[MilCom] Florida Gulf Coast 7/9/08 to 7/12/08

Tue Jul 15 20:56:51 EDT 2008

Pensacola Area Callsigns:

BUCK 1xx        (T-1A, VT-4/TAW-6, Pensacola)   USAF borrowed aircraft

BUCK 3xx        (T-6A, VT-4/TAW-6, Pensacola)

KATT 1xx        (T-1A, VT-10/TAW-6, Pensacola)  USAF borrowed aircraft

KATT 6xx        (T-6A, VT-10/TAW-6, Pensacola) 

ROCKET 2xx      (T-2C, VT-86/TAW-6, Pensacola)  yup, they still use 'em

ROCKET 5xx      (T-39N/G, VT-86/TAW-5, Pensacola)

BLACKBIRD xxx   (T-34C, VT-2/TAW-5, Whiting Field)

RED KNIGHT xxx  (T-34C, VT-3/TAW-5, Whiting Field)

SHOOTER xxx     (T-34C, VT-6/TAW-5, Whiting Field)

ROCKET 404 x4   (T-45C, ???) lands NAS Pensacola, visual over the hotel

FOXY 48         (T-38C, 90th FTS/80th FTW, Sheppard) shoots app at NAS Pensacola then heads toward Eglin

BENGAL 41 x 3   (F/A-18D, VMFA(AW)-224, Beaufort) working offshore using SEABREEZE TAC freq of 275.6 then lands NAS Pensacola for RON then departs Saturday morning  (A/A: 250.3)

RED DOG 31      (?AH-1W/UH-1N?, HMLA-773, Atlanta) lands NAS Pensacola

RED DOG 32      (AH-1W, HMLA-773, Atlanta) lands NAS Pensacola, visual as he flies down the beach enroute

RAVEN 21 "flight" (???) lands NAS Pensacola, calls helo pad 2 in sight
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Eglin/Tyndall related callsigns (AWACS):

THUMPER (front end: SCOUT 12)

BANDSAW KILO 

ALLEY CAT
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Eglin/Tyndall related callsigns (tankers):

BOLT 04, 05   (KC-135R, 91st ARS/6th AMW, MacDill)
SODA 81, 82   (KC-135R, 151st ARS/134th ARW, Knoxville)
JAKE 11       (KC-135R, 153rd ARS/186th ARW, Meridian)
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Eglin/Tyndall related callsigns (fighters):

HOSER 61 x 2    (F-15, 33rd FW, Eglin)

CLAW 01 x 3     (F-22A, 43rd FS/325th FW, Tyndall)

HOTDOG 01 x 3   (F-15E, 40th FLTS/46th TW, Eglin)  HOTDOG 01 self id'd as an F-15E when he declared an IFE due to left engine overtemp.  Passed tail number of 87-0180, 2 SOB on 7-11-08.

MOZAM 01 x 2    (F-15, 33rd FW, Eglin)

NITRO 01 x 2    (F-15, 33rd FW, Eglin)

BARON 31 x 3    (F-15, 33rd FW, Eglin)

RACER 01 x 2    (F-16, 113th FS/181st FW, Terra Haute)  A/A: 142.95

RACER 03 x 2    (F-16, 113th FS/181st FW, Terra Haute)  A/A: 142.275

SPOOKY 41       (AC-130U, 4th SOS/16th SOW, Hurlburt)

SUPER 01        (????)

NOMAD 61 x 2    (F-15, 33rd FW, Eglin)

RINGO 51 x 2    (F-15C, 33rd FW, Eglin)  On 7-11-08 on the tanker RINGO 51 passed tail number of 82-0034 and RINGO 52 passed number of 82-0033

RINGO 71 x 2    (F-15, 33rd FW, Eglin)

GRIZZLY 51 x 2  (F-15, 33rd FW, Eglin)

CHECKER 01 x 2  (F-22A, 43rd FS/325th FW, Tyndall)

RAPTOR 01 x 2   (F-22A, 43rd FS/325th FW, Tyndall)

SPECTRE 61      (AC-130H, 16th SOS/16th SOW, Hurlburt)

SKYRAY 01 x 3   (????)

SPAD 78         (C-130 type, Hurlburt)

DISCO 21 x ?    (F-15, 33rd FW, Eglin)

CHOSEN xx       (????)

BURNER 01       (????)

SCARY xx        (????)

VEGAS 11        (????)

SHADOW 92       (MC-130P, 9th SOS/16th SOW, Hurlburt)

SPUR 42         (C-130 type, ???, Hurlburt)  Reported going hot in Alpha-78 on 259.2 (7-11-08)
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Frequencies (Pensacola Area):

340.2--------Sherman Tower (KNPA)
270.8--------Pensacola A/D
291.625------Pensacola A/D
351.825------Pensacola A/D 
239.05-------Pensacola A/D
306.925------North Whiting Field Tower
318.8--------Unid A/A
251.3--------Unid
303.05-------Local Common A/A 
257.975------T-34 A/A
136.675------T-34 A/A
303.15-------Gator MOA  (used like an A/A common for position reporting)
309.8--------Unid A/A
252.525------T-34 A/A
303.4--------SEABREEZE Controller
280.7--------Working TAC freq assigned by SEABREEZE
275.6--------Working TAC freq assigned by SEABREEZE
274.2--------Working TAC freq assigned by SEABREEZE
290.0--------Unid A/A (poss VMFA-251 F-18's)
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Frequencies (Eglin, Hurlburt, Tyndall area):

353.65-------Eglin Tower (KVPS)
360.6--------Eglin A/D
281.45-------Eglin A/D
269.15-------Eglin Approach
384.4--------Tyndall Tower (KPAM)
341.7--------Tyndall A/D
392.1--------Tyndall A/D
292.7--------Hornet Ops  (43rd FS/325th FW)
251.25-------Hurlburt CP
290.9--------Eglin Mission
363.4--------Eglin Mission/Air Refueling 
357.5--------Air Refueling
266.5--------Air Refueling
320.95-------Unid A/D
228.9--------BANDSAW KILO working HUNTRESS passing tracks  (7-11-08)
298.4--------CHOSEN "flight" A/A
342.5--------Eglin Metro  (BANDSAW checking on approaching weather)
288.9--------Tyndall working freq
227.075------Tyndall working freq  (W-470?)
257.5--------Tyndall working freq  (HYDRA)
369.15-------CROW A/A
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Frequencies (TAC working freqs assigned by Eglin Mission on 290.9):

273.25

288.3

320.95

259.75-------THUMPER (E-3) working CROWS (F-15) on 7-9-08 and NOMAD 01 x 2 (F-15) working DEMON on 7-10-08

259.2

316.45

322.9

326.8

258.1--------DARKSTAR (E-3) working RACERS (F-16) 

338.35

245.45-------RACER working freq later in the week
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Miscellaneous:

364.2--------AICC

280.1--------Pine Hill MOA  (DIXIE Vipers playing)

276.8--------BAMA Ops  (also BANDSAW checking on the status of PYTHON and VENOM flights)

318.05-------SENTRY 50 (E-3) up with either RAYMOND 11 or RAVEN 11

288.15-------Houston Center

346.4--------Jacksonville Center

323.05-------Jacksonville Center

157.1-------US Coast Guard Ch 22A

157.15------US Coast Guard Ch 23A

157.075-----US Coast Guard Ch 81A

345.0-------US Coast Guard Air  (unid helo)

I also tried some of the new 380MHz trunked freqs for the area and this is what i come up with.

Control Channel:  385.3125  (assigned to NAS Pensacola according to Radioreference.com)

Freqs asociated with the system:

388.8
388.6
388.0625
386.5125
386.25
388.3375
388.2375

Talk groups that came up and i never identitified except maybe one.

29213
29445
29473  (they kept saying quarterdeck to so and so and responders came back with such and such secured)  

Other control channels in the area i found in search mode:

386.2625
386.85
386.8875
388.2375

I wonder if you put all these control channels in say the PSR-500 in one list if it would scan all of them?  I wish i had longer to experiment more.

Joe
Nashville, Tn.  (now back to the real world)