[MilCom] KBKF: 17 MAY 2006

[Sandy4218 at aol.com]

A very active Wednesday.

372.20:  JOSA-471, (C-21A, Peterson), takeoff Colorado Springs enroute 
Centennial.
275.80:  REDEYE-11, flight of 2, (F-16, Buckley), cleared Cheyenne MOA.
275.80:  STUD-21, flight of 2, (F-16, Buckley), cleared Cheyenne MOA. Will be 
MARSA with REDEYE-11.
251.25:  TACO-21, flight of 2, (F-16, NM-ANG), working in Airburst Range.
372.20:  JOSA-562, (C-21A), takeoff Colorado Springs.
372.20:  JOSA-027, (C-21A), takeoff Colorado Springs.
372.20:  JOSA-471, (C-21A, Peterson), reporting takeoff out of Centennial 
(KAPA)
121.60:  PAT-389, (C-26B), cleared to Wright-Patt.
319.00:  WILDCAT-55, (F/A-18, VFA-131, Oceana), with Denver Center, FL 280. 
Switch 323.25. Descend to 270 and switch 327.80. Appears to be landing Grand 
Junction.
275.80:  STUD-41, flight of 2, (F-16, Buckley), cleared La Veta MOA and 
AR-643.
275.80:  REDEYE-31, flight of 4, (F-16, Buckley, cleared La Veta MOA and 
AR-643.
275.80:  PEAK-11, flight of 2, (F-16, Buckley), practice scramble to Cheyenne 
MOA.
271.00:  PEAK-11 flight checking in with BIGFOOT; then heading for La Veta to 
join REDEYE and STUD flights on AR-643. Also trying to raise BIGFOOT on 
296.70 with no joy.
279.80:  REDEYEs, STUDs & PEAKs on AR-643 with tanker UTAH-51 (KC-135, 
UT-ANG). 
PEAKs and maybe the others working Victor discrete of 125.015. After the AR, 
all switch 379.95 and head for Cheyenne MOA.
275.80:  CUERVO-1, (F-16, CA-ANG), cleared to Fresno.
298.40:  JOSA-584, (C-21A), calling High Country Control.
296.70:  Denver Center talking with PINON-99, (U-2, Beale). Tells him to 
switch to Minneapolis Center, 269.175. Did not hear PINON.
121.00:  REACH 4436, (C-130, Little Rock), land.
372.20:  EVAC-91445, (KC-135E, IA-ANG), land Colorado Springs; then on to 
Travis??
275.80:  BAMA-15, (F-16, AL-ANG), cleared to Ellsworth AFB. 
291.675: PEAK-11, (F-16, Buckley), had some sort of emergency after landing 
and took the departure end cable. Then the circus started.
291.675: 3 of the REDEYEs and the 2 STUDs circling overhead,  along with an 
E-6B. BAMA trying to take off but had to wait 20 minutes. REDEYEs had to divert 
to DIA due to low fuel. STUDs about to divert, but runway opened back up and 
they landed on fumes. Neither REDEYEs nor STUDs could contact Denver  Approach 
on any of the Uniform freqs and all coordination for the divert had to be 
handled via phone. A real chinese fire drill for about 1/2 hour, but everything 
eventually got back to some semblance of normalcy.
121.00:  STUMP-81, (E-6B, Tinker), land; then back to Tinker.
370.10:  Data signal from STUMP.
275.80:  SOCK-71, flight of 3, (F-16, Buckley), cleared Cheyenne MOA.
387.15:  REDEYE-61, flight of 2, (F-16, Buckley), with Denver Center. 
Evidently flying a sortie out of DIA to either Cheyenne or Two Buttes MOA. Switch 
346.25. Had to once again go into a holding pattern on return to Buckley due to 
winds out of limits. Finally landed.
372.20:  JOSA-471, (C-21A, Peterson), land Colorado Springs.
349.20:  CORVUS-55, (OC/RC-135, Offutt), lost his radar and wants a radar 
update on any t-storm activity in the Denver area and to the east.
121.00:  DILLON-1, (C-21A, CO-ANG), land; then on to Colorado Springs.

Sandy
Denver, CO