Michigan Military Activity

[robert16627]

Something to be on the lookout for later this year, a single F/A-18F from VFA-106 "Gladiators" will conduct a flyover over Michigan Stadium on 9/11 and 4 F-15E's from the 333rd Fighter Squadron will flyover on November 6th.

 

[N9JCQ]

4 A-10's from the 127th Wing will conduct a flyover and Special Operations Command Para-Commandos will jump into Michigan Stadium today.

Go Blue!

 

[nodak1crdet3]

09-04-21
MI A-10's x 4
273.250 Ops check, 11:20am. I finally picked up the giant M. Another pilot said, no it's a giant W for Western! Then one of them said Go Badgers. 11:33am.
314.400 encryption noise, 11:36am.
132.350 DTW app, 11:57am.

N6376B C-182
123.150 something about a second jumper. 11:44am.

Chuck in Detroit / NODAK1

 

[diskmonger]

09-04-21
MI A-10's x 4
273.250 Ops check, 11:20am. I finally picked up the giant M. Another pilot said, no it's a giant W for Western! Then one of them said Go Badgers. 11:33am.
314.400 encryption noise, 11:36am.
132.350 DTW app, 11:57am.

N6376B C-182
123.150 something about a second jumper. 11:44am.

Chuck in Detroit / NODAK1

The A-10's were using "HUNTER" callsigns, besides the 273.250 A/A traffic I heard one of them coordinating with someone in the stadium for the flyover on 361.250. I missed the traffic on 123.150, nice find. I did hear the parachute plane talking with DTW on 118.950.

 

[diskmonger]

9-9-21
271.400 104th FS MD ANG A-10s A/A
360.700 Cleveland Center, "Flight of (4) A-10s"

 

[PMSCAN]

Currently 8 T-1A Jayhawks look to be inbound to Alpena (APA) from Topeka, KS (FOE). Led by ANTI42
Searching for Air 2 Air Freqs!

 

[nodak1crdet3]

09-11-21
2 C-130's circling south of Lansing. Probably a flyby for the Spartans game.
371.975 A/A. I haven't heard them talking for awhile now.



Chuck in Detroit / NODAK1

 

[diskmonger]

09-11-21
2 C-130's circling south of Lansing. Probably a flyby for the Spartans game.
371.975 A/A. I haven't heard them talking for awhile now.

View attachment 109344

Chuck in Detroit / NODAK1

Chuck, that 371.975 may have been a couple B-2s doing a flyover for the Ohio football game, I show that freq as Columbus Departure. Here are all the freqs I logged MISTY11 & MISTY12 on earlier, in no particular order:

284.625 Cleveland ATC
317.625 Indianapolis ATC
341.700 Unknown, "MISTY11 & MISTY12 going to 323.050"
323.050 Chicago ATC
371.975 Columbus Departure
317.975 Columbus Approach
310.800 Indianapolis ATC
269.625 Cleveland ATC
341.750 MISTY11 & MISTY12 A/A

 

[nodak1crdet3]

Chuck, that 371.975 may have been a couple B-2s doing a flyover for the Ohio football game, I show that freq as Columbus Departure. Here are all the freqs I logged MISTY11 & MISTY12 on earlier, in no particular order:

284.625 Cleveland ATC
317.625 Indianapolis ATC
341.700 Unknown, "MISTY11 & MISTY12 going to 323.050"
323.050 Chicago ATC
371.975 Columbus Departure
317.975 Columbus Approach
310.800 Indianapolis ATC
269.625 Cleveland ATC
341.750 MISTY11 & MISTY12 A/A

Thank you for the correction. I completely missed the B-2's.
341.700 I have as Chi.C.

 

[diskmonger]

9-11-21 - Flyover for Michigan game
(1) F/A-18 "Gladiators" of VFA-106 stationed at Naval Air Station Oceana. Callsign EMPIRE11

118.950 DTW App/Dep "will dump fuel before flying back to YIP", "flyover will be 20:05:50" (7:39PM)
246.900 Air to Ground coordination for flyover "I'll be putting my arrestor hook down for the flyover" (7:42PM)
118.950 Climbing up to 6,000 for fuel dump (8:07PM)
246.900 "Headed back to Willow Run, that was f*cking awesome!" (8:09PM)
125.275 Willow Run Tower, requesting landing, 2 miles out (8:12PM)

 

[robert16627]

9-11-21 - Flyover for Michigan game
(1) F/A-18 "Gladiators" of VFA-106 stationed at Naval Air Station Oceana. Callsign EMPIRE11

118.950 DTW App/Dep "will dump fuel before flying back to YIP", "flyover will be 20:05:50" (7:39PM)
246.900 Air to Ground coordination for flyover "I'll be putting my arrestor hook down for the flyover" (7:42PM)
118.950 Climbing up to 6,000 for fuel dump (8:07PM)
246.900 "Headed back to Willow Run, that was f*cking awesome!" (8:09PM)
125.275 Willow Run Tower, requesting landing, 2 miles out (8:12PM)

Was out there to see the departure and arrival. They made 118.95(Detroit Approach/Departure) airboss freq and Appr/Dep and LT Lentz were talking about his trip, He said he went downtown and spent sometime with family. Pilot seemed like a cool guy. Here is what I heared:
119.975 YIP Ground: "EMPIRE11 hear you loud and clear"... "Im picking up clearance" (Had some issues with Clearance just to ultimately come back)
EMPIRE11: Yeah I'm just looking to go 6 miles south of the stadium and hold then fly over at 2,000 feet
Ground: What is the 3 letter idenifier to the airport you are headed to?
EMPIRE11: *Took him some time* " Y,I,P"
Ground gave him clearance and EMPIRE11 sat on Txwy Golf to do an engine runup and burn time before taking off to hold briefly.

 

[nodak1crdet3]

09-13-21
352.600 T-BIRD 1 x ? doing AR with KC-135 59-1502, 12:20pm. I could hear them pass overhead, 12:05pm.



Chuck in Detroit / NODAK1

 

[krokus]

Semi-mil: I just saw this flying over the Novi area, and it landed at YIP. FR24 said the flight plan was Keflavic to Riga, which was obviously an error, but it did fly over the pond.(FR24 also ID'd plane as a C-130, as did my ears, which is what made me look it up.)

P4-LAS | Lockheed L-100-30 Hercules | Lynden Air Cargo | Alex Crail | JetPhotos

Sunrise with this classic bird!. P4-LAS. Lockheed L-100-30 Hercules. JetPhotos.com is the biggest database of aviation photographs with over 6 million screened photos online!

www.jetphotos.com

 

[nodak1crdet3]

Semi-mil: I just saw this flying over the Novi area, and it landed at YIP. FR24 said the flight plan was Keflavic to Riga, which was obviously an error, but it did fly over the pond.(FR24 also ID'd plane as a C-130, as did my ears, which is what made me look it up.)

P4-LAS | Lockheed L-100-30 Hercules | Lynden Air Cargo | Alex Crail | JetPhotos

Sunrise with this classic bird!. P4-LAS. Lockheed L-100-30 Hercules. JetPhotos.com is the biggest database of aviation photographs with over 6 million screened photos online!

www.jetphotos.com

Good catch. I've seen those going to YIP before. Looks like they have at least 3 aircraft. Lyndon Air Cargo. LYC is their identifier.




Found a 4th aircraft with an N#.

Another interesting flight to watch for is CVK, Cavok Air. They fly AN-12's.

Chuck in Detroit / NODAK1

 

[robert16627]

Good catch. I've seen those going to YIP before. Looks like they have at least 3 aircraft. Lyndon Air Cargo. LYC is their identifier.

View attachment 109809

View attachment 109811
Found a 4th aircraft with an N#.

Another interesting flight to watch for is CVK, Cavok Air. They fly AN-12's.

Chuck in Detroit / NODAK1

Cavok Air has some nice looking Antonov 12's, I saw one back in May here in Detroit. Are there any coming in soon?

 

[nodak1crdet3]

Cavok Air has some nice looking Antonov 12's, I saw one back in May here in Detroit. Are there any coming in soon?

Unfortunately I don't know when they'll be here again. Some of them have some nice paint schemes.

 

[nodak1crdet3]

10-02-21
A-10's launching, Drill weekend.
WIDOW 11 x 4, 273.250 A/A.
SKID 21 x 2, 326.400 A/A.
The usual freqs.
391.900 MTC dep.
290.425 Cleve.C.
234.900 BLACK TALON.
269.450 MN.C.
266.600 STEELGATE.
225.300 STEELHEAD Traffic.


Chuck in Detroit / NODAK1

 

[Robert16627123]

TEDDY82 C-17 inbound to Lansing. Not sure if it’s related to the VIP visit on Tuesday or flying over the Spartan’s game tonight.

 

[nodak1crdet3]

10-02-21
JEEP 62 & 63 MI KC-135's.
228.125 A/A.
338.800 STEELHEAD AR. Going to AR with MI A-10's. 01:40pm.



Chuck in Detroit / NODAK1

 

[RaleighGuy]

Looks like AF1 lands in Lansing and Marine 1 takes over tomorrow. Happy listening tomorrow.