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[freqhopping]

Unk with Davison tower, asked to get his clearance back to Pope ready. Will only be five minutes or so.
ARMY-23128 (C-12C 78-23128) with Davison tower a few minutes later. Showing AE13E6 on the box. Last logged 1/11 also a Sunday night.

2059- FBI N400MP cleared to land 1C at IAD. 128.425

2108- REACH-511 (C-17 06-6168 Dover) departing ADW, displaying RCH502. 118.95
2110- ARMY-23128 off the deck. First on the box then 118.95.
2115- 23128 to ZDC-Azalea 135.4 req direct destination. (Don't hear the Azalea sector much)

[JohnFB]

Originally Posted by Mark

Rgr Ed just heard TEAM 55 (2230 local) female pilot setting up landing at Atlantic City appch 124.600 runway 13. Not sure what is going on at McGuire.
2235 EVERGREEN 1277 calling Dover 134.100.
2240 TEAM 55 now going back to Mcguire 124.600,guess it is open again.
2247 EVERGREEN 1277 inbound Dover appch 132.425,guess they made him press on.

I can tell you they were backed up to Nantucket that night ......... I heard an EVERGREEN flt [possibly the same Mark listed] acknowledging a hold @ ACK, then eventually cleard direct MANTA.

NOTE
0307Z : EIA 1277 on 133.450 [ACK17] - entering hold @ FL350
0314Z : EIA 1277 on 133.450 [ACK17] - rgr direct MANTA CYN WRI [McGuire]
0320Z : EIA 1277 on 134.100 - clg McGuire (Flightaware sez he landed there, but left Dover for JFK later in the day ??? ... so he did divert)

[JohnFB]

Originally Posted by coronet

1538z MAZDA 01 handed over to Boston center on 299.700.

Yep, I heard that xmsn, barely ........ and nothing else.

[JohnFB]

Originally Posted by TinEar

He should be on his way across the pond Ed. I had him here at 1747 local. It's a KC-135R, 57-2597 from the 153rd ARS MS-ANG Meridian.

Yep, I heard him [BLUE 32] chk in with MAINEIAC on 311.000 @ 2332Z ... from the accent, a good ol' boy, so the Meridian makes sense.

[JohnFB]

Originally Posted by TinEar

At 1755, the CAP players are released to RTB. ARROW 25/26 cleared back to Eglin and TANKER 07 to Pease. The end.

And the only reason I knew there was a CAP was TNKR 07 heading N and chking in with PACK on 311.000 @ 2335Z - 31K fuel rmn and Code 3 for mode 4 problem.

So are they planning CAPs every weekend now down there ??????

[coronet]

Originally Posted by Mark

1032 two Tankers talking to Warrior on 226.800 id as 01 and 02,
GOLD 01 will take FL 200 and GOLD 02 take FL 210.
GOLD 01 getting stronger on 226.800 reports 10 mile separation.
GOLD 01 reads back coord 37.25 by 73.20

Interesting stuff Mark !! Any idea where these tankers were heading to, and any idea on that Warrior 226.800 frequency ??

Thank you,


René.

[coronet]

Originally Posted by jetcrafter

Hey guys,

Been listening to GOLD 32 heading down into Bangor. He is now on approach at 2356z.
Anyone know who he was travelling with? I saw your posts about the EA-6B flight and the
few logs by Mark for GOLD 01 but no one mentioned what this GOLD flight was.
Any info would be greatly appreciated if known.

Hi Ed,

I suspect GOLD 32 is supporting another Coronet to Moron tonight. No idea what the
fighters are or where from, but it looks like a 2300z-0200z departure window tonight.

Happy listening !!


René.

[Mark]

Originally Posted by coronet

Interesting stuff Mark !! Any idea where these tankers were heading to, and any idea on that Warrior 226.800 frequency ??

Thank you,
René.

Was odd logs for sure.GOLD 01 callsign may have actually been short for
GULL 01 and 02.Thought I heard SEAGULL callsign as well.GULL or GOLD hard to tell.
Could have been some US Navy types working offshore NAS Oceana hence no other local USAF tie-ups.
They all faded shortly after that.226.800 also shows as Boston Ctr dep freq for Albany NY but not sure related.

0953 Orderwire firing up on 362.250.. AF-1 to indiana today?
1000 OPEC 13 KC-10 #86-0028 up 121.200 working FL 220 marsa with RUST-? at AR-220.
1008 AF-1 showed briefly at 26k 82-8000.

Bunch of C-130 flights thru here this morning.
REACH 702 C-130J #98-1357 135th AW Maryland 1415z
REACH 472 C-130J #97-1351 135thAW Maryland 1430z (both 135 flights climbing up to 27k.)
REACH 442 C-130H #74-1679 317th AW Dyess 1430z
HAZRD81 C-130H #74-1666 317th AW Dyess 1520z.

Mark
Mark

[dparana]

Originally Posted by Mark

1000 OPEC 13 KC-10 #86-0028 up 121.200 working FL 220 marsa with RUST-? at AR-220.
Mark

Mark,
That was RUFF-07 or ROUGH-07 (unsure of callsign spelling) with BuNo 164404, the E-6B from VQ-4. They just wrapped up at 11:25.

[Mark]

Originally Posted by dparana

Mark,
That was RUFF-07 or ROUGH-07 (unsure of callsign spelling) with BuNo 164404, the E-6B from VQ-4. They just wrapped up at 11:25.

Thanks Dave,btw you have an id for 121.200? ZNY freq?
1147 OPEC 13 with Andrews CP 141.550 req status of our reciever TOPCAT 03 out of McGuire for AR-636
1150 OPEC 13 on ZDC Shenendoah 133.575.
1205 Sikorsky S-92A arriving KILG airspace (A5786B) N45114 tower 126.000,prob test flight from Chester County.

Mark

[BM82557]

Originally Posted by JohnFB

And the only reason I knew there was a CAP was TNKR 07 heading N and chking in with PACK on 311.000 @ 2335Z - 31K fuel rmn and Code 3 for mode 4 problem.

So are they planning CAPs every weekend now down there ??????

Normally only have a cap when the President decides to spend time at Camp David. The notam is usually issued in mid-week and is labeled Hagerstown/Thurmont MD.

Brian

[freqhopping]

AF-1 is inbound to ADW, just passed by me I think. 119.85>119.3

[TinEar]

Originally Posted by freqhopping

AF-1 is inbound to ADW, just passed by me I think. 119.85>119.7

1543: Sure was Travis...w/Potomac TRACON 119.3 at 4400 feet for runway 19R at ADW...119.3 (Picked him up on Mode-S at 1535)
1545: AF1 (82-8000) to ADW Tower...cleared to land, will call with gear...118.4
SAM 93 (C-32A, 99-0003, 1st AS) landed at 1532

I kind of thought they have been holding back 92-9000 to get it all spiffy with new stuff for #44. Guess they're going to stick with 82-8000 for now at least.

[jetcrafter]

Picked up these guys since 0025z

ID as F-16 (x2)

Freqs so far in order of hearing them:
138.000 A-A
282.200 ZBW Montpelier, VT
307.000 ZBW Augusta, ME
368.500 ZQM Yarmouth, NS
270.800 ZQM Clarendon, NB
368.500 ZQM (went back to this after 270.800)

0207z 124.300 BLUE 75 working Moncton Center, accepting MARSA with RETRO 25 flight.
0210z 391.000 BLUE 75 and RETRO 25 (x2) Boom freq. (Coronet 21 B Primary)
0211z 138.000 RETRO flight A-A.

I wonder if these were Vermont F-16s? They flew right over my location as a two ship with no tanker.
Comms were booming in here and as of 0213z, their A-A of 138.000 is still loud and clear. As they were
nearing Nova Scotia, they are picked up by BLUE 75 for the crossing.

[kmacka]

Originally Posted by Mark

0953 Orderwire firing up on 362.250.. AF-1 to indiana today?

What exactly is this "orderwire"?

[TinEar]

Originally Posted by jetcrafter

Picked up these guys since 0025z

ID as F-16 (x2)

Freqs so far in order of hearing them:
138.000 A-A
282.200 ZBW Montpelier, VT
307.000 ZBW Augusta, ME
368.500 ZQM Yarmouth, NS
270.800 ZQM Clarendon, NB
368.500 ZQM (went back to this after 270.800)

0207z 124.300 BLUE 75 working Moncton Center, accepting MARSA with RETRO 25 flight.
0210z 391.000 BLUE 75 and RETRO 25 (x2) Boom freq. (Coronet 21 B Primary)
0211z 138.000 RETRO flight A-A.

I wonder if these were Vermont F-16s? They flew right over my location as a two ship with no tanker.
Comms were booming in here and as of 0213z, their A-A of 138.000 is still loud and clear. As they were
nearing Nova Scotia, they are picked up by BLUE 75 for the crossing.

Nice catch Ed. The BLUE 75 tanker might just be a KC-135R, 63-8872, from the 132nd ARS at Bangor. Guess we won't know for sure until the flight arrives on the other side.
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Ref message #900 above:
Also finally noted SOONER 81 departing Andrews at 1945 local to resume his flight from last evening. Guess it took a long time to fix that broken HF radio. I would have thought they'd just replace it rather than stranding them for the entire day. OTOH, perhaps it was a mandatory 24 hour crew rest that delayed them until this evening since they've still got a long flight ahead of them.

[jetcrafter]

Originally Posted by TinEar

Nice catch Ed. The BLUE 75 tanker might just be a KC-135R, 63-8872, from the 132nd ARS at Bangor. Guess we won't know for sure until the flight arrives on the other side.
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Ref message #900 above:
Also finally noted SOONER 81 departing Andrews at 1945 local to resume his flight from last evening.

Thanks Alan. I didn't hear BLUE 75 take off but we'll know soon enough where he's from.
I did hear SOONER 81 up this way working NY Radio and I'm now listening to him on a Moncton Center
live feed. I'm hoping to catch the Blue flight on the live feed.

I will post details soon in my daily log. Still typing it up.

[jetcrafter]

2025z 134.950 ASCOT 3602 HEAVY check in w/ZBW, direct Pease (KPSM).
2041z 128.200 ASCOT 3602 HEAVY descending with ZBW inbound Pease.
2044z 321.000 ASCOT 3602 HEAVY working Pack Control, Tri-Star inbound 148 persons on board.
2048z 134.950 REACH 649 inbound to US check in with ZBW. Came from Moncton Center 132.700
2054z 125.050 ASCOT 3602 HEAVY check in w/Pease approach.
2102z 128.400 ASCOT 3602 HEAVY working Pease tower.
0029z 311.000 MAINE 86 wkg Maineiac OPs, airborne at 0026z.
0125z 238.900 MAINE 86 and ROYAL 50 beginning work in AR-212.
0125z 138.000 RETRO 25 flight Air to Air (Booming loud here - might be VT F-16s)
0125z 282.200 RETRO 25 (x2) working ZBW.
0128z 129.900 SOONER 81 working NY Radio getting Oceanic clearance. Direct KANNI FL390 .79 mach ETA COLOR 0317z ID is SOONR81.
0134z 307.000 RETRO 25 (x2) check in with ZBW block 25-27.
0144z 346.800 TRIDENT 05 inbound working Brunswick approach runway 1R.
0151z 124.250 MAINE 86 with ZBW, right turn down track.
0153z 368.500 RETRO 25 (x2) check in w/Moncton Center.
0154z 138.000 RETRO 25 (x2) Still chatting A-A loud and clear.
0155z 270.800 RETRO 25 (x2) check in w/Moncton Center, 368.500 comms not too good.
0156z 135.200 SOONER 81 check in w/Moncton Center FL390.
0158z 133.450 BLUE 75 wkg ZBW, will be refueling with RETRO 25 flight of two F-16s.
0207z 124.300 BLUE 75 working Moncton Center, accepting MARSA with RETRO 25 flight.
0210z 391.000 BLUE 75 and RETRO 25 (x2) Boom freq. (Coronet 21 B Primary)
0217z 124.300 BLUE 75 flight request FL250-270.
0229z 125.925 REACH 156 wkg ZNY for Oceanic clearance.
0233z 135.700 MAINE 86 and ROYAL 50 wkg ZBW with End AR requests. ROYAL 50 direct Hampton FL220.
0235z 128.325 ROYAL 50 check in w/ZBW.
0244z 126.225 ROYAL 50 check in w/ZBW, direct Hampton.
0244z 128.200 MAINE 86 check in direct Bangor.
0254z 311.000 MAINE 86 working Maineiac OPs, inbound status.
0300z 135.200 REACH 408 heading East with Moncton Center request FL400 when able.
0304z 133.450 REACH 279 heading East check in w/ZBW FL330.

[Mark]

Originally Posted by kmacka

What exactly is this "orderwire"?

Its a LOS Line of Sight WBFM UHF encrypted com system used on AF-1 and others.
When airborne on various UHF freqs like above it is very strong and you get a modem
static buzz just like a open mike with tone in background at least 100-200 miles out.
I think Monitoring Times has article on this.

Mark

ref below.. Thanks Dave,will add that to my lineup.No wonder I couldn't find in ZNY/ZDC listings.
Do you happen to have a UHF pairing with that?

[dparana]

Originally Posted by Mark

Thanks Dave,btw you have an id for 121.200? ZNY freq?

Mark

I have that as Cleveland Center - Altoona RCAG Low Altitude Frequency.