[MilCom] Log: Central Louisiana 20th April 2006

[unanmatt at aol.com]

Hi all,

I was out and about today and noticed:

Opelousas,  Saint Landry Parish Airport:
 
OV-1A 59-0604 N4235Z marked "59604" destined for the Chino Air  Museum. 
Talking with "the guy" there, he said that it was donated to the museum  after no 
buyer came forward. A team from Chino are due soon to take the engines  and 
come back with good ones to ferry it to California. It's been grounded here  for 
at least two years with hail, rain, wind and sun damage. It's  gonna take some 
work!

Alexandria IAP (AEX)

$=Noted from radio traffic, read off the last three of the UH-60's:
 
UH-60L ??-2?281 probably 90-26281
UH-60L ??-2?291  probably 90-26291
UH-60L ??-2?292 probably  90-26292
UH-60L ??-2?982 ?? didn't 84-23982 crash
$  OH-58D "ARMY 40060" probably 94-0060 
$ OH-58D "ARMY 115" possible  96-0115
$ OH-58D "ARMY 599" probably 92-0599

I know elements of the 82nd Airborne are in rotation at Fort Polk so the  
serials are an (un)educated guess.
 
Noted around on the radio around Fort Polk and in the ranges recently have  
been the following:

"ARMY 0074" AN-2 00074 TSMO Det.
"ARMY 192" Mi-17 01192 TSMO Det.
"ARMY 221" Mi-2 00221 TSMO  Det.
"ARMY 532" Mi-2 41532 TSMO Det.
"ARMY 472" Mi-24 32472 TSMO  Det.
"ARMY 516" UH-1V 72-21516 USAAAD Fort Polk

Fort Polk frequencies  active recently:
 
121.800  POE GROUND 
36.050  POE AIRFIELD  OPERATIONS 
374.200  POE AIRFIELD  OPERATIONS 
373.300  POE RANGE  CONTROL 
40.950  POE RANGE  CONTROL/MEDEVAC 
364.900  POE JACKKNIFE/WOLFMAN  (CRE) ASOC
41.300  POE OPS 
119.000  POE TOWER  
248.200  POE TOWER/GND 
124.425  POE WARRIOR  CONTROL FULLERTON 
34.500  POE POLK  APP 
259.150  POE REDLEG IMPACT  AREA 
370.300  POE PEASON GCAS (S) BLUE STRIKE  (P) 
367.600  POE GERONIMO GCAS (S) BLUE STRIKE  (P) 
132.050  POE APP/DEP
123.700  POE APP
261.300  POE APP
226.500  POE APP/DEP  ALEXANDRIA


Matt Ellis
Alexandria, Louisiana