UH60 PLT ACCUSED OF VIOLATING GON TFR; RESTRICTING HELI FLT ON OR IN THE VICINITY OF GON ARPT NOISE SENSITIVE RESIDENTIAL AREA.

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DUE TO THE CONFUSING SYS OF PUBLISHING WRITTEN TEMPORARY FLT RESTRS; THE TFR PLACED ON THE GROTON ARPT; GROTON; CT; WAS OVERLOOKED. I WAS PIC OF A UH-60 HELI ON A MIL MISSION. THE MISSION WAS TO MAKE THE MIL PRESENCE KNOWN AND OBVIOUS AT ALL STATE ARPTS AND POSSIBLE TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY; SUCH AS RESERVOIRS AND PWR PLANTS. PRIOR TO THE FLT; ALL REQUIRED PLANNING WAS COMPLETED TO INCLUDE CHKING NOTAMS FOR THE LCL FLYING AREA. THERE WAS NO MENTION OF A TEMPORARY RESTR AROUND GROTON IN THE CLASS D NOTAMS; WHICH IS THE PROPER LOCATION FOR INFO ABOUT TEMPORARY RESTRS. AT NO TIME DURING THE FLT DID I RECEIVE ADVISORIES ABOUT THE RESTRS. ALSO; AFTER TERMINATING THE FLT; AND BEING ADVISED BY QUONSET TWR TO CALL PROVIDENCE TRACON; I ASKED THE QUONSET TWR OPERATOR ABOUT THE TFR; AND THE TWR WAS NOT AWARE OF IT UNTIL MORE THAN 1 HR AFTER THE TFR WENT INTO EFFECT. I CHKED THE TFR'S AFTER THE FACT; AND AFTER 3 TRIES; I FINALLY FOUND THE RESTR; THIRD FROM THE END AFTER APPROX 30 OR MORE 'IN EFFECT UFN' NOTICES. THE FLT INTO THE TFR WAS COMPLETELY UNINTENTIONAL. I WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT ALL SHORT-TERM TFR'S SUCH AS THE 4 RESTR AT GROTON; CT; BE PLACED IN THE CLASS D NOTAMS; AND ALSO AT THE BEGINNING OF THE TFR LIST; NOT THE END.