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[Mark]

0015 local COSMIC/42/43 flight up with ZDC 285.400 Sea Isle and DC Huntress 139.700 practice intercept.
ID target as business jet at 5k.Tail # target possibly 41569
Atlantic City F-16 177th FW scramble I assume.
Check in on Potomac Guard Dog 350.250

0150 local COSMICS A/A 138,200 rtb Atlantic City push UHF 7,
0203 local COSMICS A/C appch 327.125 into A/C.

Mark

 

[jethunder]

Hearing Huntress on 139.7 during scramble

Also hearing the practice scramble with NJ ANG COSMICs at 12:20AM local from Fairfax, VA. For the first time, I can hear the HUNTRESS side on 139.7 -- low in the noise and must defeat the squelch -- but audible.

12:38 BLACKJACK 1 is also playing....Identifies TOI as high-wing Cessna-type, can't get tail number. COSMICs go as low as 7,000 to 8,000 feet during the intercept, then up to the block FL210 to FL230.

1250 AM local - instruction to COSMICs from HUNTRESS on 139.7 to stay in the southern quarter of the Guard Dog area in the FL210-FL230 block pending further. Confirm no additional tasking at the moment. Also not hearing HUNTRESS as well as before...further down in the noise....so they're apparently not using the transmit site for ZDC at Falls Church just east of the I495/I66 interchange, which is about 10 miles from me and gives me the controller side loud and clear.

1:05AM local - COSMICs ops check: both jets with 6500 pounds of gas -- looks like they may be up for a while longer.

1:18AM COSMIC 42 gets bogey dope: 250 degrees 27 miles 8000 feet - "confirm mission when able". "on my nose 12 miles" at 1:19AM. "back me up on the restricted airspace."

1:21AM requests confirmation from HUNTRESS of hard deck at 5500 feet since TOI is at 5000 feet. Twin-engine bizjet, lights on and light on in the cockpit...heading 270 at 5000 feet...with 5500 feet hard deck I'll be unable to get the tail number. COSMIC flight bugging out to the south. 139.7 and returning to the Guard Dog block FL210-FL230 and to 350.25 I've been searching for an air-air freq and haven't found it.

136AM COSMIC 42: "let's push homeplate gateway". 139.7 "Huntress, we are gateway sour...same as we were at takeoff....don't know if we are out of range or not"

1:42AM BLACKJACK 1: bogey dope 280 at 14 miles 2500 feet heading NorthEast. Will headbut west. At 1:43, COSMIC with bogey dope 166 degrees at 27 miles 7000 feet heading west.

1:45AM "COSMIC push channel 54" [WHAT's THAT?]

1:45 Huntress, BLACKJACK 1 is JUDY. TOI is tricycle landing gear...no lights on. tail N636CP.

1:47 "HUNTRESS, COSMICs must terminate for fuel."

1:48 "HUNTRESS, BLACKJACK 1: TOI is compliant, heading west. No comps". [Comps = complaints?]

1:49 COSMICs push Victor 16...catch them on 138.2 reporting 94 miles out from Atlantic City...both code 1. And the practice scramble is over, at least for the NJ ANG pilots. BLACKJACK 1 is still going strong, however. This taste of hearing HUNTRESS's side of the conversations makes me hungry for a pre-amp to get more signal out of my discone.....but of course -- with my luck -- a pre-amp would probably cause more of overload than anything else.

 

[andy3315]

1815: Have a U/I C-130 going into Willow Grove...he was with WG Base Ops on 306.8. Reported 10 minutes out, will need 33,000 pounds of fuel.
If anyone up that way can get an ID on this guy, with tail number, I'd sure appreciate it. Didn't hear his callsign, just suffix 1. Thought I heard SPUD but it was blocked by noise from a couple of other radios just as he said it.[/QUOTE]


Hey Tin Yes It Was Spud 01 ID C-130, I Was On My Way To Work Witch Takes Me By The Base As He Was In The Over Head As, And Brian The Guard Copter Was A CH-47 Went To BLG, Was UP There For The 757 Depart And The 47's.

 

[TinEar]

1243: HURON 71, flight of five A-10s with ZDC-Sea Isle...281.45
1253: HURON 71 handed to ZDC-Casino...they're in the block 14-15,000 feet...285.4
1257: HURON flight requesting descent to 10,000 feet...285.4 (these guys were hard to hear to begin with and now might fade away at the lower flight level)
This is part of a flight of A-10s from Spangdahlem AB, Germany I believe. They should be heading for Pope AFB. It's HURON 71-75.
1258: HURON 71 handed to ZDC-Cape Charles and check in there...256.8
1259: HURON 71 flight cleared for the altitude block 10-11,000 feet...256.8
There doesn't seem to be any interflight freq active in the VHF range for these guys. They must be on low band.
Expecting a HURON 81-85 with another five A-10s behind this current flight but don't know how far behind they are.
1309: HURON 71-75 still with ZDC-Cape Charles 256.8 but because of the low altitude are very difficult to hear/understand their transmissions from my location.
1315: HURON 71 flight handed off by ZDC-Cape Charles 256.8 to ??? (Couldn't hear the freq and they didn't seem to come up on any other ZDC UHF freq. I also checked the Norfolk area radar freqs but nothing there either.)

1326: U/I flight on interflight...142.55 (HURON 81 flight of A-10s)
1328: HURON 81 flight with ZDC-Sea Isle...requesting descent to 17-18,000 for weather....get 180-190...281.45
1333: HURON 81 reports in non-standard formation...and handed off....281.45
1333: HURON 81, flight of five, checks in with ZDC-Cape Charles...256.8
1337: HURON 81 reports on a course of 230 degrees....256.8
1341: HURON 81 reports in 2 nautical mile trail...256.8
1342: On interflight, one HURON pilot says, "It's good to be back in the States." Another says, "You can say amen to that."....142.55
Earlier they were chatting about wishing they had eaten more before they left but didn't dare. You can figure out why for yourselves.
1349: HURON 81 flight handed to Norfolk TRACON and check in as a flight of five from 180-190...370.925
1354: HURON 81 handed to Norfolk Approach and check in as a flight of five at 180-190....269.425
1359: HURON 81 requesting right hand turn to Tar River for weather...269.425
Heard them about a minute later on interflight but that's probably the end of them. Out of range.

1336: That E-6B, 164404, VQ-4 that we heard last night going into Pax is now departing...took off to the south on a 210 heading. By 1348, he's about 20 miles east of Richmond at FL 230 and still heading southwest.

About 1145, a BULLY flight of four F-16s DC-ANG departed Andrews and headed to the south. A few minutes later, a WILD flight of two F-16s went airborne. I caught their destination of R-5306A which is a range down in Piney Island NC. I'm guessing the BULLY flight went to the same place. They came back in the first half of the 1300 hour. Interflight for BULLY was 143.6 and for WILD it was 143.15.

1504: Royal Air Force E-3 AWACS in the area...callsign ASCOT 7030, tail ZH105, 8/23 Squadron.
1515: LOBO 973 (UC-35D, 166715, VMR-1 MCAS Cherry Point) arrival msg to ADW...dropping offf an A-4 and a V-4...378.1
1520: SAM 1805 (C-37A, 97-0400, 99th AS Andrews) landing at ADW w/Tower...118.4
1526: JEDI 61 (C-17A, 03-3125, 732nd AS/514th AMW AFRC McGuire) calling McGuire CP...no joy...319.4
1526: EVAC 71464 (KC-135E, 57-1464, 108th ARW NJ-ANG McGuire) arriving Andrews...reports coming back from EVAC mission, just 3 pallets of med equipment to unload and 5 med personnel...need transportation for them...378.1
1532: LOBO 973 landing ADW w/Tower...118.4
1536: EVAC 33118 (C-17A, 03-3118, 183rd AS MS-ANG Jackson) to ADW CP...15 minutes out, A-1, 25 litter patients, 30 ambulatory patients, 5 attendants, need K-Loader or fork lift for 1 baggage pallet, no Space A pax...378.1
1536: E-6B, 162784, VQ-3 calls SHADOW Maintenance (uses last three as a callsign - 784) to say they'll be landing at Pax in 20-30 minutes and will launch back up....then says time on ground will be about 3 hours...310.15 (He's heading east across VA at FL 220 currently)
1540: MARINE 343 (UC-35D, 166767, VMR-2) landing ADW w/Tower...118.4
1543: EVAC 33118 Heavy cleared to land runway 19R w/ADW Tower...118.4
1544: REACH (BZZZZZT blocked by static) (C-5A, 68-0212, 105th AW NY-ANG) arriving at Dover w/CP...349.4
1552: VADER 41 (C-130H, 85-0041, 757th AS) about to land at Andrews w/Tower...118.4

1605: CRAB 56 (C-130J, 98-1356, 135th AS MD-ANG Martin State) flying around the area somewhere at 5000 feet...now with MTN Tower for landing...says he's going to spiral down from 5000 feet...121.3
1613: I've got a Brit accent talking on Metro freq 356.2...very weak from here so can't get much of his transmissions...but wants a call placed to 757-xxxx to pass some info...356.2 (This might be that E-3 logged earlier)
1626: EXPERT 42 (Possibly F/A-18 from VFA-122) with ZDC-Irons at FL 220...360.85
Heard an EXPERT 31 a few hours ago in this area also that landed at Andrews. IDed as a single ship.
1628: REACH 5145 (C-17A, 05-5145, 729th AS March AFB CA) to ADW CP with arrival msg (after calling for a dozen minutes)...ETA 40 past the hour, IDs as a C-17, A-1, has 10 pax all terminating at ADW...378.1
1630: Navy 5G-304 landing at ADW w/Tower...118.4 (5G should make him a UC-12B from Iwakuni, Japan...well, that's what my Navy tail list says )
1633: EXPERT 42 handed off to ADW Approach (TRACON) and he checks in there...direct Nottingham at 12,000...requests steer to Nottingham since he doesn't have that onboard....cleared to 7000...335.5
1643: EXPERT 42 to ADW Tower for landing sequence...349.0
1645: VENUS 26 (C-20B, 86-0206, 99th AS Andrews) w/ADW Tower for the option...118.4 (This guy has been up for hours in the local area. He did many approaches, touch and goes at Andrews earlier, then went to Atlantic City and did the same there and now he's back to home base.)
1649: VENUS 26 to CP...says he'll block in on the hour, is A-2 - has a backup altimeter that sticks at various bank angles...378.1

Word from Willow Grove PIO is that five PA-ANG airmen (I take that to mean the five A-10 pilots) should be arriving at 1700. Will be listening for them. It will probably be a TREND 91 flight since the first group (ID-ANG) came in as TREND 81. They also mention a large group of PA-ANG people arriving back at WG at 1530 but that one might be a charter.
They also note that if you're going onto the base, you should use the Air Force gate, not the Navy gate. You can leave from either though.

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Ref below:

1337: GERMAN AIR FORCE 989 with McGuire passing 4000 for 6000...124.150.

Heard him with ACY Approach 124.6 going into McGuire around 1145. He's a C-160D, tail 50+34.
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[jerseymilair]

1337: GERMAN AIR FORCE 989 with McGuire passing 4000 for 6000...124.150.
1352: GERMAN AF 989 now with NY Center passing 15000...128.300.
1500: TEAM 50 with McGuire 3000 for 2000, 320v heading...120.250 > 118.650.
1504: TEAM 40 with NY ARTCC DIXIE...118.975.

 

[WA3CSX]

need milair help.can anyone tell me what are the most active Pax River freqs.I see a list on the first page on here,but I am currently programming my ft-60r,and well just being lazy,LOL.Thanks for any help.Tony

 

[ka3jjz]

I'm not entirely sure if the DB has been fully updated yet - I asked the admins to transfer the freqs in our wiki to the db - anyway see this article, which was prepared by someone on-site...

http://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/Patuxent_River_Complex

If the FT60 can handle them, at the very least I'd put in the ATC freqs and if I was using an outdoor antenna, the Baywatch freqs, some of which I've even been able to hear with indoor antennas. I'd keep the base freqs handy too, if I were close enough

73s Mike

 

[TinEar]

need milair help.can anyone tell me what are the most active Pax River freqs.I see a list on the first page on here,but I am currently programming my ft-60r,and well just being lazy,LOL.Thanks for any help.Tony

Tony, you didn't tell us what you want to listen to from Patuxent so it's difficult to give you the most active. Let me give it a try for my favorites there...
256.5
264.15
270.8
281.8
291.15
302.55
305.2
310.15
314.0
354.8
In addition to those, there are another 30 or so freqs they use but the 10 above provide most of my listening.
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P.S. The PA-ANG A-10s apparently did make it back to Willow Grove around 1630. Not a peep heard from them by me. It was a flight of five aircraft under the TREND 91 callsign. I don't know why I couldn't hear them unless they took a route that brought them in directly from the north and they were at low levels when they should have been in my listening range. Same with the TREND 81 flight of ID-ANG A-10s a couple of days ago. Bummer.

 

[jerseymilair]

2200: Currently hearing McGuire Tower Approach/Departure 124.150 simulcasting on 363.800(UHF APP/DEP). Tower can be heard on both VHF and UHF. Commercial and civilian on VHF. This only seems to happen at night, maybe because fewer controllers in tower.
TinEar, perhaps you can explain.

 

[WA3CSX]

thanks Tin,guess mainly app/dep twr.Alot of times I am working in the area.Mainly on galiant green rd.Like two days I saw i was down there,I saw about four or five jets and was upset because i didn't know what to listen to. Thanks everyone.

 

[jerseymilair]

2225: McGuire tankers a/a on 305.500(new freq for me). Were a/a on 319.400 then went to 305.00.

 

[TinEar]

2200: Currently hearing McGuire Tower Approach/Departure 124.150 simulcasting on 363.800(UHF APP/DEP). Tower can be heard on both VHF and UHF. Commercial and civilian on VHF. This only seems to happen at night, maybe because fewer controllers in tower.
TinEar, perhaps you can explain.

You answered it Steve. That's exactly why they do it - fewer personnel on duty at night because there are fewer aircraft flying at night. It happens that way at most airports.

Steve, is that a/a freq 305.5 or 305.0?

 

[jerseymilair]

305.5

Sorry for the mistype...............305.500 is what I heard them on after they were communicating on 319.400.

 

[Mark]

Sorry for the mistype...............305.500 is what I heard them on after they were communicating on 319.400.

305.500 is the new AR-20/AR-777 A/A tanker freq that they and others have been using lately on the way North to Nantuckett area.
Get one or two aircraft a night using this lately.Usually a C-17 and Tanker ETHYL Callsign.

Mark
This morning...
NAVY BD-460 C-130T VR-64 "Condors" WG around 1023am local with Norfolk NAS CP 349.500 arriving there 30 minutes
to pick up 4 pax and continue on.Mentions no orders on board and will consult with Jacksonville (sounded like) when on ground.
Parking on the Port side.. Now that is a Navy pilot...

 

[Bobcat091]

Last night caught what sounded like "Suffolk" 01 working with Giant Killer on 255.0, for W-386. About 30 mins later caught him on his way out, with ZDC 133.125 and 127.7 descending to 8k. Assume he went into McGuire AFB, but not 100% sure. The pilot had a british accent. Any ideas on what this could be?

Also have kind of an odd request, been looking at old logs of mine from 1999 to now, but does anyone have stuff logged at NAS Willow Grove prior to 1999?

Thanks!

 

[TinEar]

Last night caught what sounded like "Suffolk" 01 working with Giant Killer on 255.0, for W-386. About 30 mins later caught him on his way out, with ZDC 133.125 and 127.7 descending to 8k. Assume he went into McGuire AFB, but not 100% sure. The pilot had a british accent. Any ideas on what this could be?

Thanks!

It was a Royal Air Force E-3D AWACS, tail ZH105, from 8/23 Squadron. The callsign was SOLEX 01. He was working in W-107. The Brits call the E-3D an AEW MK1 or just AEW1.

Added: Just looking through my notes and I had him late in the 2000 hour heading to the offshore area and then coming back late in the 2100 hour. I also logged him earlier in the day (1504 in log above) when he came into the area as ASCOT 7030. I believe he landed at McGuire.
I believe this was the first noted instance of him using this callsign. He usually has used the ASCOT callsign but, much more often, has used the NATO callsign in the past.

I also had a Canadian Air Force CC-144, tail 144618, 412 Squadron/8 Wing, late in the 1700 hour which I forgot to log last evening. Callsign was CANFORCE 3701.

1555: 404 (E-6B, 164404, VQ-4) departs Patuxent to the south, makes a big sweeping right turn and is heading northwest through VA for parts unknown after climbing to FL 270...310.15
By 1617, he's turned to the northeast at 20 degrees and is due west of Gaithersburg but still in VA...about to cross into MD. At 1630 he's just northwest of Harrisburg PA. He's moving very slowly and turning to the east - 80 degree heading and picking up speed. He'll pass right through the Kiowa MOA.

1610: EVAC 161 (need more c/s for ID) heading for Andrews...needs 15K fuel after landing...378.1 (Prob C-130)
1626: EVAC 161 w/ADW Tower for landing...118.4 (Strange callsign use...EVAC 161 is a C-130H, 91-9141, 96th AS Minneapolis...he must be a replacement for another aircraft that the 161 fits.)
1626: EVAC 161 tells Andrews CP he's on a 2-mile final...378.1
1635: MARINE 101 (C-37B, 166377, VR-1) climbing out from Andrews w/TRACON...125.65
1644-50: REACH 4062 (C-5B, 84-0062, 436th AW Dover) calling Dover CP...no joy to several calls...349.4
1650: REACH 4062 w/TRACON... 128.35
1655: REACH 4062 makes contact with Dover...says he has "30-something passengers and no cargo" and is 60 miles out...349.4
1657: JAWS 22 (MC-130P Combat Shadow, 65-0991, 9th SOS) w/ADW Tower for landing...118.4 (w/TRACON 119.3 prior to tower)

1713: MARINE 200 (C-37B, 166378, VR-1) with ADW Tower for landing...118.3

Ref Below: Brian, that may be my E-6B from above. The altitude fits but not the position. They use some strange one-time callsigns.

 

[BM82557]

Activity 09222007

1607 - 1609 -- HUMALL(???)28 Heavy (sounded like hu mall) calling Huntress three times with no reply heard - 364.2
1624 - HUMALL(???) 28 Heavy finally made contact with Huntress (Huntress unheard from my location) reporting 40 miles south of Harrisburg at FL 270, squawking 3636 with all modes & codes sweet - 364.2

 

[Mark]

BOBBY 71 arrive McGuire 0050z,135k on the fuel.Guessing KC-10 #79-0433 heard in Europe earlier this week.BOBBY is popular callsign out of Mildenhall RAF.You know like English Bobbys/Cops.

REACH 2109 C-17 arrive Dover 0145z,uploads before departure tommorow.

REACH 0181 C-17 62nd AW #00-0181 enr Nantucket AR at 0230z with ETHYL 56 KC-135 #58-0087 108th ARW out of McGuire on 305.500.

HOIST 92/93 KC-10's also arrive McGuire tonite around 11pm local.Milcom post had them departing MCAS Yuma Arizona today.
I notice the 91+ number usually means cross country tanker flight,same with DC ANG KC-135's.

Mark
So the clean version of the Poem goes..

There once was a man from Nantucket
Who kept all his cash in a bucket.
But his daughter, named Nan,
Ran away with a man
And as for the bucket, Nantucket.

 

[Bobcat091]

A few logs from very early on Monday morning, very busy night, all logged after midnight:

Reach 652 - w/ZDC 127.7 level at 10.5 VFR direct to Dover
Reach 2099 - w/ZDC 127.7 descending to 8k direct to Dover
Navy BD 420 - w/ZDC 127.7 descending to 8k direct to Willow Grove
- All with 127.7 at 1215L
Ethyl 11 - w/ZNY 128.3 descending to 170 direct Manta then McGuire
Pat 521 - w/ZNY 134.375 climbing to FL-410
Reach 504 - w/ZBW 135.8 FL-330
BRS 2101 - w/Potomac App 125.65 descending to 4k direct to Andrews
Reach 4188 - w/ZBW 135.8 climbing to FL-330
Reach 2099 - w/ZDC 132.05 climbing out of Dover direct to KCHS (0300L)

Earlier on Sunday caught:

Reach 8075 - w/SAM Command 378.1 w/inbound info for ADW
Drago 52 (x2?) - w/ZDC 227.125 climbing to block 22-230
Reach 898 - w/Chambers Ops 349.5 w/inbound infor for NGU

 

[TinEar]

0852: TEAM 10 (KC-10A, 84-0192, 305th AMW McGuire) trolling for fighters...asking McGuire CP status of DEVO 11-15 (Langley fighters)...319.4
0901: TEAM 10 checking into W-386 with Giant Killer at FL 280...118.125
0904: TEAM 10 asking Giant Killer for the block 260-280 in AR-636...118.125
0904: WILD flight of two DC-ANG F-16s airborne on interflight...143.6
0904: WILD flight with ZDC-Calvert...climbing to FL 220...281.4
0911: Navy JT-848 (C-9B, 160049, VR-52) calling Andrews...x2, no joy...378.1
0912: BULLY flight of four DC-ANG F-16s off the deck at Andrews on interflight....139.15
0913: BULLY flight to ZDC-Calvert climbing to FL 190...then cleared to FL 220...281.4
Both WILD and BULLY flights appear to be heading south - possibly to R-5306A at Piney Island NC again or perhaps R-5314, the Dare County Range in NC.
0918: DEVO 11 (F-22A Langley) w/Norfolk TRACON (East)...pushing 7...370.925
0919: DEVO 11 to Giant Killer checking in at FL 230 for mission V-2408 in W-386, first going to AR-636 and then will perform mission in W-386...249.8
0920: Coast Guard 6572 (HH-65C, CGAS Atlantic City) gives position report to Atlantic City...157.175 (83A)
0925: MACE 91 (F-16, IN-ANG or SC-ANG) w/ZDC-Irons...360.85
0932: MACE 91 handed off to ADW Approach (TRACON) and checks in there at 12,000 feet...335.5
0933: DEVO 15 to Giant Killer to report they'll be working the entire W-386 area, A to J...249.8
0935: VENUS 26 (C-20B, 86-0206, 99th AS Andrews) reports he was airborne at 10 past the hour to Griffin Command at ADW...378.1 (took him long enough!)
0937: MACE 91 to ADW Tower...15 miles out on the localizer...349.0
MACE 91 probably a single ship since there was no associated interflight activity to go with it.
0938: STUMP 21 (F-22A Langley) flight into W-386 with Giant Killer...climbing from FL 190 to 230...also relays for DEVO 11 flight that they're out of AR-636 and into W-386...249.8
0939: MACE 91 reports gear down, full stop...349.0
0940: BRAVE 61/62 flight (F-16 DC-ANG Andrews) with HUNTRESS...139.7 (no urgency in voices so probably an exercise rather than a scramble)
0942: BRAVE 61 reports getting text message from HUNTRESS...BRAVE 62 says he did not get it but 61 explains it was just a test message....139.7
BRAVE is the callsign for the Alert Flight on duty at Andrews.
0945: LIFTER 29 (C-17A, 93-0603, 437th AW Charleston) to McGuire CP...25 minutes out, A-1, downloading 2 pax, shifting 3 pallets to new jet, needs new tail number and spot and crew trans....319.4
0957: DC 11 (KC-135R, 57-1487, 756th ARs Andrews) climbing out of Andrews....TRACON
I guess by now everyone has noticed that the DC tankers use suffix 1x on Monday, 2x on Tuesday, etc.
0958: SPAR 29 (C-37A, 01-0029, 310th AS) approaching Andrews....TRACON
0959: CG helo 6572 giving another position report, this time to CG Station Baltimore...157.175

1002: DC 11 to LIBERATOR to report airborne at 1355Z...378.1
1005: SPAR 29 reports heading for Andrews w/TRACON....getting vectors and descent instrux...128.35
1013: STUMP 21 reports RTB in 5 minutes...249.8
1015: CG 6572 helo gives his 15 minute position report to CGS Baltimore...157.175
1016: DEVO 11 reports to Giant Killer they're proceeding to AR-636 to meet TEAM 10...249.8
1024: BRAVE flight of F-16s still working w/HUNTRESS....have been doing some low level ACM work - probably in the Pax area...139.7
1026: WILD flight with ZDC-Irons at 17000, descending to 14,000 feet...360.85
1029: WILD flight handed to ADW Approach and check in to head for runway 1R...335.5
1030: BRAVE 61 to ADW Approach...says he's waiting for a clearance...335.5
1031: BRAVE flight working w/CAPITOL...giving mission reports and Codes...139.7
1031: BULLY flight of four to ADW Tower...349.0
All the DC-ANG F-16s coming home at the same time...WILD/BULLY/BRAVE flights.
1032: BRAVE 61 to ADW Approach to report 62 will land, 61 will hold at Nottingham...335.5
1034: BULLY flight landing (all reporting "base, gear, stop, right")....all on the ground by 1035...349.0
1034: WILD flight handed to ADW Tower for landing...7 out for 1R, gear down...349.0
1048: JOSA 536 (C-21A, 84-0095, 457th AS Andrews) reports takeoff (fm ADW) at 1447Z...late due to D/V late arrival...378.1
1053: TEAM 10 to Giant Killer to pick up outbound IFR routing...Snow Hill first checkpoint...118.125
1053: BRAVE 61 reports he's ready to RTB...335.5
1054: DEMON 44 flight requesting a hold in place to meet up with DEMON 41 flight (MARSA at DRUZZ)...ZDC-Blue Ridge...285.6
1054: DEMON 44 to TRACON to report heading for ADW overhead to runway 1R...257.875
Too many units use this callsign to ID them yet...most users are F-16 units.
1057: DEMON 44 getting vectors and descent instructions...257.875
1059: HARASS 61 (Langley F-15) flight with ZDC-Cape Charles...climbing...256.8 (CAP callsign)
Probably heading for NYC for the U.N. meeting CAP listed in TFRs.
1100: DEMON 44 handed off to TRACON 322.3...can't make contact so back to 257.875.
1102: TEAM 10 calling McGuire CP...updating time to second event - will be 10 minutes late...319.4
1104: DEMON 41 flight w/TRACON...report slowing to 280...257.875
1106: DEMON 44 w/TRACON at 6000 feet...then to 4000...322.3
1107: DEMON 41 reports inside of ARMEL, has field in sight...322.3
1109: DEMON 44 handed to ADW Tower and checks in at 2000 feet for overhead to 1R...118.4 (strange he switched to VHF...he originally asked for UHF but then got the VHF for unheard reasons)
1111: DEMON 44 reports "base, gear, stop, right"....118.4
1111: DEMON 41 flight handed off to VHF TRACON...119.3
1112: HARASS 61 handed to ZDC-Sea Isle and checks in at FL 230....281.45 (Little doubt now he's headed north to NYC)
1113: DEMON 41 to ADW Tower for a right break and are cleared to land....349.0
Had a receiver searching the 138-144 band for DEMON interflight but found nothing.
1115: DEMON 41, then 42 and 43 report gear down, full stop, right....349.0
It appears DEMON 41 was a 3-ship flight and 44 was a single ship separated from the rest of his flight.
1117: E-6B, 162784, VQ-3 is flying in the area...he left Pax around 0830 this morning....310.15
1118: TEAM 10 calling FUZZY 12 (KC-135R, 136th ARS NY-ANG) on AR Primary but is on...319.4
1118: Then he gets it right...TEAM 10 calling FUZZY 12...295.8
1119: HARASS 61 handed off to ZNY-Dixie and checks in at FL 230...307.8
1120: EVAC 50041 (C-130H, 85-0040, 757th AS AFRC) calling Andrews to report takeoff time was 1500Z...says he forgot to make this report...378.1 (Yes, he's reporting 50041 but his tail is 50040 before anyone tries to point out my mistake. He must be a replacement.)
1123: HARASS 61 flight handed to ZNY-Kennedy and checks in at FL 230...x2, no joy...282.3 (tells wingman to return to 307.8)
1125: HARASS 61 handed to ZNY-East Texas and check in at FL 230....350.3
1126: HARASS 61 flight handed to NYC Approach and check in at FL 230...says they need the block 220-250 and will be leaving 230 at this time....363.1
1128: HARASS 61 checking in with HUNTRESS...260.9 (not sure if they got a reply)
1129: HARASS 61 back to Approach...363.1
1131: HARASS 61 back with HUNTRESS...260.9
1132: HUNTRESS 61 to NYC Approach to pick up a Mode 3 Squawk for his wingman....gets 5121...363.1
1133: HARASS 61 to HUNTRESS to report wingman's squawk...260.9
1133: HARASS 62 to HUNTRESS to report that every time 61 transmits, all he gets is a loud tone, no voice...260.9
This is some long distance copy...the TFR for this CAP is 5.8 miles from the La Guardia VOR. Not sure it will last very long though.
The CAP was scheduled to start at 0900 local this morning so don't know if this is the second pair of fighters or if it's getting started late.
1139: HARASS 61 reports he has a good time hack, timber sour...alpha check to bullseye is 216/16...260.9
1140: HARASS 61 now reports timber sweet but negative surveillance tracks...260.9
Noise level just got a bit higher and it's blocking transmissions at the moment on 260.9. Just had squelch open on their normal interflight freq 360.15 so suspect it was them using it although all I got was noise.
1145: HARASS 61 reports negative surveillance tracks and says to push 228.9....260.9
1146: HARASS 61 calls HUNTRESS....says he's loud and clear...228.9 (Not here though...weaker on this freq than on 260.9)
1147: HARASS 62 tells 61 to "Push 6 AUX"....363.1 (If that's 360.15, I'm not hearing them there)
1149: HARASS flight back on 260.9 but are uncopiable now. Heard HARASS 61 calling HUNTRESS though and then just noise.
1152: HARASS 61 to NY Approach for a radio check, has him loud and clear...363.1 (I'm hearing the HARASS flight about 4-by-4 on this freq. Very good reception.)
1153: HARASS 61 tells HUNTRESS he's having trouble hearing him...260.9
Hearing what might be a TANKER on 228.9.
1154-55: TANKER 13 calling HUNTRESS...says they're on time, will be there in 5 minutes....260.9 (He's loud and clear)
1155: TANKER 13 says he'll maintain ATC clearance and is on his way down to FL 250 now...260.9
1156: HARASS 61 tells HUNTRESS he has him loud and clear...228.9
1156: TANKER 13 repeats freq 228.9 and says he'll be there in just a minute....260.9
1157: TANKER 13 checking in on 228.9 and reports level at FL 250 now...228.9
I suspect TANKER 13 is a KC-135R, tail 58-0121, from Tinker AFB OK.

1209: Popping back in long enough to report both the HARASS fighters and TANKER 13 have been sent to 327.9 to refuel...they check in with each other there and establish good comms.
1210: HARASS 61 tells HUNTRESS he's going to the tanker now and then 62 will go when he's done...228.9
1210: HARASS 61 gives tail numbers for his flight to TANKER 13....61 is 84-0020 and 62 is 83-0014....327.9
1214: HARASS 61 back w/HUNTRESS and 62 reports he's heading for the tanker...228.9
1215: HARASS 61 tells HUNTRESS he's working ATC on 363.1....228.9
1215: HARASS 62 to TANKER 13 on boom freq reports nose cold, etc....cleared to the tanker...327.9
1216: HARASS 61 doing a radio check with HUNTRESS on 260.9...says he's loud and clear but complains of some noise on freq (a side tone) that he doesn't hear on the boom freq.
1222: HARASS 62 reports to HUNTRESS he's back on station after completing AR...228.9
1225: HARASS 61 reports he's going back to the tanker...228.9 (comms are very good once again on this freq)
1225: HARASS 61 to TANKER 13 to report in a 4 mile trail...327.9
Freqs for the CAP...228.9 Primary w/HUNTRESS...lots of shifts to 260.9...boom freq 327.9....ATC entry/exit for fighters on 363.1...never heard an entry/exit for TANKER 13 but he's probably on a VHF freq somewhere.
1232: HARASS 62 off the boom...327.9
1232: HARASS 62 reports back up, weapons safe...228.9
1232: HARASS 61 says he's still showing no surveillance (tracks on his datalink)...228.9
1309: HARASS 62 tells HUNTRESS he'll be off station for the tanker, weapons safe...228.9
1311: HARASS 62/TANKER 13 establish comms, 62 reports nose cold...327.9

1223: REACH 480 Heavy (KC-10A, 83-0081, 305th AMW McGuire) w/TRACON descending out of 4000 feet as he heads toward Andrews....128.35
1229: REACH 480 looking to switch to tower....128.35
1229: REACH 480 Heavy to ADW Tower....4.5 mile final, gear down....cleared to land runway 1L...118.4
1235: LIFTER 29 is back up from McGuire (this time he's in a C-17A, tail 96-0005, 437th AS Charleston). Remember, we had him going into McGuire around 0945 in 93-0603 saying he had to switch 3 pallets to a new jet, get a new tail number, etc...this is obviously his new jet. He's heading in this direction after t/o from McGuire. No idea where he's headed.
1254: U/I fighter flight through the area on interflight...138.825 (A-10s from CT-ANG Bradley a possibility)

1300: YANKEE 05 flight checks in with ZNY-Milton at FL 270...269.1 (Sounds like flight from 138.825)
1311: YANKEE 05 flight still chatting on interflight...138.825 (I probably missed an ARTCC handoff while away from radios)
1314: I did...YANKEE 05 w/ZNY-Stoneyfork 273.6

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