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In the summer 2025 the University of Wyoming King Air (UWKA) research aircraft will be outfitted with a suite of instrumentation optimized for 1) measuring O3 and its precursors, and 2) allowing us to distinguish the presence of wildfire smoke. The aircraft payload includes 1)  an Aerodyne dual-channel Cavity Attenuated Phase Shift (CAPS) Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) Monitor for the measurement of NO and NO2, 2) the University of Montana (UM) compact proton-transfer-reaction time-of-flight mass spectrometer (PTR-TOF-MS) for the measurement of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), 3) the NASA Rapid OZone Experiment (ROZE) instrument to measure O3, 4) the UWKA Picarro (model G2401-m) instrument for measurements of carbon dioxide (CO2), carbon monoxide (CO), methane (CH4), and water vapor (H2O), and 5) the NCAR HIAPER Airborne Radiation Package (HARP) for measurements of actinic flux. SLC-SOS will conduct research flights along the Wasatch Front between 15 July and 15 September 2024, with a focus on sampling high O3 events. SLC-SOS will work with the Utah Division of Air Quality (UDAQ) to identify flight days and share all data and analyses following the campaign.