Michigan Military Activity

[nodak1crdet3]

08-03-23
B-52 heading our way, & 3 tankers in the area.


It's radio 📻 time folks. 😃
Chuck in Detroit / NODAK 1

 

[nodak1crdet3]

08-03-23
JEEP 01 (MI KC-135 60-0346)
238.900 AR-632B Prime, no gas to give. Just told to do a few plugs, 11:10am. Not sure who he was refueling with? Possibly with the P-8.

STEEL (PA KC-135 58-0055) with RIDER 75 (C-17 07-7169)
274.450 AR-220, 11:23am.

CHILL 31 MT B-52 61-0039)
256.600 old BREWTOWN freq, 11:28am.

HAVOC 99 C-130
127.700 Cleve.C. 11:30am.
126.750 Cleve.C. 11:44am. direct Traverse City, the airport not the VOR, 11:50am.

HAPPY 71 (ILL KC-135 64-14839)
311.000 QUARTERBACK Ops, 30 minutes out, Code 1, upload 35K fuel, 11:38am.
119.600 MTC app, 11:58am.
120.150 MTC TWR, 12:07pm.

BAT 81 (IOWA KC-135 58-0057)
311.000 QUARTERBACK Ops, parking India 6, 11:41am.
126.750 Cleve.C. 11:47am.
132.350 DTW app, 11:51am.
119.600 MTC app, 11:58am.
120.150 MTC twr, 12:04pm.

N43VB T206 & N899ME T206
122.225 A/A, running track east & west, 11:56am.


239.700 ICE DIGGER, no joy on a call sign. 12:30pm.

DEMON 11 x 2 (MI A-10's)
235.050 HAVE QUICK, 12:41pm.
225.150 HAVE QUICK, 12: 42pm.
318.200 MTC app, 12:43pm.
120.150 MTC twr, 12:46pm.

AF-2 (757-200 98-0002)
125.975 Chi.C. 01:05pm.
126.125 Chi.C. 01:07pm.
132.275 Chi.C. 01:10pm.

PIONR 14 (P-8 170013)
239.700 ICE DIGGER, PIONR copies all, 01:05pm.

Chuck in Detroit / NODAK 1

 

[nodak1crdet3]

08-03-23
HAPPY 71 (ILL KC-135 64-14839) & PACK 41 (KC-46 16-46015)
256.600 HAPPY 71 calling WARDEN, 01:21pm. PACK 41 calling WARDEN. We're still working with PIONR 14 (P-8). Will work with any 135 after, 01:23pm. HAPPY 71 can offload 10K for PACK 41, 01:24pm. WARDEN is a ground controller at Alpena CRTC.

PACK 41 with PIONR 14
238.900 AR-632B Prime, 01:27pm.


HAPPY 71 (ILL KC-135 64-14839) with PACK 41 (KC-46 16-46015)
338.800 STEELHEAD MOA AR Prime, started AR practice after 2pm.


STEEL 66 (PA KC-135 58-0055) with PITT 57 (PA C-17 93-0601)
274.450 AR-220 Prime, 57 stable ready, 57 cleared to contact, 09:13pm. 57 is going to go back 200 feet & do a seat swap, 09:19pm. 57 seat swap complete, stable ready, 09:23pm. 57 cleared to contact, 09:23pm.

Chuck in Detroit / NODAK 1

 

[dmchalmers]

Two huey gunships screaming west to east back to Alpena crc fome Grayling range below radar no radio that i've heard as of yet 200's or 400's

 

[nodak1crdet3]

08-05-23
NASA 817 Heavy (DC-8-72)
132.350 DTW app, 11:50am.
119.600 MTC app, 12:04pm.
127.700 Cleve.C. in a spiral climb, 12:12pm.
135.625 TOR.C. 12:18pm.
135.300 TOR.C. London app, 12:22pm.


Did the same route from Dayton yesterday. Heading for Toronto next.

Chuck in Detroit / NODAK 1

 

[nodak1crdet3]

08-05-23
TREK 01 (C-130 94-6707)
128.625 Cleve.C. 12:46pm.

GOLD 14 (KC-135 Rickenbacker)
119.875 Cleve.C. 01:19pm.
127.075 Cleve.C. 01:23pm.

STING x 2 (TOL F-16's)
248.650 A/A, 01:35pm.
379.200 Cleve.C. 01:36pm.
317.625 Indy.C. 01:40pm.

GUARD COPTER 26922 Flight x 5 possibly UH-60 Blackhawks.
242.200 A/A, 05:13pm.
120.300 ARB twr, heard them on Ann Arbor tower kinda weak. I switched over to Liveatc.net.
121.600 ARB ground, 05:28pm. Had them park on an unused part of the ramp on the airfield, & said they could park on the grass if they needed the room. 05:28pm. Liveatc.net
I'm glad I went upstairs to get my phone off the charger. I would've never known about these guys coming in. Might be for MIS NASCAR flyby today.

303.250 some indistinct talking? Couldn't understand what was being said. 06:29pm.

Chuck in Detroit / NODAK 1

 

[robert16627]

BAT/BATS 71 Sioux Falls KC-135

311.00 Quarterback OPS “looking at taxiing E2, Hotel and a follow me car, engines running on the ground” 1410

“It’s all based on fuel, If we don’t need fuel, we’ll be there approximately 30 minutes max” 1414

“If we do need fuel, is there any chance of a hot pit?

Let’s please do it sir, 10k(of fuel) please sir” 1416

 

[robert16627]

STING21 Flight of 2 Toledo F-16

248.650, “heading to Black Talon” 1422

234.900 “We are 30-40 miles south of Steelhead, looking to use the airspace. BREWER (Milwaukee 135) should be there soon, We won’t need the airspace for long as we are needing to hit a time for a flyover in Pontiac (PTK Open House)” 1425

“It’s going to be fun tanking in this” 1428

“Just a reminder, we have just the Steelhead MOA active” 1433

 

[nodak1crdet3]

08-06-23
GUARD COPTER
242.400 A/A, 02:30PM. Departed Ann Arbor heading north. 2 of them showing on ADSB.



Chuck in Detroit / NODAK 1

 

[robert16627]

STING1-1, STING 2-1

BUZZ A/A 248.650

“There uh, were a lot of people there, shocking

Thanks for talking me into it

I was picturing like… uh no one there” - 1510

“This was an upgrade flight, tanking in IMC, haven’t flown in a month and was trying to figure out the switches again.
Everything was going bad, tanker late, seat swap, tanker giving us 5000lbs instead of original 1000lbs” - 1512

“Once we get back, We’ve got to let maintenance know we flew through rain.

Really?” - 1516

“We are expecting an initial sometime damnit” - 1520

 

[nodak1crdet3]

08-08-23
3 UH-60 Blackhawk's departed Detroit City airport 08:18am. I just happened to be going outside to feed the cat's when I heard them coming. Was able to get outside just in time to see them go over my house north west bound.


I think this is them. They're up near Flint now.

Chuck in Detroit / NODAK 1

 

[PMSCAN]

R 4201 - Steelgate Report

Spent last weekend on Little Bear Lake about 10 miles NW of the range. Brought the " Mobile Command Center " with me.

Saturday August 5 10:30 am
Yalta 51 & 52 ( Selfridge A10's)
261.200 AM Steelgate Range Control ( Also referred to as Strike Frequency)
Discussions with RC on 9 line coordinates (Unfortunately could not receive ground side - Need UHF Yagi next time). After the pilot reading 9 lines back to confirm he would then give visual confirmation of target using landmarks. Interestingly he kept refereeing to the " Coffee Cup". If you look on google maps for the range you will see the " Cup".

Yalta Air to Air : 307.775 AM

Checkout of range on 266.600 AM ( Yalta Button 9 )

11:29 am After range checkout Yalta came up on 254.700 with a battle damage assessment from his range work.

Saturday August 5 18:40

Warrior 22 Flight of 2 Checks into Range 261.200 ( Identifies as UH Y 1) ( Believe these are the guys Jared heard from Midland area. Warrior - USMC out of North Carolina.)
Several sorties thru the evening ( Warrior 11 and Warrior 55)
Note: Was using Airspy with SDR "Fast Scan" add on for UHF Military. ( See screen shot) No air to air found but the 261.200 and multiple quick hits on UHF would show. Cleared all several times to confirm. So maybe air to air was on Have Quick. Long range I phone photo of Warrior also attached.

Range checkout on 266.600 AM

Sunday August 6 9:45 am

Bosan Flight ( A10's) Same as Yalta flight above for frequencies.
FAA Minneapolis Center range check out frequency was 269.450 AM

Great weekend!

Pat

 

[jsoergel]

R 4201 - Steelgate Report

Spent last weekend on Little Bear Lake about 10 miles NW of the range. Brought the " Mobile Command Center " with me.

Saturday August 5 10:30 am
Yalta 51 & 52 ( Selfridge A10's)
261.200 AM Steelgate Range Control ( Also referred to as Strike Frequency)
Discussions with RC on 9 line coordinates (Unfortunately could not receive ground side - Need UHF Yagi next time). After the pilot reading 9 lines back to confirm he would then give visual confirmation of target using landmarks. Interestingly he kept refereeing to the " Coffee Cup". If you look on google maps for the range you will see the " Cup".

Yalta Air to Air : 307.775 AM

Checkout of range on 266.600 AM ( Yalta Button 9 )

11:29 am After range checkout Yalta came up on 254.700 with a battle damage assessment from his range work.

Saturday August 5 18:40

Warrior 22 Flight of 2 Checks into Range 261.200 ( Identifies as UH Y 1) ( Believe these are the guys Jared heard from Midland area. Warrior - USMC out of North Carolina.)
Several sorties thru the evening ( Warrior 11 and Warrior 55)
Note: Was using Airspy with SDR "Fast Scan" add on for UHF Military. ( See screen shot) No air to air found but the 261.200 and multiple quick hits on UHF would show. Cleared all several times to confirm. So maybe air to air was on Have Quick. Long range I phone photo of Warrior also attached.

Range checkout on 266.600 AM

Sunday August 6 9:45 am

Bosan Flight ( A10's) Same as Yalta flight above for frequencies.
FAA Minneapolis Center range check out frequency was 269.450 AM

Great weekend!

Pat

The 296-297 range is full of interference for some reason, especially prominent on SDRs. Don’t think that was WARRIOR but they do use FM quite frequently - may have been there.

 

[robert16627]

Thunder over Michigan is this weekend.
Here’s a list of frequencies that will be in use.
F-22’s are expected in Thursday so A2A freq will probably be in use.

118.175 Airboss
123.450 A/A freq for warbirds during airshow
119.975 Willow Run Ground
125.275 Willow Run Tower
256.900 Willow Run Tower
277.700 F-22 Demo freq
290.625 F-22 A/A Freq

 

[RichM]

The 296-297 range is full of interference for some reason, especially prominent on SDRs. Don’t think that was WARRIOR but they do use FM quite frequently - may have been there.

It was Warrior, have heard them multiple times during the last few days.

I run an Airspy mini w/fast scanner along side my hardware scanner and regularly pick up new MilAir freqs, 239.7 and 239.8 were snagged just today.

Northern Strike has been very interesting with both day and night fueling and range exercises the last 2 days.

 

[nodak1crdet3]

It was Warrior, have heard them multiple times during the last few days.

I run an Airspy mini w/fast scanner along side my hardware scanner and regularly pick up new MilAir freqs, 239.7 and 239.8 were snagged just today.

Northern Strike has been very interesting with both day and night fueling and range exercises the last 2 days.

239.700 is ICE DIGGER. Just heard someone calling ICE DIGGER, 03:36pm.
239.800 is SCOTT ARB ILL, Ops. Maybe HAPPY 71 was trying to call home? 😃

Chuck in Detroit / NODAK 1

 

[nodak1crdet3]

Two huey gunships screaming west to east back to Alpena crc fome Grayling range below radar no radio that i've heard as of yet 200's or 400's

Try searching 240.000 to 250.000 am mode for A/A Freq. 241.000 is a common ops freq. They're probably talking to Alpena on their VHF freqs.
121.350 APN twr.
318.100 APN twr.

Grayling Army airfield.
126.200 Grayling twr.
317.000 GCA UHF AM. 48.600 GCA FM mode. (Ground Control Approach)
122.800 Ops.

Old Grayling freqs.
36.500 FM twr.
241.000 twr.
41.850 Ops FM.
122.800 Ops.
41.800 Range Control FM.
139.300 Grayling Range secondary. Might be FM Mode?

Chuck in Detroit / NODAK 1

 

[jsoergel]

I have the following possible freqs for WARRIOR.

226.000
228.500
245.300
277.900
289.275
291.400
327.500

They may be using a Grayling/Alpena freq instead, but give the above a try.

 

[nodak1crdet3]

08-08-23
UNKOWN ? x 4
305.750 A/A, 5:40 p.m. air to air chatter. 290.425-05:48pm.
Anybody hear these guys?
I was driving home from shopping when I heard these guys.I believe they were talking about landing at Selfridge. Only one radio in the car.

Chuck in Detroit / NODAK 1

 

[diskmonger]

08-08-23
UNKOWN ? x 4
305.750 A/A, 5:40 p.m. air to air chatter. 290.425-05:48pm.
Anybody hear these guys?
I was driving home from shopping when I heard these guys.I believe they were talking about landing at Selfridge. Only one radio in the car.

Chuck in Detroit / NODAK 1

Chuck, I heard there were some F-16s in from Arizona over the last couple days, could have been them?