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[freqhopping]

Back at 1604 there was a RAT-69 inbound with SAM CP. She said they are with the Blue Angels, doing something (leaving?) on Sunday.

Just saw a news clip about United-897 that was to be heading to China. An engine quit after takeoff and they had to return. I looked it up on flightaware, you can see the circles it was flying to burn off fuel. http://flightaware.com/live/flight/UAL897

 

[TinEar]

1902: REACH 0455 to HUNTRESS...reports squawking 6262, position north of Atlantic City at 17,000 feet...looking for a modes and codes check...364.2
1907: TANKER 13 flying toward the area at FL 250...KC-135R from the 133rd ARS NH-ANG Pease.
1909: TANKER 12 cleared to get his clearance by HUNTRESS...260.9
1910: TANKER 12 picks up his clearance back to Bangor...climbing to FL 270...126.55 (It now appears this freq has replaced 135.525 - at least for this mission.)
1914: RAPTOR 01 to Potomac to begin working clearance home to Langley effective 10 minutes from now (wishful thinking)...126.55
1915: RAPTOR 03/04 checking into the CAP at FL 230...260.9
1915: RAPTOR 03/04 have radar contact with the tanker and will join...126.55 (repeated on 260.9)
1916: RAPTOR 03 gives boom freq to his wingman as 228.5...250.9 (let's see where he shows up)
1918: RAPTOR 03 tries to contact TANKER 13 on 228.9, no joy and reports back to HUNTRESS 260.9. He's told to go back.
1919: TANKER 13 to RAPTOR 03/04 on boom freq....let's them know he's just entering the CAP...228.9
1919: TANKER 12 tells RAPTOR 03 that he's bingo and don't follow him...go to TANKER 13....Oh!...260.9
1921: RAPTOR 03 asks for bogey dope to the new tanker...and gets it...260.9
1923: RAPTOR 03 makes contact with TANKER 13...says they'll take-2-3 apiece....03 will go first and 04 will take the left wing...228.9
1923: TANKER 12 handed off by Potomac to ZDC-Swann 134.5
1924: RAPTOR 03 tells HUNTRESS they're with the tanker and will be done in approximately 10 minutes...260.9
1926: RAPTOR 03 reports their tails as FF 4068 and 4079...228.9
I was hoping TANKER 13 would report his tail number. I don't have it for this tanker although I know he's from the NH-ANG Pease.
1929: RAPTOR 03 finishes his refueling...reports back to HUNTRESS that he's ready to go...260.9
1929: RAPTOR 01 tells Potomac they're ready to RTB...260.9
1930: RAPTOR 01 reports he has 9000 pounds of fuel and is Code 1...02 also has 9K and is Code 2...260.9
1931: RAPTOR 01/02 pick up clearance to DAILY, V-33, HARCUM...126.55
1932: RAPTOR 03 reports timber sweet and does his alpha check of the FIDL system...260.9
1932: RAPTOR 01/02 handed off to ZDC-Calvert...cleared down to 15,000 a couple of minutes later...281.4
1933: TANKER 12 tells Potomac he's going to PSM (Pease) but will stay here for a bit...126.55 (meaning when he leaves he's going to Pease)
Has anyone else noticed the different attitude of all these F-22 pilots? They make a lot of statements and ask very few questions...sound very sure of themselves and in charge.
1937: RAPTOR 03 tells Potomac they're leaving this freq and will be monitoring NEADS and Guard...126.55
1938: RAPTOR 03/04 using interflight freq...discussing real estate and interest rates...seems 04's wife is in real estate...315.85
These guys are yakkers...non-stop chat on interflight freq.
Current players should be good until the end of the CAP at 2300.

2003: RAPTOR 03 heading for the tanker...260.0
2006: RAPTOR 03/TANKER 13 establish contact on boom freq...228.9
2014: RAPTOR 03 completes AR and reports back on station...228.9/260.9
2023: AIREVAC 23500 (KC-135R, 62-3500, 126th ARS WI-ANG Milwaukee) arriving Andrews...378.1
2034: RAPTOR 04 heading for the tanker...260.9
2036: RAPTOR 04/TANKER 13 make contact on boom freq to begin the AR mission...228.9
2044: RAPTOR 04 off the boom after taking 9300 pounds of gas...tanker asks him to repeat his full tail number and he does ---- 04-4079...228.9

2129: RAPTOR 03 tells HUNTRESS he's picking up background static on UHF Guard (243.0)...says it sounds like a stuck mic...260.9
2129: RAPTOR 04 pipes in that he's got it too...315.85
2131: RAPTOR 03 tells 04 he's going to the tanker - only 2 hours left...315.85
2132: RAPTOR 03 tells HUNTRESS he's going to the tanker...260.9
2133: RAPTOR 03/TANKER 13 establish comms on boom freq...228.9
2143: RAPTOR 03 off the boom after taking 11,300 pounds of fuel...TABNKER 13 asks him for full tail number and he gives 04-4068...228.9
2144: RAPTOR 03 reports now having 17,700 pounds of fuel and 04 reports 11,000....03 asks 04 if he has any good stories...(you can tell they're trying to kill time)...and the war stories begin...315.85
2152: Potomac calling RAPTOR 03...126.55 (calls several times...and I can now hear Potomac ground controller for some reason...I think he must have turned on additional transmitters...all he wanted to do was pass on a separate squawk of 4337 for RAPTOR 04. Anyway, 03 comes up on the freq after the tanker tells him about the calls. And RAPTOR 03 tells Potomac they'll be ready for a clearance at 0230Z
2155: RAPTOR 04 switches to boom freq to take on fuel...makes contact with TANKER 13...228.9

2203: RAPTOR 04 off the boom after taking 9700 pounds, breaking low and heading back to the CAP...228.9
2208: TANKER 13 tells Potomac he's scheduled for at 0255Z departure....126.55
2235: And the RAPTOR pair has chatted away on interflight for the past half hour...315.85
2241: VENUS 42 (C-37A, 99-0402, 99th AS Andrews) to SAM Command...landing 0250Z, A-2, needs parking (he's been doing approaches on runway 1 at ADW for the past half hour)...378.1
2245: TANKER 13 tells Potomac he'll be ready to leave in about 15 minutes...wants to put FL 310 direct Woodstown and flight plan route on request...Potomac asks TABKER 13 to pass to RAPTOR 03 to install a new squawk of 5363...126.55
2247: TANKER 13 passes the message to 03 and asks if they'll need more gas...03 tells him it depends on when HUNTRESS gets them out of here...says 04 won't need gas...260.9
2251: HUNTRESS tells TANKER 13 he can leave in 5 minutes...260.9...13 gives Potomac a 5 minute heads up for his RTB time...126.55
2254: RAPTOR 03 tells TANKER 13 they won't need anymore gas if HUNTRESS gets them out of here in the next 5 minutes...260.9....HUNTRESS tells TANKER 13 he can leave
2255: TANKER 13 to Potomac to work his RTB...gets heading 090 at FL 240...126.55
2256: RAPTOR 03 to Potomac to say they'll be RTN in 5 minutes and request direct Langley at FL 250...126.55
2256: TANKER 13 handed off to ZDC-Brooke 126.875

2300: RAPTOR 03 reports 9100 pounds of fuel and 04 has 11,200 pounds...both Code 1...260.9
2300: RAPTOR 03 to Potomac to pick up clearance to Langley...heading 160, non-standard formation...126.55
And, as has become normal, the CAP is suspended for the night at 2300. Back at 0600 in the morning.
2304: RAPTOR 03/04 handed off to ZDC-Irons...and check in non-standard at FL 210...360.85
2304: RAPTOR 03 tells HUNTRESS they're departing the CAP...260.9
2305: And RAPTOR 03/04 check AUX and start chatting on interflight...315.85
2307: Fuel checks...03 has 7400 and 04 has 9500 pounds of gas...315.85
2308: RAPTOR flight cleared down to FL 190...360.85
2309: RAPTORs call SPAD Ops...both tell the controller they're Code 1 with nothing to report...364.125
2310: RAPTORs cleared down to 15,000 feet...360.85
And that's the end of my CAP coverage for tonight.

Ref Below:

words are the caps over at 1030pm local and will restart at 0600am saturday,the ts2 feed will be up all night.blackjack was up 139.7.

Where'd the 1030 p.m. come from Mark? Usual time is 2300.

 

[Mark]

A couple possible fighter types heard with Dover appch UHF into Millville airport Jersey
for airshow.

1615 local TOWN 11 decending direct Millville at 5k 300 knots. I thought maybe TALON 11 but replays clearly sounds like TOWN 11. Dover appch 257.875

1815 local HAWK 81 flt of 4 on 327.125 AC appch direct Millville.

Mark

 

[CitationJet]

Re: 257.875 in Virginia

Hi guys,

Re: 257.875 in Virginia:

Caught a few xmsns on 257.875 earlier on, and it was simulcasting Potomac TRACON freq 118.675, so must be a new LURAY freq?

Sorry if I missed a previous tieup for this one.

Best regards,

Tony

Dover appch 257.875

 

[nightwatch]

dc cap

words are the caps over at 1030pm local and will restart at 0600am saturday,the ts2 feed will be up all night.blackjack was up 139.7.

 

[ka3jjz]

just so you all know we have a icom pcr1000 remoted on gambrills mt maryland,right now its just scanning cap freqs it does hear huntress 24/7 228.9 260.9 139.7 238.725.if theres no cap it scans milair 30-65mhz 136-150.75 225.0-400.0,hf is added at times.

Mark what is 238.725? I don't have that one? 73s Mike.

 

[nightwatch]

huntress has been testing that freq at gambrills mt a few times once today i only hear them from the gambrills faa site on it,not from blue hill pa site or dulles site were thinking i might be a new freq replacing 260.9.

Mark what is 238.725? I don't have that one? 73s Mike.

 

[freqhopping]

RAPTOR-42 just entered the CAP, TANKER-14 cleared in too. RAPTOR-41 is a few minutes behind.

That will probably be it for me today, off to Summit Point.

 

[TinEar]

0950 and the new set of players are on station in the CAP. RAPTOR 43 (04-4076) and RAPTOR 44 (04-4082) are the F-22As from the 94th Fighter Squadron at Langley. TANKER 15 is a KC-135R (59-1523) from the 171st ARW PA-ANG Pittsburgh. I wasn't around for the first shift so missed TANKER 14's affiliation or RAPTOR 41/42's tails. They are completing the initial refueling upon arriving on station.

0954: RAPTOR 41/42 are released from the CAP and head for home. They switch to "22 over 31" and come up on interflight 315.85 for chat. I wonder if that's going to become the standard interflight freq for the Raptors while in the CAP? It was used yesterday also.

Edit: No tail number but learned TANKER 14 was a KC-135R from the 126th ARS WI-ANG Milwaukee

I'm off and running also.

 

[nightwatch]

toi

0948am toi harrier up mission head butt ,i do have a wav file of this toi.also on the ts2 feed
260.9

 

[nightwatch]

faa/norad gambrills mt

gambrills mt maryland faa/norad site.

 

[CitationJet]

05.26.2007

Just switched the radios on here and so far:

1413Z 260.900 HUNTRESS - requests RAPTOR 43 QSY 135.525.
1415Z 135.525 ZDC-GUARD DOG - RAPTOR 43 - FL210 and expect it to be spurious within the next couple of mins. Not sure what the context was here.
1416Z 350.250 ZDC-GUARD DOG - RAPTOR 43 reads center 5x5.
1418Z 260.900 HUNTRESS - RAPTOR 43 shows timber sour.
1420Z 135.525 ZDC-GUARD DOG - RAPTOR 44 is ready to exit the CAP. Obviously plans changed.
1422Z 378.100 GRIFFIN CP Andrews - REACH 6413 (C-130H 86-0413 758th AS) - inbound 20 mins. out status A1 parking 11 Row.
1425Z 260.900 HUNTRESS - RAPTOR 44 - gets bullseye info and TANKR 15 passes offload info to HUNTRESS as well.

1433Z-1444Z both RAPTORs hit the TANKR for gas.
1445Z 260.900 HUNTRESS - issues TOI info to RAPTOR 43 then quickly issues skip it.
1452Z 260.900 HUNTRESS - wkg HARRIER requests posit. off of Emmitsburg.

 

[BM82557]

Activity 05262007

1053 - HUNTRESS to HARRIER requesting location out of Emmitsburg (MD) - 260.9

 

[spanner]

Where is Gambrills Mt?

 

[nightwatch]

gambrills mt state park 5 miles north of the ranger station/overlook,west of fredrick,md

Where is Gambrills Mt?

 

[spanner]

Are you talking about Lambs Knoll, just above Boonsboro?

 

[nightwatch]

faa site

by the cross hair's just south of the old tv tower,if you where the fredrick co 800 and the new dnr towers are its just south of that,the icom scanner is just south of the old dnr tower that is now sha and state police.

 

[spanner]

Got it now.....

I thought you were talking about the FAA site on top of Lambs Knoll, about 10 miles south of that, where the new MIEMS, Washington County, MSP Frederick, Frederick County 800, NPS and some other interesting stuff is......

 

[nightwatch]

then you know the place,

Got it now.....

I thought you were talking about the FAA site on top of Lambs Knoll, about 10 miles south of that, where the new MIEMS, Washington County, MSP Frederick, Frederick County 800, NPS and some other interesting stuff is......

 

[TinEar]

1330: TANKER 16 is coming into the area. It's a KC-135R from the 77th ARS at Seymour Johnson AFB SC. In fact, it's the same one that was here yesterday - tail 62-3542. He was TANKER 11 yesterday during the first shift in the CAP.

It looks like RAPTORs 43/44 are pulling some extra time. Running from 0600-2300 doesn't equate to four 4-hour shifts so that extra hour is made up somehow. This is how.