[MilCom] Pensacola Beach Report/July 10-15, 2006
Airshowfreak5 at aol.com
Airshowfreak5 at aol.com
Sun Jul 16 18:40:56 EDT 2006
Great Report, Joe.
Just a FYI: ROCKET-2## flights are T-2C's. 5## flights are T-39's.
Adam
Marietta,GA
"VFA-203 Forever"
In a message dated 7/16/2006 6:24:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
gunslinger37217 at yahoo.com writes:
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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