Michigan Military Activity

[nodak1crdet3]

Selfridge A-10's flying today.

Must be drill weekend for the A-10's. Lots of flying today.

338.800 AR STEELHEAD MOA, JEEP, YALTA & TEJAS doing Air Refueling, 02:05pm.
JEEP 61 & 62 (MI KC-135's)
YALTA 31 & 32 326.000 A/A.
TEJAS 21 & 22 307.600 A/A.
BOSON 41 & 42 368.000 A/A.
HOWDY 51 & 52 314.400 A/A.

225.300 STEELHEAD MOA traffic. MI A-10's BTN 18. Multiple A-10's in the STEELHEAD MOA, 02:14pm.


I think they had 10 A-10's up this morning between 08:30am to 10:30am.

 

[OsloViking1975]

Just seen one fly over now.

 

[nodak1crdet3]

Selfridge A-10's.

Heard DEMON 11 x 2 flying after 06:30pm Saturday, while driving to a friends house. I don't know if any other A-10's were flying? 3 flights in one day. The A-10's should fly Sunday morning.

 

[nodak1crdet3]

Selfridge launching A-10's.

Here we go again. 10 A-10's up now.

05-22-11
DEMON 11 x 4, YALTA 31 x 2. BOSON 41 x 2. HOWDY 51 x 2.
259.950 MTC clrnc, DEMON 11, 08:45am. YALTA 31, 08:48am. BOSON 41, 08:54am. HOWDY 51, 09:01am.
273.000 DEMON 11 A/A. Go to 30.350 on the aft radio, 09:32am.
391.900 MTC dep, DEMON 11, 09:12am. YALTA 31, 09:18am. BOSON 41, 09:28am. HOWDY 51, 09:38am.
290.425 Cleve.C. DEMON 11, 09:15am. YALTA 31 x 2, 09:22am. BOSON 41, 09:31am. HOWDY 51, 09:41am.
234.900 BLACK TALON, DEMON 11, 09:21am. BOSON 41, 09:39am.
225.300 STEELHEAD MOA traffic, DEMON 11 09:29am.
368.000 BOSON 41 x 2, 09:30am.
307.600 YALTA 31 A/A, 09:37am.
314.400 HOWDY 51 x 2 A/A, in the clear at 6.4, 09:39am. Work west of Bad Axe, BOSON will be east of Bad Axe, 09:44am.

 

[FoeHammer]

10:16 am
Haven t caught the calls signs, sounds like they are practicing target acquisition on boats?
& sending each other satellite images?

314.4
368.0

 

[TD]

Hello Foehammer
I'm in the area also the same as you.

 

[FoeHammer]

Have also been hearing what sounds like 'OxAir"
checking in with coast guard sector ,...haven't heard that callsign before
It sounds like hes in a piston aircraft with the windows open ,...pretty loud...

 

[nodak1crdet3]

Have also been hearing what sounds like 'OxAir"
checking in with coast guard sector ,...haven't heard that callsign before
It sounds like hes in a piston aircraft with the windows open ,...pretty loud...

I've heard that before also AUX AIR, as in Auxilary air. Think they are reserve Coast Guard? They do patrols along the river with different aircraft. I've heard them land at Grosse Ill, & Pontiac airport.

 

[FoeHammer]

I've heard that before also AUX AIR, as in Auxilary air. Think they are reserve Coast Guard? They do patrols along the river with different aircraft. I've heard them land at Grosse Ill, & Pontiac airport.

Ok , I wonder if they use the Civil Air patrol P25 frequencies as well....
I think i have the ones listed for Michigan programmed in but haven't ever heard anything ,...
Civil Air Patrol - The RadioReference Wiki

 

[ve3zo]

Just heard BOSUN and HOWDY with Cleve Center.

 

[nodak1crdet3]

Selfridge A-10's.

AUX AIR N9586M (MOONEY M20F Year 1966. Info from Landings: Pages: databases, aircraft sales, planning, weather, pilot supplies, more...)
134.300 DTW A/D. Talked about climbing to 3500 feet and crossing the Lake (Erie). I didn’t jot down a time.

I would've hung around Selfridge this weekend if I'd known they would fly this much.

BOSON 41 (Single MI A-10)
391.900 MTC dep, 02:33pm.
290.425 Cleve.C. 02:36pm.
234.900 BLACK TALON, checking into the STEELHEAD for the next 30 min, 02:43pm.

HOWDY 51 x 2 (MI A-10's)
391.900 MTC dep, 02:43pm.
314.400 HOWDY 51 A/A, 02:45pm. Ops check, 02:50pm.
361.250 DEMON Ops Howdy 41 off at 44 after, 02:46pm.
290.425 Cleve.C. 02:48pm.
225.300 STEELHEAD MOA traffic.
290.425 Cleve.C. RTB, 03:18pm.

BOSON 42 (Single MI A-10)met up w/ 41 in the MOA.
391.900 MTC dep, 02:48pm.
290.425 Cleve.C. 02:51pm.
225.300 STEELHEAD MOA traffic, 02:58pm.
368.000 BOSON 41 A/A, 03:02pm.
290.425 Cleve.C. 41, & 42 RTB Request VFR down to 500ft, 03:17pm. (Some people between the MOA & Selfridge got a nice little show of 2 A-10's 500 feet above their heads) ;~)

YALTA 31 x 2 (MI A-10's)
307.600 YALTA 31 A/A.
318.200 MTC app, 03:43pm.
120.150 MTC twr, 03:45pm.

BOSON 41 x 2 (MI A-10's)
369.000 BOSON 41 A/A.
318.200 MTC app, 500ft AGL, 03:47pm.
120.150 MTC twr, 03:49pm.

Alouette 50 (CF-188)
239.025 BTL? App 04:47pm.
281.475 Cleve.C. non RVSM, 04:49pm. Request direct Battle Creek to do a approach at Grand Rapids, 04:52pm.
134.650 Cleve.C. 04:53pm.
255.900 AZO A/D, doing an approach to Grand Rapids, 05:00pm.

 

[FoeHammer]

Ya weather was good enough for some decent pictures ,...
thanks for posting the logs ,...I use them to make sure my programming is up to date lol

 

[Ronaldski]

Selfridge history powerpoint show:
http://www.airwaypioneers.com/Selfridge_AFB.pps

 

[KB8QDM]

Ok , I wonder if they use the Civil Air patrol P25 frequencies as well....
I think i have the ones listed for Michigan programmed in but haven't ever heard anything ,...
Civil Air Patrol - The RadioReference Wiki

Aux Air are US Coast Guard Auxiliary aircraft. Very similar program to CAP, but they aren't currently authorized to use CAP frequencies.

 

[FoeHammer]

A friend is telling me that at the river the coast guard chopper has been making passes for quite a while ..down the river
slowing down & hovering at some spots ,..he thinks it looks like some sort of training ,i dont hear him talking to anyone ,....I would assume its just increased patrol due to the increased activity with the nice weather...

 

[instrumentphilip]

Hey guys heard some of these / most of these. That was a real busy day at over at MTC. Question I heard a call that I did not see up here, I was confused because I never heard it was TAFT. or TAF or something like that but I was pretty sure it was TAFT. Hear it before Nodak?

 

[Piston52Heavy]

When did they start using the "Howdy" call-sign?

 

[nodak1crdet3]

When did they start using the "Howdy" call-sign?

The earliest I have the MTC A-10's using HOWDY is 01-04-10. It's usually used as a Maintenance check ride call sign.
FALCON 01 was used by the F-16's for the maint check ride when they had the F-16's. Last flight of the Selfridge F-16's was on 01-12-09. They were flown from MTC to Fort Wayne IN, call sign was MACE 91 flight of 3.

 

[nodak1crdet3]

Hey guys heard some of these / most of these. That was a real busy day at over at MTC. Question I heard a call that I did not see up here, I was confused because I never heard it was TAFT. or TAF or something like that but I was pretty sure it was TAFT. Hear it before Nodak?

Sorry it doesn't sound familiar. Could it have been TAD? I believe it stands for Tactical Air Display.

 

[N8CBG]

I've heard Tejas and Yalta flights calling in on 234.800 Mhz from time to time.