[MilCom] Helicopters Controlling Fighters

[Mac McCormick III]

Today, I managed to hear a first for me:  helicopters controlling
intercepts for fighters.  The Sea King ASaC.7s, BEE STING, that
Al Stern heard earlier this week were up today controlling 
intercepts for the 125 FW F-15As.  I was thoroughly confused
by helicopters controlling intercepts until I looked up the 
ASaC.7 online this afternoon and discovered that it was an
Airborne Early Warning platform.  Fascinating stuff...  Anyway,
my notes from their activity is below:

339.700     Sealord Discrete; FANG, SNAKE wkg BEE STING 
                 for intercepts and wkg DRAGON to pass kill calls 
                 to ATTIC, NIKEL
234.800     125 FW Aux 6; FANG a2a            
253.700     125 FW Aux 7; SNAKE a2a
349.800     W-157 Discrete; ATTIC 75-78 and NIKEL 31-34 wkg
                  DEUCE (MACS-2) for GCI and wkg DRAGON to pass 
                  kill calls to FANG, SNAKE
234.800     VMFA-122 Tac 1; NIKEL a2a
326.700     VMFA(AW)-332 Tac 1; ATTIC a2a            


Mac McCormick                      "Green Comms Suck"
Savannah, GA
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