1300: WILD, flight of three F-16s, off the deck at Andrews...interflight 143.6, Potomac TRACON 348.725 (ADW Departure)
1303: WILD handed to Potomac TRACON (BWI) 317.425 where they check in at 11,000 feet...cleared to 14000 and then expedited climb to 21000 ...ground controller notifies several commercial flights of the flight of three F-16s through the area.
1304: WILD flight handed to ZDC-Swann 360.7 where the flight checks in at 17500, climbing to 21,000.
1306: WILD handed off to ZDC-Coyle 254.3 and check in at FL 210...meanwhile, WILD 3 cleared off to contact Giant Killer but comes up on FSS freq 255.4 and makes several calls to GK that go unanswered...of course.
1309: WILD 3 finally goes to GK on 249.8 (still the wrong freq) to announce the flight will be working in area W-107. He also has to spell his callsign (apparently because this controller wasn't expecting his flight...he should be on 255.0)
1310: WILD 3 is sent to GK's W-107 control freq of 255.0 where he asks the status of W-107 to make sure it's still open....WILD 3 says their Mode 3 squawk is 5357 and that the flight is over Dover at this time. WILD 3 says they'll switch to 312.3 (GK's tactical freq) in about 5 minutes since they're still too far out at this time.
1312: WILD flight handed to ZDC-Sea Isle 281.45
1315: WILD flight leader, while on 143.6, tells the flight to switch to 138.2...they do and call HUNTRESS.
1315: WILD flight now on GK's tac freq 312.3 along with 138.2
1318: WILD flight with HUNTRESS preparing for an intercept out in W-107...138.2
1319L WILD flight leader, while on 312.3, tells the flight to change to GK's 337.225 and they do.
So, the WILD flight is out in offshore area W-107 with Giant Killer for ATC functions while in the area and with HUNTRESS for their practice TI activity.
1347: SPAD 41 flight of Langley F-22As with Norfolk TRACON heading offshore...370.925
1348: SPAD 41 to Giant Killer to enter W-386 G-K on mission V-1807 for the next 20 minutes....238.1
1349: PAT 809 with arrival message to Griffin Command at Andrews...IDs as a UC-35, tail 30016, 25 minutes out to drop off an R-4, needs 400 gallons of gas...asks if Andrews has pax for Dobbins but says there's construction at the airfield at Dobbins...says he'll come into the terminal to talk about it and make sure any pax have their own transportation once there...he can open four seats for the trip....141.55
1355: SPAD flight working interflight freq...315.85
1400: The WILD flight is still out in W-107 but is mostly unheard - either due to distance or flight level...occasionally hearing transmissions on 138.2 only.
NOTE: Explanation since I just got email from someone in VA area that heard the SPAD 41 flight with Giant Killer and then heard SPAD 21 on 315.85 and is confused which is which. The flight is SPAD 41. When they use the interflight freq and you hear what sounds like SPAD 21 (two, one - not twenty one), he really means SPAD 2 this is SPAD 1.
1408: WILD flight heading for home and back on interflight...143.6
1410: U/I fighter on interflight freq...138.75 (CT-ANG A-10s perhaps..this is one of their presets)
1411: WILD flight to SENATE SOF...calling, no joy...139.9
1412: WILD flight gives mission report to SENATE on 139.9....call it mission 069A (always have to get that 69 in there somehow)...say they did Guard Dog 1815-1900Z...did a head butt and 2 shootdowns...used flares, missiles and 20mm gun...say they shot down an airliner at 1835Z using a Cruise missile...then joke about Wing Commander will meet the jet upon landing and another of them says his lawyer will meet him...after the jokes, they go back to preset V-5 interflight freq 143.6
1416: WILD 3 fetches the ATIS from Andrews and comes back to interflight with report...143.6
1418: WILD 1 flight to Potomac TRACON (BWI) on 317.425 where they check in out of 10,500 for 6,000 and are immediately cleared down to 4,000 by the controller who then tells a commercial flight about the 3 F-16s descending through his area....and points out a Cherokee to the F-16s.
1420: WILD flight to SOF again to report maintenance status...1 is Code 2, 2 is Code 2, 3 is Code 1...and report 10 minutes out...139.9
1422: WILD 1 flight handed off to Potomac TRACON (Reagan)...335.5...they don't answer because they already went to that freq on their own where they checked in.
1422: While the WILD flight was yakking, there was also a KILO 60 (C-130 314th AW, Little Rock AFB, AR) with McGuire Metro on 239.8 asking for the wx at KNEL for 2000Z...he got it and then gave a PIREP back to them. (KNEL=Lakehurst NAES / Maxfield Field, Lakehurst, NJ)
1426: WILD 1 flight reports field in sight...335.5
1427: WILD 1 flight to Andrews Tower and reports in as a 3-ship...349.0
1429: WILD 1 reports..."base, gear, stop, right" and is followed by WILD 2 and WILD 3...all on the ground by 1430...exactly a 90 minute flight from wheels up to touchdown...349.0
1433: YANKEE 25 flight trying to check in with ZDC-Salisbury 257.7 blocking 21-22,000 (four tries to make contact...no joy) And I'm still hearing fighter chat on 138.75 which could be the same flight since the YANKEE callsign is good for A-10s from the CT-ANG at Bradley.
1437: YANKEE flight on 349.7 which is their SHARK Ops freq back at Bradley but they are using it for chat talking about skirting around Elizabeth City and the offshore restricted area. Mention they should be to their destination "on the hour."
Hearing several YANKEE voices...this may be at least a five ship flight based on the YANKEE 25 callsign - 21 through 25
1439: Hearing the BICEP 11 flight (reported by carbineone below) on their interflight V-15...138.425
Hmmm...had a Netscape 7.2 crash and can't get it working again...now with version 8.1 (not an Explorer fan). Anyway....
1450: Picked up the YANKEE 25 flight again with Norfolk TRACON 370.925...they're heading south
1454: YANKEE flight back to interflight 138.75
1455: YANKEE 25 flight handed to Norfolk radar freq 288.3 and begin descent to 16000 feet...maybe headed into Pope or Shaw
1507: Interflight freq 138.0 active...possibly F-16s from the VT-ANG detachment at Langley
Yes, it's a MAPLE flight.
1515: MAPLE wingman told to go to Andrews Metro to get wx...mention Cherry Point....138.0
1516: MAPLE 92 calling Andrews Metro several times with no reply...344.6
MAPLE flight appears to be heading for the Langley area - probably coming from Burlington. While chatting on 138.0, they were sent to freq 142.3 where they call MAPLE Ops. They have no contact with MAPLE Ops so go back to 138.0 and realize MAPLE Ops didn't want them to call him on the 142.3 freq - he just wanted them off the Ops freq...they say they'll use the 142.3 freq for interflight. It's a flight of two - MAPLE 91 and 92. They've gone from ZDC-Potomac 307.025 to ZDC-Brooke 327.0 and now to ZDC-Calvert 281.4 at 1533.
Just to be clear, the 138.0 freq is MAPLE Ops at the Langley Detachment...142.3 is to use for interflight chat so they don't tie up the Ops freq.
1536: MAPLE flight is handed off to freq 327.8 - ZDC-Norfolk. Say they will land at Cherry Point.
Time for some computer housekeeping duties...back later.
