[MilCom] U-2 flight on 8/2 from KPMD-KWRB

Mike Riffle kc8mzm at yahoo.com
Tue Aug 2 14:33:57 EDT 2005


1751z XRAY 66 passing eta of 1845z on 372.2
1817z XRAY calling mobile on 138.9 (locally this is a 479FTG air-air freq)
ARTCC 257.9>371.95>360.75>316.1

Mike Riffle
Cataula, GA

On 31-Jul-05 14:51, Mike Riffle wrote:
 > According to the The Robins Rev-Up online newspaper, a U-2 is scheduled
 > to be at Robins AFB from 2 Aug - 5 Aug:
 >
 > "The base will commemorate the 330th Command and Control Intelligence
 > Surveillance Reconnaissance Group's (ISRG) 50th anniversary of the U-2S
 > 'Dragon Lady' with events at Robins from Tuesday through Aug. 5.
 > The aircraft, due to arrive at Robins from Air Force Plant 42, Palmdale,
 > Calf., Tuesday afternoon, will be on display at the flightline Wednesday,
 > to give the Center's senior staff and other base officials at Robins a
 > glimpse of the reconnaissance aircraft."
 >
 > source: http://www.robins.af.mil/pa/revup-online/index.htm
 >
 > Freqs to watch in Georgia based upon previous U-2 visits:
 >
 > 123.325  Unknown ops, used last Aug. by NASA 809 inbound to Robins
 > 239.350  Atlanta Center High Sector Columbus (VHF 125.575)
 > 319.100  Atlanta Center Ultra-High Sector Montgomery (VHF 134.600)
 > 335.650  Atlanta Center High Sector Macon (VHF 126.425)
 > 360.750  Atlanta Center Low Sector Macon (VHF 134.500)
 >
 > IIRC there was also a military Victor freq used by the U-2 but I can't
 > find it in my notes :-(


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Mike Riffle
Cataula, GA
http://www.geocities.com/kc8mzm


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