[MilCom] Mid-South Airshow Report/September 23, 2007

[Joe Cobb]

Millington, TN.

Well, lets get to the meat and potatoes.  Here's the
frequencies in use today.  

US Navy Blue Angels:
305.500------Fat Albert/C-130 (simply known as BERT)
346.500------Startup and Taxi Out
284.250------Diamond, Solos/Show Center
275.350------Diamond/Behind the Crowd
237.800------Solos/Behind the Crowd
139.8125-----Maintenance and Comm Cart (Alpha)
142.6125-----Maintenance and Comm Cart (Bravo)

General:
120.250------Tower
340.200------Tower
122.850------Air Boss
123.150------Discrete/All aerobatic teams and PA link
123.475------Golden Knights/Air to Ground 
             (GOLDEN KNIGHT 607, C-31A or Fokker F-27)
272.100------Snowbirds/All 9 planes 
122.475------A-10A West Coast Demo/Heritage Flight
             (HOG 1 and MUSTANG 1)

Miscellaneous Ground Comms:
26.985-------CB Ch 3/Unid talking about parking planes
163.4875-----Unid user/APCO P-25 digital (poss ANG)
167.5375-----APCO P-25 digital/Poss TN ANG Security PD
             (maybe the Navy facility, one side in the
             clear, the other encrypted)
140.000------Unid user from the Naval Support Center
154.875------Millington PD/Traffic Control

It was a great show as usual.  Here's some of the
military static display aircraft that was on site. 
Callsigns if known:

Tennessee Air Guard:
KC-135R-----#59-1509, Callsign:  SODA 52 (Knoxville)
             (151st ARS/134th ARW
C-130H------#89-1181, Callsign:  MUSIC 81 (Nashville)
             (105th AS/118th AW)
C-5A--------#69-0025, Callsign:  ELVIS xx  (Memphis)
             (155th AS/164th AW)

US Air Force:
T/RC-135W---#62-4129/OF  (Offutt)   45th RS/55th WNG
T-6A--------#04-3742/VN  (Vance)    33rd FTS/71st FTW
T-6A--------#06-x818/CB  (Columbus) 37th FTS/14th FTW
T-1A--------#94-0137/CB  (Columbus) 48th FTS/14th FTW
T-38C-------#68-8187/CB  (Columbus) 50th FTS/14th FTW
T-38C-------#70-1584/RA  (Randolph) 435th FTS/12th FTW
F-16CG------#89-2097/LF  (Luke)     63rd FS/56th FW

US Navy:
T-34C-------#160473/G-742 (Corpus Christi) VT-27/TW-4
             (Callsign: NAVY 7G-742)
T-34C-------#160268/G-856 (Corpus Christi) VT-28/TW-4
             (Callsign: NAVY 8G-856)
T-34C-------#160943/AD-06 (Oceana) SFWSL
             (Callsign: DEVIL 06)
T-34C-------#161822/G-722 (Corpus Christi) VT-27/TW-4
             (Callsign: NAVY 7G-722)
T-44A-------#160845/G-445 (Corpus Christi) VT-31/TW-4
             (Callsign: NAVY 1G-445)
T-45A-------#163610/B-210 (Kingsville) VT-21/TW-2
             (Callsign: HAWK 210)
TH-57C------#162812/E-126 (Whiting Field) HT-18/TW-5
             (Callsign: NAVY 1E-126)
TH-57C------#162675/E-113 (Whiting Field) HT-18/TW-5
             (Callsign: NAVY 1E-113)
T-2C--------#159157/F-801 (Pensacola) VT-86/TW-6
T-2C--------#159715/F-803 (Pensacola) VT-86/TW-6
T-6A--------#166002/F-002 (Pensacola) VT-??/TW-6
T-6A--------#165989/F-989 (Pensacola) VT-??/TW-6
SH-60B------#162101/HN-423 (Mayport)  HSL-42

US Marine Corps:
AH-1W-------#165283/??? (Johnstown) HMLA-775
             (Callsign:  COYOTE 21)
UC-35C------#165740/EZ  (New Orleans) MWHS-4
             (Callsign: EASY 18)
UC-12B------#161318/EZ (New Orleans) MWHS-4

US Coast Guard:
HH-65C------#6586 (Mobile)
HH-60J------#6010 (New Orleans) i believe?

Conneticut Air Guard:
A-10A-------#81-0960/CT (Hartford) 118th FS/103rd FW
A-10A-------#78-0643/CT (Hartford) 118th FS/103rd FW
A-10A-------#79-0084/CT (Hartford0 118th FS/103rd FW
             (Callsigns: YANKEE 05 x 3)
C-21A-------#84-0103/CT (Hartford) 118th FS/103rd FW
             ("Flying Yankees")

Some Civil Aicraft on Display:
FedEx Airbus A-300
FedEx Boeing 727
North American B-25 Mitchel (Doolittle's Raiders)
Canadair T-33 (Red Knights) NX99184
Several other civil aircraft

Joe
Nashville, Tn.





       
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