[MilCom] Dayton Airshow add ons to Mike's post

[Joe Cobb]

Mike did a wonderful job with the serial #'s and nose/tail codes i'm skipping that part.  I was able to catch a few calls for the arriving static displays and demo planes as well as the frequencies for the show.   A brief report will wrap up the post.

Fri 7/18: 

Static display arrivals in random order.  I missed a lot as well.

CHIEF 61 x 2    (F-15E, 335th FS/4th FW, Seymour-Johnson AFB, NC)
RANDY 21 x 2    (T-38C, 560th FTS/12th FTW, Randolph AFB, TX)
JESTER 21       (EA-6B, VMAQ-2, MCAS Cherry Point, NC)
Sounded like ICEHOG 91 x 2 (A-10C, 355th FW, Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ) 
BLAZER 288      (T-45C, VT-21/TAW-2, NAS Kingsville, TX)
ORCA 70         (KC-10A, 9th ARS/60th AMW, Travis AFB, CA)
MOON 30         (T-1A, 48th FTS/14th FTW, Columbus)
NAVY 5E-493 x 2 (T-34C, TAW-5, NAS Whiting Field, FL)
KATT 611        (T-6A, VT-10/TAW-6, NAS Pensacola, FL)
NAVY LL-13      (P-3C, VP-30, NAS Jacksonville, FL)
VADER 02        (C-130H, 757th AS/910th AW, Youngstown, OH/AFRC)
TBOLT 51 x 2    (F/A-18C, VMFA-251, MCAS Beaufort, SC)
HERC 99         (C-130H, 164th AS/179th AW, Mansfield, OH/OH ANG)
CADDO 58        (C-17A, 58th AS/97th AMW, Altus AFB, OK)
NASA 843        (F/A-18A)
NAVY HU-735     (MH-60S, HSC-2, NAS Norfolk)
NUKE 83         (F-16AM, 306th Sq, Netherlands AF)
ROCKET 5xx      (T-39, VT-86/TAW-6, NAS Pensacola, FL)
LEGACY 426, 354, 104  (UH-1, Army Aviation Hertiage Foundation)

That's all the calls for some of the arrivals i caught.  There were many more already there by the time i arrived.
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Fri 7/18 and Sat 7/19

Frequencies:

119.9/257.8-------Tower
316.7/294.5-------Approach/Departure (UHF only)
121.9-------------Ground
124.9-------------Air Boss
269.575-----------UHF Air Boss passed by tower but never used
128.475-----------Discrete: Collaborators, Heritage Flight, Misty Blues
123.525-----------F-104 Starfighters a/a 
123.15------------Aeroshell Team (the original T-6 Texan!!)
280.8-------------AH-64D Apache Demo a/a (3 ship)
384.55------------F-16CJ Demo (pilot to spotter/safety officer)
376.025-----------F-22A Demo  (pilot to Demo Control, spotter)
172.9-------------TSA (more than likely main airport related) P-25 digital

Jet Team?  Who needs a major jet team?  For an airshow without a jet team it was very solid.  Anchored by the F-22 Raptor demo, it was worth the 6 hours driving time Friday morning.  This is the first airshow i've been to with 6 tactical demonstrations in one day.  Pretty awesome.  Since both F/A-18F demo crews were flying, one per day, on Friday i got to see two seperate Super Hornet practices.  Folks, i don't care what Tomcat faithfuls say (i was a BIG Tomcat supporter too) but this aircraft is unbelievable.  It's one of my favorite single ship demos out there.  This aircraft has done some incredible maneuvers that would stall alot of others.  Then the Raptor came along to blow that away.  More on that later.  It was good getting to see the Navy Legacy flight with the Super Hornet and an F4U Corsair.  The Corsair couldn't practice on Friday due to blowing a tire upon landing.

The F-16CJ Viper demo was awesome too.  It was good to see them get to use the high show for a change.  The last time i saw them was at cloudy, dreary Smyrna.  I love hearing an F-16 pilots voice on the radio.  The Raptor demo was, well, amazing!!  Lots of folks had their jaw dropping to the ground in bewilderment.  Good job, Max!!  I just hope that they are able to add another demo team and are able to showcase the jet to the smaller venues as well rather than go to the same ones over and over ie the larger markets.  We're tax payers too!!  The Heritage Flight consisted of the F-22, F-16, and P-51D piloted by Capt. Dale "Snort" Snodgrass (ret), the highest time F-14 pilot out there.  It was moving as it always is.  The other acts were awesome too, just too many to name.  The collaborators were freakin cool, led by aerobatic extrodinare Sean D. Tucker.  

The static dsiplay was unbelievable.  One of the largest collection i've ever seen.  I'll definitely be back next year.  Thanks Dayton.

Joe
Nashville, Tn.