TinEar
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Midway through the 1300 hour and there is another RAVEN flight of A-10s up from Martin State. This time they're working 142.3 tac.
Also hearing SKIER 88 (C-130 139TH AS NY-ANG SCHENECTEDY) on the 344.6 Metro freq asking for weather for KSCH (Schenectedy), KALB (Albany) and KCEF (Westover MA). That last is for 1915Z so I guess that's his destination.
1349: RAVEN 1, IDs as a flight of three A-10s on FSS 255.4 to announce entering VR-1709 for the next 30 minutes at 1000 feet and below at 300 knots.
1351: Navy SD 320 flying circles again....had him with ZDC-Cape Charles 256.8 and then handed off to ZDC-Sea Isle 281.45 where he checks in at FL 230. (Guess he's flying those round robin flights between Pax and Atlantic City.)
1354: REACH 173 has been trying to reach McGuire CP on 319.4 without success. Just changed to 134.1 and got him on the first try. Arriving 10 after the hour, is A-1, no pax, no cargo.
1358: AXEMAN 1 (A-10 MD-ANG) flight to BayWatch on 354.8 to work for the next hour in area R-6609 up to 20,000 feet. Upon completion of his work, he wants clearance back to MTN (Martin State).
1359: REACH 983 calling Andrews Dispatch and then Andrews Command Post on 378.1. No joy after several calls.
1400: Warren Grove Range active 283.1. Might be that RAVEN flight - although they said they'd be in VR-1709 for 30 minutes and that was only 11 minutes .
1402: ROCCO 84 (KC-135 McGuire) with arrival message to McGuire on squadron freq 303.0. Says he's just passing Harrisburg now and it's a bit bumpy.
1403: REACH 983 finally makes contact with Andrews and gives arrival msg. 378.1. Has Space A pax to offload.
1404: ROCCO 84 calls SWITCH Control on 303.0....says he has 36 pax on board, zero cargo. (I don't have SWITCH listed as a squadron callsign for them. Anyone have anything on it?) He also calls FOXTROT. No idea who that might be. A couple of minutes later there is another aircraft calling FOXTROT on this freq but I didn't hear a callsign from this one.) Both aircraft talked about weather with FOXTROT.
1407-13: One of the AXEMAN A-10s is talking about a problem aboard his aircraft that makes his aircraft pitch down 3 degrees when he turns a switch down and up 3 degrees when he switches it up. Can't find a happy medium. Well, yes he can...just did...says he can do level flight by trimming it up. He's talking with Raven Ops describing the problem on both 143.8 and 347.2 and settles on 143.8 as the better of the two. He's down in R-6609 (Tangier Island). Says he's going to finish his work in 6609 and then will be heading back.
1424: NAFTA 914 (this is a new one for me) on FSS 255.4 wanting departure message passed....departed MDT (Harrisburg) 1815Z and heading for GTB (Wheeler Sack Army Airfield, Fort Drum, NY)
1428: 93 (probably ROCCO 93) calling FOXTROT and asking who he's supposed to call. 303.0
1430: Aircraft all over the area reporting rain...as close to me as Aberdeen Range area as just reported by a helo. Not a single lousy drop has fallen here. Need it badly.
1440: It is the RAVEN flight working at Warren Grove Range on 283.1...and on tac 142.3.
1441: ROCCO 93 calling FOXTROT on 303.0...something about the guy behind him and whether he called for routing. Says he'd pass on the routing he got.
1443: ROCCO 93 calling ROCCO 91 to pass msg from FOXTROT about a wx warning for the McGuire area from 3-4 p.m. local. 303.0
1445: U/I aircraft (very weak) calling TORCH Control on 303.0.
1445: There is a WARDOG OA-10 with the RAVEN flight at Warren Grove. 283.1
1451: TORCH Control, which is the squadron callsign, now being called by ROCCO 93 who wants TORCH Control to contact Alpina about routing of the aircraft. Anyway, 93 should be home in about an hour - at least that's what I think he meant.
1501: BATON 55 (EC-130J, 193rd SOG Harrisburg) to Baton Ops on 395.1 with arrival message...airframe is A-3, backend just has a couple of minor writeups. Says the "test went well for the back end."
1505: BICEP 11 (F-16 NJ-ANG Atlantic City), flight of four, entering W-107 with Giant Killer on 255.0. Presently at 7000 feet, climbing to 15,000. Will work for the next 45 minutes under mission A-2803.
1515: RAVENs/WARDOG on the way home...with Raven Ops 347.2...still on tac 142.3
1516: AXEMAN flight also heading home to MTN. 347.2
1517: PAT 145 calling Andrews with arrival msg...IDs as a C-12 and picking up 2 pax and needs 300 gallons fuel....4 seats available outbound to CMY.
1519: AXEMAN flight landing MTN with Tower 297.2
1521: JOSA 868 giving arrival message to ?????? on 139.625. IDs as a C-21, tail 84-0073. ETA 1955Z, dropping off an A-5, needs zero fuel and wants to get airborne again ASAP. Only one I know for this freq is COBRA SOF at Wheeler Sack, Fort Drum. 868 is going to land on runway 28. And that's the problem...Wheeler Sack doesn't have a runway 28.
1523: REACH 981 asking for wx for Andrews at 2000Z on Metro 344.6
1527: CORSO 70 (C-130E, 198th AS, PR ANG, Luis Munoz Marin ANGB PR) calling Andrews Metro 344.6 to ask for wx for KILG (New Castle County Airport). Says he's a C-130 and is 30 miles east of Andrews.
1528: BICEP flight on tac 138.875 in ACM activity.
1529: RAVEN flight landing MTN 297.2
1530: BUCK 110 asking for WX for NHZ (Brunswick ME NAS)in 1 hour from Andrews Metro 344.6 (Texan II T-6)
1541-45: REACH 981 calling Andrews Command Post on 378.1...several times, no joy.
1555: CACTI 17 (KC-10a McGuire) calling ??? Dispatch on 372.2. Wants condition of runway. (CACRI 17 escorted a couple of F/A-18s from Europe to the U.S. earlier today. Should be going into McGuire as far as I know. Believe the F/A-18s went into Brunswick ME NAS.
1556: DC 52 (KC-135R Andrews) with LIBERATOR on 351.2 with arrival msg.
1600: And that's enough from me for now. The End. No...wait...F-22A aircraft on tac 233.525 as I start to shut down the radios. They're all yours.
Our freq from last night will become active again in about 20 minutes for those that tuned in. Those interested know which one I mean.
SHOWDOWN BREWING OVER F-22 SALES
http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,106513,00.html?ESRC=airforce-a.nl
Should we or shouldn't we?
Also hearing SKIER 88 (C-130 139TH AS NY-ANG SCHENECTEDY) on the 344.6 Metro freq asking for weather for KSCH (Schenectedy), KALB (Albany) and KCEF (Westover MA). That last is for 1915Z so I guess that's his destination.
1349: RAVEN 1, IDs as a flight of three A-10s on FSS 255.4 to announce entering VR-1709 for the next 30 minutes at 1000 feet and below at 300 knots.
1351: Navy SD 320 flying circles again....had him with ZDC-Cape Charles 256.8 and then handed off to ZDC-Sea Isle 281.45 where he checks in at FL 230. (Guess he's flying those round robin flights between Pax and Atlantic City.)
1354: REACH 173 has been trying to reach McGuire CP on 319.4 without success. Just changed to 134.1 and got him on the first try. Arriving 10 after the hour, is A-1, no pax, no cargo.
1358: AXEMAN 1 (A-10 MD-ANG) flight to BayWatch on 354.8 to work for the next hour in area R-6609 up to 20,000 feet. Upon completion of his work, he wants clearance back to MTN (Martin State).
1359: REACH 983 calling Andrews Dispatch and then Andrews Command Post on 378.1. No joy after several calls.
1400: Warren Grove Range active 283.1. Might be that RAVEN flight - although they said they'd be in VR-1709 for 30 minutes and that was only 11 minutes .
1402: ROCCO 84 (KC-135 McGuire) with arrival message to McGuire on squadron freq 303.0. Says he's just passing Harrisburg now and it's a bit bumpy.
1403: REACH 983 finally makes contact with Andrews and gives arrival msg. 378.1. Has Space A pax to offload.
1404: ROCCO 84 calls SWITCH Control on 303.0....says he has 36 pax on board, zero cargo. (I don't have SWITCH listed as a squadron callsign for them. Anyone have anything on it?) He also calls FOXTROT. No idea who that might be. A couple of minutes later there is another aircraft calling FOXTROT on this freq but I didn't hear a callsign from this one.) Both aircraft talked about weather with FOXTROT.
1407-13: One of the AXEMAN A-10s is talking about a problem aboard his aircraft that makes his aircraft pitch down 3 degrees when he turns a switch down and up 3 degrees when he switches it up. Can't find a happy medium. Well, yes he can...just did...says he can do level flight by trimming it up. He's talking with Raven Ops describing the problem on both 143.8 and 347.2 and settles on 143.8 as the better of the two. He's down in R-6609 (Tangier Island). Says he's going to finish his work in 6609 and then will be heading back.
1424: NAFTA 914 (this is a new one for me) on FSS 255.4 wanting departure message passed....departed MDT (Harrisburg) 1815Z and heading for GTB (Wheeler Sack Army Airfield, Fort Drum, NY)
1428: 93 (probably ROCCO 93) calling FOXTROT and asking who he's supposed to call. 303.0
1430: Aircraft all over the area reporting rain...as close to me as Aberdeen Range area as just reported by a helo. Not a single lousy drop has fallen here. Need it badly.
1440: It is the RAVEN flight working at Warren Grove Range on 283.1...and on tac 142.3.
1441: ROCCO 93 calling FOXTROT on 303.0...something about the guy behind him and whether he called for routing. Says he'd pass on the routing he got.
1443: ROCCO 93 calling ROCCO 91 to pass msg from FOXTROT about a wx warning for the McGuire area from 3-4 p.m. local. 303.0
1445: U/I aircraft (very weak) calling TORCH Control on 303.0.
1445: There is a WARDOG OA-10 with the RAVEN flight at Warren Grove. 283.1
1451: TORCH Control, which is the squadron callsign, now being called by ROCCO 93 who wants TORCH Control to contact Alpina about routing of the aircraft. Anyway, 93 should be home in about an hour - at least that's what I think he meant.
1501: BATON 55 (EC-130J, 193rd SOG Harrisburg) to Baton Ops on 395.1 with arrival message...airframe is A-3, backend just has a couple of minor writeups. Says the "test went well for the back end."
1505: BICEP 11 (F-16 NJ-ANG Atlantic City), flight of four, entering W-107 with Giant Killer on 255.0. Presently at 7000 feet, climbing to 15,000. Will work for the next 45 minutes under mission A-2803.
1515: RAVENs/WARDOG on the way home...with Raven Ops 347.2...still on tac 142.3
1516: AXEMAN flight also heading home to MTN. 347.2
1517: PAT 145 calling Andrews with arrival msg...IDs as a C-12 and picking up 2 pax and needs 300 gallons fuel....4 seats available outbound to CMY.
1519: AXEMAN flight landing MTN with Tower 297.2
1521: JOSA 868 giving arrival message to ?????? on 139.625. IDs as a C-21, tail 84-0073. ETA 1955Z, dropping off an A-5, needs zero fuel and wants to get airborne again ASAP. Only one I know for this freq is COBRA SOF at Wheeler Sack, Fort Drum. 868 is going to land on runway 28. And that's the problem...Wheeler Sack doesn't have a runway 28.
1523: REACH 981 asking for wx for Andrews at 2000Z on Metro 344.6
1527: CORSO 70 (C-130E, 198th AS, PR ANG, Luis Munoz Marin ANGB PR) calling Andrews Metro 344.6 to ask for wx for KILG (New Castle County Airport). Says he's a C-130 and is 30 miles east of Andrews.
1528: BICEP flight on tac 138.875 in ACM activity.
1529: RAVEN flight landing MTN 297.2
1530: BUCK 110 asking for WX for NHZ (Brunswick ME NAS)in 1 hour from Andrews Metro 344.6 (Texan II T-6)
1541-45: REACH 981 calling Andrews Command Post on 378.1...several times, no joy.
1555: CACTI 17 (KC-10a McGuire) calling ??? Dispatch on 372.2. Wants condition of runway. (CACRI 17 escorted a couple of F/A-18s from Europe to the U.S. earlier today. Should be going into McGuire as far as I know. Believe the F/A-18s went into Brunswick ME NAS.
1556: DC 52 (KC-135R Andrews) with LIBERATOR on 351.2 with arrival msg.
1600: And that's enough from me for now. The End. No...wait...F-22A aircraft on tac 233.525 as I start to shut down the radios. They're all yours.
Our freq from last night will become active again in about 20 minutes for those that tuned in. Those interested know which one I mean.
SHOWDOWN BREWING OVER F-22 SALES
http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,106513,00.html?ESRC=airforce-a.nl
Should we or shouldn't we?
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