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[N8CBG]

Here's what I have so far following the changeover, it looks like they took over the frequency assignments of the Selfridge Demon Ops when they moved in;

VHF - Demons / Yalta / Tejas / Wyatt A-10s
143.750 Mhz V-01 Demons Ops
143.925 Mhz V-15 Demons
139.975 Mhz V-16 Demons
139.850 Mhz V-17 Demons

UHF - Demons / Yalta / Tejas / Wyatt A-10s
314.400 Mhz Demon flight
349.400 Mhz U-06 Demons, Air to Air, Camp Grayling range
290.425 Mhz U-07 Demons, Cleveland Center
266.600 Mhz U-10 Demons, Steelgate Ops, Camp Grayling Range
254.700 Mhz U-17 Demons, Alpena Complex
225.300 Mhz U-18 Demons, Steelhead area Air to Air
234.900 Mhz U-20 Demons, Black Talon

Chevys (F-16s from Selfridge)
138.625 Mhz V-01 CHEVY flight / KING SNAKE Ops
138.300 Mhz CHEVY flight 1, 2, 3, 4
225.300 Mhz CHEVY / COLT flight
139.750 Mhz CHEVY / COLT flight

 

[nodak1crdet3]

Here's what I have so far following the changeover, it looks like they took over the frequency assignments of the Selfridge Demon Ops when they moved in;

VHF - Demons / Yalta / Tejas / Wyatt A-10s
143.750 Mhz V-01 Demons Ops
143.925 Mhz V-15 Demons
139.975 Mhz V-16 Demons This is also STING V 07.
139.850 Mhz V-17 Demons

UHF - Demons / Yalta / Tejas / Wyatt A-10s
314.400 Mhz Demon flight
349.400 Mhz U-06 Demons, Air to Air, Camp Grayling range
290.425 Mhz U-07 Demons, Cleveland Center
266.600 Mhz U-10 Demons, Steelgate Ops, Camp Grayling Range
254.700 Mhz U-17 Demons, Alpena Complex
225.300 Mhz U-18 Demons, Steelhead area Air to Air
234.900 Mhz U-20 Demons, Black Talon

Chevys (F-16s from Selfridge)
138.625 Mhz V-01 CHEVY flight / KING SNAKE Ops
138.300 Mhz CHEVY flight 1, 2, 3, 4
225.300 Mhz CHEVY / COLT flight
139.750 Mhz CHEVY / COLT flight

The CHEVY call sign is used by Fort Wayne F-16's now. They are called the Black Snakes. Those are Fort Wayne freqs.

234.900 is U-08 / BTN 08 now. For MTC A-10's.
The A-10's have 2 Uniform radio's now. So your going to have a Prime list, & an AUX list of UHF freqs. So far I haven't heard the A-10's use any of the old Battle Creek freqs.

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 This might have changed. Get a lot of P-25 stuff from Canada now.
143.925 V 15. A/A
148.525 V 01. Old Quarterback Ops. Not used any more.
123.450 V ? A/A 11-22-03 Yalta or Tejas (Tayhas).

UHF & VHF presets. AM Mode.
311.000 143.750 BTN 01 Quarterback Ops. UHF New (07-09) VHF 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 UHF (07-09) (06-08)
318.200 119.600 BTN 06 Approach. (05-09)
290.425 127.700 BTN 07 Cleve.C.
234.900 124.700 BTN 08 BLACK TALON Alpena CRTC, UHF. Windsor twr, VHF.
269.450 118.525 BTN 09 Minn.C. (07-09)
000.000 128.700 BTN 10 ?
000.000 000.000 BTN 11 ?
000.000 128.700 BTN 12 ?
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 ?
000.000 000.000 BTN 17 ?
225.300 000.000 BTN 18 ACM (05-09)
000.000 000.000 BTN 19 ?
000.000 000.000 BTN 20 ?

349.400 000.000 YALTA 31 A/A 08-09 ACM CH (02-08)
314.400 000.000 DEMON 11 A/A (07-09)
270.100 125.325 Was BTN 06 ATIS. Now BTN ?
266.600 139.300 New STEELGATE CONTROL R-4201. (07-09)

251.300 000.000 DTW app / dep DEATH 12 YIP A/S (07-09)
363.200 000.000 DTW app / dep (06-09)

311.000 000.000 New C.P. QUARTERBACK Ops freq, (06-03-09).
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?
254.700 000.000 Old BTN 17 ACM (01-26-06)
282.500 000.000 Old BTN 18 ACM (01-26-08)

 

[Xray]

A-10's in Milford area

Was at the beach at camp Dearborn in Milford SAT 15th, was surprised to see a couple of A-10's doing multiple low runs in the area.
Are they known to maneuver in this area ?

 

[nodak1crdet3]

Was at the beach at camp Dearborn in Milford SAT 15th, was surprised to see a couple of A-10's doing multiple low runs in the area.
Are they known to maneuver in this area ?

That's not a normal operating area for the A-10's. I've never heard of the Milford MOA. ;~D

One of them probably lives in the area, & was showing the other guy where his house was. They could've been killing time for a flyby at MIS for the Saturday race. There is a small airport to the NE.
That's why I always have a scanner with me, just in case something like that happens. ;~)

 

[tutakt]

Flyover

I think Milford had some sort of event or festival over the week end. This was probably a flyover for that event.

The A-10s are not as sleek looking as the F-16s are they?

 

[Chief71]

I tried to program some of the frequencies above but the scanner rounds up the frequency. Is there any way to stop it?

 

[Piston52Heavy]

Here's what I have so far following the changeover, it looks like they took over the frequency assignments of the Selfridge Demon Ops when they moved in;

VHF - Demons / Yalta / Tejas / Wyatt A-10s
143.750 Mhz V-01 Demons Ops
143.925 Mhz V-15 Demons
139.975 Mhz V-16 Demons
139.850 Mhz V-17 Demons

UHF - Demons / Yalta / Tejas / Wyatt A-10s
314.400 Mhz Demon flight
349.400 Mhz U-06 Demons, Air to Air, Camp Grayling range
290.425 Mhz U-07 Demons, Cleveland Center
266.600 Mhz U-10 Demons, Steelgate Ops, Camp Grayling Range
254.700 Mhz U-17 Demons, Alpena Complex
225.300 Mhz U-18 Demons, Steelhead area Air to Air
234.900 Mhz U-20 Demons, Black Talon

Chevys (F-16s from Selfridge)
138.625 Mhz V-01 CHEVY flight / KING SNAKE Ops
138.300 Mhz CHEVY flight 1, 2, 3, 4
225.300 Mhz CHEVY / COLT flight
139.750 Mhz CHEVY / COLT flight

Thanks for this list!! I've been hearing quite a bit of chatter on 314.4 between the A-10s.

 

[nodak1crdet3]

I tried to program some of the frequencies above but the scanner rounds up the frequency. Is there any way to stop it?

It depends on the scanner. See if there is anything in the manual about changing the step size.
Some scanners have the wrong step size programed in them, for that freq range.

 

[iMONITOR]

The A-10s are not as sleek looking as the F-16s are they?

A-10 Warthog

 

[Xray]

F-16 Falcon, most would say "much sleeker".
More important to me, much louder and faster, also.
Obviously, different aircraft for different purposes ,,, Both excel at what they do.

I like A-10's, would have been nice if Selfridge had a couple squadrons of both, like when they had Phantoms & A-7's, or F-106's & F-100's - But no question about it, A-10's would be viewed as a step down from an F-16 by just about anyone.

 

[nodak1crdet3]

WIZARD BRAVO (E-3) w/ HUNTRESS.

Hello all,

09-07-09
WIZARD BRAVO (E-3 AWACS)
260.900 HUNTRESS, Wizard Bravo clg Huntress w/ target tracks, 41.26 N, 083.49 W, 11:45am. Mentioned GATOR, & RED 8? 11:50am.
Still talking to Huntress 12:36pm.

 

[KMTC]

Hello all,

09-07-09
WIZARD BRAVO (E-3 AWACS)
260.900 HUNTRESS, Wizard Bravo clg Huntress w/ target tracks, 41.26 N, 083.49 W, 11:45am. Mentioned GATOR, & RED 8? 11:50am.
Still talking to Huntress 12:36pm.

That would be somewhere around Bowling Green, OH if I read that right.

 

[hawkeye32]

Not sure if anyone noticed, but thier is a communications naval vessel docked in the detroit river, by the rencen, been trying to find some freq,but no luck yet :-(

 

[N8CBG]

Two Toledo F-16s were scrambled to intercept

WASHINGTON – U.S. military officials say a small, single-engine plane crashed near Muncie, Indiana, after operating erratically. The pilot may have had a health problem or was suffering from a lack of oxygen, they said.

Military officials do not believe it is terrorism-related, said a spokesman for U.S. North American Aerospace Defense Command. Instead, Michael Kucharek said the pilot may have blacked out due to a condition known as hypoxia.

FAA spokeswoman Diane Spitaliere confirms the private plane crashed at about midday local time in a swampy area near Muncie, Ind. She said the pilot had been unresponsive to air traffic controllers. He had filed a flight plan and was headed toward Muncie, she said.

The plane crashed in a swampy area on a farm near Muncie, officials said, adding that the pilot was the only person on the plane. Kucharek said the pilot took off from a small airport near Grand Rapids, Mich., and was at an altitude of about 23,000 feet and descending slowly. He said the plane was heading south-southeast and had been speeding up and slowing down to dangerous speeds. Law enforcement was on the scene.

According to Kucharek, the plane was a single-engine propeller M20M Mooney, and it had about four hours of fuel left when officials noticed the problems. Military aircraft were launched to check the plane. (MUDDY Flight)

In 1999, a charter jet crash killed pro golfer Payne Stewart and four others, flew halfway across the country on autopilot before crashing in a pasture in South Dakota. Everyone on board had apparently lost consciousness for lack of oxygen after a loss of cabin pressure, and the plane crashed after it ran out of fuel, investigators said.

 

[nodak1crdet3]

COMBAT 1 x 2 @ PTK. DEMONS up today.

Hello all,
Combat 1 is flying out of Pontiac this weekend. You can be a Fighter pilot for a day. See web site below. Freqs used.
136.575 A/A
120.500 PTK twr.

.::Fighter Pilot for a Day - AirCombat Flying Adventures::.

Also Selfridge A-10's were up this morning.
DEMON 11 x 4
259.950 MTC clrnc, BTN 2. I was still in bed when they were getting clrnc. Trying to decide if I should get out of bed, or just lay there & listen. I didn't get up until BTN 5 dep.
225.400 MTC twr, BTN 4.
391.900 MTC dep, BTN 5.
290.425 Cleve.C. BTN 7.
234.900 Black Talon, BTN 8. Checked in with Black Talon, Demons push front 18.
225.300 ACM CH / BTN 18, 10:12am. Did a few fake bomb runs, then headed for Grayling Range. I lost them after that.
314.400 A/A. Demon 1 clg for many altitude & fuel checks while heading up to Steelhead MOA. # 4 had trouble with his Mike cord pulling out of his mask.

 

[Piston52Heavy]

I was getting out of my car this evening around 6:00 at Texas Roadhouse on 23 Mile east of Gratiot and saw a C-130 going into Selfridge. Anyone pick him up? Just curious where he was from.

 

[jsoergel]

This is a duplicate of my post in the MD Milair IV Sticky; heard this last night and passing it along.

"I decided to just hit the sack last night and record any more comms to check today. Summary of everything as follows:

MIRAGE 21 FLIGHT (3x AV-8B) had departed Patterson for an evening mission. OTIS 18 (KC-130J) may have also originated from there, but I had interference on another frequency and may not have caught it.

MIRAGE 21 and 22 returned to Patterson late in the evening. MIRAGE 23 stayed with OTIS 18 in their track; no ID on where they were, the SUA maps didn't show any activity. MIRAGES were on interplane 308.200 and discussed that the tanker wanted them on 136.150.

All the following activity was on 136.150:

OTIS told MIRAGE to contact HENCHMAN/HENCHMAN or VALHALLA on "BRICK" 283.600. Later comms mentioned them as "ground guys" and calling them "for tasking."

Also had MIRAGE calll PHARAOH on 281.900. OTIS said they were only recieving them while in the NE corner of their track.

MIRAGE 23 said NEWCASTLE (no frequency) may be "off the net," but later reached them briefly...said they were cutting out.

OTIS and MIRAGE were AR through most of this time, but it seems like OTIS may have had trouble retracting their hose again...said they were going to leave it out and retract it when they got closer to landing. OTIS later gave MIRAGE weather for Patterson, but I never heard either of them with the tower."

The MIRAGES appear to be VMA-223 Harriers (hard to ID, all are wearing low-vis schemes and ship modexes). There are three of them - they've been at Patterson since 9/22. OTIS 17 (KC-130J, 165735) arrived with them on that date and dropped off 72 pax and some cargo. All signs point to them operating out of here for a while. They've been flying two to three sorties every day, and using the Atterbury and Jefferson Ranges quite a bit (though they have been to Buckeye/Brush Creek MOAs as well). OTIS 18 (KC-130J, unid) is also here for the time being.

Frequencies noted (not including local frequencies - centers, ranges, MOAs, etc.)
136.150 AR w/OTIS
236.250 MIRAGE BASE?
281.900 ???: "PHARAOH"
283.600 designated BRICK: "HENCHMEN," "VALHALLA"
308.200 primary interplane

 

[iMONITOR]

A reliable source told me there have been some frequencies changes and perhaps a totally new radio system, being used at the U.S. Army TACOM facility in Warren. Can anyone confirm?

Also, it was rumored awhile back that Selfridge was going to switch all their ground communications to a new trunked system in the 380MHz band. Any developments on that?

Thanks

 

[iMONITOR]

Big changes at Selfridge again...

Feds kill plan for private development at Selfridge - The Macomb Daily News: Breaking news coverage for Macomb County, Michigan


State restores funding for Harrison Township military base - The Macomb Daily News: Breaking news coverage for Macomb County, Michigan

 

[KMTC]

A reliable source told me there have been some frequencies changes and perhaps a totally new radio system, being used at the U.S. Army TACOM facility in Warren. Can anyone confirm?

I assume the radio changes are coinciding with the change in the phone system. In that case, then yes.