Sticky Thread For MilAir VII (2012)

[freqhopping]

SALTY286 (AE2EFA) inbound for Davison AAF. 229.4

 

[ColoradoRedlands]

I have heard some of the McGuire KC-135s & KC-10s pass Blackjack msgs as well. In my listening area the McGuire acft are the only ones I've heard using Blackjack msgs.

Thanks much, very enlightening.

 

[bpittman]

All I can say is...WOW

07/22/12
1911 local- DISTORTED with an EAM on 311.0

WOW is a mild response to this mistake! I know this airport some and the location well. TIA/TPA is the general control tower for these airports in the Tampa/St. Pete area and someone was asleep at the switch on this one, including the pilot of the C-17. Unless that is, he never flew into or out of MacDill. If they had looked at the maps they would have seen Tampa International and St Pete/Clearwater airports easily from any altitude above 500 feet as well as MacDill.

 

[Tech792]

They're also lucky that one of those Cessna planes wasn't on that runway at the same time.

07/29/12
1251 local- Sounded like SNOW BIRD XX on 350.3 passing through ZNY. Hard to understand. Couldn't make out the numbers. Audio was muffled and I thought there was a slight accent.

 

[freqhopping]

AF1 now enroute to NYC. 134.5

58-0089 RCH1107 landed at Dulles about 1505. I was on my way home from work and did a doubletake when I saw it.

 

[screenersam]

Guys,

0807 EDT- Brave flt (2 X F-16s, 121st FS DC ANG ADW) w/Huntress (139.7) & Bay Watch (270.8) working practice intercepts oniscrete freq (310.55) w/Civil Air Patrol Cessna 182T (CAP 4529) in the PAX restricted area R-4005. CAP 4529 w/BW (119.275),

After the exercise CAP 4529 advised Bay Watch that he would be landing at Cambridge. Not sure if that is his home base or he was just dropping in there because it was close by.

I get them time to time. I'm pretty sure that's his home base.

 

[mdmonitor]

142.75

Guys,

1222 EDT/1622Z- Trfc on 142.75 (AM) w/Silver Dollar and an unid Venus acft. Chatting about following each other to the Montebello fix. This freq was the old SAM A-A. I guess they still keep it in their presets.

Anyone id them on their box?

 

[BM82557]

Leesburg TFR

From August 02, 2012 at 2245 UTC (August 02, 2012 at 1845 EDT) To August 03, 2012 at 0115 UTC (August 02, 2012 at 2115 EDT)

 

[freqhopping]

From August 02, 2012 at 2245 UTC (August 02, 2012 at 1845 EDT) To August 03, 2012 at 0115 UTC (August 02, 2012 at 2115 EDT)

My sister mentioned something about Obama being in Leesburg Thursday. Apparently so.

 

[Tech792]

07/31/12
2110 local- Breaking news sources saying 2 fighters intercepted at passenger jet and are escorting back to Logan Airport due to a suspicious package on board. If any one up north is hearing any thing. I'm getting very weak comms on 228.9 but can't really make it out.

 

[pro106import]

07/31/12
2110 local- Breaking news sources saying 2 fighters intercepted at passenger jet and are escorting back to Logan Airport due to a suspicious package on board. If any one up north is hearing any thing. I'm getting very weak comms on 228.9 but can't really make it out.

All clear now- it was an unattended camera in a seat back
Bob

 

[N1BHH]

07/31/12
2110 local- Breaking news sources saying 2 fighters intercepted at passenger jet and are escorting back to Logan Airport due to a suspicious package on board. If any one up north is hearing any thing. I'm getting very weak comms on 228.9 but can't really make it out.

SLAM 31, shortly after the intercept, lost all instruments and declared an IFE. SLAM 32 stayed with him all the way back to Barnes. They allowed SLAM 31 to land and SLAM 32 switched to Bradley Departure to stay clear until the runway could be cleared. I was having a hard time hearing HUNTRESS on 228.9, I can usually hear the Boston area transmitter quite well, but with the rain, it was real tough to copy all around.

 

[pro106import]

SLAM 31, shortly after the intercept, lost all instruments and declared an IFE. SLAM 32 stayed with him all the way back to Barnes. They allowed SLAM 31 to land and SLAM 32 switched to Bradley Departure to stay clear until the runway could be cleared. I was having a hard time hearing HUNTRESS on 228.9, I can usually hear the Boston area transmitter quite well, but with the rain, it was real tough to copy all around.

Nice catch Clyde!
I had my local milair bank temporarily locked out because I was working on my Vegas milair system for an upcoming trip :-((
Guess you never know when a real world situation will happen.
Bob

 

[mdmonitor]

Logs, 31 Jul

ACY-Atlantic City NJ (KACY)
ADW- Andrews AFB MD (KADW)
BW- Bay Watch-NAS PAX Area Advisory Control
DAA- Davison AAF, Ft Belvoir VA (KDAA)
DCA- Reagan National Airport/CGAS Washington, Wash DC (KDCA)
DOV- Dover AFB DE (KDOV)
GK- Giantkiller (FACSFAC, Virginia Capes)
LFI- Langley AFB VA (KLFI)
MTN-Martin State Airport, Baltimore (KMTN)
NGTF-Northrop-Grumman Test Facility, Baltimore (KBWI)
NTPS- Naval Test Pilot School, PAX
PAX-NAS Patuxent River MD (KNHK)
PTC- Potomac Area TRACON
WRI-Joint Base-McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst NJ (KWRI)
ZBW-Boston ARTCC
ZDC- Washington ARTCC
ZNY- New York ARTCC

1. VHF/UHF: ((Times are EST))

((Some acft idents from local Mode-S collection))

0826- Jenna 220 (FBI Cessna 206 N212EB Manassas VA)-w/PTC (119.85)-land at Manassas
0827- Blackjack 1 (HH-65C, CGAS Wash)-w/Wash Helo (134.35).
0838- Tester 20 (T-6B # 166016, NTPS PAX)-w/.BW (256.5) & Tester 76 (H-3 #154116 NTPS PAX)
0955- Navy 692 (C-20D # 163692, VR-1 ADW)-depart ADW.
1036- Reach 5613-w/ZDC Calvert (133.9)
1103- DeeCee 21 (KC-135R, 756th ARS ADW)-patterns at ADW.
1105- Bumps 82 (sounds like-poss E-6B TACAMO, PAX)-w/ZDC Cape Charles (132.55). At 1232 land at ADW.
1133- Nighthawk 7 (H-60/H-3/CH-46 .HMX-1 MCAF Quantico VA)-w/PTC (119.85) for airspace transit to PAX River.
1140- Venus 95 (C-32 # 09-0015 1st AS ADW)-depart ADW.
1156- Score 85 (P-8 Poseidon VX-20 PAX)-w/P-8 Ops (254.025) w/wx PIREP for Atlantic Test Track areas. Also w/GK (249.8) for entry into W386.
1215- Titus 52 (C-130T, VR-53 ADW)-depart ADW then w/ZDC Calvert (133.9)
1216- Navy 829-depart ADW.
1222.- Silver Dollar (unid, 1st or 99th AS ADW)-w/unid Venus acft (poss Venus 95) on discrete (142.75) chatting about positioning themselves while in ZDC airspace.
1225- Guard 116 (id as UH-72, prob # 11-72206, MD ArNG Weide AAF0-patterns at Weide (126.2)
1234- ???? 40 (call missed)-calling Raven Ops (104th FS Ops MTN-347.2)
1538- SPAR 30-depart ADW.
1539- Salty Dog 101 (F-18C # 163476 VX-23 PAX)-w/VX-23 Base (250.7)
1611- Reach 3997-land at ADW.

2. HF: ((Times UTC, Freqs KHz))

08912.0 IKL (USCGC TAMPA WMEC 902 Portsmouth, VA): 0100 USB/ALE sounding.

08912.0 502 (USCG HC-130H CGAS Clearwater FL): 0101 USB/ALE sounding.

08912.0 I94 (US Customs CESSNA 550 #N26494): 0105 USB/ALE sounding.

08912.0 F04 (USCG HU-25C+ #2104 CGAS Cape Cod MA): 0113 USB/ALE sounding.

07527.0 J15 (USCG MH-60T #6015 CGAS Kodiak AK): 0437 USB/ALE sounding.

07527.0 TSC (Customs National Law Enforcement Communications Center -- Technical Service Center and COTHEN Remote Transmitter, Orlando, FL): 0558 USB/ALE calling 716.

07527.0 SEA (COTHEN Remote Communications Transmitter, Clinton, NC): 0601 USB/ALE sounding.

07527.0 F05 (USCG HU-25D # 2105 ALC Elizabeth City NC): 1004 USB/ALE sounding.

08912.0 D07 (US Customs BOMBARDIER Q400 #N807MR): 1114 USB/ALE sounding.

07593.5 MAINALE (unid-poss USMC): 2358 USB/ALE calling TACALE (unid-poss USMC).



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

 

[Tech792]

SLAM 31, shortly after the intercept, lost all instruments and declared an IFE. SLAM 32 stayed with him all the way back to Barnes. They allowed SLAM 31 to land and SLAM 32 switched to Bradley Departure to stay clear until the runway could be cleared. I was having a hard time hearing HUNTRESS on 228.9, I can usually hear the Boston area transmitter quite well, but with the rain, it was real tough to copy all around.

Great....I knew some one probably caught it. I guess then I was catching here in NJ on 228.9 but just to weak to make out. Thanks.

 

[BM82557]

Air Force "confident' it has found F-22 problem source

Info at CNN -

After four years Air Force

 

[Tech792]

08/01/12
1030 local- HOSER in AR with BANGER and DEVIL flts on 288.0 and w/GK 255.0

 

[mdmonitor]

Guys,

1423 EDT/1823Z- have prob FBI acft on 136.375 giving position of Culpepper VA "on our way down to you guys".

 

[mdmonitor]

Logs, 1 Aug

ACY-Atlantic City NJ (KACY)
ADW- Andrews AFB MD (KADW)
BW- Bay Watch-NAS PAX Area Advisory Control
DAA- Davison AAF, Ft Belvoir VA (KDAA)
DCA- Reagan National Airport/CGAS Washington, Wash DC (KDCA)
DOV- Dover AFB DE (KDOV)
GK- Giantkiller (FACSFAC, Virginia Capes)
LFI- Langley AFB VA (KLFI)
MTN-Martin State Airport, Baltimore (KMTN)
NGTF-Northrop-Grumman Test Facility, Baltimore (KBWI)
NTPS- Naval Test Pilot School, PAX
PAX-NAS Patuxent River MD (KNHK)
PTC- Potomac Area TRACON
WRI-Joint Base-McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst NJ (KWRI)
ZBW-Boston ARTCC
ZDC- Washington ARTCC
ZNY- New York ARTCC

1. VHF/UHF: ((Times are EDT))

((Some acft idents from local Mode-S collection))

0750-Jenna 220 (FBI Cessna 206 N212EB Manassas VA)-w/PTC (118.95) reporting they are "on station" At 0901 report they are "operational to the south."
0803- Sam 403 (99th AS ADW)-depart ADW. Also w/SAM Control (142.75) w/departure msg.
0820- Reach 211T-depart ADW then w/ZDC Calvert (133.9)
0836- USCGC James Rankin (WLM-555 Baltimore MD)-radio checks w/CG Sector Baltimore (157.15)
0842- Salty Dog 323 (F-18B #161947 VX-23 PAX)-w/BW (270.8). Acting as chase/observer for Lightening 65 (F-35 JSF, PAX). Lightening 65 reports comms problems.
0858- Cougar 01 (C-21 #84-0135, 457th AS ADW)-depart ADW.
1216- SPAR 30 (C37 # 01-0030 6AMW | 310AS MacDill AFB FL) -land at ADW. Departed ADW at 1517.
1248- Reach 795-land at ADW.
1249- Energy 51 (BE-200, N6451D, Dept of Energy ADW)-land at ADW.
1250- Marine 795 (UC-35 MAW-4 ADW)-depart ADW.
1356- Marine 766 (UC-35 # 166766 MAW-4 ADW)-depart ADW.
1402- Angry 1 flt (2 X F-16s, 121st FS DC ANG ADW)-check in w/ZDC Atlantic City (281.45) at FL210. Enroute to W107 to work w/Tazz 72 (KC-135R 121ST ARG OH ANG RICKENBACKER ANGB

OH). Also w/GK (255.0). At 1503 w/121st SOF (139.9) w/acft status reports & advising they did not expend ordnance due to range wx.
1420- JOSA 052 (C-21 # 84-0074)-w/Griffin CP (141.55 & 378.1) w/inbound msg.
1434- Phoenix 01 (unid)-w/Echo Control (264.55)
1436- Pacer 21 (C-21 #84-0095 457th AS ADW)-land at ADW.
1508- Reach 751-depart ADW
1513- Drago 51 (prob B-2, Whieman AFB MO)-w/ZDC Linden (322.55) after fly by at Arlington Cemetary.
1516- Venus 31 (C-40B # 01-0041 99th AS ADW)-land at ADW.
1532- Canforce 3067 (id as CC-144B Challenger, 412SQ Macdonald-Cartier International Airport Ottawa)-w/ADW tower (118.4) advising they couldn't get contact w/CP & advising they are 15 mins out

w/flag officer on board.
1533- Army 1863 (C-37 # 02-1863, OSACOM ADW)-land at ADW.
1548- Titus 17 (C-130T, VR-53 ADW)-land at ADW.
1620- Reach 753-w/Griffin CP (378.1) w/departure msg.
1621- JENNA 624 (FBI Gulfstream V N223GA Manassas VA)-land at Manassas.
1750- Reach 20T-land at ADW.
1755- Gator (prob E-2C Hawkeye VX-20 PAX)-w/Echo Control (268.85) advising they have both the acft & the target on their equipment.
1826- Reach 452-land at ADW
1913- Navy SD 420 (F-18C #163434 VX-23 PAX)-w/PAX approach (281.8)

2. HF: ((Times UTC, Freqs KHz))

07593.5 MAINALE (unid-poss USMC): 0026 USB/ALE calling TACALE (unid-poss USMC).

07593.5 MAINALE: 0135 USB/ALE calling EASYALE (unid-poss USMC).

07906.2 T5Z159 (US Army 5-159th AVN, Ft Campbell KY): 1130 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
45-ft PAR EF-SWL

 

[freqhopping]

DRAGO51/52 flight of B-1s with GK. 238.1 Will be joining up with HOIST95 for AR in 636 238.9


My Radarbox has died again. No idea when I'll get it fixed, not under warranty anymore.