Hello all

[FairfordFan]

Hi all on here
some of you may know me from the other site Fighter control but it’s Max here just thought I’d introduce myself
I am based very near to RAF Fairford
looking forward to hopefully some interesting exercises this year and I also volunteer at the Fairford Airshow (RIAT )
looking forward to contributing on here what I can
all the best all
Max
(used to be known as Skywatcher )

 

[B]

Welcome, Max!

 

[kc2asb]

Welcome to Radio Reference, Max!

 

[FairfordFan]

Thankyou for the warm welcome so far everyone much appreciated
my favourite military aircraft include the U-2 ,B-52 ,B-2 and the B-1B.

 

[Northof43]

Welcome Max!
I'm just barely out of the "newbie" category here in RR, but a long time scanner/aviation enthusiast since the very early 90's.
I'm one of the Canadian members here on RR. Have attended many airshows in and around southern Ontario. In the early 80'saw the SR71 Blackbird fly in to the Toronto (C.N.E.) airshow from California, the BA Concorde fly into Oshkosh in the mid 90's and a B1 at the London, (Ontario) show. At great experience of mine was seeing two F-111's taking off (almost side by side) at Pease ANG in New Hampshire, USA.

I follow a few people covering the Mach Loop and Coningsby on YouTube.
Like you, I love the military jets. Watched a bit of RIAT 2025 last year on YT. What a show!
The "other" Lancaster Bomber does trips around our airspace frequently during the warmer months.
The other members here on RR have been very friendly and helpful in the short time that I've been here.
Have great night!

 

[bearcatrp]

Welcome to the forum. Please share frequencies you discover on the aircraft.what are you using to listen?

 

[FairfordFan]

BC15X TrunkTracker 3 base station and and an Uniden UBC125XLT handheld
main frequencies are Fairford and Brize Norton and Swanwick Mil (U.K. area Radar Corridor control) (Very similar to Center Control in America).

I will do Brize is active right now
123.725 for Brize Tower and 133.75 and 127.25 are normally used as Radar and Departure control frequencies.

A Tartan (A-330MRTT KC2/3 from Brize‘s 10/100 Sqn ) has recently gone up for the daily RAF tanking training sorties over North Sea training area’s ,fairly regularly ARA8 gets used most .

Main frequencies I have for Fairford are
337.75 Dragon Ops (U-2)
279.275 SOF TWR
246.35 TWR
124.8 TWR
378.225 GRND
242.25 TWR
321.000 Bomber Ops .

 

[FairfordFan]

A slight correction to above
I meant to type 10/101 Sqn RAF for the Voyager Ops .

 

[kc2asb]

@FairfordFan - the BCT-15X is a superb scanner for Civil and Mil Air. I also use one, as well as a BC-780XLT and PRO-2006.

 

[MiCon]

Thanks for the intro, and welcome.

 

[FairfordFan]

The squadrons based at Fairford at the moment are
420th Air Base Squadron
422nd Security Forces Squadron
501st Combat Support Wing
99th ERS Beale AFB
9th RW Beale AFB .