[MilCom] Mil acft activity over Florida

[AllanStern at aol.com]

Busy morning to the north and south of me.
  To the north I am hearing FANGs and SNAKEs (FL-ANG F-15s) in  dogfights. 
Freqs:
314.2
341.1
254.2
  To the south, I am hearing CHALICE (Tinker AWACS) and  SHARKs (Homestead 
F-16s). CHALICE is trying to solve a problem onboard.  Freqs:
303.15 (Mako Ops at Homestead).
250.6 (Tarpon Range).
270.6 (Tarpon Range).
  Close to me, I am hearing BOLT 31 (MacDill KC-135R tanker) in  
instructional AAR with GRITS 23 (Charleston C-17A). GRITS has 3 pilots on board,  
including the IP. Freq is:
327.6.
  Very close to me, I am hearing the Melbourne JSTARS Integration  Facility 
testing.  "T-1" is wkg ground station "Terra 5." T-3 has a  radar "chatter" 
problem they are trying to fix. Also discussing the  SCDL and loading of crypto. 
The freq is:
231.75.
   Not sure if it was in error or not, but Grits came up on 254.3  for a very 
short comm.
   
AL STERN  Satellite Beach FL (28-11N 80-36W) monitoring
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 Avon Park Bombing Range (KAGR)  Cape Canaveral  AFS (KXMR)
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