[MilCom] Patrick AFB Area Log - Mon 3 Apr 2006

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Patrick AFB Area Log - Mon 3 Apr 2006
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Lots of distant comms heard today, most without callsigns. Several acft  
heard approaching MacDill AFB on 279.6.  Comms heard from Tarpon Range  on 344.2; 
sounded like the MAKOs and SHARKs. ACM was heard on 393.8; possibly  125FW. 
Even heard a Russkie airliner (Aeroflot 333), which is a rarity in this  area.  
 
AAR: C-17 #95-0104 Charleston AFB 437AW; KC-135 #62-3510 Grissom ARB  434ARW.
9:50am: Rendezvous for AAR; northward on track.
[327.6]
 
MADFOX 83: P-3C, Jacksonville NAS VP-5 "Mad Foxes"
10:03am: "Three down and locked": lands MacDill.
[294.7]
 
__ 319: P-3C, poss Lima Lima 319.
10:15am: Comms with SHOOTERS (VP-30 "Troubleshooters"). Will RTB due  to 
light coming back on.
[306.0]
 
TIGER 01
11:07am: Area transition.
[273.55]
 
TONTO 06: T-1A, Randolph 12FTW
11:19am: e/r Randolph from Punta Gorda.
[255.4]
 
JOSA 725: C-21A 84-0078
11:20am: "Inbound MacDill to pick up our R-5." Will depart to  Andrews.
[311.0]
 
FIRST 71: Flight of 4, Langley AFB 1FW
11:24am: Area transition.
[317.6]
 
FLASH 29: C-37A 01-0029, MacDill AFB 6AMW 310AS
11:30am: Touch-and-goes at Patrick; RTB to MacDill.
[133.75]
Photos: P4030672-0675.
 
BOLT 11: KC-135R, MAcDill AFB 6AMW
12:14pm: Area transition.
[119.825, 132.15]
 
AIR TRANSPORT 530: DC-8 (USAF Contractor)
1:35pm: Departs Patrick to ETR downrange site Antigua.
[133.75, 132.65, 132.25]
 
COIL 01: F-15, Jacksonville IAP FL-ANG "Jaguars"
1:57pm: Area transition.
[346.25]
 
MAULER 14: S-3B, Jacksonville VS-32 "Maulers"
2:25pm: Touch-and-go at Patrick; on to NAS Jax.
[269.375, 281.425]
 
BRONCO 01: OV-10D, US State Dept, Patrick AFB.
2:35pm: Local training.
[133.75]
 
NASA 956: T-38N #69-7084, Johnson Space Ctr, Houston TX
3:08pm: Lands at Shuttle Landing Facility; had called into tower from 80  
miles south.
[284.0, 132.65, 128.55]
 
CG VESSEL 25442, Port Canaveral
3:29pm: Comms with CG Sta Canaveral.
[157.15]
 
REACH 9488: KC-135R 59-1488, MacDill AFB 6AMW
4:34pm: Area transition.
[119.825]
 
LIFTER 19: C-17A, Charleston 437AW
8:28pm: Pattern work at Patrick AFB.
10:05pm: Departs back to Charleston.
[133.75]
 
NASA 950: Gulfstream II #185, Johnson Space Ctr, Houston TX
9:30pm: Departs Shuttle Landing Facility.
[126.525, 128.225]
 
 
MADFOX 06: P-3C, Jacksonville NAS VP-5 "Mad Foxes"
10:01pm: Pattern work at Patrick.
11:10pm: Departs back to Nas Jax.
[133.75, 132.65]

 
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