Sticky Thread For MilAir IV

[Mark]

1740 AF-1 82-8000 shows up at 21k and ZDC 127.700
1744 AF-1 pushes 132.050 cleared down to 14k direct billet ...362.250 orderwire off the scale.
1749 AF-1 pushing 124.550 Pot appch."level11k looking for 4k into Andrews".
1752 S60403 #86-0403 shows up at 23k.
1754 AF-1 pushing 128.350 approach going to 2k.

Have a Stingray 651 ZDC 127.700>132.050 then starts climbing again.
What airline uses Stingray callsign?
OK see N651CT on box at same level N651CT LLC Lewis and Clark Montana.EMB-120ER

1820 CONVOY 5034 ZDC 133.125 dropping down.
1823 CONVOY 5034 dropping down to 17k ZDC low 127.700
1831 REACH 217T showing at 20k C-17 #92-3293 97 AW Altus Ok. never logged that one before.
1831 CONVOY 5034 sw 132.050,prob headed to Andrews.
1834 AF-2 C-32A 99-0004 showing up at 12k,maybe Joe off to the Little League World series now the
Big Boss is back in town.
1836 CONVOY 5034 shows up on box 164998 C-130T Andrews based VR-53

Echo Alan's comments,was a busy week for our Boston area friends and Thanks for input.

Mark

 

[Airfire]

Aircraft are calling "Center" on the 124.9 freq but since I almost never copy VHF ARTCC freqs, I'm at a loss for now until I can start pawing through some of my lists. Okay...I checked ZDC/ZNY/ZBW lists and 124.9 is on none of them. Cleveland Center perhaps? Nope, checked the old list at liveatc.com for Cleveland and 124.9 isn't there either.

Tin;

124.9 is the remote at the Williamsport Airport for New York Center's ZNY91 Williamsport Sector to provide approach control services.

 

[coronet]

Was up early today listening and I didn't log any tankers or UHF coms
offshore except for HARASS flights,Possible they haven't deployed yet or already long gone.
Found this article but doesn't say which Sunday.Could be next Sunday?
NC F-15 fighter squadron going to Afghanistan - North Carolina & Regional - Wire - The Sun News

Hi Mark and all,

They will only be swapping personnel and using the 336FS jets that are present.

Greek delivery flight cancelled again, now set for Tuesday.


René.

 

[Mark]

Hi Mark and all,
They will only be swapping personnel and using the 336FS jets that are present.
Greek delivery flight cancelled again, now set for Tuesday.

René.

Thanks René.That explains why nothing heard.
Funny that article says 335th are deploying with 24 aircraft.
Just didn't say who's or where.. LOL
Saves wasted miles going back and forth.

Mark

 

[TinEar]

Tin;

124.9 is the remote at the Williamsport Airport for New York Center's ZNY91 Williamsport Sector to provide approach control services.

Thanks very much for posting that here too Jim. I sure appreciate it. As we constantly learn, there are several of these freqs that just don't seem to make it onto any list and we only learn their assignment when someone comes along and lets everyone else know about them. And that's really the beauty of this thread - that it's so widely read that someone always has the answer to something that stumps us.

 

[JohnFB]

Did anybody else pick up the comms on 303.0 (Hawk OPS/SOF/AUX) a minute ago? I walked into the room just as the transmission was ending!

It was SPAR 12 talking to SPAR 13, rather than the BOXER I reported earlier.

 

[zerg901]

1. 260.9 - around 330 PM today - "do not fly over Marthas Vineyard Island" - repeated twice - IIRC it was labeled as a "information" message - I think the message came from Huntress, and was directed to the fighters and to the tanker

2. Just to confirm - since no one heard a CAP during the church service - then I guess that means that there was no CAP in progress during the church service. (In other words - they didnt switch to a secret comm system at that time).

3. Was SAM 5557 the aircraft that carried the body to Andrews? Did it have a tail number of 32? (I am just wondering if all that info fitted together correctly).

4. I had one scanner set up with all the milair ATC freqs in the Boston area, but never heard a peep. The only comms I caught were on 260.9, and on VHF air freqs.

5. I have been scanning close to 40 years - I dont remember ever hearing Huntress before.

Thanks to everyone for the helpful info.

Peter Sz

 

[jsoergel]

And another SU-27UB crash today - killing two. It was at the airfield at Radom, Poland during an airshow. They're crashing those SU-27s lately faster than they can build them. Several crashes over the past couple of months.

Also the second fatal (also double-fatal, i.e. killing two) crash at Radom in the past two years. At least airshows overseas have improved safety measures from what they once were (FAA regulations have always done somewhat well in the US). Ramstein in '88 was a big factor in that, as was Sknyliv in 2002.

Logs today:
REACH 8215 (C-5A, 68-0215) - arrived overnight, multiple writeups to discuss in debrief, no pax
PAT 222 (unid)
JOSA 175 (C-21A, unid)
JOSA 638 (C-21A, 84-0129) - called Dispatch, reports out of Andrews enroute to San Antonio, diverting to Scott for A3 (left [main gear] door unsafe indication), asked dispatcher to call Scott CP (618) 256-5891/DSN 576-5891, ETA 2015Z, carrying 4 pax (1 R4); later heard them calling Scott Dispatch updating arrival time
ROCKET 531 (T-39, unid)
NAVY LL 39 (P-3C, 162998) - departed 2130Z after RON 2 nights; this was the unidentified arrival I had Friday night (which must've been NAVY LL 94)

 

[TinEar]

So...the F-15 pilots from the 71st FS at Langley and the tanker crews think they're getting a break now that 44's vacation is over. No way. He's going to take a four day weekend starting Wednesday out at Camp David. He apparently needs a rest from his vacation. Back to the alert room guys!!!

 

[TinEar]

Information this morning indicates it will be five day CAP rather than four over Thurmont. The NOTAM has not been posted yet.

 

[mdmonitor]

Jstars ???

Guys,

1147 EDT- Unid acft (no call noted) on Coronet 31 C1 (378.2) passing target info: Land Roll & Mojo used as information sources.

Sounded to me like what I''ve heard JSTARS back ends passing. Definitely talking about land-based targets.

Anyone else catch them?

 

[TinEar]

Guys,

1147 EDT- Unid acft (no call noted) on Coronet 31 C1 (378.2) passing target info: Land Roll & Mojo used as information sources.

Sounded to me like what I''ve heard JSTARS back ends passing. Definitely talking about land-based targets.

Anyone else catch them?

Nothing here Ron. I only have one scanner running at the moment and it's set to scan the bank that freq is in but I've heard nothing.
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Here's the first piece of the 31 August SBS log:

ADFDB3 87-0139 TROUT98 12:23:24.406 C-20E USAF
AE03D5 164598 DOGPENIS 12:21:38.000 KC-130T-30 VMGR-234/QH
ADFDB3 87-0139 ------- 12:21:35.968 C-20E USAF
381E7B 5/F-RAFI ------ 12:20:23.437 Falcon 50 ETEC00.0065FrenchAF
AE03D5 164598 ------- 12:16:37.781 KC-130T-30 VMGR-234/QH
AE07CF 89-1191 RCH9191 12:15:10.406 C-17A 437thAW
AE07CF 89-1191 ------- 12:14:47.406 C-17A 437thAW
AE050D 87-0028 RCH7028 12:12:56.984 C-5B 60thAMW
AE01BF 165093 ------- 12:11:39.390 C-20G VR-48
AE03F4 84-0145 ------- 12:09:59.656 C-12T OSACOM/PATDet7DEArNG
AE016D 84-0075 PACER66 12:08:46.734 C-21A 457thAS
AE016D 84-0075 ------- 12:08:38.609 C-21A 457thAS
AE050D 87-0028 ------- 12:07:27.718 C-5B 60thAMW
AE13D1 04-1778 ------- 12:07:04.562 C-37B USARMY
A09ADE N138WA WOA9653 11:56:14.406 DC-10 WorldAirways
A09ADE N138WA ------- 11:56:08.468 DC-10 WorldAirways
AE058A 87-0045 ------- 11:44:46.406 C-5B 436thAW
AE1368 163395 ------- 11:40:20.890 EA-6B VAQ-209
AE1463 06-6165 RCH504 11:26:30.921 C-17A 436thAW
AE1463 06-6165 ------- 11:26:27.406 C-17A 436thAW
AE0189 84-0095 PACER27 11:20:54.390 C-21A 457thAS
AE0189 84-0095 ------- 11:20:41.953 C-21A 457thAS
AE1479 166767 USMC767 11:19:55.390 UC-35D VMR-2
AE1479 166767 ------- 11:17:51.406 UC-35D VMR-2
AE0582 87-0037 RCH 150 11:15:25.406 C-5B 337thAS
AE0160 57-1479 ------- 11:07:03.562 KC-135R AFRC/459ARW/756ARS
AE02F8 86-0415 PACKR 23 11:02:44.984 C-130H AFRC/440AW/95AS
AE02F8 86-0415 ------- 11:02:36.421 C-130H AFRC/440AW/95AS
AE146E 07-7176 ROYAL50 11:02:34.828 C-17A 3rdAS/436thAW
AE146E 07-7176 ------- 11:00:04.406 C-17A 3rdAS/436thAW
ADFDB3 87-0139 TROUT98 10:58:54.640 C-20E USAF
AE010F 94-1569 BOXR425 10:56:16.609 C-38A 201stAS/DCANG
AE010F 94-1569 ------- 10:53:57.406 C-38A 201stAS/DCANG
AE093D 01-0301 R10301 10:51:13.406 UC-35a1 PATD
AE093D 01-0301 ------- 10:49:55.953 UC-35a1 PATD
AE123E 04-4133 RCH214T 10:46:14.750 C-17A 6thAS
AE123E 04-4133 ------- 10:45:56.406 C-17A 6thAS
AE152C 166378 VM101 10:43:54.593 C-37B VR-1
AE152C 166378 ------- 10:42:37.609 C-37B VR-1
AE1177 02-1105 ------- 10:35:12.562 C-17A 62ndAW
AE1177 02-1105 E21105 10:35:12.562 C-17A 62ndAW
ADFDB3 87-0139 ------- 10:32:25.593 C-20E USAF
AE1164 02-8154 DRAGO51 10:27:14.406 C-130J-30 19AW/48AS
AE0406 99-0402 0000 10:23:10.406 C-37A 89thAW/99thAS
AE0406 99-0402 ------- 10:19:27.625 C-37A 89thAW/99thAS
AE10EA 2004 C2004 10:17:39.953 HC-130J USCG/ElizabethCity
AE1164 02-8154 ------- 10:11:26.609 C-130J-30 19AW/48AS
AE0218 83-0082 OPEC13 10:11:17.468 KC-10A 305thAMW
AE0218 83-0082 ------- 10:06:38.578 KC-10A 305thAMW
AE10EA 2004 ------- 10:06:34.718 HC-130J USCG/ElizabethCity
AE03F4 84-0145 ------- 09:51:36.406 C-12T OSACOM/PATDet7DEArNG
AE152C 166378 VM101 09:45:42.859 C-37B VR-1
AE152C 166378 ------- 09:39:37.406 C-37B VR-1
AE06CF 161309 ------- 09:37:17.890 UC-12B Washington
AE058A 87-0045 ------- 09:28:06.000 C-5B 436thAW
AE050D 87-0028 ------- 09:26:55.406 C-5B 60thAMW
AE03E5 164998 AX998 09:26:26.875 C-130T VR-53/AX
AE03E5 164998 ------- 09:25:28.406 C-130T VR-53/AX
AE0247 96-8153 BATON91 09:23:49.406 EC-130J ANG/PA/193SOW/193SOS
AE0247 96-8153 ------- 09:19:30.671 EC-130J ANG/PA/193SOW/193SOS

 

[mdmonitor]

Blackbird

Guys,

If you're interested in airplanes check this one out

http://www.greatdanepromilitary.com/SR-71/index.h

 

[Mark]

A couple BEARS in area from KNGU Norfolk,BEAR 02 did Willow Grove approaches.

BEAR 02 C-2A #162175 (AE0457) around 1420.
BEAR 03 C-2A #162164 (AE0466) around 1450 local
Both should be from VRC-30 det 4.

Mark

 

[TinEar]

Guys,

If you're interested in airplanes check this one out

http://www.greatdanepromilitary.com/SR-71/index.h

I only get a 404 message Ron. It looks like something is missing from the end of that link.
Yeah, it should be .htm at the end and then it works. Here's the good link:
http://www.greatdanepromilitary.com/SR-71/index.htm

And it's great. Thanks Ron. I've seen it previously but thoroughly enjoyed it again.

 

[freqhopping]

Sounds like Army C-23 90-7014 has a gear indicator malfunction inbound for Davison. They will do a flyby for the tower to check for the landing gear.
Right main gear is the issue.

 

[mdmonitor]

Arctic 81

Tin,
Mark,
Travis,

1500 EDT- Arctic 81 (id as KC-135)-depart ADW then check in w/ZDC Calvert (133.9). Check into AR 636 (118.125) for some AAR work in the block FL270-290.

Did you guys get an ident on this guy?

 

[mdmonitor]

Tacamo

Guys,

Looks like TACAMO is up:

1619 EDT- Emu 82 (E-6B East Coast TACAMO, VQ-4 Det PAX)-w/Huntress (364.2) for modes & codes checks.

 

[TinEar]

Tin,
Mark,
Travis,

1500 EDT- Arctic 81 (id as KC-135)-depart ADW then check in w/ZDC Calvert (133.9). Check into AR 636 (118.125) for some AAR work in the block FL270-290.

Did you guys get an ident on this guy?

Sure did ron.
ARTIC 81 = KC-135R, 62-3571, 168th ARS AK-ANG Elmendorf
(ARCTIC shortened for the five-character rule)

TACAMO EMU 82 was:
E-6B, 164404, VQ-4 Tinker

 

[Yocuz]

KACY Mon 8/31

KACY

Nighthawk ?? (3 Ship Flight) departs KACY (120.3) asked to contact KDOV app (132.425)

N2NJ (NJSP Helo)(120.3) working 800' and below on station KACY


Just picked these quickly while wizzing down the AC Expressway to check on some properties at the shore.