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DOW-UAP-D18, MISSION REPORT, IRAQ, DECEMBER 2022

This mission report details an intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) flight conducted in December 2022. During the operation, an aerial asset observed a potential unidentified aerial phenomenon (UAP) moving from west to east. The document includes administrative mission data, sensor utilization logs, and equipment configuration forms.

AGENCY
AIR FORCE
TYPE
MISSION_REPORT
INCIDENT DATE
2022-12-01
LOCATION
BAGHDAD, IRAQ
PAGES
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STATUS
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PAGE 1

report

This is a mission report (MISREP) detailing an aerial operation in Iraq in December 2022, during which a possible UAP was observed.

SECRET//NOFORN

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Narrative
(S/NF) AT 1206Z, 1.4a TOOK OFF FROM OKAS. AT 1220Z, 1.4a HANDED OVER FROM THE LRE. FROM 1323Z TO 0626Z, 1.4a COLLECTED SIGINT VIA AIRHANDLER. FROM 1518Z TO 0426Z, 1.4a SUPPORTED TH 1.4a TO OP 1.4a (OBJ 1.4a 1.4a IVO BAGHDAD, IRAQ. SEE ISR LINE 1. AT 1620Z, 1.4a OBSERVED POSSIBLE UAP. SEE UAP LINE 1.AT 0426Z, 1.4a WAS CLEARED TO RTB. AT 0655Z, 1.4a HANDED BACK TO THE LRE. AT 0723Z, 1.4a LANDED AT OKAS. FMV WAS EXPLOITED BY DGS-AR

(S/RELIDO) Mission Narrative

Admin

CLASSIFICATION
• Classification: SECRET
• Associated Caveats: NOFORN
• Classification Source (MS or Classification Guide ID): MULTIPLE SOURCES
• Declassification Date (YYYYMMDD): 20471202

OPERATION
• Operation: INHERENT RESOLVE
• Domain: AIR
• Operations Center: 609th
• Major Command (MAJCOM): ACC
• Combatant Command (COCOM): USCENTCOM

MSGID
• Report Type: MISREP
• Originator (Unit or Squadron): 482ATKS
• Submit Date:

MSNID

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report

This page provides administrative details for a mission, including tasking information and contact details for the POC, QC, and Approver personnel.

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• Tasking Order (ATO): ID
• Mission Type: ISR
• ATO Mission Number: 1.4a
• Country Tasked: US - UNITED STATES
• Service Tasked: A - AIR FORCE

Poc

POC

• Rank: A1C
• Full Name: [REDACTED]
• Unit: 482ATKS
• Wing: 20 FW
• Phone Number: [REDACTED]
• Email: [REDACTED]
• Service: Air Force
• Operations Center: 603 AOC

QC

• Rank: Ctr
• Full Name: [REDACTED]
• Unit: 12 AF PAROC
• Wing: Other
• Phone Number: [REDACTED]
• Email: [REDACTED]
• Service: Air Force
• Operations Center: Other

APPROVER

• Rank: SrA
• Full Name: [REDACTED]
• Unit: 609 AOC
• Wing: Other
• Phone Number: [REDACTED]
• Email: [REDACTED]
• Service: Air Force
• Operations Center: 609 CAOC

INGEST

[REDACTED]
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form

This page is a blank ACEQUIP (Aircraft Equipment) form used for reporting mission data, containing fields for aircraft systems and armament.

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• Rank:
• Full Name:
• Unit:
• Wing:
• Phone Number:
• Email:
• Service:
• Operations Center:

ACEQUIP

ACEQUIP
• Aircraft Callsign: 1.4a
• Radar Name or Destination: -
• Radar Software Load or Mission Data: -
• Radar Warning Receiver (RWR) Name or Designator: -
• RWR Software Load or Mission Data: -
• MWS Name or Designator: -
• MWS Software Load or Mission Data: -
• IRCM Name or Designator: -
• IRCM Software Load or Mission Data: -
• ECM Name or Designator: -
• ECM Software Load or Mission Data: -
• CMD Name or Designator: -
• Chaff Designator: -
• Num Chaff or Cartridges: -
• Flare Designator: -
• Num Flares:
• Towed Decoy Name or Designator: -
• Towed Decoy Software Load or Mission Data: -
• Num Towed Decoys: -
• Type of Radar-Guided AAM: -
• Num Radar-Guided AAM: -
• Type of IR-Guided AAM: -
• Num IR-Guided AAM: -
• Gun Name or Designator: -
• Num Gun Rounds: -
• Air-to-Ground Wpn to Include Num of Each: -

1.4c

• Data Link: -

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report

This page provides a detailed mission timeline for an ISR flight in December 2022, including takeoff, landing, and station times, as well as sensor and tasking information.

SECRET//NOFORN

• Gentext: -

Timeline

Takeoff
• Callsign: 1.4a
• Number of Aircraft: 1
• Asset Type (Aircraft): 1.4a, 1.4g
• Aircraft Tail Number(s) 1.4a, 1.4g
• Takeoff Location (ICAO Code): OKAS
• Takeoff Time DTG: 011206:00ZDEC22
• Mode 3 (IFF Codes): -
• Gentext/Additional Details: -
• Mission Canceled:

Landing
• Last Land Location (ICAO Code): OKAS
• Last Land Time: 020723:00ZDEC22
• Last Engine Shutdown Time: 020733:00ZDEC22
• Total Mission Time: 19 hours 17 minutes
• Gentext/Additional Details: -

ISR
• Time-on Station DTG: 011518:00ZDEC22
• Time-off Station DTG: 020426:00ZDEC22
• Aircraft Callsign: 1.4a
• Msn Type: TARGET DEV
• Primary Sensor: FMV
• Sensors Available: AH/BLASPHEMY
• Tasking Type: PLANNED
• Tasking or Request Number (JTAR#, AEM#, PRI#, or TIC#): -
• BE Number (if NTISR): -
• Tasked Start Point: 38SMB421.4a831.4a
• Activity Description: ISR
• FMV or Image File Name (if NTISR): -
• EEIs Observed: No
• Number of EEIs:

GENTEXT/ISR

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PAGE 5

report

This page is a mission report detailing ISR asset utilization, weather conditions, and mission timing for a specific operation in Iraq in December 2022.

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• Gentext: (S//NF) [REDACTED] 1.4a [REDACTED] COORDINATED WITH TF 1.4a 236 MINUTES PRIOR TO TAKE OFF. PRECOORD WAS SATISFACTORY. AT 1220Z, 1.4a ARRIVED ON STATION ISO TF 1.4a FOR OP [REDACTED] 1.4a [REDACTED] 1.4a, 1.4c TO CONDUCT POL SCANS AND ID HVI/POI SIGNATURES. FROM 1518Z TO 0426Z, 1.4a CONDUCTED SCANS FOR HVI/POI, POL, ADMS IN SUITS, WEAPONS, CONVOYS/SENTRY, AND PERSONNEL [REDACTED] 1.4c [REDACTED] 1.4c FROM 1921Z TO 0428Z, [REDACTED] 1.4a, 1.4c [REDACTED] AT 0426Z, 1.4a WAS CLEARED OFF TASKING AND RETURNED TO BASE (RTB)

ISR ASSET UTILIZATION

• Supported Unit: TF 1.4a
• Supported Operation: OP [REDACTED] 1.4a [REDACTED] (OBJ [REDACTED] 1.4a, 1.4c [REDACTED])
• Precoord Time: 236 MINUTES
• Precoord Effectiveness: SATISFACTORY

WEATHER

• Weather: (U) WEATHER WAS NOT A FACTOR

EFFECTIVENESS

• Tasker: 
• Intel Gap Filled?: No
• Gentext: -

On Station

• Time On Station DTG: 011220:00ZDEC22
• Callsign: [REDACTED] 1.4a [REDACTED]
• JTAR Number: -
• Killbox (Location): -
• Mission Type: ISR
• JTAC Callsign: -
• Gentext/Additional Details: -
• Did not Arrive On Station:

Off Station

• Time Off Station DTG: 020655:00ZDEC22
• Total Time On Station: 18 hours 35 minutes
• Gentext/Additional Details:

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PAGE 6

report

This is the final page of a UAP mission report detailing a sighting on December 1, 2022, involving a single UAP/UAV observed flying west to east.

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UAP
• Initial Contact DTG: 011620:00ZDEC22
• MDS Type / Asset Type: 1.4a, 1.4a
• Tail Number: 1.4a, 1.4a
• Friendly Aircraft Location: 38S MB 42 1.4a 83 1.4a
• Friendly Aircraft Altitude/Depth: FL180
• Friendly Aircraft Speed: -
• Friendly Aircraft State: -
• Training Range (If applicable): -
• Operational Range: -
• UAP Physical State: -
• Number of UAP Sighted: 1
• UAP Signatures: No
• UAP RF Frequency: -
• UAP RF Duration: -
• UAP Effects on Persons: (U) NONE REPORTED
• Full Name: -
• Email: -
• Phone Number (VOSIP/STE): -
• UAP First Seen Location: 38S MB 42 1.4a 83 1.4a
• UAP Altitude, Depth, Velocity, and Trajectory (indicate estimated or measured): -

GENTEXT/UAP
• UAP Description (e.g., size, shape, color, markings, recognizable features): (S/NF) AT 1620Z, 1.4a OBSERVED 1X POSSIBLE UAP/UAV FLYING WEST TO EAST IVO 38SMB42 1.4a 83 1.4a 1.4a DID NOT FOLLOW UAP. 1.4a CONTINUED THE MISSION AS TASKED, NO FURTHER EVENTS WERE OBSERVED.

1.4a
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