Sticky Thread for MilAir III

[Mark]

Earlier Sunday heard a CG 2004 C-130J (E-City) into Atlantic City on 345.000.
departed a couple hours later.
Prob them as had AE10EA on Mode S as well...

Mark

A/C Coast Guard to Jacksonville.

The Coast Guard is sending personnel from the mid-Atlantic region south in preparation for Hurricane Gustav.
Officials said 22 personnel from the Atlantic City air station are being deployed to Jacksonville, Fla., on a C-130 from Elizabeth City, N.C.

A rescue helicopter also is being sent to Jacksonville.

"The reason for the deployment is to get people prestaged just outside where the hurricane would hit so that we'll be ready to respond to rescue any individual who may have been caught in the path of the hurricane," said Lt. Cmdr. William Makell,a pilot the Atlantic City air station, in a news release.

 

[BM82557]

Issue Date : August 30, 2008 at 1326 UTC
Location : Hagerstown/Thurmont, Maryland near MARTINSBURG VORTAC (MRB)
Beginning Date and Time : September 02, 2008 at 0610 UTC
Ending Date and Time : September 06, 2008 at 1700 UTC
Reason for NOTAM : Temporary flight restrictions for VIP (Very Important Person) Movement
Type : VIP


I have to believe that the 0210 EDT startup time is incorrect, maybe meant 1410 EDT?

Noticed yesterday that this was canceled.

 

[Mark]

Just a civilian related note starting late yesterday at least US Airways has switched over to
the CACTUS radio callsign instead of USAIR flt ##.
Was old America West callsign they bought out so guess maybe easier to read.
Heard USAIR pilot joking last night to ATC about it.Says,"Will take some getting used to".

I notice their smaller Express CRJ2 aircraft flights are still using WISCONSIN.

1045 Pilot on ZDC ripping the new switch in callsigns.
"What a dumb management decision"! Mentions possible confusion with United Airlines possibly.
"On your screen they dropped the AWE data tag?
He was not happy but others seem to not mind.

Ref below post..
Found the Notam Eric,thanks..

NOTAM Number : FDC 8/5299
Issue Date : August 27, 2008 at 1731 UTC
Type : Special

Plain Language text is not available for this NOTAM. The traditional NOTAM text is given below:

FDC 8/5299 FDC SPECIAL NOTICE AS A RESULT OF THE CONSOLIDATION OF US AIRWAYS (USA) AND AMERICA WEST AIRLINES (AWE) EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1, 2008 AT 0800 UTC UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. ALL FLIGHTS OPERATED UNDER EITHER CORPORATE LIVERY WILL HAVE THE TELEPHONY "CACTUS". AIRCRAFT OPERATORS SHOULD BE AWARE THAT ATC WILL UTILIZE THE CALL SIGN "CACTUS" WHEN COMMUNICATING WITH OR REFERRING TO THOSE FLIGHTS


Mark

 

[EricCottrell]

Just a civilian related note starting yesterday at least US Airways has switched over to
the CACTUS radio callsign instead of USAIR flt ##.
Was old America West callsign they bought out so guess maybe easier to read.
Heard USAIR pilot joking last night to ATC about it.Says,"Will take some getting used to".

I notice their smaller Express CRJ2 aircraft flights are still using WISCONSIN.

Mark

Hello,

Air Wisconsin is flying the CRJ-200 for US Airways Express.
http://www.airwis.com/

FAA JO 7340.2 Contractions contains voice callsigns and other useful information. A pdf is available on this page.
http://www.faa.gov/airports_airtraffic/air_traffic/publications/

73 Eric

 

[CitationJet]

Re: R/T callsigns

Guys,

Here's a more direct link to the callsigns:

http://www.faa.gov/airports_airtraffic/air_traffic/publications/atpubs/CNT/3-3.HTM

Best regards,

Tony

Hello,

Air Wisconsin is flying the CRJ-200 for US Airways Express.
http://www.airwis.com/

FAA JO 7340.2 Contractions contains voice callsigns and other useful information. A pdf is available on this page.
http://www.faa.gov/airports_airtraffic/air_traffic/publications/

73 Eric

 

[Mark]

REACH 479 C-17 #07-7174 headed northeast from Andrews at 2045 local.
Earlier today had KING 74 #65-0974 HC130P 102RQS/106thRQW NY ANG Gabreski thru this area a couple times.
An oldie but goody.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/usaf/106rqw.htm

Mark

 

[TinEar]

Re CACTUS: There's another site that I use that presents the information in a nice, simple format so you can look up callsigns, airline codes, etc. I like it -- you might not since it's a Wikipedia site. They've had a note posted for some time about the switch to CACTUS for the US Air flights. Here's the basic site and then you can alphabetize any of the columns:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airline_codes-A

 

[BM82557]

Activity 09/02/2008

1355 - 1356 local -- HUNTRESS with radio checks. First on 364.2, then 228.9, 121.5 and 139.7.

 

[Mark]

1228 BASCO 73 C-17 #07-7173 arriving McGuire for ero offload.
Charleston 437thAW guys sure like using newer Dover tails anymore.
Maybe later block model training or just handy to use.

1415 GOLD 02 on 281.450..see ya!

Mark

 

[mdmonitor]

HF Logs, 2 Sep

((Times UTC, Freqs KHz))


15867.0 T84 (unid US Customs acft): 1830 USB/ALE sounding.
15867.0 I86 (US Customs CESSNA 550 #N586RE): 1845 USB/ALE sounding
15867.0 LGV (USCGC LEGARE (WMEC 912): 1900 USB/ALE sounding
15867.0 PAC (PAC USCG CAMSPAC Point Reyes, CA): 1915 USB/ALE calling 790 (USCG HC-130H #1790, CGAS Sacramento CA).
15867.0 D03 (US Customs BOMBARDIER Q400 #N803MR): 1930 USB/ALE sounding.
11494.0 PAC (CamsPac): 2050 USB/ALE calling F40 (USCG HU-25 #2140 CGAS Cape Cod MA).
11494.0 LNT (USCG CAMSLANT Chesapeake, VA): 2100 USB/ALE calling N02 (USCG HC-144A #2303 ATC Mobile AL).
11494.0 I49 (US Customs CESSNA 550 #N12549, STB, Oklahoma City, OK): 2115 USB/ALE sounding.
11494.0 Camslant: 2130 USB/ALE calling N03 (USCG HC-144A #2303 ATC Mobile AL)
11494.0 D48 (US Customs P-3 AEW&C #N148CS/BuNo 154575, Corpus Christi AMB, TX): 2145 USB/ALE sounding. At 2351 D48 calls CRB (Customs AMOC Caribbean Regional Communications Node) in
ALE then in voce chats with another person using first name. D48 tells him they will be there in one hour and will they have a car and some pizzas ready.
11494.0 Camslant: 2200 USB/ALE calling F33 (USCG HU-25 #2133 CGAS Cape Cod MA)
11494.0 D31 (US Customs P-3B "Slick" #N431SK/BuNo 153431, Jacksonville AMB, FL): 2215 USB/ALE sounding
11494.0 701 (USCG HC-130H #1701, CGAS Clearwater FL): 2230 USB/ALE sounding
11494.0 501 (USCG HC-130H #1501, CGAS Elizabeth City NC): 2245 USB/ALE sounding.
07527.0 I43 (US Customs BEECH 65-A90 #N43SA, Miami AMB FL): 2330 USB/ALE sounding.
07527.0 Camslant: 2345 USB/ALE & voice establishing radio guard and comms skeds.
07527.0 Camslant: 2350 calling J38 (USCG MH-60J #6038 CGAS Clearwater FL) in ALE & voice.
05732.0 J29 (USCG MH-60J #6029 CGAS Clearwater FL): 2354 USB/ALE sounding
05732.0 J25 (USCG MH-60J #6025 CGAS Clearwater FL): 2355 USB/ALE sounding.

Ron (mdmonitor1@verizon.net)
Baltimore MD (390747N 763711W)
VHF/UHF: BC-895XLT/RS Pro-2045
Diamond D-130J discone
HF: Icom R75 & Sangean ATS 909
45-ft EF-SWL & 70-ft random wire

 

[JohnFB]

Re: 252.800

Guys,

0800 EDT- Have a two-ship formation using 252.8 as interplane freq. Chatting about having plenty of cold Diet Cokes on board and lead plane apologizing for confusion & rerouting on take off.

I have this listed as unspecified AAR freq. Does anyone have any more specifics?

(snip).

TUE 02-09-08

1748Z : HOSER/HOSR 11 wkg TORCH or FORCE [not sure] on 303.000 - do you know the status of HOSER 12? Are they taking off....??? ..... OK, will monitor 252.800.

After searching thru some old logs and a check of a few mil boards, I think 252.800 is used as interplane by 108ARW HOSER KC-135s the way 139.875 is used by TEAM KC-10s [although not exclusively in either case].

Every log I checked w/252.800 has HOSER as the callsign. I don't hear that freq used a lot around here as I don't hear HOSERs as much as I do the TEAMs. In fact I realized I didn't have it programmed any more ..... back it goes.

FWIW, HOSER 11 went up to AR609 to refuel VT F-16s MUSKET 11 & 12 on 276.500. I believe they originally planned it as a two-ship.

 

[BM82557]

Activity 09/03/2008

Pax Baywatch is busy and has been that way for the last hour, 270.8, 256.5, 354.8

Also someone is at the Bollen range but I haven't copied callsigns yet - 237.2

 

[BM82557]

Activity 09/03/2008 #2

1423 local -- ROPER 94 cleared to land runway 08 at Martinsburg. Tower on ground freq 121.8 to traffic at the fbo said he was a C-130 - 124.3

 

[CitationJet]

WOODY 28 on 118.950

Was just up on PT DEP 118.950 @ 1924Z departing Andrews. I have this as a KC-135R 92nd ARW.

 

[freqhopping]

COYOTE-41 (probably AH-1W from HMLA-775) calling Range Control 339.6
Listening to range ops on the Quantico TRS I can hear in the background what certainly sounds like a Cobra.
1940- Unk with Quantico Range 328.4, weak but could make out that he has some rockets.

 

[mdmonitor]

HF Logs, 3 Sep

Nice to see the USCGC Capmbell in comms---based in New Bedford Mass, my home town.


((Times UTC, Freqs KHz))

05732.0 D31 (US Customs P-3B "Slick" #N431SK/BuNo 153431, Jacksonville AMB, FL): 0001 USB/ALE sounding
05732.0 LNT (USCG CAMSLANT Chesapeake, VA): 0004 USB/ALE calling J03 (USCG MH-60J #6003 CGAS Elizabeth City NC).
05732.0 001 (unid enitity): 0006 USB/ALE sounding
05732.0 Camslant: 0010 USB/ALE calling 29 (USCG MH-60J #6029 CGAS Clearwater FL)
05732.0 Camslant: 0013 USB/ALE calling J38 (USCG MH-60J #6038 CGAS Clearwater FL)
05732.0 TSC (Customs National Law Enforcement Communications Center -- Technical Service Center and COTHEN Remote Transmitter, Orlando, FL ): 0020 USB/ALE calling J08 (USCG MH-60J #6008
CGAS Clearwater FL)
05732.0 TSC: 0057 USB/ALE calling VX8 (unid entity).
05732.0 J25 (USCG MH-60J #6025 CGAS Clearwater FL): 0058 USB/ALE sounding.
05732.0 RDC (USCGC CAMPBELL (WMEC 909, New Bedford MA): 0110 USB/ALE calling ICB (USCGC FORWARD (WMEC 911, Portsmouth VA)
05732.0 TSC: 0130 USB/ALE calling RDC (USCGC CAMPBELL (WMEC 909).
05732.0 Camslant: 0200 USB/ALE calling J12 (USCG MH-60J #6012 CGAS Clearwater FL).
05732.0 Camslant: 0300 USB/ALE calling 701 (USCG HC-130H #1701, CGAS Clearwater FL).
11494.0 A47 (US Customs UH-60 tail # 82-23747): 1215 USB/ALE calling CNT (US Customs AMOC Central Regional Communications Node).
11494.0 TSC: 1230 USB/ALE calling N05 (USCG HC-144A #2305 ATC Mobile AL)
11494.0 T42 (US Customs PIPER PA-42-720R #N9142B, Jacksonville, FL AMB): 1245 USB/ALE sounding.
11494.0 T16 US Customs (PIPER PA-42-720R #N9116Q, Jacksonville, FL AMBS Customs): 1300 USB/ALE sounding.
11494.0 100 (unid enitity): 1315 USB/ALE sounding.
11494.0 D70 (US Customs P-3A "Slick" #N16370/BuNo 152170, Corpus Christi AMB, TX): 1330 USB/ALE calling EST (US Customs AMOC Eastern Regional Communications Node) & CNT.
11494.0 STR (US Customs National Law Enforcement Communications Center Orlando, FL VHF Land Mobile Console (SECTOR)): 1345 USB/ALE calling VX1 (unid entity).
11494.0 D03 (US Customs BOMBARDIER Q400 #N803MR): 1400 USB/ALE sounding.
11494.0 Camslant: 1415 USB/ALE calling F40 (USCG HU-25 #2140 CGAS Cape Cod MA).
11494.0 PAC (USCG CAMSPAC Point Reyes, CA): 1445 USB/ALE calling 704 (USCG HC-130H #1704, CGAS Sacramento CA).
11494.0 Camslant: 1500 USB/ALE calling 701 (USCG HC-130H #1701, CGAS Clearwater FL).
15867.0 D70 (US Customs P-3A "Slick" #N16370/BuNo 152170, Corpus Christi AMB, TX): 2130 USB/ALE sounding.
15867.0 D45 (US Customs P-3 AEW&C #N145CS/BuNo 155299, Jacksonville AMB, FL): 2145 USB/ALE sounding.
05732.0 Camslant: 2335 USB/ALE & voice w/J38 (USCG MH-60J #6038 CGAS Clearwater FL). J38 reports airborne w/4 POB from homeplate CGAS Clearwater for local training mission.
05732.0 J11 (USCG HH-60J #6011 CGAS Cape Cod MA): 2345 USB/ALE sounding.
07527.0 A58 (US Customs UH-60 tail # 86-24558): 2354 USB/ALE sounding.

Ron (mdmonitor1@verizon.net)
Baltimore MD (390747N 763711W)
VHF/UHF: BC-895XLT/RS Pro-2045
Diamond D-130J discone
HF: Icom R75 & Sangean ATS 909
45-ft EF-SWL & 70-ft random wire

 

[CitationJet]

Re: COYOTE 41

Had him up on Quantico ARR 127.050 @ 2136Z QSY Quantico Range CTL 339.600. Should be UH-1N HMLA-775 Det. A./MAG 49 Johnstown, PA.

 

[mdmonitor]

GK Active

2044 EDT--Looks like F-22s from Langley playing in W386--freqs active so far 249.8; 312.3, 228-45 & 276.275. Only heard Rider 91 & Latch 21 flt call so far. One of the Raptors told GK that they will be using reduced lighting.

 

[TinEar]

Guard Dog CAP began at 1000. Players are TANKER 10 (KC-135R, 58-0074, 171st ARW PA-ANG Pittsburgh) and BOAR 33 & 34 (F-15, 366th Fighter Wing, Mountain Home AFB ID).
BOAR flight more than likely operating from Langley AFB. Primary freq with HUNTRESS is 228.9 and also being used for AR.
Not sure which squadron the fighters are from. There are three within the 366th FW - 389th/390th/391st Fighter Squadrons. (See 1733 CAP item below)
The reason for TANKER 10 rather than 01 is that the CAP was supposed to begin two days ago according to the originally posted TFR. TANKER 01-09 would have been used during those two days so they're picking up the old schedule as of this morning.

Also in the 0900 hour - and into the 1000 hour - we saw just about everyone in this area flying...
SCARY and BULLY flights of F-16s from DC-ANG Andrews went south - probably to the Dare Range in NC. (Interflight freqs 143.6 and 139.15)
DEVIL flight of four F-16s NJ-ANG Atlantic City to VR-705 in PA...BANGER 21 to Patuxent (Interflight 138.425 and 138.875)
WARDOG flight of A-10s MD-ANG Martin State to Patuxent and COLT flight also up apparently going to Ft. Drum. (Interflight 142.3 for WARDOG...COLT probably on low band FM...mid-1000 hour U/I MD-ANG A-10 flight working interflight 140.025))
UGLY flight of A-10s from PA-ANG Willow Grove to Patuxent (Interflight 143.25)

1053: Encrypted voice comms...369.875

1408: DEVIL 11 flight of F-16s from NJ-ANG @ ACY on the way to R-5802...w/ZNY-Modena 335.6 and then ZNY-Lancaster 239.05...then heard w/ZNY-Williamsport 338.3 at 1419 where they cancel IFR.

More CAP:
1408: BOAR 41/42 on the way to the CAP...w/ZDC-Calvert...281.4
1408: BOAR 33 asks for wx at LFI confirming they're operating from Langley...228.9
1412: TANKER 11 checks in w/HUNTRESS...at FL 300 on the way in...uses 260.9.
TANKER 11 = KC-135R, 62-3576, 133rd ARS NH-ANG Pease (Female boomer)
1414: BOAR 41/42 check in w/Potomac...350.25
1417: HUNTRESS lets TANKER 10 know that TANKER 11 is about 10 minutes out with Mode 3 of 3426...228.9
1419: BOAR 41/42 check in w/HUNTRESS...228.9
1421: BOAR 41/42 heading to TANKER 10 for fuel...228.9
1428: BOAR 33/34 cleared to RTB and start back to Langley...228.9 (Handed to ZDC-Calvert 281.4 at 1435)
1434: TANKER 10 completes AR w/BOAR 41/42 and is cleared by HUNTRESS to RTB...228.9
1435: TANKER 10 cleared to Indianhead and then Pittsburgh by Potomac...135.525
1438: BOAR 41 heading to TANKER 11 for more fuel...228.9
1440: TANKER 10 handed to ZDC-Hagerstown 134.15
1450: BOAR 41 finally off the boom...pilot and boomer agreed fuel was pumping very slowly...228.9
1554: Both BOAR 41 and 42 report slow fuel pumping from TANKER 11...11 asks BOAR 42 to take a look at the fuselage to see if there are any wet spots or obvious leaks...nothing seen...228.9
1733: BOAR 42 tells TANKER 11 they're from the 390th Fighter Squadron which settles the problem I mentioned above...228.9
1756: HUNTRESS tells TANKER 11 his replacement is airborne and 1 hour, 5 minutes out...228.9 (Long shift for 11)
1818: TANKER 11 confirms they're from the 157th ARW (133rd ARS) at Pease NH...228.9
1900: TANKER 12 is in...228.9
TANKER 12 = KC-135R, 59-1498, 132nd ARS ME-ANG Bangor
1900: BOAR 31 and 32 in to replace BOAR 41/42...228.9
1903: HUNTRESS gives BOAR 41/42 a new mission --- to RTB and authenticates Mike Echo...228.9
******************************************

1500: BRUTUS (E-3, 78-0578) to Giant Killer informing him that BRUTUS wants the AIRGUN flight to come up on 292.3 when they get in the area and the MAD DOG flight to use 389.1...238.1
AIRGUN 71 flight checks in w/Giant Killer on 249.8 at 1520. MAD DOG 81 flight heard later on 389.1 as requested.
Another bunch of DC-ANG Andrews F-16s up on interflight freqs 139.15/139.35/143.6 and DEVIL 11 flight working its way back to ACY on the ZNY UHF freqs.
1526: AXEMAN flight of two A-10s returning to MTN...297.2 (Followed by a COLT flight a few minutes later)

Lots of aircraft are being moved out of the path of the tropical storm Hanna heading up the coast. Seymour Johnson reported to be moving 80 F-15s plus KC-135s to Wright Patterson. Charleston is moving C-17s to same location. Some of the Charleston C-17s and SJ KC-135s have already been noted moving in that direction.
Locals in that area have logged five C-17s and five KC-135s along with 35 F-15s that have already arrived.
A friend sent me the following tails he has logged going to Wright-Patt:
97-0041 C-17
01-0189 C-17
93-0604 C-17
97-0044 C-17
96-0005 C-17

62-3557 KC-135
62-3509 KC-135
57-1437 KC-135
62-3537 KC-135
60-0349 KC-135

Today's log has been moved to a new message below due to reaching character limits for a single message.

 

[Mark]

TIN posted: 78-0810 WTF OMG 10:52:22.015 C-130H 758th AS / AFRC
Hmm Alan,wonder what the translation of that callsign is? LOL

1505 PACK 61 flight of 2 on 281.450.
1610 ROMAN 99 flt of 2 direct Kennedy SeaIsle sw to 3078.
1640 T-BIRD 14 C-17 arriving Dover.

AE01C9 64-14841 RC-135V 38th RS Offutt HOOVR 41 2008/09/04 19:59z

Mark