For the past three nights I've been monitoring some military air ops on 143.425mhz AM, from my location near Augusta, Georgia, usually between 8:00 and 9:00 P.M. local. I've been hearing the ususal stuff...pilots giving air speed, altitude, Fox 1, Tally one, etc. The areas they're discussing when they "bomb" or attack are cryptic and vague. The signals are good and strong and there's possibly two aircraft and a controller(?) AWACS? The signals are so good I can copy them with my PRO 95 w/rubber duck antenna. I haven't heard any callsigns though. Anyone have an idea who and where they are?
Need help to ID a military frequency
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I would guess they are on the Bulldog MOA South of Augusta. That band is mainly used for AF AA, which is why you aren't hearing calls. Search on UHF at the same time, and you'll probably stumble onto the airspace control freq they're using eventually.
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Check 343.750, it should be the Airspace control freq for the Bulldog MOA that DPD1 is talking about
I searched through my MILCOM emails for this year, 143.425 looks like it's the 55 Fighter Squadron(FS), they also use 139.75, 138.3, 141.9, and 143.425 for Air to Air and their OPS Freq should be 311.2 ...
It looks like (I'm relying on what's in the emails) that the 77FS should also use Bulldog MOA, they use 141.675 and 143.8 as A/a and 273.3 as an OPS freq.
If you'd like, I can forward you a bunch of old email from that list with freqs and callsigns, just drop me an email through here...
Check 343.750, it should be the Airspace control freq for the Bulldog MOA that DPD1 is talking about
I searched through my MILCOM emails for this year, 143.425 looks like it's the 55 Fighter Squadron(FS), they also use 139.75, 138.3, 141.9, and 143.425 for Air to Air and their OPS Freq should be 311.2 ...
It looks like (I'm relying on what's in the emails) that the 77FS should also use Bulldog MOA, they use 141.675 and 143.8 as A/a and 273.3 as an OPS freq.
If you'd like, I can forward you a bunch of old email from that list with freqs and callsigns, just drop me an email through here...
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They are most likely doing air-to-air combat training and ground attack work in one of the MOAs mentioned below. Once you start listening more and learn more of the terminology things will become less cryptic. There are pdf files out there that give all of the various terms and brevity calls you are hearing such as "fox one or talley one" and other weird terms like "declared hostile". 
An absolutely fascinating and up until recently, a largely overlooked part of the monitoring hobby. It is the primary focus of my monitoring now. I still monitor public safety now but out of the dozen or so scanners and receivers in my shack only one is dedicated exclusively to public safety stuff. The rest are all mil-air.
You might want to pick up the Grove milcom CD. Lots of freqs and resources on there.
Just a warning - once you get started in this aspect of monitoring it can be extremely addictive resulting in massive antenna farms and multiple scanner purchases.
An absolutely fascinating and up until recently, a largely overlooked part of the monitoring hobby. It is the primary focus of my monitoring now. I still monitor public safety now but out of the dozen or so scanners and receivers in my shack only one is dedicated exclusively to public safety stuff. The rest are all mil-air.
You might want to pick up the Grove milcom CD. Lots of freqs and resources on there.
Just a warning - once you get started in this aspect of monitoring it can be extremely addictive resulting in massive antenna farms and multiple scanner purchases.
Yup.... I agree with getting addicted. I scan the mil air bands once in awhile and that's the first mil air frequency I found on my own. I've been wanting to do some mil air monitoring but with all the public safety stuff I moniotr and my ham radio activities.... the list goes on. Thanks for the info guys.
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143.425 is listed as a Shaw AFB "Tactical Frequency", well within your range of rx., and I monitor it frequently. What you are most likely hearing is tactical ops. within the bounds of Poinsett Range, just North of Sumter. Also try 269.00 and 264.70.
I bought my first scanner less than a year ago to monitor local public safety. I stumbled into the Milair spectrum @ an airshow, and never looked back. All of my equipment is dedicated to this facet of our hobby. Good Luck.
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I bought my first scanner less than a year ago to monitor local public safety. I stumbled into the Milair spectrum @ an airshow, and never looked back. All of my equipment is dedicated to this facet of our hobby. Good Luck.
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