ka3jjz said:
It seems it won't be chasing down a/c anymore; what it's new mission will be, who knows. I would bet the callsign will stay, tho - Omaha has been used for Customs/ICE for quite a while now. It's entirely possible it will change - that's something else to which we're generally not privy, and only find out about it via monitoring.
I would keep 165.2375 (which is the real freq without the rounding...) in, but in a lower priority bank, along with the 282 mhz freq. Who knows what might show up there now?
73s Mike
OMAHA aircraft are still operating Mike - but have apparently returned to their original mission, i.e., Customs/Immigration work. Unfortunately, Paul, that annoying (and very loud) data burst is still with us on 165.2375. I think at least part of that originates from BWI because it's so loud it just knocks me over when they transmit it.
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BMT said:
On another note some in the Atlanta area think the FBI A/C have changed C/S's "ROSS" is now "JENA".
I agree Jack. We've heard JENA (or JENNA) in this area too. I wonder if the callsign has been spelled out anywhere...and also wonder if the suffix has remained the same where it identifies a specific pilot rather than aircraft?
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0823: PARTY 11 flight (F/A-18C VFA-87, CVW-8 NAS OCEANA) into Giant Killer's area on 233.7, then to 249.8 and back to 233.7...climbing from 11 to 16,000 feet as he enters the area (probably W-122)
0826: TESTER 77 (USN Test Pilot School, Patuxent River NAS) with Patuxent on 354.8
0829: ?BLINK? 41 with Giant Killer on 238.1 to enter work area (prob W-72). (Not sure of callsign...got the "INK" sound but couldn't pull out the first consonant or two.) His mission number is V-1105.
0835: Have a couple of U/I fighters working Giant Killer's ops freq 292.3...ACM activity operating up at 45,000 feet (loud and clear obviously)
0838: VENUS 26 with ADW on 119.3 mentions picking up his IFR to Charlotte. Looks like he's doing approaches at ADW and also working with Tower on 118.4
0847: MAI TAI 11 (F-22A Langley) with Giant Killer on 238.1 to enter the area and requesting area 1C (W-72). On mission number V-1108.
0853: ???? 21 flight entering warning area W-72 1C with Giant Killer on 233.7 (Can't pull out his callsign)
0857: VENUS 26, while with ADW on 119.3, mentions doing his last approach and then picking up his flight plan to Charlottesville. (Last time he just said Charlotte)
0900: Giant Killer's ops freq 373.1 is active.
0905: BUGSY 21, flight of four, (F-22A Langley) to Giant Killer on 233.7 to entere W-72
0906: Two aircraft chatting about refueling (one a female) on 143.825 which should make at least one of them a tanker from McGuire (female is suffix 33, male is 34)
0907: BUGSY 21 requesting FL 290 «233.7»
0912: ?RISKY? 11 enters GK's area W-386 at FL 230
0913: The two aircraft on 143.825 begin the refueling op...33 cleared in for contact.
0917: Couple of aircraft chatting on 142.75 - Venus Control freq. One of them is probably the VENUS 26 heard earlier.
0918: MICRO 71 (F-15 Langley) flight leaving GK's area for home...direct HEELS, direct Langley. «233.7 or 238.1...didn't look in time»
0920: The tankers on 143.825 mention being with Washington Center on 120.975 (ZDC-Salisbury) (33 is now a male speaker)
0924: BIKER 21 flight (F-22A Langley) with Norfolk TRACON 370.925
0924: MICRO 71 also with TRACON on 370.925 heading for home.
0928: TITUS 01 in the pattern at Andrews on 119.3. Heard him a few minutes earlier but wanted to confirm the callsign. U/I in my database other than B-1B and I don't think that's what this is.
0939: U/I fighters on tac 143.75...possibly A-10s from Willow Grove or possibly an F-16 flight cross country and heading for Europe which was due through here about now
0943: CADE 1 flight (A-10 Willow Grove) with Philadelphia TRACON on 317.55
0943: CADE (maybe) flight on tac 143.25. They're going to Patuxent
0948: U/I flight to Giant Killer on 238.1 for permission to head for AR-636 to refuel with TEAM 33 (KC-10A McGuire)
0949: CADE 1 flight with ZDC-Kenton 354.15
0952: BANGER 21 flight (F-16 NJ-ANG Atlantic City) with ACY on 327.125 and then with GK on 255.0 to enter W-107
0952: The flight heading for AR-636 to refuel with TEAM 33 is RADAR 71 (U/I but probably from Langley) He's at 25,000 heading for the tanker....then says he's switching to boom freq
0953: BUGSY 21 (F-22A Langley) with GK on 233.7 descending.
0957: BANGER 21 with GK on 255.0 to say his event number is A-1103 and will be MARSA with DEVIL 11 flight
0958: DEVIL 11 flight checking in with GK on 255.0 also for entry to W-107.
0959: Both 143.25 and 143.75 are non-stop chat by fighters....I'm still not sure which one is the CADE flight and who belongs to the other one.
0959: DEVIL flight is working 138.425 tac...it's a flight of three.
0959: DEVIL 11 flight tells GK on 255.0 they're pushing HUNTRESS freq 254.2 and change there.
That's it for now...back in a bit.
