[MilCom] Re: 2007 Tyndall AFB airshow report

Sun Apr 1 09:37:25 EDT 2007

What a most excellent report!  I am posting from the Pt. Mugu area now.

I can confirm that F-22 is using:
376.025  Raptor discrete
...at this show as well.  I have also heard a similar story regarding state of F-22 demo.  Even though it is 'demo-lite' compared to what they are going to be doing next year, it is still very impressive.

Pictures from the show are here:
http://www.fencecheck.com/forums/index.php/topic,7547.0.html

Sorry to hear about Bert.  At El Centro, Bert flew on Friday practice, but immediately had a main gear problem and evidently was scrubbed the next day.

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Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2007 18:51:56 -0400
From: "Mike Riffle" <kc8mzm at gmail.com>
Subject: [MilCom] 2007 Tyndall AFB airshow report
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2007 Gulf Coast Salute To Heroes Airshow
Location: Tyndall AFB (KPAM)
Date: 24 March 2007

[FREQUENCIES]
121.900  ground
123.150  discrete common
123.450  Dan Buchanan
133.950  air boss (Tyndall tower)
136.400  air boss (twilight show)
139.8125 Blue Angels comm cart
142.6125 Blue Angels comm cart
237.800  Blue Angels solos
259.300  ground
275.350  Blue Angels diamond
284.250  Blue Angels in show box
292.700  Raptor Ops (43rd Fighter Squadron)
305.500  Blue Angels Fat Albert
346.500  Blue Angels maintenance officer
352.050  air boss
376.025  Raptor discrete
384.400  tower
[NOTES]
This was the last Heritage Flight for QF-4 #73-1171. It is destined for
target drone duty because of high airframe hours.

The normal Fat Albert was not at the show. Instead, a KC-130T from
VMGR-452 flew the Friday practice. It did not fly on Saturday.

The Black Daggers performed a HALO combat insertion demo. Instead of
their normal black uniforms they were wearing ACUs. They were also
outfitted with oxygen masks and drop bags. They still used their
black and red parachutes. They were using the common discrete.

The F-22 performed a mini-demo of 6 passes. From what I have read on
some air show boards, this mini-demo will be the norm this year while
the team perfects the full routine.

Patty Wagstaff has a new paint job this year (black on silver).

There was a flight that arrived Friday evening using the callsign
JESTER but I was not able to get a visual on them.

Photos are at http://www.showlinephoto.com/2007/07pam/gallery1.html

The next airshow for me is 27-30 Sep at the Rickenbacker ANGB in
Columbus OH. The Gathering of Mustangs and Legends is shaping up to
be one of the top airshows in the US this year. 100+ P-51 Mustangs
will be in attendance and there will be a mass flight of 51 Mustangs
on Sunday. WWII aces like Chuck Yeager and Bob Hoover will be there
along with several others. And that is just the tip of the iceberg,
check out the shows website at http://www.gml2007.com.

Finally, while in the Panama City area I was picking up a 380MHz P25
system. The comms I was hearing sounded exactly like the comms at Fort
Benning. There were several net check-ins, a unit crossing the LDA
(Linear Danger Area), and references made to a DZSO, LZ, and the
Eglin Police. Based on all of this I suspect this system is being
used by the 6th Ranger Training Battalion at Camp Rudder near Eglin
AFB. Here are some specifics about the system as reported by my 396T:

SysID: 014Ch-0103
WACN: BEE00
Frequencies (* denotes control channel):
385.0625*  386.425*  388.4375   388.9375   389.4375
Talkgroups:
40148   40154   40240   40700   40702   40703   40755

There is an air show at Eglin next month. Hopefully someone can attend
and gather some more info.

Mike Riffle
Cataula, GA

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Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2007 20:02:27 -0700
From: "Ken Spurrell" <kspurrell at centurytel.net>
Subject: [MilCom] UHF, 30/31-Mar-07 Z,  W237A W570
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>From the Washington, Oregon coast.
Freq.      Time Z
30Mar07
243.60   2330   Puget 24
31Mar07
343.60   1747   Thunder 11

Ken

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Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2007 23:14:52 EDT
From: Sandy4218 at aol.com
Subject: [MilCom] KBKF: 31 MAR 2006
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CVW-1 continuing its westward march.

372.20:  JOSA-122, (C-21A, CO-ANG), takeoff Colorado Springs. Return later.
319.00:  WINDER-11, flight of ??, (F/A-18C, VFA-86, Beaufort), with Denver 
Center.
263.00:  WINDER-21, flight of 3, (F/A-18C, VFA-86, Beaufort), with Denver 
Center,
FL 260. Switch 306.90.
275.80:  AMBUSH-1, (F/A-18C, VFC-12, Oceana), cleared to Fort Campbell.
228.45:  WINDER-11, (F/A-18C, VFA-86), request WX Grand Junction.
354.15:  HAWK-11, flight of ??, (F/A-18C, VFA-130, Oceana), with Denver 
Center, FL 280. Switch 319.00.
379.95:  TEXAS-91, flight of 2, (F-16, TX-ANG), with Denver Center, FL 270.
354.15:  HAWK-21, flight of  2, (F/A-18C, VFA-136, Oceana), with Denver 
Center, 
FL  320. Descending to 270 and switching 319.00 and 327.80. Possibly landing 
Grand Junction.

Sandy
Denver, CO

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