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nodak1crdet3

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MASH82 is headed up to the Alpena MOA for Air to Air Refueling.
Heard it on 132.425
MASH 82 also set up a track over Wayne County before heading for the GARLAND MOA. Don't know if he refueled anybody over Wayne County.

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234.900 BLACK TALON, airspace brief for MASH 82 & RAZOR 21 x 2 (MI A-10's) 01:49pm.
238.900 AR-632B Prime, GARLAND MOA, 01:50pm.

Chuck in Detroit / NODAK 1
 

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I caught traffic on:
260.9
338.8

Heard call signs of Black Talon, Steel Head, and Stings 2-2, 2-3

All around 1900z, 2-11-21. I'm still new to all this, so that's about the extend of contribution, but it was definitely air refueling training.
 

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AF-1 (VC-25A 747-200 82-8000).
134.775 Cleve.C. 06:57pm.
126.125 Chi.C. 06:59pm.
133.200 Chi.C. 07:05pm.
Going to Milwaukee.

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Look for increased milair on Thursday Feb 18th as CAP takes to the sky around Kalamazoo. No official word on time, but AF1 headed that way.

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AF1 visit to Kalamazoo, Michigan has been rescheduled to Friday, February 19. The President will tour a Pfizer manufacturing site and meet with the workers who are producing the COVID-19 vaccine.
 

drdispatch

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Last time POTUS visited, CAP was performed by F-16's out of Toledo, with tanker support (I don't remember where the tanker came from). They had a refueling track between Battle Creek & Grand Rapids. It provided for some good listening.
Now that AZO has a 10k' runway, they may actually land there.
 

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Last time POTUS visited, CAP was performed by F-16's out of Toledo, with tanker support (I don't remember where the tanker came from). They had a refueling track between Battle Creek & Grand Rapids. It provided for some good listening.
Now that AZO has a 10k' runway, they may actually land there.
Do you remember what the frequencies were that they were using or what they will use today?
 

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drdispatch

What's the frequency, Kenneth?
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Do you remember what the frequencies were that they were using or what they will use today?
Sorry for the late reply; I was tied up all day Friday and didn't get to monitor a thing. 😬😔
The Falcons used one of their wing frequencies and they talked to the tanker on one of the common air-to-air frequencies. Sorry I don't remember the exact frequencies. The tanker orbited between Grand Rapids and Kalamazoo and the F-16's flew a circle around Battle Creek. It was more fun watching them on ADS-B and listening to their traffic than it was to listen to what little unencrypted traffic was directly tied to the event.
 

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Pike West MOA, Steelhead MOA, Garland ATCAA and Steelhead ATCAA will be in use tonight from 2100 to 0315 and R4201A and R4201B will be in use from 1400 to 0330. Not sure who is gonna be up there, I'd assume the 180th FW and 127th Wing.
 

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This was posted on the Grayling Visitors Bureau Facebook page on the 23rd

Camp Grayling’s Range 40 Complex, also known as the Air to Ground range, which is located north of County Road 612, east of Guthrie Lake, south of Old State Road 618 and west of County Road F97 (Twin Bridge Road) will be active during this timeframe. The A-10 ground attack aircraft will be utilizing the ranges and airspace in and around the 40 complex. Residents may see and hear low flying aircraft from Monday March 1st thru Sunday March 8th
 
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