[MilCom] New Orleans Area Milcoms 4/27-4/28-04

[Shawn Levy, USMC S-2]

<Tuesday>
 
324.6 - Air refueling track AR-101:
JAYHAWK (no ID) talking to unid a/c. JAYHAWK later up on Hou Center 348.75 (Alexandria High) direct Monroe, LA.
 
14:00 CDT
353.55 - Houston Center:
JAZZ 1-3 & REX 1-2 (both F-15 159th FW/122d FS NAS N.O. JRB) 
Head into EAGLE GOLF MOA for fight. Fight's on @ 14:17. 
277.4 - Fight Ops (monitor)
296.5 - JAZZ Ops (blue air)
259.9 - REX Ops  (red air)
 
REX 2 called out his airspeed as Mach 1.4.
 
*Seems this was a practice for op on Wed with THUMPER (see below)
 
285.6 - Houston Center, Hattiesburg High:
ACCURA 41 at flt level 270 (no ID).
 
<Wednesday>
 
228.5 - AWACS:
CHALICE FOXTROT (back end E-3 Sentry ACC 552d ACW Tinker AFB, OK) calling any station .
 
341.75 - AWACS:
Single ping beep tones.
 
303.1 - AWACS:
Unid a/c calling DRAGON Ops (no Joy).
 
333.3 - (Quad Three Discrete)
CAESAR 11 (F-15 F-15 159th FW/122d FS NAS N.O. JRB) with WATCHDOG Ops, gave push 19, CAESAR 11 came up on 265.4 - OAKGROAVE GCI.
 
366.3 - Air refueling track AR-302:
JAKE 11 (KC-135R  MS ANG 153 ARS/186 ARW Key Field, MS), setting up meet for refueling.
 
350.35 - MSY APP Unitform:
CRAWDAD 4 (P-3 VP-94 NAS New Orleans JRB) on final to Louis Armstrong International Airport (MSY). 
 
353.55 - Houston Center, Oceanic:
VOODOO 1 (no ID) req entry into EAGLE GOLF MOA, W-59 Alpha-Charlie. Entered 10 minutes before JAZZ & REX flights. (JAFO??)
 
JAZZ 1-3 & REX 1 & 2 enter W-59 A-C.
 
THUMPER (back end E-3 Sentry,  513th ACG Tinker AFB, OK) Enters MOA.
 
THUMPER controls JAZZ flt on 296.5 and REX flt on 259.9. 277.4 is air ops monitor.
 
After "knock it off" all a/c exit W-59 A-C, JAZZ & REX flt RTB NAS N.O. VOODOO 1 exits W-59 10 minutes afterward, also RTB NAS N.O.
 
225.8 - AWACS:
GOLIATH BRAVO (back end E-3 Sentry 552d ACW Tinker AFB, OK) giving track reports to HIGHLANDER (no ID). Also sounded as if he was working TURBO 24.
 
Shawn
 



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