Mid-Air Refueling over Nova Scotia

[looknlisten]

So, day two of Mega-Refuelings continues.
The F16s are on their way. Listen for TABOR11 flight and get those Coronet East freqs dusted off.

!st refueling for the day from earlier this morning:
Audioboo / REACH154 & Ethyl11 on AR-20, Jan 5th, 2013

Moncton Center speaking with CLEAN63 regarding his meeting with RETRO and BLUEs.(11:26am AST)
LOL..15 people listening to the CYYT ATC feed at this time (12:00PM AST)
CLEAN flight with 6 F16s (TABOR Flight) at this time.

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FYI for next time (tomorrow?) ...Coronet Alpha Primary, 396.200mhz, was used when the tankers crossed over to US Airspace. Beforehand, they used 282.000mhz (Coronet Canada B-Primary) and referred to it as 'AR-Primary'. Other than that, nothing else heard down my way.

[NE1C4NSC4N]

Hey guys, I'm getting comm's on a 101st ARW freq at the moment, and there is a refuel scheduled for around this time today. Hopefully someone out there has clear skies..

Originally Posted by looknlisten

FYI for next time (tomorrow?) ...Coronet Alpha Primary, 396.200mhz, was used when the tankers crossed over to US Airspace. Beforehand, they used 282.000mhz (Coronet Canada B-Primary) and referred to it as 'AR-Primary'. Other than that, nothing else heard down my way.

Thanks for the info Look, I've got my setup all sorted out now, so hopefully I will hear something tomorrow/whenever they come through.

[looknlisten]

AR-20 is active. ETHYL04 is meeting with REACH324 (Tail 69-0007 433AW) near STOOL direct YQI at FL170.
Audio located here: http://audioboo.fm/boos/1142677
They continued well past Halifax so it faded off pretty quick.

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Here is some of the audio from the two refuellings on AR-20 early this morning:
REACH190 & ETHYL14 Audioboo / REACH190 ETHYL14 on AR-20 Jan 6th, 2013
REACH328 & ETHYL13 Audioboo / REACH328 & ETHYL13 on AR-20, Jan 6th, 2012

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Yet another C-17 Reach flight takes some gas on AR-20.
Audioboo / REACH 255 & ETHYL15 on AR-20, Jan 6th, 2013
This reminds me of when they announce gas is going up a nickel tomorrow and everyone scrambles to get some before the hike! Maybe JP-4 went up. LOL

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Reach-229 with Ethyl-16 on AR-20 @0616Z, Jan 7th
Unknown receiver took 60K. Limited comms.
Audio here: Audioboo / REACH339 & ETHYL16 or AR-20, Jan 7th, 2013

Looking good for the second TABOR / CLEAN flight this morning. AR212 is reserved for 1630Z. UK group is reporting Tankers and Fighters are airborne. Unfortunately not on AR20, but you may pickup some comms. (Clean 81 flight air to air on 360.825...this is the UK side)
Another interesting post from the UK:"Yesterday 6 or 8 UAE AF Mirage 2000 landed at Sigonella calling Retro81/91 with Blue's as tankers...Should be departing Tuesday to the US but not part of FLAG."
Happy scanning!

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ETHYL05 (58-0060 171st ARW, Pittsburgh) refueling REACH967 on AR-20 at this time. (11:20pm AST)
Completed at 0335Z Audio here: http://audioboo.fm/boos/1145173

[Mark]

1620z CLEAN 71 KC-10 and CLEAN 73 up over Nova Scotia inbound
from Europe..Should have 6 F-16's from 52FW Spangdahlem enroute Shaw AFB.

[looknlisten]

I've got a feeling they are near...been listening to pop music on A-A 315.350 since 17:14Z lol
Finally stopped at 17:47Z...switched to another freq...missed the first digit.._37.800

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RAMA 11/12 were refueled in Europe earlier. AR-20 is reserved for late this evening but I'm guessing they may be here sooner. ETHYLB1 & ETHYLB2 are already in the air according to the New England Group.

[NE1C4NSC4N]

Originally Posted by looknlisten

RAMA 11/12 were refueled in Europe earlier. AR-20 is reserved for late this evening but I'm guessing they may be here sooner. ETHYLB1 & ETHYLB2 are already in the air according to the New England Group.

Nice, hopefully they swing down this way. No signs of any ETHYLs yet up here, but I'll keep an eye out, since my radar box isn't emailing for some reason. I'll post back if I see them.

[looknlisten]

The more I look at this...the more it looks like this will be the reservation for late tonight. I haven't heard any tankers on Boston or Moncton Center for the past 1/2 hour. In looking at the Oceanic reservation, it does say "FL190 - FL270, 08 JAN 23:02 2013 UNTIL 09 JAN 02:58". That would dove-tail with the AR-20 reservation for 03:00Z Jan 9th (11:00pm this evening). Finally a day off... I'll be on the lookout for this one and keep you folks posted.

[metal57]

Originally Posted by looknlisten

RAMA 11/12 were refueled in Europe earlier. AR-20 is reserved for late this evening but I'm guessing they may be here sooner. ETHYLB1 & ETHYLB2 are already in the air according to the New England Group.

This is an E bound rotation, not West. Europe will be the final AR, not the first.

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Originally Posted by metal57

This is an E bound rotation, not West. Europe will be the final AR, not the first.

Ahhh...it all makes sense now! Thanks for the correction Metal

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Anyone know who use's AXIS as a call sign, I seem to recall reading that call sign on here before. Just heard what I though was AXIS flight checking in with Moncton.

Edit, Nm, got him on the box now, its an EC-130H Herc.

[BMT]

EC-130H United States USAF | 55ECG [KDMA]


BMT

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To make up for my mistake with the RAMAs earlier...here are some of the interesting comms from this morning:

REACH309 refuel: Audioboo / REACH309 receives 80K on AR-20, Jan9th, 2013
RETRO/BLUE flight frequency tag: Audioboo / RETRO/BLUE flight frequency tag, Jan 9th, 2013
And Top Aces Alpha Jets were honing their skills early this morning: Audioboo / CHEETAH 51/52 mock AAC over Nova Scotia

Have a great day!

[NE1C4NSC4N]

Nice catches Look, its neat to hear the Top Aces guys doing something other than missed approaches at YHZ. Thanks for posting them!

[looknlisten]

Rendezvous set for 17:50Z at FL240.
Note: Using AR secondary349.700mhz