TACAMO E-6B tracking

joeuser

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• Aug 3, 2015

• #1

>164386 AE0413
USN | VQ-4 [KTIK] GOTO FMS
United States Military
E-6B E6
Altitude:
35000 ft
Vertical Speed:
-192 ft/m
Speed:
420.0 kts
Heading:
155.0°
Distance:
177.01 nmi
Squawk:
Engines:
Four jet
Species:
Landplane
Wake Turbulence:
Heavy
Route:
Route not known

Weird callsign - GOTO FMS?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_E-6_Mercury

http://theaviationist.com/2014/02/25/e-6-tacamo-new-dome/

E-6 MERCURY (TACAMO) - United States Nuclear Forces

 

joeuser

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• Aug 3, 2015

• #2

From the track it's going to fly right over my position, on the way home...

 

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kma371

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• Aug 3, 2015

• #3

joeuser said:

Weird callsign - GOTO FMS?

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http://forums.radioreference.com/military-monitoring-forum/263039-goto.html

 

mancow

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• Aug 4, 2015

• #4

Did you try monitoring the wide band?

 

joeuser

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kma371 said:

http://forums.radioreference.com/military-monitoring-forum/263039-goto.html

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Interesting, thanks

mancow said:

Did you try monitoring the wide band?

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How's that?

 

joeuser

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• Aug 6, 2015

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Currently tracking

>162783 AE040F
USN | VQ-3 [KTIK] 12345670
United States Military
E-6B E6
Altitude:
20000 ft
Vertical Speed:
0 ft/m
Speed:
361.0 kts
Heading:
348.0°
Distance:
66.87 nmi
Squawk:
3641
Engines:
Four jet
Species:
Landplane
Wake Turbulence:
Heavy
Route:
Route not known