Members of the DANG UDF team were alerted at 1000 hours to assemble a UDF team to locate an ELT in the area of the New Castle Airport. Captain Hotchkiss, 1st Lt Ted Petroulis Jr, C/CMSgt Conor Hotchkiss, and C/SSgt Brandon Petroulis went in service from Wing HQ at 1100 hours.
LTC Kibler and Col. Harris served as joint IC's and Captain Schmidt served as Ground Branch Director. The ground team made several direction finding readings at the airport before being tasked to rendezvous with a CAP aircraft that had found a strong signal on the north end of the field. The ramp was searched and the signal was triangulated with the help of a 2nd L-Per and the DF (Direction Finder) from the aircraft. The ELT was located in an aircraft in the hanger at approximately 1233 hours at the FBO (Fixed Base Operator) and deactivated. The team stood down at 1330 hours.
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