From the last part of the 1900 hour and all through the 2000 hour so far, there are two C-130J aircraft from the MD-ANG at Warfield ANGB active. They are CRAB 53 and CRAB 55. They are flying a 30 minute racetrack pattern and making some kind of drops at Phillips AAF. The frequencies in use are kind of interesting....
First there is Phillips AAF Tower of course on 126.15. The two C-130J aircraft are using the Crab Ops 385.9 freq for interplane which they refer to as U-1 - and most interesting - they've got another air-to-air freq of 148.925 being used between the two aircraft. I heard CRAB 53 (female) mention having a problem with "48.92" which gave me three possible choices for the full freq. First one I tried was the 148.925 freq and, sure enough, there they were. They are also using this freq to talk to a drop controller on the ground. They identify the callsign for the drop controller as "AEGIS." One of their checkpoints along the route is TAFFI (39-32-36.640N/076-37-39.390W)
At 2119, CRAB 53 mentions that he's heading over to Ridgley Airpark (KRJD) over on the Eastern Shore.
And at 2147, CRAB 55 goes over to Martin State Tower on 121.3 for landing...or at least an approach.
2216: CRAB 53 to Crab Ops on 143.8 to report 10 minutes out, A-1 (Their freq usage has been all over the place tonight. Crab Ops did reply to him on this freq.)
2218: CRAB 53 reports low approach to runway 22 to Phillips AAF Tower 126.15
2221: DC 44 (KC-135R Andrews) (femop) with arrival message to LIBERATOR on 351.2...A-2, 30 minutes out, 30K on the fuel.
2221: OPEC 48 to Atlantic City Approach on 124.6 for approach to McGuire at 7000 feet.
2225: DC 43 also coming home..giving arrival message to LIBERATOR on 351.2...20 minutes out, A-2, (sounded like 4K on the fuel but that's very low).
2228: DC 43 with ADW Approach «119.3» descending.
2229: DC 44...same
2232: CRAB 53 with Martin Tower 121.3 heading for runway 15.
2233: DC 44 over to ADW Tower for landing «118.4»
2234: DC 43 does the same...reports full stop landing upcoming. «118.4»
2242: DC 45 Heavy with ACY Approach 124.6 doing an approach to runway 4.
2249: REACH 7041 to Andrews Metro 344.6 asking for Charleston weather.
2302: BOLAR 71 (C-5 Dover) calling Dover Command Post «349.4»
2305: BOLAR 71 makes contact, reports A-2 with minors, arriving 2330, parking in Xray row, needs crew bus. «349.4» Loadmaster is going to do some loading training when they get on the ground and the aircraft loadmaster will assist in offloading the plane before that begins.
(Ref Above) Chuck, I've also been hearing OPEC 48 trying to contact Langley Metro on 239.8....and at 2048 on 238.1 OPEC 48 asks, "Giant Killer, what freq are you working BONDY on?" Can't hear the reply so can't say what he was given. And at 2050, BONDY 73 and OPEC 48 met up on 139.875.
freqhopping said:
This reminds me, last night same freq someone was calling Huntress and Oakridge, whoever that is.
I think that was STRIKESTAR (E-8C JSTARS back end) who has been mainly operating in the New England area the past couple of days. I also heard him give one call to HUNTRESS. By the way, that 303.0 freq is a McGuire tanker squadron freq, I believe for the 108th ARW - similar to our 351.2 at Andrews. I've heard ROCCO KC-135s use it many times.