A U.S. Air Force E-3G aircraft, registration 76-1605 and hex code AE11DC from the 552nd Air Control Wing at KMCF, was reported present with a force package in the Caribbean region in connection with SATCOM at 19:59 UTC on January 2, according to an X post by @HHunternight during the reporting window from 1:46 AM to 3:15 AM UTC on January 3. The post specified: "Present with the force package also E-3G from the 552nd ACW (hex: AE11DC, reg: 76-1605) KMCF-Caribbean," shared via https://x.com/HHunternight/status/2007270363017949304 over the past 90 minutes. This development follows a report of a U.S. Air Force E-11A aircraft, tail number 22-9047 and callsign BACN07, pinging on the ground at San Juan, Puerto Rico, in the prior reporting window ending 1:46 AM UTC, as posted by @sipjack1776. MacDill Air Force Base (KMCF) in Tampa supports U.S. Southern Command operations in the Caribbean, where the E-11A functions as a Battlefield Airborne Communications Node for relaying communications, according to earlier context from U.S. Fleet Forces Command on January 2.
