[MilCom] Saint 43, possible E-4B working Patrick area tonight

[AllanStern at aol.com]

It is Fri, 7:55pm EST (Sat, 0055z).
  It seems that an E-4B is again working in the Patrick AFB  area.
  A short while ago "Saint 43 Heavy" departed Patrick and immediately  I got 
carriers on both 311.0 AM and 356.15 WBFM.  That is exactly what  I had when 
E-4B "Biggs 25" was here at Patrick two nights ago.
  Earlier today I heard ground comms on Patrick that were discussing  "the 
Nightwatch airplane," which is a nickname for the E-4B although they no  longer 
use the Nightwatch callsign.
  Tonight,  after "Saint 43 Heavy" was up only a short time, he  told the ATC 
on 124.8 that his exercise was almost done and he just needed to  orbit 
somewhere and burn off gas before returning to Patrick. He informed that  he would 
like to orbit for an hour and a half. Said that over-the-water orbit  would be 
OK to get out of the ATC's hair, as long as he could stay within  range of 
the ground stations he was using.
  He is still orbiting, as I type this. Maybe Nigel or someone else  with an 
SBS-1 can snag his hex code so we can get his tail number.  

AL STERN  Satellite Beach  FL
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