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[n3bxv]

1245 <260.9> CAP is still up.... Harass-47
1250<281.4>W/ATC ...looks like 47 flight is departing.. Didn't hear a replacement yet.
1308<348.725> Wild-1 up out of ADW, direct PAX.. push <281.4> Single Ship
1314 <348.725> Scary-1 Flight Departing ADW.. push<317.425> then push <360.7> A/A<143.15> Push <254.3>
Scary pushed 2577, dont know if this is 257.7 or ?25.775 any clues? Not hearing anything on 257.7.
Nevermind it's <257.7> Scary-1
1325 <238.1> Wild-1 with GK on 238.1
1327 <238.1> Scary 1 with GK then <249.8>
{edit}Jack, I agree I think he messed up his own callsign

1415 <349.0> Wild-1 Gear Down for landing ADW
1420 <349.0> Scary-1 with Tower for landing

1435 <246.8>Army Helo's up.. Sound like they're doing some photography, "Get you in the foreground" etc..... A couple of mentions of them on ATC as well

 

[TinEar]

1312: WILD 1, single ship F-16 on his way to R-4006 and R-4008 with ZDC-Patuxent «281.4» Switching to Patuxent Advisory on «270.8»
And now over to football.

 

[JackTV]

Scary flight up
143.15
360.7
13:21--254.3
13:24-- 257.7
13:26-- 238.1
13:27-- 249.8
Going to 386 the northern area 312.3
13:29-- sounds like they are mixed up on their callsighn

 

[TinEar]

1100 hour: A pair of F-16s from the NJ-ANG active on their tac freq «138.425» and with Pax River BayWatch on «270.8»
TESTER 26 (USN Test Pilot School) with BayWatch on «256.6» RTB at 1138.
BATON 51 (EC-130, Special Operations Group, PA-ANG Pittsburgh) into GIANT KILLER area using «255.0» and «312.3» trying to make contact. Eventually he tries and does make contact on VHF «135.725». He wants to enter W-107 and wants to go to Dover.

1205: BOXER Ops from BOXER 41 (C-38, Andrews) on «314.25» "In the blind" tells ops he's 25 minutes out and will try again in 10-15 minutes to make contact. At 1213 he tries again to contact Boxer Ops with no success and again transmits in the blind that he's 15 minutes out and will contact again just before landing.
1207-10: JEDI 21 (C-141, McGuire) calling McGuire Command Post with no reply. [Does McGuire still have the C-141s or have they all been retired?] Starts calling again at 1214 and makes contact at 1217 to say he's 20 minutes out, A-1, needs two crew buses - one for the airevac crew and one for flight crew. McGuire not hearing him and so JEDI 21 will call back in a couple of minutes. At 1220 he repeats it all. «319.4»
1218: JEDI 26 also with MCGuire Command Post...20 minutes out, no pax or cargo, needs customs and ag to meet plane. «319.4»
1235: MAGIC (E3D, Waddington UK) calling GIANT KILLER on «255.0» He mentions entering various areas, is heading westerly on a course of 300 and says MAGIC is the backend of the VULCAN 01 front end.. he has two operators in the back end ready to control the missions starting at 1700Z (1300 local). Looks like it's going to get busy in a few minutes. (I may have misunderstood something in this message because fighter activity does not begin at 1300.)
1259: MAGIC to GK on «255.0» says he's entering AW703 and wants to know if he needs to switch to «251.6». Apparently, he's told to do that and comes up calling GK on that freq but doesn't seem to get a reply after calling a couple of times.

1301: MAGIC makes contact, explains again the front end callsign is VULCAN 01, gives his Mode 3 squawk as 3327 and says he's going to AW703. «251.6» This got no reply from GK so he switches back to «255.0» and repeats the above. Says no joy on 251.6.. He's told to go to 249.8.
1305: He makes contact on «249.8» and explains the whole mess yet again and says he'll be on station at "minute 39." He says he was unable to raise GK on 251.6 when told to go to that freq.
1319: MAGIC back to «251.6» with GK...explains he's got two control scopes and will begin (missed the time he mentioned but sounded like "approximately an hour and a half from now.")

1415: BOXER Ops from BOXER 50 on «314.25» Will be on ramp in 10 minutes.
Still waiting for the fighters that will be working with MAGIC. I think that message at 1319 meant they'll be up around 1500 local.
1429: BICEP 11 flight with ZDC-Sea Isle NJ on «285.4» (F-16s, NJ-ANG, Atlantic City) And here they come.
1430: BICEP flight using «138.425» for tac.
1433: BICEP 11, flight of two F-16s with ZDC-Snow Hill MD «256.8»
1436: REACH 304 with LIBERATOR at the 756th ARS at Andrews on «351.2» 20 minutes out, A-2, requires Customs, Ag, airstairs, trans for 18 pax.
1438: BICEP flight into BayWatch area on «270.8» says they'll be there for 30-40 minutes before being handing back to Washington Center.
1439: BICEP repeats he'll be there 30-45 minutes...asks who else is in the area, TESTER 12? «270.8»
1441: BICEP 11 contacts ground controller at range at Pax River and says playtime is 35 minutes, gives his armaments on the two ships and readies to work...apparently not with MAGIC. This is on «138.425»
NOTE: MAGIC got cancelled last week with WILD (DC-ANG) and FURY (VA-ANG), Wonder if that's the mission that will be repeated today?
1447: VULCAN 01 calling McGuire Command Post on «319.4» No reply
1448: VULCAN 01 makes contact with McGuire on «319.4» and says he'll be landing at McGuire at 1915Z and wants that message passed to his detachment there at extension ****. (This sounds like the mission is not going to happen or, if it does, it'll be short and sweet as he flies toward McGuire.)
NOTE: Paul, if you're reading, have U/I flight heading for Nantucket. He's due to arrive there at 1929Z and meet up with ETHYL 18 (KC-135, Altus AFB OK) for refueling. This was on 319.4 with McGuire where he asked for a phone patch to pass on that info.
1459: BICEP flight doing ground attack exercise on their tac «138.425»

1502: Langley tac freq «358.85» active
1507: GK's «391.2» active
1524: GK's «312.3» active
1530: TOMCAT 3 (Generic F-14 callsign) with ZNY-Joliet NJ..descending from 10 to 7,000
1537: Air combat missions on Langley tac «358.85»
1540: BICEP flight still with ground attack exercises on «138.425» -- well beyond the playtime they announced when they entered BayWatch area. They mention Smith's Island and Bloodsworth Island.
15443: GRAYHAWK 5 (E-2C, VAW-120, Norfolk NAS) with ZDC-Sea Isle NJ on «285.4»
1551: Langley «228.175» active.
1553: BICEP finally clears out of BayWatch area on «270.8» and switches to ZDC-Kenton DE on «277.4» to say the flight is at FL155 and heading VFR directly to Atlantic City.
1556: Langley freq «357.1» active
1556: BICEP flight to «138.425» to say 1 is Code 2 and 2 is Code 1. They then switch to DEVIL Ops on «261.0» to say the same thing.
1557: BICEP flight to ZDC-Sea Isle NJ on «285.4» says they'll start down in about 15 miles. That freq is U-7 in their radios.
1600: BICEP 11 leaving 15,500 for 3,000 on ZDC-Sea Isle and then back to «138.425» for chat as they approach Atlantic City.
1600: END OF REPORT

 

[Mark]

Heard a TRANS 01 arrive Andrews req 10k fuel.According to Ron's old list it is Unknown type Secretary of Transportation's jet.
TRANS 02 is listed as Deputy Sec of Transportation unknown type.Probably some type of corporate jets.

 

[TinEar]

1857-1902: THUG 13 (C-17, McGuire AFB NJ) calling McGuire Command Post several times before making contact. Says he's 25 minutes out, is A-1, has no cargo or pax, needs info about his upload and a parking spot. A couple of minutes later he's told parking will be on spot November-3 and asks again about his upload.
1911: GRAYHAWK 10 (E-2C Norfolk NAS) with ZDC and then Pax River Baywatch on «281.8» descending and landing on runway 32. (Second of these GRAYHAWKs heard today)
1929: U/I aircraft, suffix 71 heard on «256.8» ZDC-Snow Hill, then with GIANT KILLER entering area on «249.8» and then to ops freq «292.3» This is a flight of two aircraft. I only missed the callsign three times. Living up to my nickname.
1936: Another flight went the same route, from Snow Hill to GK on «238.1» to ops on «389.1» And I missed the callsign again.
Okay...the second group callsign was VAPOR - F-15s from Langley. It's a group of two aircraft. They are in air-air combat exercises, the second pair against the first pair. Both groups may be using the VAPOR callsign
1956: JOSA 642 calling Langley Dispatch on «376.2» and then on «141.75» No reply on either.
2012: Someone using GK's ops freq «312.3» It may be the two groups from Langley getting together to coordinate their next mission. Activity there is fairly weak.

Continued below if necessary...

 

[cipher66]

NOTE: Paul, if you're reading, have U/I flight heading for Nantucket. He's due to arrive there at 1929Z and meet up with ETHYL 18 (KC-135, Altus AFB OK) for refueling. This was on 319.4 with McGuire where he asked for a phone patch to pass on that info.

Thanks for the heads up TinEar! Unfortunetly I missed them... unfortunet since my last assignment with the AF was at Altus AFB! That was a great assignment and the monitoring of the KC135, C17, and C5 traffic was very good. I'm still looking for a good used BC780 or BC785 for logging when I'm not home. In fact, once I get one, I'll probably look into maybe doing a MassMilAir webcast using the prog like your page. We'll see what happens though.

 

[TinEar]

I haven't seen one come up on the For Sale page in the last few days Paul. Maybe you should ask for one in the Equipment Wanted thread. I knew you were interested in a 785 but didn't realize you'd settle for a 780. I'll add that to the watch list and give a shout should I see either.

 

[TinEar]

2017: One of the Langley groups has left GK and switched to ZDC-Snow Hill MD on «256.8». Still can't get the callsign although it might have been FLASH which is good for Langley F-15s too. It's nagging at me a bit that I didn't hear any of these aircraft on Langley tac freqs. They checked in at ZDC-Snow Hill and then just disappeared. Not another word.
2020: Refueling freq «228.0» active. Someone talking to an aircraft I can't hear and telling him when he's ready, the tanker will be waiting at flight level 240.

 

[TinEar]

0948: DC-ANG active «127.275» flight of two F-16s, callsign WILD
0954: WILD to ZDC-Sea Isle NJ «285.4»
0955: WILD flight back to Andrews...both Code 1 «127.275»
0958: WILD to SOF for mission results «139.9», then back to V-5 «127.275» Flight is 69 miles east of Andrews at this point.

1010: WILD flight to Andrews Tower on «349.0» 12 miles SE of airport, landing runway
19L.
1014: WILD flight gear down, full stop landing 19L «349.0»
1015: DEVIL 11 (F-16, NJ-ANG, Atlantic City) with ZDC-Sea Isle NJ on «285.4» On way to Pax River R-4006. Flight of two F-16s
1015: Warren Grove Range active «283.1»
1018: 201st ALS at Andrews freq «314.25» active
1019: DEVIL flight working «138.425» tac
1023: U/I callsign, suffix 21 with ZDC-Hopewell VA on «269.3» and then to ZDC-Green Bay VA on «351.9» Flight at FL200 then to FL280 at 1030. Flight of three. From there to ZDC-Lynchburg VA on «270.35» at 1035
1028: DEVIL 11 flight into BayWatch area on «270.8»
1030: DEVIL flight ground attack exercises on «138.425»...activity continues at 1040...and at 1050
1045: Warren Grove Range «283.1» and NJ-ANG tac «138.875» active - sounds like same voices.
1047: Have a VIPER 1 into BayWatch area on «270.8» says he'll work between 8000 and 25000, will be there about 2 hours and then will return to Andrews via Nottingham. Difficult to put an ID on this aircraft since there are large numbers of units using this callsign and nothing firmly associated with Andrews. This same callsign has been noted in the past and tentatively identified as a C-12 going to Andrews. Iffy...at best.
1050: Couple of tankers chatting on interplane «139.875» 23 and 24 chatting.
1055: 23 and 24 tankers now on primary «238.9» talking with their receivers who can't be heard....mention being on station at 1520Z...then go back to interplane «139.875» for yet more chat.

1100: DEVIL flight clearing out of BayWatch area on «270.8»
1102: DEVIL flight to ZDC-Kenton DE «277.4» Once they reach Salisbury, they'll be cleared direct Atlantic City.
1107: DEVIL flight to ZDC-Sea Isle «285.4»...from 15,500 to 5,000 due to wx...back to «138.425» for chat about wx at Atlantic City. Switch to U-6 «261.0» where they report both aircraft are Code 1.
1108: JOKER 24 (Prob F/A-18C, VFA-34, Oceana NAS) with ZDC-Green Bay VA «351.9» enroute altitude chat
1115: SALTY DOG 102 (Strike Aircraft Test Squadron, Pax River) with BayWatch «270.8»
1130: Have a British speaker (perhaps MAGIC) on «288.4»
1131: PYTHON 01 with ZNY-Elk Mountain PA on «298.9» and then at 1132 with ZDC-Matawan NJ on «350.3» Says his flight is in a standard formation - perhaps a mile and a half across. Told to change to 282.3
1134: MAGIC to GIANT KILLER on «255.0»...by 1137 he becomes too weak to copy.
1138: PYTHON 01 flight with ZNY-Matawan NJ on «282.3»
1139: BOOT 1 (A-10) with ZDC-Sea Isle NJ on «285.4» Says he's a single A-10 going direct to Langley...FL 14,000 (Callsign does not fit anything on my various lists for an A-10)
1145: BOOT 1 with ZDC-Snow Hill MD on «256.8» reports at 14000 altitude
1148: MAGIC with GIANT KILLER on «338.1» too weak to copy.
1155: MAGIC (E3D, Waddington UK) with BANDSAW KILO (E3B, Tinker AFB OK) on «277.6»...mentions meeting up with FORCE 22 (KC-10A, McGuire AFB NJ) shortly.
1158: SALTY DOG 124, flight of two with BayWatch «354.8» says he was at 1.1 mach for about a minute...now RTBing.
1159: MAGIC to BANDSAW KILO says he's expecting a group of flights to meet up with...starts reading the list and is blocked by a blast of static...only callsign I was able to hear was CAJUN and that's a Langley AFB VA or Otis ANGB MA F-15 call. «277.6»

Continued below....

 

[TinEar]

1215: Tanker 24 on refueling freq «238.9» talking to MOVER 21 (KC-10A, McGuire AFB)
1227: MAGIC performing an Alpha check of his DATALINK. «277.6»
1228: MAKO 3 with ZDC-Patuxent MD «281.4»
1229: MAGIC working with COBRA. Hear MAGIC fine now but don't hear COBRA flight. Still on «277.6» COBRA is another of those calls used by many units...hard to pinpoint without flight info to or from a base.
1232: MAGIC talking about the track of FORCE 22 and mentions TEXACOs (tankers, of course) «277.6»
1235: MAGIC mentions tracking two flights...4 aircraft in the north and two in the south.
1235: DC-ANG F-16 ANGRY flight with ZDC-Patuxent MD «281.4»
1240: ANGRY with ZDC-Green Bay VA «269.4» Angry push 269.42(5)
1241: MAGIC mentions the PYTHON flight..probably the one we heard earlier...MAGIC vectoring COBRA fighters toward targets. «277.6»
1245: MAGIC also working with POLAR (F-15, Otis) «277.6»

1300: MAGIC continues to do his thing...now with CAJUN (F-15 Otis) «277.6»
1300: MAGIC says..."Any player that needs the TEXACO, reply now." «277.6»
1314: MAGIC now vectoring the PYTHON flight toward a target. «277.6» PYTHON is a good call for F-16s from Nellis AFB NV, and Spangdahlen Germany along with A-10s from Barnes ANGB MA. We heard the PYTHON flight coming through the area earlier in the day but have no idea which unit they definitely belong to. A-10s wouldn't be vectored toward a target since it's not an air combat aircraft which should negate the Barnes aircraft. Nellis? Cross country for this exercise? No telling.
1318: MAGIC calling FORCE 22 (KC-10A McGuire) on «266.5» Heard him mention this freq about an hour ago but this is the first traffic I've heard on it.
1322: NJ-ANG «138.425» active
1322: GIANT KILLER freq «373.1» active
1323: RISKY flight of four (F-15s Langley) on «288.4» (This was another of the MAGIC freqs last week.)
1324: MAGIC (second Brit speaker) vectoring the RISKY flight «288.4»
1329: MAGIC with GIANT KILLER on «249.8»
1337: MAGIC to GK on «249.8» says RISKY 51 along with SPEEDO 53/54 will be leaving area in 7 minutes to RTB. (SPEEDO is another of the Langley F-15 callsigns.)
1345: MAGIC still with the fighters on «288.4» and with GK on «249.8»
1347: MAGIC with GK on «338.1» mentions working until 1815Z.
1352: No telling what happened to the ANGRY flight I heard earlier on the ZDC freqs...went out of area and I never heard him/them again. Might just now be hearing some transmissions on «127.275»...yes I am but no callsign used yet.
1354: Yes, ANGRY flight of four F-16s, DC-ANG doing air combat on «127.275»
1355: ANGRY flight with ZDC-Green Bay VA on «269.4» and then switch to ZDC-Patuxent MD « 281.4»
MAGIC traffic with Langley fighters ended about 1346 on «288.4»

1401: ANGRY flight into BayWatch area on «354.8» Mention working R-6609.
1402: GK freq «373.1» active with Langley fighters...one callsign is SONIC (F-15s Langley) and two others SONIC will be MARSA with that were blocked by the ANGRY flight yakking over the top of them on another radio.
1407: NJ-ANG active on «138.425» callsign BICEP, flight of two F-16s
1409: BICEP flight with ZDC-Sea Isle NJ on «285.4»
1410: One of the other Langley flights in or heading for GK's area is RUBY 21...also working Langley Tower on «253.5»
1411: BANDSAW KILO being called by ???? 81 on GK's «292.3»
1414: BICEP flight ZNY-Matawan NJ «282.3»
1415: MAGIC to GK on «249.8» reports leaving station
1416: MAGIC on GK's «338.1» talking about hanging around for 15 minutes and tells GK the front end callsign is VULCAN 01. Reports they'll be looking for recovery to McGuire at 1830Z.
1418: Langley SOF active «383.2» Someone wanting to know how long the delay will be. Earlier I heard about two aircraft delayed on the runway that were to be part of the SONIC gang in GK's area.
1420: COLT flight of MD-ANG A-10s from Martin State report they were airborne at 1418 on both «347.2» and on «41.95» One mentions he wasn't able to hear the other on FM until they got airborne.
1425: MAGIC tells GK he's ready for recovery to McGuire «338.1» (Five minutes earlier than he had estimated.)
1426: BICEP flight doing ground attack, buddy lase exercises on their tac «138.425»
1430: Langley fighters across GK freqs «249.8/292.3/391.2/373.1»
1432: BICEP 11 with BayWatch on «270.8» wanting alpha check for his (DATA)LINK. He's given a BRAA and seems happy.
1434: ANGRY flight with SOF on «139.9» but very weak transmissions...very unusual. Normally by the time they are talking with SOF they're loud enough to knock you out of the chair.
1441: AXEMAN flight (A-10s MD-ANG) with ZNY-Noliet NJ on «239.05» 7000 flight level...AXEMAN 1 has a really rotten sounding transmitter
1443: AXEMAN flight using tac freq «142.3»
1445: BICEP flight reports overhead Salisbury with ZDC-Snow Hill MD on «256.8» apparently heading back to Atlantic City.
1446: TESTER 12 (USN Test Pilot School) with BayWatch on «270.8»
1447: BICEP push U-7 and come up with ZDC-Sea Isle NJ on «285.4» where they are starting their descent.
1447: RAVENs with BayWatch on «314.0»
1449: BICEP to U-6 «261.0» both Code 1
1452: BICEP with ZDC-Sea Isle NJ leaving 17.5 for 7000 «285.4»
1453: RAVEN flight into area R-6609 for 30 minutes «270.8»
1455: Bollen Range active on «237.2» Based on the sound of the xmitter, it's the AXEMAN flight. In fact, he just mentions he's having a problem with his radio.
1459: Navy JT051 (that's a zero) with GK on «135.725» mentions he wants to go to Dover and then to McGuire.

1501: AXEMAN with the radio problem also says he has nothing on his HUD...absolutely can see nothing «237.2»
1521: WILDCAT 51 (Poss F-15 Langley) with ZDC-Hopewell VA on «269.3» and then a minute later with ZDC-Green Bay VA on «351.9» flight level 280.
1525: WILDCAT 51 still with Center on «351.9» asks for direct BLV (BLV is Scott AFB in Belleville IL)
1535: COLT 1/2 coming home on «347.2» Code 1 for 2 and 2 for 1 (Got that?) Chatting on «142.3»
1538 TOTEM 41 flight of three entering GK's area on «249.8» followed by TOTEM 45, flight of two (All F-15s from Langley) will be in area for 30 minutes.
Noticing that Langley has cycled all their old callsigns back into the rotation here recently. Sure wish I could say for sure what the F-22 Raptors are using. I'm still calling them all F-15s but don't really know that for sure. I'm not sure the F-22 has been cleared yet for some of these air/air combat operations. I still feel the F-22 pilots will take new callsigns unless it's a specific plan to mask them by using the old calls. Pilots of new aircraft are all hotshots that want their top dog status signified by specific callsigns. If the F-22s or any Langley flights used the ZDC freqs like the other units do, it would be easy to pick out the F-22s as they reported in to the Center with their flight info....but they don't.

And on that happy note, I think I'll call this the END OF REPORT...for now. But before I go...

1548: SPEEDO 51 (F-15 Langley) into GK's area on «249.8» reports his flight will be MARSA with TOTEM and RISKY flights...all Langley F-15s.
1549: RISKY 61 flight into GK's area on «249.8» (TOTEM already in as reported earlier) GK's «312.3/389.1» looks like they will be the operational freqs for the F-15 air fight.

 

[DPD1]

1115: SALTY DOG 102 (Strike Aircraft Test Squadron, Pax River) with BayWatch «270.8»

Have you ever stumbled onto their base freq? They usually call about 10-15 minutes out and give their side number. It's probably one of the hardest freqs to find, because they usually only talk for a few seconds. But they're good to have. I've always liked the challenge of finding them.

Dave
-DPD Productions - Custom Scanner, MURS, & Ham Antennas-
http://eje.railfan.net/dpdp/

 

[TinEar]

No, I sure haven't Dave. Of course, I've never looked for it either. It seems the SDs always come up when it's extremely busy on the good weather days. They never seem to be flying by themselves which would allow more time to concentrate on them. Fair weather flyers.

 

[Mark]

Cuirrently hearing Boeing Test freq active 321.700 in this area.I have this as NCC Airport Boeing test freq.Pilot calling out various banking degrees on turns testing something.
Mentioned speed of 80 knots so was thinking maybe an V-22 Osprey test.

 

[TinEar]

He's loud and clear here too Mark...I forgot to post it. He hit at the same time the TOTEM flights came up. I knew there was something else to post but then senility took over and it was forgotten. I've never been able to determine for sure where his test track is but he's always loud and clear even when he's reporting flying at just a few hundred feet altitude.

 

[Mark]

He wasn't that strong here and at times faded.Possibly his track is farther southwest near you or out in the Bay somewhere,Maybe the Delaware bay also.I had him slightly stronger when my scantenna was pointed towards the south.

 

[TinEar]

1925: MD-ANG active on tac «142.3» Mention putting on their NVGs and saying "this is going to be great." Callsign AXEMAN
1929: MD-ANG flight to BayWatch on «354.8» State they'll be in the area until 2040. Also with transmissions on Raven Ops freq «347.2»
NOTE: Broadcasting this ground attack activity at the website...at least for a bit.

1955: Bollen Range active on «237.2» It's a RAVEN flight of A-10s from Martin State working with range controller BALKY.
2000: GIANT KILLER freqs «238.1/373.1/292.3» active.
2009: Langley freq «364.125» active
2014: Apparently things aren't going well for the A-10s in the Pax River area...they switch to «354.8» and say they're returning to MTN in 5 minutes.
2018: YODA (F-15 Langley) flight enters GK on «249.8» Says they'll be MARSA with MILLER (F-15 Langley) YODA flight leader mentions that RAPID (F-15 Langley) is already in the area and his flight will wait until they're done.
2025: Langley tac freq «228.175» active
2025: MILLER flight into GK's area on «238.1»
2026: AXEMAN flight to Raven Ops on «347.2» 1 is Code 1, 2 is Code 2 for pod. Raven Ops says they'll pass that on to maintenance.
2028: Langley tac freq «228.175» active
2031: CAVE 71 (F-15 Langley) flight into GK's area on «238.1» for reduced lighting exercise.
NOTE: There are two or three other flights from Langley that entered GK's area that I wasn't able to catch callsigns for. Mass flight tonight.
2035: KEMP 42 (Unk type) leaving GK's area, heading for Langley
2036: KEMP 43 with GK on «238.1» KEMP is an unknown callsign...that's as close as I can come to recovering it...at first I thought it was TEMP and I'm still not 100% on KEMP.
NOTE: KEMP is a valid callsign for E3B aircraft from Tinker AFB OK but I doubt a whole flight of them would be in GK's area. Will keep this in mind as a potential callsign for the F-22 Raptors at Langley.
2042: Current GIANT KILLER freqs active: «238.1/249.8/292.3/389.1/373.1/391.2» along with most of the known Langley tac freqs.
2050: Once again tonight, the Security Police or whoever does police activities at Martin State is broadcasting through the CRAB Ops «385.9» frequency. Not sure how that happens. It also reminds me once again that the CRAB C-130J aircraft from MTN have disappeared. Haven't heard from them in a very long time. Not sure if they deployed, were sent to the bases in CA and RI that the BRAC has them eventually going to....or did they simply change freqs since their freq is right in the middle of the new 380 military trunked band? I don't know the answer to any of those questions. Anyone else????

2100: Still have some of the Langley fighters in the GK area doing air intercept training (north group versus south group). They are currently using «312.3/389.1» for this activity.
2118: Langley IRON Ops on «357.1» active
2121: Flight of three (callsign missed, ???? 71, probably CAVE) leaving GK's area using «249.8»

 

[ka3jjz]

Lots out there tonite - maybe related to the tanker truck scare? It even made the NBC news...

Anyway, a few other freqs not yet reported - had 34.6 active for just a moment with someone saying 'the only thing we don't do is walk on hot coals....' (wonder what that was all about?). Also someone doing some coord work on 364.125 - rather interesting...' Single Engine...Afterburners on now...'.

73s Mike

 

[TinEar]

The Langley tac 364.125 was active earlier and logged at 2009...it was interesting because this freq is seldomly used.

Funny, Mike, about those FM low band freqs that the A-10s are using from Martin State. I seem to catch them only at takeoff and just before landing - obviously that has more to do with range than with their actual use. But they are completely informal while on those freqs. They use first names, nicknames and chat about things I don't think they would if they knew they could be heard. For some reason, they treat them like they are totally private. I wonder what gives them that idea? They used them on takeoff tonight before going down to Pax but all I caught was a few words before it disappeared.

 

[TinEar]

0938: VENUS 44 returning to Andrews after suffering several bird strikes near Wilmington. Wants maintenance notified...Andrews can't hear him of course and 44 says he'll call back in a few minutes. «378.1»
0947: DEVIL 11 flight (F-16s, NJ-ANG, Atlantic City) with ZDC-Sea Isle NJ «285.4»
0949: VENUS 44 to Andrews repeats above message about bird strikes and notifying maintenance so they'll know what to expect. «378.1» Arriving Andrews 15 minutes
0951: DC-ANG (F-16, Andrews AFB MD) active on «143.15» Callsign SCARY, flight of two
0953: VENUS 44 explaining bird strikes happened just as they were taking off from Wilmington and struck the underside of the aircraft «378.1»
0957: SCARY 1 calling HUNTRESS on tac freq «143.15»
0957: Pair of aircraft from the Northrup Gruman test facility active on «123.225»

1002: DEVIL 11, flight of two, with BayWatch on «270.8» Both aircraft report seeing the Hornet.
1003: TESTER 09 (US Navy Test Pilot School) announces RTB to BayWatch on «270.8»
1003: DEVIL flight working tac freq «138.425»
1004: Warren Grove Range active «283.1»
1007: DEVIL flight working with range controller REAPER at Pax River Range but still using their own tac freq «138.425» REAPER I believe is a simulated controller for purposes of this ground attack exercise...now confirmed...role being played by the other DEVIL aircraft.
1009: SCARY flight with BayWatch on «354.8»
1011: WILD 1 (F-16 DC-ANG) also with BayWatch on «354.8»
1020: SCARY flight coming home...contact SOF on «139.9» with mission results, both Code 1, 69 miles east of Andrews.
1024: SCARY flight working «143.15» as they make their way home.
1030: BANGER, flight of two (F-16, NJ-ANG) active «138.875» and briefly with DEVILs on «138.425» DEVIL flight mentions being near Sea Isle now.
1032: BANGER flight also doing ground attack exercises in BayWatch Pax River area. «138.875»
1034: DEVIL flight to ZDC-Cape Charles VA on «257.7» and then to ZDC-Sea Isle NJ on «285.4» where they request FL 15,500 and direct to McGuire or direct Dixie at McGuire...approved for FL 14,000....12,000 at 1036 and down to 10,000 at 1039.
1052: BANGER flight leaves BayWatch area on «270.8»
1055: BANGER to ZDC-Snow Hill MD on «256.8»
1059: BANGER with Devil Ops on «261.0» for mission report. And then back to tac «138.875» reporting wx for Atlantic City and landing runway 31.

1103: BANGER flight with ZDC-Sea Isle on «285.4»
END OF REPORT...for now. Gotta run.