Sticky Thread for MilAir III

[CitationJet]

08.20-22.2008

Very busy at work right now so only these few logs from the past few days:

08.20.2008

2355Z 121.900 Davison AAF GND - ANVIS 22 (UH-1 NVESD Davison) - VFR dep rwy 32 QSY Quantico ARR 127.050 for Class D transit enroute APH.
2358Z 118.950 PT DEP - JEDI 21 (EA-6B VAQ-209) - deps Andrews to 3000' clared to 17000' QSY PT A/D 123.825.

08.21.2008

1112Z 118.950 PT DEP - FREEDOM 7 (UH-72A 07-2007) - 4000'-2000'.
1131Z 126.300 Davison AAF TWR - PAT 1203 (C-12T OSACOM VA RFC shuttle) - deps rwy 32 QSY PT DEP 118.950 @ 600'-2000'-5000' dir GRUBY QSY PT APP 126.400.

1802Z 319.000 ZDC-Marlinton - NAVY SD 402 (F/A-18C 163706/402 VX-23) - checking in @ FL280.
1811Z 322.300 PT APP - RAVAGE 1 (F-16C/D 121st FS DC ANG) - 9500'-8000' req ILS app to rwy 19L @ Andrews.
1836Z 126.300 Davison AAF TWR - PAT 317 - vis. app to rwy 14.

2104Z 128.425 IAD TWR West - GERMAN AIR FORCE 492 (A-310) - lands rwy 1C QSY IAD GRND West 132.450.
2134Z 128.350 PT APP - REACH 276T - to 7000' dir OTT VORTAC for holding QSY PT APP 119.300 to 3000' then cleared for the app to rwy 19R @ Andrews QSY TWR 118.400 8 nms. out for landing.

08.22.2008 am

1056Z 119.850 PT APP - PAT 1202 (C-12T OSACOM VA RFC Davison) - @ 6000' req. vis. app to rwy 32 @ Davison.
1057Z 139.400 Davison AAF Ops "DAVEY OPS" - PAT 1202 (C-12T OSACOM VA RFC Davison) - arr. msg.

 

[mdmonitor]

Inbound F-15s from UK

Guys,

Caught this :

0815 EDT- Trend 25 (id as 2 X F-15s)-w/Langley CP (251.25) trying to arrange landing procedures and parking spots. Id'd as " two Eagles" from the UK. They told Langley CP they were 20 mins out.

Didn't hear anything on the Coronet freqs----yet

 

[Mark]

Guys,

Caught this :

0815 EDT- Trend 25 (id as 2 X F-15s)-w/Langley CP (251.25) trying to arrange landing procedures and parking spots. Id'd as " two Eagles" from the UK. They told Langley CP they were 20 mins out.

Ron I wonder if those are some of the HURON's from Lakenheath that went to Nellis back on 8/4 and are getting ready to return to UK this weekend.

0850 A couple McGuire KC-10's climbing up to 27k A/A 143.825 TEAM 51 #83-0081 and TEAM 50 #84-0186.
0912 TEAM 50/51 flight heard on ZDC 120.9750 Salisbury working their way back.
0914 TEAM's push GK 118.125
0920 TEAM's push ZDC Snow Hill 132.550 going down to 9k.
0925 SENTRY 60 on 127.125 ZNY Matawan req direct Greensboro then Tinker.
Had brief hit on AE11EA #80-0137...E3C 552AWCW Prob him.

Mark

 

[mdmonitor]

Ron I wonder if those are some of the HURON's from Lakenheath that went to Nellis back on 8/4 and are getting ready to return to UK this weekend.

Mark

Mark,

Don't think so. They were talking to ZDC at Salisbury at about the same time they were chatting with Langley CP. So they were north of Langley heading into Langley. I can't be sure but he could have said " Eagles coming in from the UK." I was surprised to hear them on that freq and wrote it down from memory & coudl've missed something. I don't record anything so I have to rely on memory and hand notes.

 

[mdmonitor]

0850 A couple McGuire KC-10's climbing up to 27k A/A 143.825 TEAM 51 #83-0081 and TEAM 50 #84-0186.
0912 TEAM 50/51 flight heard on ZDC 120.9750 Salisbury working their way back.

Mark

Mark,

In the late 0800 hour Team 50 & 51 are working in W386 on 238.1

 

[mdmonitor]

267.35

In the late 0800 hour and early 0900 hour EFDT hearing what sounds like "white noise" /encryption on 267.35. Quite strong today. Have been hearing it off and on for about the last week.

 

[BM82557]

In the late 0800 hour and early 0900 hour EFDT hearing what sounds like "white noise" /encryption on 267.35. Quite strong today. Have been hearing it off and on for about the last week.

I've been hearing it from my location for the last week or so also.

 

[BM82557]

Activity 08/22/2008

0933 local -- MUSSEL 07 circling then cleared to land by BLUEGRASS Tower (Mt. Weather) - 241.0
0936 - BLUEGRASS Tower with "cleared to depart, call every 2 miles to BLUEGRASS Tower or BLUEGRASS OPS for a radio check out to BLUEGRASS Alternate" - 241.0 (haven't heard of BLUEGRASS Alternate before)
0938 - MUSSEL 07 with "off from M5, 5 minutes to your location" - 241.0
0939 - MUSSEL 07 to BLUEGRASS Tower with L/C (tower is good from my location also), MUSSEL 07 to BLUEGRASS OPS with scratchy & unreadable, breaking squelch but no transmission - 241.0
0941 - BLUEGRASS Tower to BLUEGRASS OPS with "your breaking squelch but I can't copy you" - 241.0

 

[Mark]

In the late 0800 hour and early 0900 hour EFDT hearing what sounds like "white noise" /encryption on 267.35. Quite strong today. Have been hearing it off and on for about the last week.

I noticed it when WATERBUG 519 went up in North Pax Warning area.
Almost sounds like a P-3C background noise.

Mark

 

[Mark]

PACK 22 Tanker on GK 135.2250 setting up off North of Atlantic City at 31k in W-107
Waiting on receivers JAWS 1 and 2 158th FW Burlington Vermont for 1400z and WILD 1-4 DC Air Guard at 1430/1440z
0953 PACK 22 coms up with first fighters on AR 266.500

Mark

 

[TinEar]

First half of 1000 hour, the DC-ANG WILD F-16s are up in W-107 on the tac freq 337.225 and coordinating with Giant Killer on 255.0.

Re 267.35: That's certainly encrypted voice. From my location I can hear the mic clicks at the start of every transmission

1025: Fighter activity on 138.625....at 1028, same guys are setting up their tanker schedule. Thought I heard callsign CAPITOL in there. Confirmed...callsign is CAPITOL 91 making them DC-ANG F-16s.
1025: Sounds like Navy fighters working 365.7
1032: CAPITOL 91 to Giant Killer on 255.0 notifying heading for tanker.
1032: CAPITOL 91 up on AR freq 266.5
1038: WILD flight on AR freq 266.5
1039: JAWS flight also on AR freq 266.5 with PACK 22.
1041: PACK 22 sends JAWS flight to boom freq 235.1 and they make contact there.
PACK 22 = KC-135R, 62-3576, 133rd ARS NH-ANG Pease. Departed Pease around 0900 to head down to W-107 for the mission.
1044: CAPITOL 91 informs Giant Killer his flight will be landing at Atlantic City...255.0

Unfortunately, can't stay to listen. Gotta run.

 

[mdmonitor]

First half of 1000 hour, the DC-ANG WILD F-16s are up in W-107 on the tac freq 337.225 and coordinating with Giant Killer on 255.0.

Re 267.35: That's certainly encrypted voice. From my location I can hear the mic clicks at the start of every transmission

1025: Fighter activity on 138.625....at 1028, same guys are setting up their tanker schedule. Thought I heard callsign CAPITOL in there. Confirmed...callsign is CAPITOL 91 making them DC-ANG F-16s.
1025: Sounds like Navy fighters working 365.7
1032: CAPITOL 91 to Giant Killer on 255.0 notifying heading for tanker.
1032: CAPITOL 91 up on AR freq 266.5
1038: WILD flight on AR freq 266.5
1039: JAWS flight also on AR freq 266.5 with PACK 22.
1041: PACK 22 sends JAWS flight to boom freq 235.1 and they make contact there.
PACK 22 = KC-135R, 62-3576, 133rd ARS NH-ANG Pease. Departed Pease around 0900 to head down to W-107 for the mission.
1044: CAPITOL 91 informs Giant Killer his flight will be landing at Atlantic City...255.0

Unfortunately, can't stay to listen. Gotta run.

Tin,

365.7 is one of the discretes used by the Pax guys when they work in the Atlantic Test Track Range

 

[Mark]

Euro board reporting a TREND 11 flight of 6 F-15's arriving Lakenheath over there.
Tankers so far are CACTI 61 #79-0433 which I heard last night out of McGuire.
CACTI 71 #79-1713 KC-10 McGuire.
Waiting on second cell now possibly a TREND 21.
Ron that TREND 25 flight probably diverted from the Northern route of TREND flight group going to Europe.
Thats why you had them going North to South.. just a theory so far..
Maybe maint issues or airspares or going to work with Langley F-15's for a while?

1140/1540z TREND 21 flight of 4 F-15's heard coming into Europe.

Mark

 

[mdmonitor]

Euro board reporting a TREND 11 flight of 6 F-15's arriving Lakenheath over there.
Tankers so far are CACTI 61 #79-0433 which I heard last night out of McGuire.
CACTI 71 #79-1713 KC-10 McGuire.
Waiting on second cell now possibly a TREND 21.
Ron that TREND 25 flight probably diverted from the Northern route of TREND flight group going to Europe.
Thats why you had them going North to South.. just a theory so far..
Maybe maint issues or airspares or going to work with Langley F-15's for a while?

1140/1540z TREND 21 flight of 4 F-15's heard coming into Europe.

Mark

Mark,

The air spares "theory" makes sense to me.

 

[Mark]

MASH 62 KC-135R #60-0322 (AE0685) 72nd ARS Grissom AFB arriving McGuire 1445 local for aero-med crew pickup.
1645 FORCE 06 KC-10 #79-1949 arriving McGuire,alpha 3.

Mark

 

[mdmonitor]

Logs, 22 Aug

Just a few today--wx was goo so still mucking around with my deck

ACY-Atlantic City NJ
ADW- Andrews AFB MD
BW- Bay Watch-NAS PAX Area Advisory Control
DOV- Dover AFB DE
GK- Giantkiller (FACSFAC, Virginia Capes)
MTN-Martin State Airport, Baltimore
NXX- Willow Grove JRB PA
PAX-NAS Patuxent River MD
WRI-McGuire AFB NJ
ZBW-Boston ARTCC
ZDC- Washington ARTCC
ZNY- New York ARTCC

1. VHF/UHF: ((Times are EDT))

0745- SAM 3315 (99th AS ADW)-depart ADW (118.4)
0800- JOSA 531- w/Griffin CP (378.1) w/departure msg.
0815- Trend 25 (id as 2 X F-15s)-w/Langley CP (251.25) trying to arrange landing procedures and parking spots. Id'd as " two Eagles" from the UK. At 0822 they check in w/ZDC (257.7) on the descent for landing

at Langley.
0831- Tester 10 (T-38C, NTPS PAX)-w/BW (354.8) check out of North Spin Area and heading for the Hannibal Target area.
0902- Team 50 & 51 (KC-10As #'s #83-0081 and #84-0186, 2/32nd ARS MCGUIRE AFB)-on W386 common (238.1) for IP/IB radio checks. At 0929 Team 51 checks in w/DOV approach (132.425) for pattern work. At 1117 w/ZDC (127.7) as the RTB McGuire.
0905-Tester 15 (T-348C # 61-6586, NTPS PAX)-checks in w/BW (270.8)
0910- Rocco 84 (KC-135RE 141st/150th ARS, NJ ANG McGuire AFB)- calling 'Pittsburgh Guard Control (311.0) for latest msg traffic for training purposes. The changes to calling Steel Control who apparently

passes Rocco 84 EAM (SK644Z). Rocco acknowledges then signs out. Rocco id's self as from the NJ ANG.
0920- Canyon 11 (F-18C VFA-105, CVW-3 NAS OCEANA-female pilot)-check in w/ZDC (254.3) cleared direct Kennedy (JFK?).
0924- Bolar 74 (C-5, 436th AMW DOV)-patterns at DOV (132.425)
0936- JOSA 813-land at ADW (118.4)
0939- Navy 7N523 (UC-12, Base Flight ADW)-land at ADW (118.4)
1120- Marine 206 (prob UC-35, MAW-4 ADW)-land at ADW (118.4)
1133- Jaws 1 (id as 2 x F-16s,134th FS, VT ANG Burlington VT)-check in w/Potomac (270.275). Land at ADW (349.0)


Ron (mdmonitor1@verizon.net)
Baltimore MD (390747N 763711W)
VHF/UHF: BC-895XLT/RS Pro-2045
Diamond D-130J discone
HF: Icom R75 & Sangean ATS 909
45-ft EF-SWL & 70-ft random wire

 

[mdmonitor]

Guys,

Caught this on HF:

03137.0 Andrews: 0133 USB w/Team 56 (KC-10A 2/32nd ARS MCGUIRE AFB) who requests pp w/McGuire CP at DSN 650-XXXX. Team 56 reports that they were doing AAR w/Team 55 after exchange of about 65K of fuel, Team 55 noticed something loose on the back of their acft (Team 55). Team 56 wants them to come back to McGuire early and land at 0220Z before the ?NPG/NBG? Ops.

 

[Mark]

Guys,

Caught this on HF:

03137.0 Andrews: 0133 USB w/Team 56 (KC-10A 2/32nd ARS MCGUIRE AFB) who requests pp w/McGuire CP at DSN 650-XXXX. Team 56 reports that they were doing AAR w/Team 55 after exchange of about 65K of fuel, Team 55 noticed something loose on the back of their acft (Team 55). Team 56 wants them to come back to McGuire early and land at 0220Z before the ?NPG/NBG? Ops.

Good long distance catch Ron,I have no idea where those 2 are at.Guess an hour plus away maybe up North?
2100 REACH 495 C-17 #04-4137 arriving Andrews,req customs.
2110 Showing a GHOST 87 prob headed McGuire KC-10 #86-0027.That is usually a
Edwards AFB mission callsign.
2117 GHOST 87 confirms 86-0027 and we were released from Edwards early and are arriving early before BASH window we hope.CP 319.400
Fall Bird migration around the corner so will be hearing more about BASH windows... Pain in the A** Birds.. LOL

Mark

 

[TinEar]

Tin,

365.7 is one of the discretes used by the Pax guys when they work in the Atlantic Test Track Range

The first time I ever heard that freq, it was for an AR operation. Since then, I often hear AR and fighters in ACM activity. It took me a good while to establish it was Patuxent fighters and tankers.

Some IDs to go with your log today:
MARINE 206 was 161206, UC-12B
7N523 was 161309, another UC-12B
JOSA 813 was 84-0119 from Scott
ROCCO 84 was 61-0318
JOSA 531 was 84-0075
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Euro board reporting a TREND 11 flight of 6 F-15's arriving Lakenheath over there.
Tankers so far are CACTI 61 #79-0433 which I heard last night out of McGuire.
CACTI 71 #79-1713 KC-10 McGuire.

Mark, those two KC-10s from McGuire (CACTI 61 and 71) sure took off early from McGuire to meet up with the TREND flight. 61 was wheels up at 0400 and 71 at 0430. However, they diddled around this area for 45 minutes to an hour before heading out toward ACK. I suspect the TREND flight was late arriving.

I didn't have time today to compile my daily log and that's unfortunate since it was an extremely busy day. Looking at the log, it's about 50-75% larger than normal. If I started compiling now, I'd have it ready by morning. Uh-uh.

As I'm typing, I see a REACH 0487, an MD-11, registration N272WA being flown by World Airways heading northeast - probably toward Europe. Just a bit earlier I had REACH 824, a DC-10, N531AX being flown by Omni International - probably heading in the same direction. Guess all the C-17s/C-5s are in use. Actually, there are many REACH flights each day flown by the commercial guys.

2122: Been following an E-6B (164410, VQ-4) for the past several minutes coming down the coast along the Jersey shore heading to Patuxent. It's currently around Cape May turning across Delaware Bay toward (temporary) home.
2131: The E-6 is now with Patuxent Approach 120.05 using callsign IDOL (or IDLE) 28 Heavy requesting runway 14.

Oh...and that GHOST 87 is just returning from Nellis which is probably why he's working with that callsign. He went out that way and was logged in Phoenix on the 18th as CAFE 91 on a Coronet mission arriving from Europe and was noted using GHOST 87 as of the 20th at Nellis.
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Team 56 wants them to come back to McGuire early and land at 0220Z before the ?NPG/NBG? Ops.

McGuire has this NOTAM published:
M0161/08 - NIGHT VISION GOGGLE (NVG) OPERATIONS WILL TAKE PLACE EVERY TUESDAY 0200Z TO 0330Z AND EVERY SATURDAY 0130Z TO 0300Z. NON-PARTICIPATING AIRCRAFT CAN EXPECT DEPARTURE AND ARRIVAL DELAYS. 18 JUL 13:00 2008 UNTIL 18 OCT 03:00 2008. CREATED: 18 JUL 13:03 2008

 

[baydog]

Again this evening I'm hearing unidentifed aircraft (sounds like helicopters) practicing interceptions on Marine Ch 21A. Is anyone hearing anything associated with this on UHF?
I'm not.

David