Michigan Military Activity

[krokus]

Just spotted Convoy 4897, while checking on the CH-47 I could hear. Origin appeared to be Anchorage.

 

[krokus]

AF1 & SAM46 going to be in/near MI airspace.

 

[nodak1crdet3]

AF1 & SAM46 going to be in/near MI airspace.

05-17-23
292.800 AF-1 (92-9000 747-200) & SAM 46 (82-8000 747-200) A/A, 12:51pm.
132.425 MN.C. AF-1 checking in, 12:56pm. SAM 46 checking in, 01:00pm.

Chuck in Detroit / NODAK 1

 

[dispatchgeek]

05/17/23
269.525 (ZOB Peck HI) / 348.400 (Alpena A2G)/ 319.100
Minot B52H CHILL 31, radio check with Alpena, several other transmissions.

 

[dmchalmers]

What are you guys using SDR ,scanner? if SDR is it unitrunker?

 

[dispatchgeek]

Currently using a Uniden BCT15X, running through Proscan which feeds a trunking recorder instance. BCT15X is piped out to a Radio Shack sputnik antenna, lightly amplified with a variable gain CATV drop amp with an FM trap inline. I am only scanning through frequencies found on the Michigan Milair reference, this thread and hits from the Military Scan Groups.io group.

 

[RichM]

I use SDR w/Airspy mini to search 225-380 in around 3 seconds. It’s AM so no trunking needed. I then load found freqs into a Pro197 for actual scanning/listening. Works awesome, much better (faster) than searching with a hardware scanner. I find new freqs all the time this way.

 

[nodak1crdet3]

I have a PRO-2052 hooked up to a Radio Shack discone mounted on the roof about 35 feet up. The cone is cut down to about half of the UHF Milair band. Then I have 2 BC 780 XLT's, 1 BC 785D, 2 PRO-2055's. All of these are mainly used for Milair. They're hooked up to miscellaneous antennas in my room. Then I have a PRO-2050 for VHF aircraft, hooked up to a Radio Shack version of a Scantenna just outside my room. In my car I have a BC 796D hooked up to a Ham triband antenna.
I would like to try an SDR system some day.

Chuck

 

[nodak1crdet3]

05-29-23
Tuskegee Flight x 4 Schweizer Motor Gliders SA-2-37
130.650 coordinating with a T-6 flight for a flyby, 09:30am.
123.300 Tuskegee A/A, 09:35am.



Toledo has some F-16's up.
248.650 STING A/A, AUX 6.
312.175 A/A, AUX 7.

Chuck in Detroit / NODAK 1

 

[nodak1crdet3]

05-29-23
Tuskegee Flight x 4 Schweizer Motor Gliders SA-2-37
130.650 coordinating with a T-6 flight for a flyby, 09:30am.
123.300 Tuskegee A/A, 09:35am.

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Toledo has some F-16's up.
248.650 STING A/A, AUX 6.
312.175 A/A, AUX 7.

Chuck in Detroit / NODAK 1

Tuskegee Flight overhead left break runway 15 at DET.

123.450 Yankee Air Museum C-47 N8704 doing flyby's Dearborn. 10:24am.

Chuck in Detroit / NODAK 1

 

[nodak1crdet3]

06-03-23
BREWER 61 & 62 (WI KC-135's)
354.700 A/A, trying to get a hold of Selfridge, 12:10pm. Mentioned an AR freq, 236.500? 12:22pm.

DEMON 11 x 4
391.900 MTC dep, 12:24pm.
132.250 Cleve.C. 12:27pm.
273.250 A/A, 12:28pm.

TEJAS 21 x 3
326.400 A/A, 12:33pm.
132.250 Cleve.C. 12:35pm.

Chuck in Detroit / NODAK 1

 

[robert16627]

171st ARS did an Elephant walk out of Selfridge this morning.

1014L 128.3 Selfridge Ground: “Jeep 71 flight looking to taxi down Runway 1 for the elephant flight”

1020L 120.15 Selfridge Tower “Jeep 71 flight looking to backtaxi down Runway 1 for departure”

1025L 120.15 “Jeep 71 flight ready for departure.
Cleared for takeoff”
“1 Ready, 2 Ready, 3 Ready, 4 Ready, 5 Ready, 6 Ready”

1030L 119.6 Selfridge Departure “Jeep 71 Heavy flight of 6, 6 miles in trail, 1,500 ft separation *request to separate to 3,000 ft* Jeep 71 Heavy unable

1040L 127.7 Cleveland Center “Jeep 71 checking in, 6 miles in tow, last heavy is 2,500 ft below”

1048L 127.7 “Pushing to 132.42 now, good day”

1049L 127.7 “1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6”

 

[AirScan]

171st ARS did an Elephant walk out of Selfridge this morning.

Here they are on ADSB-X ... JEEP Flight

 

[nodak1crdet3]

Here they are on ADSB-X ... JEEP Flight

06-04-23
JEEP 71 x 6
311.000 Ops. Going to be doing radio checks for the next 10 minutes, 10:56am. QUARTERBACK JEEP 71 radio check, 11:01am.

Chuck in Detroit / NODAK 1

 

[nodak1crdet3]

06-04-23
JEEP 71 x 6
311.000 Ops. Going to be doing radio checks for the next 10 minutes, 10:56am. QUARTERBACK JEEP 71 radio check, 11:01am.

Chuck in Detroit / NODAK 1

228.125 JEEP 71 x 6 A/A, 11:39am. One of them just played Top Gun music for the overhead. 12:05pm. 🤣

253.250 A/A unknown? 11:43am. Sounds like A-10's. Push 290.025.
284.625 Cleve.C. standard 2 miles, 11:45am.
290.025 A/A, 11:55am. Talking about frequency pages, 11:58am. 3 cleared off AFT to contact ? 12:00pm. We're in Ohio man, 12:00pm.

Chuck in Detroit / NODAK 1

 

[nodak1crdet3]

228.125 JEEP 71 x 6 A/A, 11:39am. One of them just played Top Gun music for the overhead. 12:05pm. 🤣

253.250 A/A unknown? 11:43am. Sounds like A-10's. Push 290.025.
284.625 Cleve.C. standard 2 miles, 11:45am.
290.025 A/A, 11:55am. Talking about frequency pages, 11:58am. 3 cleared off AFT to contact ? 12:00pm. We're in Ohio man, 12:00pm.

Chuck in Detroit / NODAK 1

06-04-23
KAYCE 11 x 4 (KC A-10's)
253.250 A/A, 11:43am. Sounds like A-10's. Push 290.025.
284.625 Cleve.C. standard 2 miles, 11:45am.
290.025 A/A, 11:55am. Talking about frequency pages, 11:58am. 3 cleared off AFT to contact ? 12:00pm. We're in Ohio man, 12:00pm.
323.050 Chi.C. 12:09pm. Finally heard the callsign on Chi.C.
341.700 Chi.C. 12:18pm.

Chuck

 

[jsoergel]

228.125 JEEP 71 x 6 A/A, 11:39am. One of them just played Top Gun music for the overhead. 12:05pm. 🤣

253.250 A/A unknown? 11:43am. Sounds like A-10's. Push 290.025.
284.625 Cleve.C. standard 2 miles, 11:45am.
290.025 A/A, 11:55am. Talking about frequency pages, 11:58am. 3 cleared off AFT to contact ? 12:00pm. We're in Ohio man, 12:00pm.

Chuck in Detroit / NODAK 1

These are A-10s returning from TDY in Europe. I think it was KC, not sure though.

 

[nodak1crdet3]

These are A-10s returning from TDY in Europe. I think it was KC, not sure though.

You are correct as always! 😃

 

[robert16627]

KC-135's from the 171st ARS and A-10's from the 107th FS are flying over various places and "landmarks" around Michigan next Tuesday (6/27). More details to come tomorrow. It'll be similar to the Michigan/America Strong flyovers back in May 2020.

 

[robert16627]

Michigan Flyovers Honor 100 Years of Aerial Refueling

Here is the plan for the flyover. Consisting on one KC-135 and a couple A-10’s.