COSMIC 45/46 (F-16, NJ-ANG, Atlantic City) taking over for HARASS in the DC CAP with HUNTRESS on «260.9»
Add TANKER 16 to the freq.
COSMIC also working their tac freq «138.425»
CAP flight 1804 buzzing around Annapolis «149.5375» [Civil Air Patrol — Not to be confused with the Combat Air Patrol]
1443: TANKER 16 having trouble hearing HUNTRESS on «260.9». They then try «228.9»..still no good...so off they go to «364.2». TANKER 16 says he tried all three of his radios and HUNTRESS is bad on all of them. Finally, they go to «234.6» where they get a 4x4 hookup.
1448: COSMIC flight also goes to «234.6»
1504: DEECEE 94 (756th ARS, Andrews), 10 minutes from home, A-2, 43,000 pounds of fuel aboard.
1505: COSMIC 46 heading for the tanker. Female boom operator on the tanker. (Just saying...)
1517: JOSA 618 heading for Andrews, tail #40140, landing 1930Z, one R4 plus one, also 2 other Space A pax, needs 1500 pounds fuel, A-1 maint-stat, six Space A seats available outbound, takeoff 2015Z. «378.1»
1521: Cessna 67386 clearing through Pax River area to Salisbury with Pax App/dep. «127.95» Also checked to make sure restricted area was "cold" (no activity). Interesting thing about that aircraft when checked in the Landings Database as follows:
N-number :
N67386
Aircraft Serial Number :
15281802
Aircraft Manufacturer :
CESSNA
Model :
152
Engine Manufacturer :
LYCOMING
Model :
0-235 SERIES
Aircraft Year :
1978
Owner Name :
NSA/CWF FLYING ACTIVITY DBA
Owner Address :
7540 GENERAL AVIATION DR
FORT MEADE, MD, 20755-1801
Type of Owner :
Government
Registration Date :
04-Mar-1987
Airworthiness Certificate Type :
Standard
Approved Operations :
Utility
1631: Evac 60132 to Andrews Command Post..landing 2044Z, A-1 Maint/stat, need Customs to meet plane, transportation for 4 crew and 50K fuel. «378.1»
1632: COSMIC 45/46 still with HUNTRESS and still on «234.6»
1644: OMAHA 3 scrambled for a violator in the air defense zone. Indications are the aircraft landed at the Bay Bridge airport. THOR wants OMAHA 3 to go to the airport and check the aircraft on the ground for a hot engine to find out who it was. OMAHA 3 can't do it because he's low on fuel. «282.45»
1645: THOR tells OMAHA 3 the aircraft is in the pattern again at Bay Bridge - suspects he did a touch and go. Be ready for intercept if he heads toward the zone again.
While this was going on, the COSMIC CAP aircraft were not diverted from their mission to join in the intercept of the violating aircraft.
1649: COSMIC 46 heading for tanker again. «234.6»
1659: COSMIC 45 heading to the flying gas station. «234.6»
1709: COSMIC 45 reports to HUNTRESS that they are now post refueling and back to work. «234.6»
1711: COSMIC 45 lets HUNTRESS know that will be their last refueling. Guess they'll be going home to Atlantic City after they burn off some fuel and be replaced by ???? «234.6»
1713: ???-21 calling Langley Command Post. «251.25»
1717: RAVEN 16 calling Langley Command Post. This is not the RAVEN call for the MD-ANG at Martin State. It might be the RAVEN for KC-135s at Seymour Johnson AFB NC...just my guess. There are several users of this callsign. «311.0»
1720: PACER 85 to Andrews Command Post..arriving in 20 minutes, A-1. «378.1»
1730: ‡‡ This was about the last time I heard the COSMIC flight. They were on their tac freq and may have been heading home. No replacements heard so the CAP might be done. «138.425»
1752: Nope...still flying...COSMIC 45/46...43 and 53 minutes since they refueled...they've got to be close on fuel. «234.6»
1756: TANKER 16 requests RTB Bangor (Maine) at flight level 230. The 101st Air Refueling Wing is located in Bangor. «234.6»
1759: Civil Air Patrol flight 1808 off the ground at Bay Bridge Airport resuming patrol. Wonder if he participated in the searching out of the air defense zone violator from earlier? «149.5375»
1815: Pair of Navy fighters from VFA-106 Oceana NAS active. «237.8»
Continued below somewhere if necessary.
