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AF-1 visiting Battle Creek today.
MUDDY 41 x 2 TOL F-16's CAP (Combat Air Patrol). Being tracked on ADS-B Exchange.
MUDDY 41 x 2
260.900 HUNTRESS 05:49pm.
273.525 Chi.C. 05:51pm.
247.050 AR CAP, WINK 18 KC-10 85-0031 refueling MUDDY's, 05:54pm.

AF-1 (09-0017 757-200)
120.450 Cleve.C. 06:18pm.
SAM 45 (757-200 09-0015)
135.725 Cleve.C. backup AF-1, 06:24pm.

Chuck in Detroit / NODAK 1
Muddy Flight Air to air on 248.650 AM
 

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I heard AF2 this morning around 11:00 ET on 126.75 (Cleveland Center), 126.45 (Great Lakes Approach - Saginaw), and 120.1 (MBS Tower).

Pence took a bus to Battle Creek but I heard Nighthawk 32 (Trooper 3 in disguise) following it from Saginaw. Heard SAM 45 too.
 
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AF-2 departed BTL 09:37pm. There was a SAM 850 earlier today that departed MBS for BTL. I didn't write down it's serial #. I think it was 98-0001.
135.175 Cleve.C. AF-2
AF-1 getting ready to depart BTL.

N312ST TROOPER 2 as HUNTSMAN 2 checking the runway & departure area's.
 
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248.650 TOLEDO A/A TAC now active with some chit chat from the F-16s
I heard one of the F-16 pilots tell the tanker to go easy on his wingman: "...his first time on a (KC)-10..".
It was cool watching their track on ADS-B Exchange; the F-16's were going nowhere fast just circling Battle Creek, and the Extender flew an oval that took him north of Grand Rapids. They hooked up over Hastings.
 

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I caught some Michigan Air National Guard A-10's here in Southern Ohio last night doing some training in the Buckeye & Brushcreek MOA's

Some of the call sign heard were COLT, VADER, and STUKA ??? Also JEEP 43 a KC-135 from Selfridge was in the area refueling some of the A-10's

Here's what I heard. Frequencies are probably not used in Michigan but, worth checking out anyways.


316.125 MHz JEEP 43 refueling frequency with the A-10's (Note....this is the primary frequency for the Buckeye & Brushcreek MOA's)
273.250 MHz A-10 Air to Air ????
314.400 MHz A-10 Air to Air ????
225.700 MHz Buckeye & Brushcreek MOA Tactical frequency
 

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Anybody else hearing callsign "Widow 31" up over Lake Huron? The only squad I can find using that callsign is from Hill Air Force Base in Utah which seems unlikely.


Also heard "Duka (sp?) 21"

Frequencies 225.3, 290.425, 307.775, 273.25
WIDOW 31 x 2 MI A-10's
STUKA was the other call sign, also MI A-10's. The Selfridge A-10's use many different call signs now.
Chuck in Detroit / NODAK 1
 

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Cool. They must be new, I've never heard either of them.
WIDOW has actually been used since March of 2017. STUKA is new. Someone must've been watching Battle of Britain recently.
These are all the call signs I've heard used this year by the MTC A-10's.
ARCHER. SKID. VADER. BOAR.
ARSON. BANE. GRIZLY. PSYCO.
NASTY. HOWDY 51. RAZOR.
CHAOS, sounds like, TEJAS. GHOST.
MIGGY? or BIGGY? VIKING. WIDOW.
KILLER. MADDOG. FELON. CHILL.
FREEDOM. DRAGON. HUNTER.
COLT.
ARTY 31 lead had aircraft 269, the General was in aircraft 224. They did a flyby over the ramp for the Generals last flight.
TIGER 11 x 4 for Tigers opening day flyby.
They still use the normal call signs sometimes. DEMON, TEJAS, YALTA, BOSON.
Chuck in Detroit / NODAK 1
 

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2 F-18's VAMPIRE 15 x 2
285.625 Cleve.C. 02:59pm.
309.800 A/A, 03:07pm.
Going to do some ACM with BUZZ 41 flight.
 
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It's over now. RTB to ? Heading home.
VAMPIRE 15 x 2 F-18's
290.425 Cleve.C. 03:26pm.
309.800 A/A.
269.525 Cleve.C. 03:30pm.
379.950 Cleve.C. 03:33pm.
291.725 Cleve.C. 03:46pm.


Chuck in Detroit / NODAK1
 
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