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[bmlure]

2330 utc: 5696.0 USB Camslant calling C/G 2128.
2358 utc: 5696.0 USB Camslant calling Sword Fish 28 and asked for flt ops and position.

 

[HM1529]

Earlier tonight (in the 8:00 hour some time), I caught MD ARNG Guard Copter 23006 working some counties on 800MHz interop repeaters.

He must have been at a pretty decent altitude since he activated the local 800 interop repeaters up here. I heard him on the 800 national calling channel which he ID'd as "8-Call". You'd think a nationwide calling channel would have a standardized name, but alas, it does not. Our fire radios have the channel tagged "911-HELP". Stupid, yes.

At any rate, the pilot was calling Carroll County for a radio check on 8-Call and stated that his current position was over Dorchester Co. After he was presumably answered, he went on to talk to Charles Co. for checks. I did not continue to monitor, but I'm wondering if he was just working his way through the counties alphabetically.

Would this helo be part of Maryland's RAID unit that works with local law enforcement on drug ops?

 

[JohnFB]

166374 USMC374 12:42:17.973 UC-35D MAW-4

Passed thru NE @ 1455Z as MARINE 374 heading northeast thru Augusta sector. Maybe he went to Bangor or Brunswick and then back down your way.

06-6165 ROYAL50 19:03:18.219 C-17A 436thAW

Working in AR212 with TEAM 16 0025Z [Tue] on 238.900

tnx for IDs


Also FWIW had TROUT 98 heading same route as MARINE 374, but 5min earlier. He didn't sound very big ..... was having transponder and Mode C issues.

 

[mdmonitor]

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86-0201 GONAVY 14:21:04.453 C-20B 89thAW/99thAS
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Tin,

Some USAF guy with a sense of humor ???

 

[Mark]

0955 CG 6507 HH-65C to CG 6530 HH-65C A/A 345.000 reports in vicinity of Havre De Grace bridge.
Mention of a jumper.Both seemed to be bugging out with report of boat picked someone up.
CG 6507 says will pick up I-95 westbound to aircraft barn.CG 6530 says going to NCI deployment
sounded like.
1025 RESCUE 30 with Phillips AAF 126.150 moving South from Havre De Grace.
Also showing a Sikorsky S76C on RB for last 20 minutes N2577H (A274D4).Could be him.
1042 That Sikorsky still hanging around at 2950 feet.
Mark

Guess this is what happened Monday..
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/bal-md.br.jumper30dec30,0,2231762.story

Mark

 

[TinEar]

Tin,

Some USAF guy with a sense of humor ???

Or they had to use a Navy avionics crew during the holiday period who snuck one in.
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NOTE: The news story below reported the tail as 98-1191 but that's not a valid C-17 (or any other U.S. military aircraft) tail number. I wonder if it should have been Charleston's 01-0191 who would fly as REACH 1191? Checking my logs, I note 01-0191, as REACH 1191, was through here on the 20th heading for Europe. He was heard on the 22nd in Budapest and the accident happened on the 23rd so it tends to fit. The AF Times reporter doesn't list his email address so I can't contact him.
Just learned 89-1191 was also in Europe in the 22nd as REACH 428 so that might be the correct tail and the reporter just reversed the first two numbers.

A Charleston C-17A, (reported to be 98-1191), has run off the runway at Kandahar, Afghanistan and suffered significant damage. It was being flown by an AFRC crew from the 315th AW at Charleston. That's the fourth C-17 mishap in Afghanistan in the past six years. The three others from the story were:

(1) In August 2005 at Bagram Airfield, a pilot mistakenly thought the runway
lights were 180 feet apart. In fact, the lights were 100 feet apart. When
the jet came down, the right main landing gear was 10 feet off the runway,
causing the plane to roll off the right side of the runway.
(2) In April 2003 at an undisclosed airfield in Afghanistan, pilots landing a
C-17 did not realize the left half of the 180-foot-wide runway was under
construction. The plane’s left landing gear rolled through the construction
site before the jet came to a stop.
(3) And in January 2002, a C-17 attempting to land at Kandahar came down in a
minefield 2,000 feet shy of the runway. The pilot was able to get the plane
airborne and safely land at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey.
http://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2008/12/airforce_c17_accident_122908w/

That last one would leave you shaking for a bit after leaving the cockpit.

Ref 166374:
Passed thru NE @ 1455Z as MARINE 374 heading northeast thru Augusta sector. Maybe he went to Bangor or Brunswick and then back down your way.

Ref 06-6165:
Working in AR212 with TEAM 16 0025Z [Tue] on 238.900

Thanks John. Nice to know where they go after leaving this area.
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0843: Volga-Dnepr Airlines (Волга-Днеп&#1088 [hex 1540A1]...flight VDA4563, an AN-124, registration RA-82081, at FL 320 on its way from Heydar Aliyev (Heydər Əliyev), Azerbaijan to Charleston. Due at KCHS at 1006. He's still way up there off the New Jersey coast just south of Long Island. (I am trying to resist the temptation to say he was pressed into service to replace the crashed C-17)

Early 1000 hour, WILD and SCARY, F-16, DC-ANG flights just finishing up mission A-3012 with some ACM activity out in W-386...controlled by Giant Killer on 249.8 for entry/exit and GK's tac freq 312.3 for their common work freq. Interflights 139.15 and 143.6 in use.
WILD, a flight of four, with TRACON 270.275 and then to Andrews Tower at 1011 on 349.0....the last ship touches down at 1015 ("WILD 4 base, gear, stop")
1015: SCARY, two ship flight, reports 8 minutes out to SENATE SOF...139.9
1018: SCARY flight checks in with Potomac TRACON at 4000 feet...270.275
1020: SCARY flight checks in with Andrews Tower as a flight of two, 10 miles to the southeast, initial for runway 1R...349.0...last one touches down at 1024 ("SCARY 2 gear down, full stop, right")

Ref Mark below: Had that RAWHIDE on the log here at 0941. His BuNo is 162144. I didn't realize that was him on 239.8 so thanks for that.

TigerDirect has a 1 TB hard drive for $79.99 and 1.5 TB for $129.99 today and tomorrow only (internals).

 

[mdmonitor]

Or they had to use a Navy avionics crew during the holiday period who snuck one in.

A Charleston C-17A, 98-1191, has run off the runway at Kandahar, Afghanistan and suffered significant damage. It was being flown by a reserve crew from the 315th AW at Chareleston. That's the fourth C-17 mishap in Afghanistan in the past six years. The three others were:

(1) In August 2005 at Bagram Airfield, a pilot mistakenly thought the runway
lights were 180 feet apart. In fact, the lights were 100 feet apart. When
the jet came down, the right main landing gear was 10 feet off the runway,
causing the plane to roll off the right side of the runway.
(2) In April 2003 at an undisclosed airfield in Afghanistan, pilots landing a
C-17 did not realize the left half of the 180-foot-wide runway was under
construction. The plane’s left landing gear rolled through the construction
site before the jet came to a stop.
(3) And in January 2002, a C-17 attempting to land at Kandahar came down in a
minefield 2,000 feet shy of the runway. The pilot was able to get the plane
airborne and safely land at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey.

That last one would leave you shaking for a bit after leaving the cockpit.

Tin,

Or they had to use a Navy avionics crew during the holiday period who snuck one in..

Most likey a sneak attack by the Navy Very clever

(3) And in January 2002, a C-17 attempting to land at Kandahar came down in a
minefield 2,000 feet shy of the runway. The pilot was able to get the plane
airborne and safely land at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey.[/I]

That last one would leave you shaking for a bit after leaving the cockpit.

I bet they all had to change their uniforms after that incident.

 

[Mark]

1000 RAWHIDE 02 VRC-40 Navy Norfolk with McGuire metro 239.800 req wx for Syracuse.Then he shows up on RB
1005 (AE044C) C-2A US Navy.level 21075 feet.

1012 RCH 755 Ryan Airlines B767 N120DL southbound Pennsy towards KIAD at 32k (A05408)

Mark

 

[mdmonitor]

Nj Ang

Guys,

1022- Just had 2 F-16s--- callsign sounds like Rizo 21 id self as NJ ANG from Atlantic Cityw/Bay Watcvh (305.2 & 270.8). Anyone else hear them to confirm callsign? It's a new one (for me at least) for the ACY ANG guys.

 

[BM82557]

Guys,

1022- Just had 2 F-16s--- callsign sounds like Rizo 21 id self as NJ ANG from Atlantic Cityw/Bay Watcvh (305.2 & 270.8). Anyone else hear them to confirm callsign? It's a new one (for me at least) for the ACY ANG guys.

Didn't hear that Ron but I've been hearing someone on 138.425 the last several minutes.

 

[ReCall]

Ron I Have Rizo 21 and 22 on 138.875 working at the test range with someone called Wiesel xx and Snake xx they are talking so fast I can't get the #'s but it sounds like a flight of 4.
hope that helps

ReCall

 

[TinEar]

Guys,

1022- Just had 2 F-16s--- callsign sounds like Rizo 21 id self as NJ ANG from Atlantic Cityw/Bay Watcvh (305.2 & 270.8). Anyone else hear them to confirm callsign? It's a new one (for me at least) for the ACY ANG guys.

Yeah Ron, I can confirm that callsign is WEASEL. It's an old one for the New Jersey guys. They also used it last week. Now they just need to pull TATER out of the closet too.
Heard them on 270.8 and their interflight freq 138.875.
WEASEL 21 pronounces it kind of funny...22 says it clearly.
They depart Patuxent R-4006 (305.2) and get handed to ZDC-Cape Charles on 256.8 as they head for home....then to ("Push 7") ZDC-Casino 285.4 at 1121....and at 1122 to DEVIL Ops 261.0 where they check in as a flight of two, both in Code 1 status. At 1123, it's ("Push 6") and they check in with ACY Approach 327.125 for approach to the home runway 31.
1126: DEVIL 3 (13) checks in with DEVIL OPS to report 10 minutes out and gives status of each of the three aircraft in the flight...261.0 (Interflight on 138.425)
1127: DEVIL 11 flight with ZDC-Casino checks in at 8,000 feet requesting direct Atlantic City...285.4
Wasn't able to hear either the WEASEL or DEVIL flights on Tower freq 239.0

Mark/Travis/Dave: If you logged C-FEMT (hex C00BDC), it's an LJ-36 air ambo (at least sometimes). I have a logo I made for it: (85x20)
http://www.foxflight.com/

 

[mdmonitor]

Yeah Ron, I can confirm that callsign is WEASEL. It's an old one for the New Jersey guys. They also used it last week. Now they just need to pull TATER out of the closet too.
Heard them on 270.8 and their interflight freq 138.875.
WEASEL 21 pronounces it kind of funny...22 says it clearly.
They depart Patuxent R-4006 (305.2) and get handed to ZDC-Cape Charles on 256.8 as they head for home....then to ("Push 7") ZDC-Casino 285.4 at 1121....and at 1122 to DEVIL Ops 261.0 where they check in as a flight of two, both in Code 1 status. At 1123, it's ("Push 6") and they check in with ACY Approach 327.125 for approach to the home runway 31.
1126: DEVIL 3 (13) checks in with DEVIL OPS to report 10 minutes out and gives status of each of the three aircraft in the flight...261.0 (Interflight on 138.425)
1127: DEVIL 11 flight with ZDC-Casino checks in at 8,000 feet requesting direct Atlantic City...285.4
Wasn't able to hear either the WEASEL or DEVIL flights on Tower freq 239.0

Mark/Travis/Dave: If you logged C-FEMT (hex C00BDC), it's an LJ-36 air ambo (at least sometimes). I have a logo I made for it: (85x20)

Tin,

Thanks for the callsign correction. Boy, the old ears aren't what they used to be

 

[Mark]

Yeah Ron, I can confirm that callsign is WEASEL. It's an old one for the New Jersey guys. They also used it last week. Now they just need to pull TATER out of the closet too.

Confirm here it was WEASEL as well. Yeah kind of Mush-Mouth call.

SCORE 04 was doing touch and go's at Dover UHF,did rtb South towards Norfolk or Pax.
We have a unit for that callsign? I forget.

oops,Ron had it back a couple weeks ago.
http://www.radioreference.com/forums/showthread.php?p=945353

Mark

 

[cipher66]

Just a few from Scott AFB (BLV) today…

0918L 125.200 SL A/D – AVALON 73 (C-9A 375AW Scott AFB) depart BLV 1700’-3000’. Cleared to 6000’ direct Centralia (ENL) VOR. Going out ENL-BIB-TTH-BLV local trng mission. QSY ZKC-ENL-L 127.700.
0921L 127.700 ZKC ENL-L – AVALON 73 cleared FL230.
0922L 383.200 Scott CP – AVALON 73 departed at 1517Z.
0923L 125.200 SL A/D – SWIFT 32 (C-21A 375AW Scott AFB) departed BLV 2000’ – 3000’ for local training msn. Request conducting hold at DUTMY then multiple GPS Rwy 32L approach circle 14R.
0928L 125.200 SL A/D – AVALON 75 (C-9A 375AW Scott AFB) departed BLV 2000’-3000’ for local training mission. 1st approach request - ILS 14R approach.
1002L 128.250 BLV TWR – AVALON 75, SWIFT 32, TWR, and SL APP reporting unknown VHF ELT.
1031L 125.200 SL A/D – SWIFT 32 terminating with radar, will stay in the local pattern with TWR after approach.
1033L 128.250 BLV TWR – SWIFT 32 on final rwy 14R will stay with TWR requests the option.
1104L 383.200 Scott CP – PACER 45 asking Scott CP to relay their 1429Z arrival and 1653Z departure from Perryville, MO airport (K02) to ADW, and that they will arrive ADW in about 1.5 hours. Also mentioned a PACER 99 making the same route, and asked if they contacted Scott CP.

 

[TinEar]

SCORE 04 was doing touch and go's at Dover UHF,did rtb South towards Norfolk or Pax.
We have a unit for that callsign? I forget.

Mark

Mark, I had a SCORE 08 callsign tied up with hex AE03B1 a few days ago - displayed in Mode-S. That's tentatively identified as a KC-130F from VX-20 at Pax.

Just a few from Scott AFB (BLV) today…

0918L 125.200 SL A/D – AVALON 73 (C-9A 375AW Scott AFB) depart BLV 1700’-3000’. Cleared to 6000’ direct Centralia (ENL) VOR. Going out ENL-BIB-TTH-BLV local trng mission. QSY ZKC-ENL-L 127.700.
0921L 127.700 ZKC ENL-L – AVALON 73 cleared FL230.
0922L 383.200 Scott CP – AVALON 73 departed at 1517Z.
0923L 125.200 SL A/D – SWIFT 32 (C-21A 375AW Scott AFB) departed BLV 2000’ – 3000’ for local training msn. Request conducting hold at DUTMY then multiple GPS Rwy 32L approach circle 14R.
0928L 125.200 SL A/D – AVALON 75 (C-9A 375AW Scott AFB) departed BLV 2000’-3000’ for local training mission. 1st approach request - ILS 14R approach.
1002L 128.250 BLV TWR – AVALON 75, SWIFT 32, TWR, and SL APP reporting unknown VHF ELT.
1031L 125.200 SL A/D – SWIFT 32 terminating with radar, will stay in the local pattern with TWR after approach.
1033L 128.250 BLV TWR – SWIFT 32 on final rwy 14R will stay with TWR requests the option.
1104L 383.200 Scott CP – PACER 45 asking Scott CP to relay their 1429Z arrival and 1653Z departure from Perryville, MO airport (K02) to ADW, and that they will arrive ADW in about 1.5 hours. Also mentioned a PACER 99 making the same route, and asked if they contacted Scott CP.

Way to go Paul! Good to see a log from you. As we've discussed, there's a lot of interaction between Scott and Andrews so we see a lot of the same aircraft. Thanks.
PACER 45 = C-21A, 84-0095, 457th AS Andrews
PACER 99 = C-21A, 84-0094, 457th AS Andrews

 

[Mark]

Mark, I had a SCORE 08 callsign tied up with hex AE03B1 a few days ago - displayed in Mode-S. That's tentatively identified as a KC-130F from VX-20 at Pax.



Way to go Paul! Good to see a log from you. As we've discussed, there's a lot of interaction between Scott and Andrews so we see a lot of the same aircraft. Thanks.
PACER 45 = C-21A, 84-0095, 457th AS Andrews
PACER 99 = C-21A, 84-0094, 457th AS Andrews

Thanks Alan,will add that.
Also thru the area today at 35k from Scott.
AE012C AVLON73 73-1681 DCC9 USA - Air Force 2008/12/30 16:57z

Mark

 

[cipher66]

Just a few more and to close the loop on AVALON 73, who was apparently cruising the Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic area….

1118L 128.250 BLV TWR – SWIFT 32 final 14R for full stop.
1123L 128.250 BLV TWR – AVALON 75 final 14R for full stop.
1212L 383.200 Scott CP – AVALON 73 just about finished with their jaunt around Eastern IL and Western IN (and according to Mark, around the NE USA!!) passes ETA of 1850Z for arrival back at Scott.
1223L 127.700 ZKC ENL-L – AVALON 73 weak signal but with the sector.
1226L 125.200 SL A/D – AVALON 73 checks in requesting the visual to rwy 14R. Cleared to 4000’ and maintain VFR.
1232L 125.200 SL A/D – AVALON 73 reports rwy in sight. Cleared for the visual 14R, QSY to TWR 128.250.
1233L 128.250 BLV TWR – AVALON 73 established Left Base 14R for a full stop.

 

[daparker_nyc]

Question re CAPs

I noticed that the FAA published a TFR over NYC for New Years Eve. Would a CAP be set up during this period to secure the TFR zone or does that happen only when the TFR is set up during a POTUS visit?

Doug

 

[mdmonitor]

AWACS Call

Guys,

09025.0 JNR (Salinas PR): 1939 USB/ALE w/E30559 (E-3B # 78-0559). ALE handshake followed by USB voice from Firebird 61 to Puerto Rico requesting pp to Tinker Metro. Firebird 61 requests landing wx for 2120Z.

Anyone esle ever heard of AWACS front end using callsign Firebird?