BTV CTLR FAILS TO RELAY CRITICAL ACFT IDENT INFO TO RELIEVING CTLR DURING POS RELIEF; RESULTING IN OPDEV.

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DISTRS INCLUDED COMPLEXITY DUE TO BTV ARPT TXWY CLOSURES AND F16 OPS REQUIRING 'BACK TAXI' AFTER LNDG; REQUIRING COORD WITH TWR AND INCREASED ARR SPACING/INTERVAL. RELIEVER RWY (RWY 19) WAS ALSO CLOSED. AT APPROX XA25 LCL TIME I RECEIVED A BRIEFING FROM CTLR B FOR RELIEVING THE E ARR RADAR POS. SHE COVERED TFC SIT INVOLVING FIGHTER RECOVERY; UNUSUAL RWY OPS REQUIRING BACK TAXIES (DUE TO SNOWFALL/SNOW REMOVAL). CTLR B HAD APPARENTLY RELEASED TFC OFF SATELLITE ARPT; PLB; AND RADAR IDENTED THE TFC; CALL SIGN XXX. XXX WAS CLRED DIRECT SYR AT 8000 FT. THE TARGET NEVER ACQUIRED A DATA BLOCK. I HAVE NO RECOLLECTION OF BEING BRIEFED ABOUT XXXX. APPROX 10-15 MINS AFTER ASSUMING THE E ARR POS; I INQUIRED ABOUT THE FLT PROGRESS STRIP OF XXX. CTLR B STATED WORDS TO THE EFFECT OF 'OH HE NEVER ACQUIRED.' I BROADCASTED TO XXX AND HE RESPONDED. I RECEIVED A POS RPT FROM THE ACFT INDICATING HE WAS APPROX 20 NM INTO ADJACENT AIRSPACE AT 8000 FT. I CONTACTED ADJACENT CTLR ON LAND LINE. ACFT RECYCLED XPONDER AND DATA BLOCK (ARTS) ACQUIRED; LATE HDOF/IDENT COMPLETED. CTLR B WAS OPERATIONAL CTLR IN CHARGE. CTLR B WAS PROVIDED ALL OF MY PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE OF INCIDENT. CTLR B MADE TELEPHONE CONTACT TO ZBW (ADJACENT ASPC FACILITY). DISPOSITION OF INCIDENT UNKNOWN.