Heritage Conference at DMAFB - 4-6 March 2005

[FLANO]

Don't be surprised to see an A-10, an F-15, an F-16, formation flying with a
P-51 over Tucson in the near future. Per the Desert Airman newspaper, 18
Feb 2005, the Air Combat Command's six single-ship demonstrations teams will be training at Davis-Monthan AFB between 4 and 6 March. The training will be for ACC A-10 Thunderbolt, F-15 Eagle, and F-16 Fighting Falcon Demonstration Teams. This yearly training is used to certify the warplanes to fly with vintage war planes for upcoming airshows throughout the USA. Two active duty F-4 pilots will also participate in the training and an F-22 pilot will be observing the training. Twelve civilian Heritage Flight
Conference pilots and their vintage war fighters will also participate.

Last year they used the following freqs:
127.15 - Discrete for A2A chatter
121.8/275.8 - DMAFB Clearance
118.85/253.5 - DMAFB Tower
327.7 - DMAFB SOF


John
SE of Tucson

 

[FLANO]

Well they are flying

I took some photos from the reviewing stand on the flight line. Same line
up as last year - P-38, P-51's, F-86, F-16's, F-15's, A-10's - and new this
year F-4's. I'll try to pick out the numbers and units, when possible.

Using standard callsigns: i.e. Viper for F-16's, Eagle for F-15's, etc.

118.85/253.50 - DM Tower
121.80/275.80 - DM Ground
127.15 - Heritage Flight Discrete

Poss 123.15
Poss 120.00 - Referenced as "Push 120 Not Not"

John
SE of Tucson