Cherry Point Airshow 2024

RaleighGuy

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We are just two days away from the Cherry Point Airshow (May 11th and 12th) and I wanted to reach out and encourage anyone headed that way to please share frequencies you hear. One encouraging sign is that, unlike many other airshows on military bases, it appears scanners are allowed, the Prohibited Items list only says no transmitters or walkie talkies.

Some suggested items to bring include sun screen, sunglasses, earplugs, a clear empty water bottle (refills free onsite) and some hydration drink mix powder to add to it, a chair, camera, scanner w/ extra batteries and head/earphones.

From years past, the RR database, and the forums, I have prepared a starting list of frequencies, there is no guarantee they are still active or will be in use at the airshow, you should always use close call or spectrum sweep to find new freqs. If you do hear these as active, please confirm for others, as well as posting anything new.

A-10 Demo Team (canceled I believe)​
122.475, 136.975, 138.750, 266.6, 305.4​
Air Boss MCAS Cherry Point​
121.300, 340.2​
AV-8B Harrier II Demo Team​
348.1​
BA Comm 1​
346.5​
BA Gnd Alpha​
142.6125 FMN​
BA Gnd Bravo​
139.8125 FMN​
BA Gnd Charlie​
141.5625 FMN​
BA Refueling​
289.8​
BA10 Bert​
305.5​
BA10 Bert Alt​
305.9​
BA16 Box​
284.25​
BA17 Arrival​
255.2​
BA18 Preflight​
251.6​
BA20 Comm20​
246.5​
BA8 Solos​
237.8​
BA9 Diamond​
275.35​
Common USAF Demo​
346.5, 376.025, 384.55​
Discrete​
233.975, 305.2, 118.35​
F-16 Demo Team​
384.55​
F-22 Raptor Demo Team​
277.7​
F-35 Demo Team​
311.225​
Marine Air Grnd Task Force (MAGTF)​
278.8, 290.3​
MV-22 Osprey Demo Team​
236.2, 267.4​
Pitts Special S-1D​
123.15​
 
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RaleighGuy

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Just a short recap of the weekend monitoring. Airboss was on 121.3, as were most civilian teams. The frequencies 305.2 and BA Refueling 289.8 both seemed to be used by ATC in the Cherry Point area (as was 377.175 on search mode).

The F-22 Raptor frequency and the Blue Angels (including ground crew freqs) were accurate.

Despite using both spectrum search, and monitoring frequencies, found I did not hear the MV-22 Demo Team, MAGTF or F-35B Demo Team frequencies.

A few of the photos I took at the airshow


BA_3.JPGBA_Burt3.JPGF22_2.JPGF22_5.JPGF22_bombs2.JPGF35B_3.JPGF35B_7.JPGFURY_7.JPGHarrier AV8 final wave.JPGharrier5.JPG
 
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