Hi All,
Yesterday was an incredible Milcom day up here. A rarity for sure! I was outside cooking a BBQ when the action started and had a couple handhelds on the patio going to satisfy my interest until I could go inside and get on the radios. My logs and recordings were from 3:14 - 4:49 PM EDT quite a bit after all the action started. All the planes met up in W-102 which they had deemed, "BOSTON AAR". Below is my attempt at putting it all together. I only listed what I caught on recordings.
I will list what organization the freq belongs to and right after it, who used it and for what. Logged times are from 3:14 – 4:49 PM local time.
Planes involved:
THUNDERBIRD 1-6 Nellis AFB, NV
STORM 31 (x4) SJ F-15E Seymour Johnson AFB, NC
FUTURE 21 WM B-2 Whiteman AFB, MO
FUTURE 31 (x4) FF F-22 Langley AFB, VA
FUTURE 41 (x4) HL F-35 Hill AFB, UT
TERROR 31 (x2) DY B-1 Dyess AFB, TX
NAMM 41, ICER 61 (Spare) MT B-52 Minot AFB, ND
SPUR 80, 81, 82, 83, 90 Various units KC-135 and KC-10 in W-102 aka “BOSTON AAR”
Frequencies Logged:
139.875 McGuire Interplane – SPURs Air to Air (A-A)
141.175 THUNDERBIRDS 1-6 A-A
228.900 HUNTRESS - W-102 “BOSTON AAR” Main HUNTRESS Coordination Freq.
254.200 HUNTRESS - Boom freq SPUR ?? and THUNDERBIRDS AAR coming up from South.
263.050 Boston ARTCC (ZBW) UHF - Main freq used for entering/leaving W-102 (VHF was 128.200)
265.400 HUNTRESS - THUNDERBIRD 2 radio check with HUNTRESS.
267.000 TERROR 31 & 32 A-A.
278.000 HUNTRESS - Boom freq SPUR 80 and FUTURE 41 (x4) then TERROR 31, 32
278.000 HUNTRESS - (4:02-4:33 PM) SPUR 90 and TERROR 32 boom freq W-102 after all flights left.
281.600 HUNTRESS – Boom freq SPUR 82 and FUTURE 21, then he refueled THUNDERBIRDS 1-6
283.900 AR-616 Primary Freq. Unidentified call for radio check.
316.300 HUNTRESS – Players heard - FUTURE 21, 31, 41, T-BIRD 4. (Sounded like A-A coordination freq for all within/leaving W-102)
320.600 HUNTRESS – Called, “2 Common” by STORM 31. Players heard - FUTURE 21, 41 (x4), STORM 31 (x4), NAMM 41, TBIRD 1 (x6) talking about fuel, altitudes, weather, and the “push point”.
324.000 HUNTRESS – Boom freq SPUR 81 and STORM 31 (x4)
326.700 Hill F-35 freq - FUTURE 41 (x4) A-A
327.900 HUNTRESS – Boom freq SPUR 83 and FUTURE 31 (x4)
I uploaded an audio file to listen to from one of my scanners. It’s a continuous, “as it happened” recording from an older scanner using ScanRec. Mostly heard are ZBW UHF, Tbird 141.175, and 281.6 Boom freq. Please click on the link to hear it:
edtemp@juno.com - Clyp
It was an incredible Milcom Day for the quiet Northeast! Enjoy the recording. I have many more but too much to upload!
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