[MilCom] Milair Callsign

[Duane Mantick]

Yeah, just funny that I've never heard stuff on it in ages....

Duane



--- On Fri, 2/13/09, airshowfreak5 at aol.com <airshowfreak5 at aol.com> wrote:

> From: airshowfreak5 at aol.com <airshowfreak5 at aol.com>
> Subject: Re: [MilCom] Milair Callsign
> To: wb9omc at yahoo.com, milcom at mailman.qth.net, mws72 at qconline.com
> Date: Friday, February 13, 2009, 8:51 PM
> 255.4 is the standard freq for a Flight Service Station
> (FSS). Call in 
> to update a flight plan, Enter a VR Route, P/P, etc.
> 
> Adam
> Marietta,GA
> VFA-203/VMFA-142 Forever
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> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Duane Mantick <wb9omc at yahoo.com>
> To: Milcom (e) <milcom at mailman.qth.net>;
> mws72 at qconline.com
> Sent: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 6:35 pm
> Subject: Re: [MilCom] Milair Callsign
> 
> 
> 
> BRICKYARD is the CP for the 434th ARW at Grissom ARB. 
> HOWEVER; the
> tankers KC135R models out of there use either MASHxx or
> INDYxx in most
> cases.  I don't know of an *aircraft* that uses
> BRICKYARD as a callsign
> but that doesn't mean there isn't one.  (I can hear
> a 344.6 metro call, 
> it
> would be just like out of the movie "Airplane" or
> whatever the satire 
> one
> was.....  "BRICKYARD, this is BRICKYARD....." 
> "Huh?"  :-)  :-)  )
> 
> I posted hearing some stuff on frequencies that have been
> (from my 
> listening
> anyway) dormant that was related to chicago center civilian
> traffic on a normally military UHF channel.  That was
> 351.95.  Also had 
> some
> traffic on 118.4, and 255.4 which I showed as National
> Guard ch 12 from 
> an old
> reference - neither one of which I was able to make out due
> to weak 
> signals and
> temporary antenna at my QTH.  The latter might have been
> F16s out of Fort Wayne ANG base, 122nd FW although I
> don't recall 
> hearing
> them on this freq in the past.....
> 
> Duane
> WB9OMC
> west central Indiana
> 
> 
> 
> --- On Fri, 2/13/09, mws72 at qconline.com
> <mws72 at qconline.com> wrote:
> 
> > From: mws72 at qconline.com <mws72 at qconline.com>
> > Subject: [MilCom] Milair Callsign
> > To: "Milcom (e)"
> <milcom at mailman.qth.net>
> > Date: Friday, February 13, 2009, 6:09 PM
> > I am a bit confused by something and I know it has a
> simple
> > answer. Now and last night I have been hearing
> Brickyard
> > XXXX on Chicago Center sectors (mainly Dubuque High).
> Sounds
> > like it is orbiting in that area. I can guess it is a
> tanker
> > from Grissom? and is a asset for POTUS top cover
> right?
> > Right.  Anyway I had never heard one with a four digit
> > mission number so I guess that is what is throwing me.
> >
> > In case anyone here has never heard Chicago Center
> sectors
> > on friday night. They are wall to wall flights and
> tonight
> > they are stacked up while POTUS flys in to ORD.
> >
> >
> > Michael W. Scheel N0NGL
> > Davenport, Iowa
> > WWW.QUADCITIESSCAN.COM
> >
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