[MilCom] ShawFest 2005 report
Matt Cawby
mattcawby at gmail.com
Sun May 1 17:30:44 EDT 2005
Great pictures, thanks
--
Matt Cawby
Seattle, WA
On 5/1/05, Mike Riffle <kc8mzm at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Location: Shaw AFB (KSSC) Sumter SC
> Date: 23 April 2005
>
> [FREQUENCIES]
> 118.850 Air Boss victor
> 123.150 discrete common (Red Eagles/Ed Hamill)
> 123.475 Golden Knights discrete
> 125.400 Shaw approach/departure
> 136.575 F-16 East Coast Demo discrete
> Heritage Flight
> Air Power Demo
> 141.850 Thunderbirds Channel 2
> #8 check-in following his media flight
> Diamond after the Solos had landed (Friday practice)
> 143.850 Thunderbirds Channel 1
> Thunderbird Ops/Thunderbird Control
> Diamond
> 225.400 Thunderbird Control to Shaw tower
> 235.250 Thunderbird Solos
> 254.250 Shaw tower
> 254.350 Thunderbirds media flight
> 270.100 Shaw ATIS
> 275.800 Shaw ground
> 372.800 Air Boss uniform (Shaw GCA freq)
> 384.550 F-15 West Coast Demo discrete
> F-15 and QF-4 air-air during their rtb to Tyndall
> 385.600 Shaw approach/departure
>
> [STATIC]
> A-10A (#79-0206) 74th FS
> B-1B (#86-0139A) 34th BS "Dakota Queen" named after the B-24 flown
> by Sen. George McGovern during WWII
> the J Baugher site reports this aircraft skidded
> off the runway while landing at Diego Garcia on
> Feb 26, 2004 and damaged the engines and landing gear
> B-17G (N3707G) painted as #41-24485 "Memphis Belle"
> B-52H (#61-0009) 2nd BW "Damage Inc. II"
> Bell 230 (N911RC) Palmetto Health Alliance CareForce
> C-17A (#96-0005) 437th AW "The Spirit of SGT John L. Levitow"
> C-45F (#44-47696) N7381C
> C-54E (N500EJ) Berlin Airlift "Spirit of Freedom"
> F-15C (#83-0010) 94th FS
> (#83-0027) 94th FS
> F-15E (#89-0481) 334th FS
> F-16CJ (#00-0225) 79th FS
> (#92-3902) 157th FS
> (#93-0554) 55th FS
> (#94-0049) 55th FS
> (#92-3920) 20th FW "Sumter The Gamecock City"
> Commander 20th FW aircraft
> (#91-0353) 55th FS
> shot down a MiG-29 with AIM-120B during Operation
> Allied Force in Kosovo on 4 May 1999
> F-35 (?) tail stripe had flags from USA, United Kingdom,
> Ireland, Netherlands, Turkey, Canada, Denmark,
> Norway, Australia
> F7F (?) late arrival, did not get a chance to check it out
> HH-65B (#6594) CGAS Savannah "Low Country Life Savers"
> KC-135R (#58-0124) 22nd ARW
> MH-60S (#166322) HSC-26
> P-51B (N51BM) 2/3 scale Mustang, serial #43-24824 on fuselage
> PT-17 (N4698N) serial #41-38319 on fuselage
> Tango II (N99GE) homebuilt
> T-1A (#95-0058) 48th FTS
> T-37B (#60-0096) 14th FTW
> T-38C (#64-13298) 49th/435th FTS
> T-6A (#00-3591) 3rd FTS
> YAK-7B (N7YK) "Night Witch"
>
> [AERIAL]
> A-10A (#79-0135) 74th FS, Air Power demo, callsign SANDY 11
> (#81-0990) 74th FS, Air Power demo, callsign SANDY 12
> B-2A (#93-1088) 393rd BS "Spirit of Louisiana", flyby
> callsign CZAR 12
> B-52H (#61-0002) 2nd BW, flyby, callsign TUFF 11
> C-17A (#96-0007) 437th AW "The Spirit of America's Veterans"
> tactical demo, callsign GRITS 37
> C-31A (#85-1608) Golden Knights, callsign GOLDEN KNIGHT 608
> CF-104D (#104632) Starfighters
> Eagle (N106BD) Red Eagle Air Sports
> Eagle (N181DM) Red Eagle Air Sports
> F-15C (#80-0051) 60th FS, West Coast Demo, Heritage Flight
> F-16CJ (?) Thunderbirds
> (#91-0348) 55th FS, Shaw 4-ship flyby, callsign VEGAS
> (#91-0368) 79th FS, Air Power demo, callsign TIGER
> (#91-0372) 79th FS, Air Power demo, callsign TIGER
> (#91-0376) 20th FW, Shaw 4-ship flyby, callsign VEGAS
> (#92-3910) 79th FS, Air Power demo, callsign TIGER
> (#94-0040) 55th FS, Shaw 4-ship flyby, callsign VEGAS
> (#94-0041) 20th FW, East Coast demo, Heritage Flight
> callsign TIGER
> (#94-0044) 55th FS, Shaw 4-ship flyby, callsign VEGAS
> (#94-0047) 79th FS, Air Power demo, callsign TIGER
> was on static display at Team Moody Airfest 2005
> (#00-0224) 79th FS, Air Power demo, callsign TIGER
> fuselage did not have any paint on it - note that its
> sister ship #0223 was a static at Team Moody Airfest
> 2005 and it also did not have any paint
> (#01-7053) Air Power demo
> no squadron markings or SW on the tail, this was just
> delivered last month and is the final F-16 purchased
> by the USAF
> F-86F (#52-4959) Dale Snodgrass aerobatics, Heritage Flight
> Giles G202 (N202GP) Gary Ward aerobatics
> Aviat S2C (N89PS) Ed Hamill's Air Force Reserve aerobatics
> QF-4E (#72-0135) 82nd ATRS, Heritage Flight, callsign RHINO 28
> S300D (N540DH) John Klatt's Air National Guard aerobatics
> T-33A (#58-665) NX556RH
>
> [COMMENTS]
> Despite a crummy forecast all week the weather was not that bad, the skies
> were overcast in the morning but soon gave way to partly cloudy skies and
> temps in the lower 70's.
>
> Due to high winds in the afternoon the Golden Knights were only able to
> perform their morning show.
>
> The Shaw 4-ship flight had a loadout of 2x 370 gal fuel tanks, a
> AN/ASQ-213 targeting pod, and a pod or ejector rack on station 7 that I
> cannot identify. Can anyone ID it from these photos?
> http://www.geocities.com/kc8mzm/photo/rack.jpg
> http://www.geocities.com/kc8mzm/photo/rack1.jpg
>
> The C-17 demo was most impressive, almost makes me want to spend a day at
> North Aux Field watching them practice!
>
> The Air Power Demo consisted of two A-10's and six F-16's attacking a
> simulated target. The A-10's each carried 2x AGM-65 and a centerline travel
> pod. The F-16's carried 2x AIM-120, 1x AIM-9, 1x TACTS pod (except for
> aircraft #368 & 047), and a centerline 300 gal fuel tank. Aircraft #910 was
> a little different, in addition to the loadout mentioned above he carried
> 2x 370 gallon fuel tanks instead of the centerline tank, a 1x AGM-65, a
> centerline AN/ALQ-184 ECM pod, and a AN/ASQ-213 targeting pod.
>
> There was some confusion on the bomber flyby's. Air boss was expecting
> multiple passes from the B-52 but instead he only got one after which the
> Buff proceeded to Vidalia for a flyby. When the B-2 came by I guess the air
> boss was expecting the same thing as he was already clearing John Klatt to
> begin his show when the B-2 said he still had two more passes.
>
> Preceding the Thunderbirds performance Lieutenant Colonel Michael Chandler
> (Boss) helped 48 civilians "Cross Into The Blue" by swearing them in.
>
> I did not hear comms on any of the published Thunderbird ground frequencies.
> A quick search thru the 400 MHz band found nothing new. On a related note
> all of the Shaw ground frequencies in the 160 MHz band were either digital
> or encrypted.
>
> FOD was a major concern after the Thunderbirds landed. Due to the high
> winds there was a lot of trash blowing around the flight line. The
> Thunderbirds ground crew formed wall and stopped anything blowing toward
> the taxing F-16's.
>
> Photos are available at http://www.pbase.com/mriffle/shaw
>
> Mike Riffle
> Cataula, GA
> http://www.geocities.com/kc8mzm
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