[MilCom] Nellis Range

[Paul Raguse]

Spent October 8th and 9th in the nellis range area, 
most of the time at the Hidden Campsite
http://visitarea51.com/site/hidden-campsite
A good place to start, as it is in the middle of the entier airspace nellis uses.
 
MISC.
118.7 Gold Coast (JANET flight base ops at McCarran)
119.35 Nellis Range Control West (restricted areas)
124.75 Silverbow tower (Tonopah Test). JANET flghts
254.4 Nellis Range Control West (restricted areas)
257.1 Hoss aa
260.1 Rambo aa
317.525 Nellis Range Control East (Desert MOA)
377.8 Black Jack. Operational Training flights would check-in here after Nellis Range controll says "cleared scheduled, cleared tactical"
and the flights tell black jack where they are going to be working and what have quick net or freq they will be on. 
This was a very valuable freq and i had it on priority much of the time. Note: For Red Flag this frequency is not used in this manner.
 
FLIGHT TEST.
126.15 Dreamland (controller)
261.1 Dreamland (controller): Reaper 72 (B-2) climbing and geting go home clearance, 
Sierra 99 (Tanker) entering nellis range, Lobo 71 (B-52) getting go home clearance.
377.85: Controllers "Blond Girl" and "Ramrod" (very imaginative) "Yogi", Condor (the B-2), 
Top Gun 84 (F-18) and Saber 1 (? landed at Groom) BFM
375.8: Controllers "Ramrod", "Lincoln" ,"Yogi", Viper (3x F-16) getting a vertical wind profile (probably for the B-52 launches),
Lobo 71 (B-52) live fire into the 60s series (southern) ranges, Top Gun 85 (F-18) and Saber 2 (? landed at Groom) BFM.
Note: Both Top Guns landed at Tonopah Test after playing with the Sabers, probably to gas up and then fly to Fallon.
349.7 Controller "Blue Bird", Sierra 99 (Tanker), viper flight (F-16)
238.15 Sierra 99 (Tanker) boom, Viper flight (these guys were around for a while after getting the wind profile but not sure what for).
 
VHF.
138.25
138.775 Python aa
139.55 Cobra, Shark and Chuck flights CAS
140.275 Cannon aa?
140.95 Viper aa
141.625 Wolf aa
149.525 Sniper aa
 
OPERATIONAL TRAINING: ACM/SEAD/STRIKE
234.325 Chuck, Rambo flights 
236.775 Mig, Hooter flights
238.8 Hoss, Barnyard (GCI)
270.025 Mig flights
277.325 Cowboy, Raptor flights
357.1 Mig flights, Kremlin (GCI)
370.825 Mig flights
 
OPERATIONAL TRAINING: CAS
292.2 Cobra flight in the northern (70 series) ranges
361.6 CAS in range 63
363.9 JTAC "Iron Cross"
 
GROOM LAKE AIRFIELD.
Apparently, these are the ones they dont want you to know.
They have normal atc type comms execpt freqs are never given, 
destinations are coded, and exact aircraft types are not given
when making traffic calls. Since the base dosn't exist, i guess there are no freqs for it.
Although, i did find some.
XXX.XXX VHF App/Dep control
XXX.XXX VHF Tower/Ground
XXX.XXX UHF App/Dep control
...............UHF Tower (i never found it)
 
Now i can expect a visit from the MIB!
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWy93fjsu8Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjaXm25cqxw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cr_9d-HLUpU