2015 USAF Thunderbirds Frequencies

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Gunslinger36

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We have the Wings Over Whiteman Air Show coming up next month, June 13th and 14th at Whiteman AFB. The USAF Thunderbirds are scheduled to perform. Can anyone provide the active frequencies they are using on the airshow circuit this year?

Thanks! in advance.
 

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Your single best bet is to go here and buy the airshow guide, which has been published in one form or another for the last several years.

Teak Publishing Air Show Guide) - Kindle edition by Larry Van Horn. Professional & Technical Kindle

Don't believe every list you find on the Net - much has changed and a lot of that stuff is out of date

Mike

OK, calling you out on this...

Please explain how this e-book (apparently published around 6 months ago, as the first review of it on Amazon was published in mid-January) is the better than using peer-reviewed media like RR & other free/pay online sources?

Should any & all data posted to radioreference.com be considered questionable, because in addition to coming from unverified sources, "much has changed and a lot of that stuff is out of date?" Would the e-book you're promoting not also be mostly based on data people have shared over the Internet (including here) and be out of date now if the version in-question was published in January or before? Remember, to quote you "much has changed..." At least in the past, vanhorn used to "borrow" data contributed by persons on (free) Net-based discussion groups & use it in his (not-free) publications. Somehow the info is better if you buy it, or somehow the info is better if it's from him?

If you like the e-book, that's great -- I haven't seen it, nor do I plan to -- but I respect you enough to suggest you're capable of writing a good review & not just sounding like a shill for vanhorn & disparaging radioreference & other radio hobbyist electronic media.


I live about air 10 miles from Nellis AFB, Home of the Thunderbirds -- close enough to hear them on VHF & UHF while they're still on the ramp let alone in the air doing practices, maintenance checks or BS'ing on interplane for a while as they're departing Nellis for one of their airshow stops. But you're right Mike, the info in the book in-question is everyone's "single best bet," instead of saving some $$, looking at recent lists that people around the country like myself may have shared on the net for free, and possibly suffering thru the laborious input & scanning of some Thunderbird freq data which may not be accurate --whereas everything in the 6 month old book, apparently authored & published by Thunderbird 1 (let-alone Snowbird 1/Blue Angel 1 et al.) is.
 

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Since there is not a "LIKE" button +1 ;)

Thanks Mike, especially the part of "I read it on the internet, so it must be true" :)

Your single best bet is to go here and buy the airshow guide, which has been published in one form or another for the last several years.

Teak Publishing Air Show Guide (2014 Teak Publishing Air Show Guide) - Kindle edition by Larry Van Horn. Professional & Technical Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.

Don't believe every list you find on the Net - much has changed and a lot of that stuff is out of date

Mike
 

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Diamond Victor 1 139.225
Diamond Victor 2 139.8
Diamond Victor 1 140.7
Diamond Victor 1 141.075
DiamondFormation 141.175
link 2 PA Victr2 141.85
Engine Start 143.25
Diamond - Delta 143.7
4 planelink 2 PA 143.85
Victor 1 148.125
Diamond Victor 2 148.85
Diamond Victor 2 150.15
PA Feed 216.725
PA Feed 216.775
DiamondSimulcast 216.975
Uniform 1 225.175
T-Bird Control 235.25
Solo 235.35
air-ground Train 318.85
Start/Solo 322.95
T-Bird Control 372.6
Ground Ops 413.1
Ground Ops F4 413.275
Maintenance 413.325
Headsets 901.5
Headsets 905.35
 

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Using the peer to peer supplied information, I was able to identify the appropriate frequencies as 235.250 and 141.175 MHz. I did not purchase the e-book. I didn't want to spend the money on something that may be outdated, and I still like paper books. I suppose I'm behind the times in that respect, but there is still a great need for real time peer to peer information exchange, which is what makes this forum great. That's why I post here. Thanks again. I hope I can reciprocate.
 

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They were just in my area this past weekend at the Thunder over Niagara Airshow and used -

139.800
235.250
149.650

I always put in every freq that I find listed and scan them with two radios. Then I lock on the Victor on one radio and the Uniform on the other. I'm not sure where the 149.650 came from?? They had used 139.800 both practice days and then changed on the show days. I had to search with my signal stalker feature when the show started to find the Victor freq.
 
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Freqs in use at Cheyenne Frontier Days Airshow

At the Cheyenne Frontier Days Airshow today the AF Thunderbirds used:
141.175 for the diamond formation
235.25 for the 2 opposing solo aircraft

Excellent show as always!

73, Rex
 

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Interesting to note that the 149.650 frequency is actually allocated to the Canadian Military Police - Hmmm
 

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Interesting to note that the 149.650 frequency is actually allocated to the Canadian Military Police - Hmmm

That's because the United States and Canada allocate frequencies differently. That is quite common amongst nation states.
 

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slightly off topic but related

YES - how true.

Especially noteworthy for those who SEARCH near the borders.
example 162-174 in the US is the Federal Bands, generally at 12.5 Khz, where-as Canada is still in a unique 5 Khz step plan

That's because the United States and Canada allocate frequencies differently. That is quite common amongst nation states.
 

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During the Thunderbirds practice today in Houston, they used 149.650 for Diamond formation and 235.250 for solos. Heard them talking on 150.300 MHz on the ground after practice was over. Might have heard something on 141.400 but not sure. Maintenance was using 413.275 MHz.
Will see if they change anything for the real show this weekend.
 
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