[MilCom] Mobile MilCom; 18 Feb 2005

[russell]

If the RATS had a British accent (one with a very Scottish brogue like Sean 
Connery) these guys would have been British fighter instructor pilots that 
have been working out of Cold Lake's little NATO pilot training school.

These guys also use the the callsign RAFT.  The Hawk jet trainer and 
finally CF-18 are used for training.

It appears that there are some Canadian pilots out on the ranges in the 
southeast U.S.   Nice way to bag some rays and get away from the cabin 
fever cold.

The ranges out of Cold Lake are having some telemetry  and EW additions.  I 
would not be surprised if there is some training taking place on how to use 
the new stuff.

Apparently, there is a rumor,  based only on conjecture, hearsay, and urban 
legend, that a Snowbird pilot from the demonstration team 
"accidently"  misplaced one of his flight-suits to what is known as a 
"Southern Belle"  or "Georgia Peach".  This apparent incident occurred  a 
few years ago. I forgot when this apparent incident happened.
Should  one of you gentlemen notice the above mentioned wearing such attire 
at an air-show or other place where pilots frequent please post a message 
on milcom at your leisure.

Cheers:
Russell in Alberta












At 08:56 PM 2/18/05, you wrote:

>Any idea on the RAT (RATS?) callsign I heard on Townsend?
>It was working the range around 1930 local time.
>
>Savannah IAP/CRTC
>-----------------------------
>257.800     Tower
>     -HAWK 4#, 5# (A-10, 131 FS)
>
>297.100     CRTC CP; HAWK OPS
>141.600     CRTC; HAWK ##
>138.150     HAWK a2a
>
>150.200     131 FS MOC
>
>
>Townsend Range
>------------------------
>228.400     Range Control
>     -HAWK ## (A-10, 131 FS) wkg BULLET (Ground FAC)
>     -RAT (RATS?) 27 wkg BULLET (Ground FAC)
>
>252.900     Range Control
>     -HAWK ## (A-10, 131 FS) wkg BULLET (Ground FAC)
>      and NIGHTSTAR (E-8C, 12 ACCS)
>
>
>JSTARS
>------------
>388.225     JSTARS Discrete; NIGHTSTAR wkg ????, also
>                  encrypted
>341.750     JSTARS Discrete; encrypted
>376.125     JSTARS Discrete; encrypted
>
>
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