS-2 supported multiple forward based ai.j-
            operations by echeloni.ng an EW/C forward in support of the CCE.
            Finally, MACS-2 prepared to assume the functions of an Alternate
            Tactical Air Command Ci?nter iATACC)'during echelon operations or
            if TACC or primary TAOC functions were lost or degraded.
            II. TASKS. MACS-2 wab@taske@ ir    Ith providing sector control of
            the MARCENT AOR which @ncom          the GCE AOR and the airspace
            defined by a series 6f'10@p         n d and/on-call lligli Density

                                                                      ENCLOSURE (1)


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