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1044L - HAGAR91 radio check with MAINSAIL. LC on 11175 kHz
1220L - JAKE12 on "eleven-one-seventy-five". Has MAINSAIL weak but readable after 2 calls. Requests current message traffic.
1240L - CHAOS43 calling CROOK flight and HOMESTEAD. Advises CROOK of 1x B-52 in the area with him, will be CHAOS 44. CROOK copies and CHAOS43 asks if he has been able to get ahold of HOMESTEAD. Negative from CROOK and CHAOS43 advises both B-52s are "black (unintelligible)", probably black comms. CHAOS43 requests CROOK pass HOMESTEAD the Humpback coordinates.
1247L - CHAOS44 calling any player for hotel fox check 11175. He calls CROOK at 1250.
1256L - CROOK flt calls CHAOS44 and asks if he's on freq 250.25.
 

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1800 local several times calls for Steersman from Gasmask on 11175. No reply.
authenticate blindly in the net JW.
1815 local Steersman with simulcast message on HF 11175,8992,4724,15016 etc. Prob Andrews base.

CAP wrapping up with tanker req to rtb Pease on Guard Dog 135.525
 
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One of the local HF guys posted this yesterday


GREEN DOMINION = SCSC Wallops Island

I've long suspected that GREEN DOMINION was the Surface Combat Systems Center at Wallops Island, but today SESEF and GREEN DOMINION compromised that for certain.

GREEN DOMINION called SESEF and Norfolk came back with "repeat your call." Station identified as "SCSC Wallops Island" to which Norfolk responded "Roger, GREEN DOMINION, I have you Lima Charlie." Comms back and forth continued for another few minutes with the same two operators.
Was this 7535 kHz?
 

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1044L - HAGAR91 radio check with MAINSAIL. LC on 11175 kHz
1220L - JAKE12 on "eleven-one-seventy-five". Has MAINSAIL weak but readable after 2 calls. Requests current message traffic.
1240L - CHAOS43 calling CROOK flight and HOMESTEAD. Advises CROOK of 1x B-52 in the area with him, will be CHAOS 44. CROOK copies and CHAOS43 asks if he has been able to get ahold of HOMESTEAD. Negative from CROOK and CHAOS43 advises both B-52s are "black (unintelligible)", probably black comms. CHAOS43 requests CROOK pass HOMESTEAD the Humpback coordinates.
1247L - CHAOS44 calling any player for hotel fox check 11175. He calls CROOK at 1250.
1256L - CROOK flt calls CHAOS44 and asks if he's on freq 250.25.
black meaning radio silence
 

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Good morning,

Six Dutch F-35s departed from Leeuwarden airbase [EHLW] as NAF322 and NAF326.
They joined with their tanker MULTI 27 (A-330 T-059) and continued as a flight of seven to Lajes
for a nightstop.

Their next destination should be Burlington, VT before heading to Nellis AFB.

They were on boom frequency 299.600 and NAF 322 was air-to-air on <245.275>
and NAF326 on <379.375>. Later the whole flight switched to <245.275> AUX40.
 

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Odd route a pair of McGuire KC-46's started off Westbound at low altitudes then did 180 and Acars shows
enroute Lajes.. Burning some excess fuel weight? Boom checks? Over Pittsburgh Westbound were clearly
doing boom checks together..
View attachment 157672
Speaking of Lajes that was short training trip I assume as both KC-46's RCH-246 and RCH-733 are enroute back to McGuire this morning.
Altitude is for 38k+so not dragging anybody.. Must have been some timely cargo or Pax or just a weekend Reserve Intl training trip.
 
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Rgr 228.000 and 341.750 were A/A.. 315.900 was tanker contact boom.. They sure moved fast out of here NE bound?
B-2's at altitude sure have kicking radios.. I was copying them inbound thru ZDC WV area into Maryland.

Ok thanks. I'll have to add that 228.000 to my bomber list. I usually pick them up in mid Ohio when the come east.
 

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Come May 18 Presque Isle Maine may be the place for some vintage warbirds...
80th Anniversary of D-Day will see lots of new and vintage aircraft Pond hops to the UK and France.
Those folks in Pennsylvania could fill a airfield with their vintage WW2 vehicles :)


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Thanks Mark! Hmmm, that's only a 282 mile drive from my house! Google says 4 h 14 min. Would be pretty cool to see.
Ed Google Maps says just over 12 hours and 741 miles from my house :(
A lot closer is Dover airshow that weekend.. Air Show

Notice TACO-33 HC-130J westbound from KPHL airport #12-5755 enroute back home to Kirtland NM KIKR.
Unusual place to stop.. Wonder why Taco callsign? LOL
 
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