[MilCom] Pensacola Beach Report/July 10-15, 2006

Joe Cobb gunslinger37217 at yahoo.com
Sun Jul 16 18:23:52 EDT 2006


Well folks, i had a ball!!   I was in milair heaven. 
I was monitoring with just one radio, a Pro-97
W/Maldol AL-500H antenna.  I will format this in
callsigns, freqs used, and a/c type if known for sure.
  So here we go.

NAS Pensacola (KNPA) related:
Callsigns:
SHOOTER 842, 474, 933, 511, 529 (T-34C's)
SPIRO 631, 958, 637 (T-34C's)
BLUE ANGEL 1 x 4 (F/A-18A, Wed for survey flights)
BLUE ANGEL 5 x 2 (""       ""       ""       ""  )
KATT 101, 103, 152, 151, 637, 623, 608 (T-6A's)
RED KNIGHT 793, 703, 954, 172, 298, 517, 627, 166, 
           032, 941 (T-34C's)
BUCK 506, 310, 130, 333 (T-6A's)
ROCKET 592, 209, 507, 509, 205 x 2 (T-39's)
GATOR 474, 681 (??)
FLIGHT CHECK 67 (FAA, King Air) using UHF freqs!!
COWBOY 31 x 2 (F/A-18A) 
BOBCAT 79, 93, 45 (T-45C's)
DUKE 76 (T-38A) transiting the area
VALOR 24 (T-37B) 
JOCK 01 (F-15) using KNPA as a TDY base
NASA 918 (T-38N) landed KNPA using UHF for tower
VIPER 01 x 2 (F-16C) (arrived on Thurs for survey
flight of beach.  Nice flybys i ate it up.

Frequencies:
340.2   KNPA Tower               270.8   Pensacola A/D
291.625 Pensacola A/D            385.4   Pensacola A/D
269.375 Pensacola A/D            353.6   Pensacola A/D
351.825 Pensacola A/D            372.0   Pensacola A/D
305.2   Pensacola A/D            288.15  Houston Ctr
313.2   Seabreeze                280.7   Seabreeze
303.4   Seabreeze                313.0   Seabreeze
275.6   Seabreeze                303.15  A2A
380.8   Choctaw Twr              312.2   KNPA Base Ops
359.6   KNPA PMSV                252.525 unk A2A
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Eglin AFB (KVPS) Related:
Callsigns:
AXLE 41 x 4 (F-15C)           CROW 11 x 4 (F-15C)
EAGLE 31 x 4 (F-15C)          JOKER 01 x 2 (F-15C)
SPECTRE 63 (AC-130)           COWBOY 21 (AC-130)
SPOOKY 41 (AC-130U)           DISCO 61 x 4 (F-15C)
KILLER 21 x ? (F-15C)         KILLER 54 x 2 (F-15C)
CROW 21 x 4 (F-15C)           KONG 31 x 3 (F-15C)
EAGLE 41 x 4 (F-15C)          SPECTRE 69 (AC-130)
MOJO 02 x ? (F-15C)           MOZAM 01 x 2 (??)
GRINCH 41 x 4 (F-15C)         SLUGGER xx x 4 (F-15C)
SENTRY 40 (E-3B)              SENTRY 41 (E-3B)
TALON 1 (MC-130P)             KONG 21 x 4 (F-15C)
COBRA 51 x ? (F-15C)          TANK 21 x 4 (F-15C)
SHADOW 91 (??)                JAWS 51 (MC-130P)
VAMPIRE 11, 2,3,4 (F/A-18F)   POISON 85 (T-38C) 
SMASH 1 x ? (??) departed KVPS to Navy Key West
DUKE 76 (T-38A)
DRAGNET (AWACS)

Frequencies:
353.65  Eglin TWR         360.6   Eglin A/D
281.45  Eglin A/D         290.2   Eglin Mission
381.3   Fighter Check in/Command Post
281.4   Fighter Check in W/DRAGNET
316.45  AWACS/ACM         287.45  AWACS/Mickey's
303.95  AWACS/ACM         338.75  AWACS/ACM
320.95  unk A2A           227.075 A2A
288.3   Tactical          285.15  A2A
354.2   Fighter Check in W/maint codes
291.825 Eglin Mission     342.5   Eglin Metro
339.75  AWACS/ACM         266.55  AWACS/ACM
320.95  unk A2A           369.15  Crow A2A
291.1   Hurlburt Twr      140.4   Hurlburt CP
251.25  Hurlburt CP       266.5   ACM/A2A
298.3   A2A               376.125 J-Stars
346.4   Jacksonville Ctr  323.05  Jacksonville Ctr
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Tyndall AFB (KPAM) Related:
Callsigns:
RHINO 01 x 2 (??)
ATARI 01 x 3
CLAW 01 x 2 (not an A-10)
SLAMMER 22, 12
SPARROW 44
ACES 1, 2, 3
WIDOW 1 x 4 
RAPTOR 1 x 2

Frequencies:
384.4   Tyndall TWR          
341.7   Tyndall A/D
392.1   Tyndall A/D
338.35  Tyndall A/D
257.5   Hydra/W-470A
236.525 Check in
288.5   Whetstone
311.2   Whetstone 
255.9   unk
256.6   A2A
357.5   Air Refueling
292.7   Ops          
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Misc:
EVAC W/Maxwell Disp 372.2
320.9 DRAGNET UNIFORM calling OAK GROVE for a Signal
Check
364.2 AICC DRAGNET UNIFORM W/GLIDE ALPHA
123.15  VIPER West (F-16C) A2A for survey flight of
beach.  Also used 376.025 for A2A inbound
157.15  USCG Cutter CYPRESS on station at bouys (show
center)

Joe

PS: Airshow report to follow later. 



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