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Chief71

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Coast Guard Intercept Practice

Did anyone else catch the CG intercept practice on Wednesday over 260.900 and the CG air frequencies? They were flying over my house with 2 HH-65 and were playing cat and mouse. It was pretty neat to watch.
 

N8CBG

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4 F-15's from EGLIN Air Force base, Fla will be conducting a flyby at Comerica park for the home opener around 1:05PM Friday.
 

Universaldecoder

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They're flying circles now. I saw them yesterday too. This is around the Woodward/12 mi area.

It was cool the first time. Now I'm at home, and it's pretty darn annoying! Suckers are loud. This is like the 5th time they've circled. Makes me want to play Hawx on PS3....lol..
 

N8CBG

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I wish I could have seen that, I heard them on 363.200 Mhz just before noon telling Detroit approach that they had 60 minutes until time on target.
 

johnvassel

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I wish I could have seen that, I heard them on 363.200 Mhz just before noon telling Detroit approach that they had 60 minutes until time on target.

Sure raised a lot of eyebrows. Can't remember the last time they let them just fly about waiting for their queue. Usually it's in and out, awfully lot of money up there dilly dallying around for an hour. Not to mention no commercial air traffic seen during that time.
I was in West Bloomfield and Commerce during their flight time and had them close to the ground up there more than once. (well, relatively speaking)
 

nodak1crdet3

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F-15's over Detroit.

I work at 8 Mile & Mound & saw them come out of the west, east bound then turn south east right over me & pass over Detroit City airport @ 12:23pm. A few minutes later they were northwest bound, then turn west & gone.
 

nodak1crdet3

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F-15's from Tyndall, still at Selfridge.

Hello all,
I went out to Selfridge today (04-12-09) to see if the F-15's were still there, & they were. 4 F-15's tail codes TY, from Tyndall AFB. I couldn't tell which squadron they were from, there is only 2 F-15 squadrons left at Tyndall. The 2nd FS, & the 95th FS. They were parked in the transient area on the east ramp.
I left MTC around 04:30pm, & they were still there. If I don't have to work tomorrow, I might go back out there to see if they leave.

Tyndall Air Force Base - Units

Also 2 A-10's on the east ramp, along with 6 KC-135's.
 

nodak1crdet3

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TY F-15's dep Selfridge, 04-13-09

Hello all,
The Tyndall F-15's finally left Monday mid morning. They were here since Thursday, for the Tigers home opener fly over on Friday. I didn't have to work Monday so I went out to Selfridge to watch them depart. When I arrived they were opened up, but not started yet. So I moved to the north side of Selfridge by Wal Mart (M-59, & I-94). Watched them depart from there. The call sign was BONE & BONES he said both.

04-13-09
Monitoring from MTC
BONES 01 x 4 F-15’s TY
259.950 MTC clrnc to Tyndall AFB 11:07am.
275.800 MTC grnd.
225.400 MTC twr.
391.900 MTC dep, rnwy 01 11:15am. Nice and easy departure, they didn’t crank it out of there. They only had centerline tanks, so they were probably conserving fuel for the trip back home. They were trying to get up to 410 or 430, as soon as possible.
290.425 Cleve.C. 11:18am. Out of 18.5 for 280 11:21am.
285.625 Cleve.C. 11:22am.
263.025 Cleve.C. 11:28am.
335.525 Cleve.C. 11:29am.
346.?00 Indy.C. 11:36am.
397.250 AUX A/A 11:12am. Ops check 11:19am. Say freq again 263.025 11:28am. Still picking them up on A/A on my PRO-97, Ops check 11:38am. Then I lost them.

FAST 51 (NY F-16?)
338.350 Cleve.C. 11:53am.
379.925 Cleve.C.
285.625 Cleve.C.
281.425 Cleve.C. 12:29pm.
226.400 KLAN app, 12:36pm.

STEEL 11 w/ BOLAR 70
274.450 AR-220 12:11pm.

Monitoring from home.
TIGRE (T-Gray) 81
281.475 Cleve.C. 03:19pm.
348.675 Cleve.C. 03:20pm.
338.350 Cleve.C. 03:32pm.
306.900 Cleve.C. 03:36pm, No joy. Tried again @ 03:42pm, and was heard.

BLADE 51 x 4 (F-18's?)
317.625 Indy.C. 4 mile trail 04:34pm.
299.600 Indy.C. 04:35pm.
 

Piston52Heavy

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Anyone catch the C-17 doing low approaches today? I sat in my car at Wal-Mart and watched him for a while. Of course I didn't have my scanner with me....
 

nodak1crdet3

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C-17 @ mtc

HIRE 12 was the call sign for the C-17. I've sat at Wally World also to watch aircraft. The spot on the south side by Bridgeview is all torn up with construction on the bridge until Nov. Have you checked out the new road just east of I-94 on Rosso Hwy / Hall Rd? It's a nice road as long as it doesn't rain. It floods in a few spots. I almost ran over a duck when I was there Saturday.
They had a flyby ceremony on saturday @ 4:00pm. 3 F-16's from Toledo (LOMA 11) flew by first, then 3 A-10's (DEMON 11) did a flyby & landed, then the F-16's came back & did another flyby then landed. The F-16's stayed until Sunday. They departed around Noon, went to do some ACM in STEELHEAD MOA, then RTB'd to Toledo.
At least 7 A-10's are at Selfridge.
They fly 3 in the morning, & 3 in the afternoon so far. DEMON 11 is a flt of 2, & TAJAS 21, or YALTA 31 is a single A-10. I'm still not used to hearing those call signs, & knowing it's A-10's, not F-16's.
 

nodak1crdet3

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KMTC freqs

Give these a try.


VHF A/A presets. AM Mode.
143.750 V 01 Quarterback / DEMON Ops. New 06-08
139.850 V 16. A/A
142.200 V 17. A/A
143.925 V 15. A/A
148.525 V 01. Old Quarterback Ops
123.450 V ? A/A 11-22-03 Yalta or Tejas (Tayhas).

UHF & VHF presets. AM Mode.
349.400 143.750 BTN 01 Quarterback Ops. New 06-08
259.950 119.000 BTN 02 Clearance Del.
275.800 128.300 BTN 03 Ground.
225.400 120.150 BTN 04 Tower. New 06-08
391.900 119.600 BTN 05 Departure. New 06-08
270.100 125.325 BTN 06 ATIS.
290.425 127.700 BTN 07 Cleve.C.
251.150 118.525 BTN 08 Minn.C.
385.700 139.300 BTN 09 Steelgate Control, Grayling Range R-4201.
000.000 128.700 BTN 10 RAPCON. Not used any more.
318.200 119.600 BTN 11 Approach.
000.000 128.700 BTN 12 RAPCON. Not used any more.
000.000 000.000 BTN 13?
000.000 000.000 BTN 14?
388.200 000.000 BTN 15 IFE Emergency freq.
000.000 000.000 BTN 16?
314.400 000.000 BTN 17 ACM (02-08)
225.300 000.000 BTN 18 ACM (05-05-09)
000.000 000.000 BTN 19?
234.900 124.700 BTN 20 BLACK TALON Alpena CRTC, UHF. Windsor twr, VHF.

363.200 000.000 DTW app / dep 01-09
349.400 000.000 New Ops freq 06-08
293.100 000.000 DEMON SOF (Supervisor of flt). BTN ??
372.200 134.850 MTC PTD (Pilot To Dispatch). BTN?
342.500 000.000 MTC Metro / WX. BTN?
390.000 000.000 MTC TOD signal? Not heard recently.
225.000 000.000 MTC Comm. techs?
254.700 000.000 Old BTN 17 Huntress. (01-26-06)

Now have KC-135R's. 2008
191st ARG, 171st ARS, SIX PACK
Call signs. JEEP &, MOTOWN is their travel call sign, & common REACH flt. LUCKY?
349.400 New Ops freq 06-08
279.400 6 Pack, A/A
280.500 6 Pack, maint shop?
228.125 6 Pack, A/A.

927th ARW, 63rd ARS, KC-135R's. Moved to Florida in 2008. Still comes on weekends to pick up people for Drill weekends in Florida. AUTO is the call sign.
Call signs. PISTON, AUTO, & common REACH flight.
314.200 Old Piston Ops, & A/A
321.000 A/A from time to time
 
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