Michigan Military Activity

[dispatchgeek]

11/12/24 ~3:30 PM E3 Sentry EMBER40 up near Flint right now. I don't think I've heard anything from them today.
Heard some interplane chatter between CHILL B52s on 323.7500 though.

 

[nodak1crdet3]

11-18-24
MUDDY 41 x 2 (TOL CAP F-16's)
260.900 HUNTRESS, 05:26pm. Your cleared to GOG, 05:27pm. MUDDY's are PYTHON, 05:47pm.
269.525 Cleve.C. 05:34pm.
234.900 BLACK TALON BTN 12, MUDDY 42 calling, No joy, 05:38pm. MUDDY 41 calling for airspace brief, 05:40pm.
225.300 STEELHEAD MOA BTN 13, 05:42pm.
134.100 Simulated Guard, COMM 2, 05:42pm.
290.425 Cleve.C. RTB TOL, 06:20pm.

BUZZ 51 x 2 (TOL F-16's)
357.100 A/A, 05:55pm.

STING x 4 (TOL F-16's)
248.650 A/A, 05:59pm.

Chuck in Detroit / NODAK 1

 

[AirScan]

JEEP 33 using hex code B1815E (?) working in the AKS ATCAA (in Viper) AR 276.500 with VT ANG F-35s HELLCAT 21.

 

[scanmanmi]

Quite often the military helicopters fly along 127. I've got an old scanner I would like to dedicate to Milair to hear them. Are there some standard freqs I can enter to maybe hear them?

 

[nodak1crdet3]

Quite often the military helicopters fly along 127. I've got an old scanner I would like to dedicate to Milair to hear them. Are there some standard freqs I can enter to maybe hear them?

Here's a few you might want to try.
41.8500 FM Mode. Grand Ledge Ops.
241.000 AM Mode. Grand Ledge Ops.
242.200 AM Mode. Grand Ledge UH-60 A/A.
247.000 AM Mode. MTC CH-47 MUSCLE Ops & A/A.

241.800 AM Mode. Possible A/A?

Grand Ledge / Abrams Municipal Airport freqs.


Chuck in Detroit / NODAK 1

 

[nodak1crdet3]

11-27-24
FLIGHT CHECK 69
135.850 A/G Ops. Checking out the ARC's at PTK. 11:50am.



TIGR607 (C-130 130607)
Flying around St Thomas Ontario. No joy on the radio.

Toledo F-16's were up earlier this morning.

Chuck in Detroit / NODAK 1

 

[nodak1crdet3]

12-09-24
BUZZ 61 x 4 (TOL F-16's)
357.100 BUZZ A/A
285.625 Cleve.C.
290.425 Cleve.C. 05:45pm.
234.900 BLACK TALON, 05:51pm.
254.700 PIKE MOA Traffic, 05:53pm.

STING.51 x 3
248.650 A/A AUX 6, changing JOKER, BINGO fuel Qty by 100lbs +, 06:03pm.
234.900 BLACK TALON, airspace brief, 06:05pm.
336.400 MN.C. 06:05pm.

Chuck in Detroit / NODAK 1

 

[nodak1crdet3]

12-09-24
STING 51 x 3 & BUZZ 61 x 4 RTB'd back to Toledo just after 7pm. I saw one of the flights go past my house south bound with their NAV lights twinkling out to the west of me. I heard BUZZ 61 call for gear while on Toledo app on 357.100 A/A.

Chuck in Detroit / NODAK 1

 

[nodak1crdet3]

12-10- 24
TIGER FLIGHT x 4 (USCG MH-65's)
123.450 A/A, 01:43pm.
120.150 MTC twr, 01:44pm.
TROY 174 DHS A-Star was following them.



Toledo F-16's were up between 1pm & around 02:30pm. They went down to the BUCKEYE MOA. STING, BUCKI, & BUZZ.
248.650 A/A. x 2.
357.100 A/A. x 2.
312.175 A/A. x 2.

Chuck in Detroit / NODAK 1

 

[nodak1crdet3]

12-11-24
UPSET (WI KC-135 61-0309) with RHINO 50 (OH C17 00-0178)
276.500 AR-321 Prime, doing AR coordination, 12:20pm.

HAPPY 63 (IL KC-135 60-0358) & 62 (IL KC-135 63-8003)
234.900 HAPPY A/A, 01:07pm. HAPPY 63 RTB'd back to base before entering the MOA's, 01:12pm. HAPPY 62 talking to BLACK TALON, 01:19pm.
133.525 Cleve.C. HAPPY Flight, 01:10pm.
133.875 Cleve.C. 01:??pm.
334.900 I'm not sure if this was HAPPY Flight? I heard something breifly on this freq. 01:18pm.

STING 11 x 4 (TOL F-16's)
248.650 A/A, 01:10pm.
234.900 BLACK TALON, airspace brief, & trying to coordinate AR freq with HAPPY 62, 01:24pm.
225.300 STEELHEAD MOA Traffic,
238.900 AR-632 Prime, looking for HAPPY 62. No joy, 01:28pm.
338.800 AR-STEELHEAD MOA Prime, finally found each other after confering on BLACK TALON, 01:31pm. Passed tail #'s, 01:33pm. 11 contact, 01:34pm. 12 contact, 01:37pm. 3 your cleared astern, 01:39pm. Cleared to contact, 01:39pm. Contact, 01:40pm.
254.700PIKE MOA Traffic, 01:46pm.

BUZZ 21 x 2 (TOL F-16's 21 & 23)
357.100 BUZZ A/A, 01:33pm. I didn't hear much from Buzz flight until they RTB'd.
338.150 BEEHIVE Ops, ETA, & Codes, 02:49pm. BUZZ Flight has been using VHF Center freqs to & from the MOA,s.

TULIP 57 (NJ KC-46 19-46007) 56 (NJ KC-46 15-46070)
378.850 A/A, & using it for AR-220 freq, 08:20pm.
127.675 Cleve.C. 08:20pm.
119.875 Cleve.C. 08:23pm.
125.875 Cleve.C. End AR request, 08:34pm.

TULIP 56, 57, & 58 (NJ KC-46's)
378.850 A/A, & AR-220 freq again, 10:06pm. All 3 were showing on ADSB Exchange. When 58 was done doing an AR with 56. 58 wanted to do a position change. 56 came back & asked him if he was going to brief everyone on what he was going to do. Because 2 of them were at the same altitude. 56 asked him again if he was going to brief up what he was going to do. I don't remember the answer.

While I was listening to these guys. I was working on a plastic tank model. I was trying to put this one small piece together and I dropped it on the floor. I still haven't found that damn thing. I went spelunking under my bed earlier today and didn't find it.😃 I will find it eventually.

Chuck in Detroit / NODAK 1

 

[nodak1crdet3]

12-17-24
While out & about. I heard 2 A-10's come home around 04:00pm on 120.150 MTC twr. They were barely readable so I didn't catch a call sign.

Just before noon. 2 MTC tankers went up to AR-632B 238.900 to refuel someone? Then one of them departed the area for HILLTOP MOA to probably refuel Fort Wayne F-16's. Did not hear any of it on the scanners.

Chuck in Detroit / NODAK 1

 

[dispatchgeek]

12-17-24
While out & about. I heard 2 A-10's come home around 04:00pm on 120.150 MTC twr. They were barely readable so I didn't catch a call sign.

Just before noon. 2 MTC tankers went up to AR-632B 238.900 to refuel someone? Then one of them departed the area for HILLTOP MOA to probably refuel Fort Wayne F-16's. Did not hear any of it on the scanners.

Chuck in Detroit / NODAK 1

I’d have to check, I had good copy on the Fort Wayne F-16s on SNAKEPIT OPS. I’ll have to check the freuqency, think it was 289.something.

 

[jsoergel]

I’d have to check, I had good copy on the Fort Wayne F-16s on SNAKEPIT OPS. I’ll have to check the freuqency, think it was 289.something.

289.300.

 

[dispatchgeek]

289.300.

Thanks Jared. I heard it at my desk, but didn't have a chance to dig into it. That's the one! Glad I have a job where I can scan/jam to pandora while I'm working.

 

[Mark]

Canforce A-310 tanker went West today and picked up some Hornets I assume heading back thru
your way on way back to Trenton?.

 

[Brettame5]

USCGTVC (MPSCS DEC: 4572) I've seen quite a bit of activity off node 1549. I am just a bit out of range by a few miles so I can't hear it at my house.

I'm trying to find USCGAV1 (to go with USCGAC2). My fire department has tasked me with creating a radio training and USCGAV1/2 are in our radios. I reached out to the coast guard and was told they are statewide USCG talk groups used for communication and mutual aid. They just refer to them as "CG Statewide 1" and "CG Statewide 2". They say USCGAV1 is used quite often so I find it hard to believe that it wouldn't have been found by now. I would like to put USCGAV1/2 in our department pagers so we have an idea of whats going on (being the fire chief and vehicles are the only ones who have 800 radios)

Does anyone have ideas on USCGAV1? I have a sneaky suspicion that USCGTVC may be AV1 being it's used so much and USCGAV2 is 4573 and USCGTVC is 4572 so very close in talkgroup DECs. I'm limited on the traffic that I can listen to being its tagged as military

 

[RaleighGuy]

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[drdispatch]

USCGTVC (MPSCS DEC: 4572) I've seen quite a bit of activity off node 1549. I am just a bit out of range by a few miles so I can't hear it at my house.

I'm trying to find USCGAV1 (to go with USCGAC2). My fire department has tasked me with creating a radio training and USCGAV1/2 are in our radios. I reached out to the coast guard and was told they are statewide USCG talk groups used for communication and mutual aid. They just refer to them as "CG Statewide 1" and "CG Statewide 2". They say USCGAV1 is used quite often so I find it hard to believe that it wouldn't have been found by now. I would like to put USCGAV1/2 in our department pagers so we have an idea of whats going on (being the fire chief and vehicles are the only ones who have 800 radios)

Does anyone have ideas on USCGAV1? I have a sneaky suspicion that USCGTVC may be AV1 being it's used so much and USCGAV2 is 4573 and USCGTVC is 4572 so very close in talkgroup DECs. I'm limited on the traffic that I can listen to being its tagged as military

Actually, 4572 is USCGAV1 and 4573 is USCGAV2.

 

[Brettame5]

Actually, 4572 is USCGAV1 and 4573 is USCGAV2.

That is what I figured. How did you find that out? Just curious