[MilCom] Florida military aircraft headed to Tenn. base

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As posted to my MilRadioComms group, I have been hearing planes  evacuating 
since 10:00am EDT this morning, including "Bolt" KC-135 tankers  from 
MacDill, "Bandit" USN F-5Ns from Key West, several F-16 flights that were  most 
likely Homestead birds. Some of the F-5s went into Birmingham  AL.
 
Freqs:
292.10  MacDill Ops
273.55  Jax Ctr
251.15  Jax Ctr
307.25  Jax Ctr
 
A Jolly HH-60 multi-ship flight landed at Melbourne IAP, dropped  
passengers and then came to Patrick AFB; acted like an evacuation of  personnel.
118.20 Melbourne Twe
133.75 Patrick AFB Twr 
 
 
 
AL STERN  Satellite Beach  FL
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jnesmith2 at cfl.rr.com writes:

Air  traffic around McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base will pick up
starting  midmorning Saturday as military aircraft from Florida evacuate
ahead of the  storm system identified as Isaac, officials said.Capt. Joey
Keith said  refueler and cargo planes from MacDill Air Force Base in South
Florida  should begin arriving about 9:30 a.m., Saturday.

Maj. Gen. Max Haston,  Tennessee adjutant general, said Tennessee is always
prepared to fully  support neighboring states in an emergency.

"We hope that the aircraft  movement is only precautionary, but we are ready
and willing to assist  however needed," he said.

This isn't the first time McGhee Tyson has  been called upon to provide
hurricane evacuation support. In August 2011,  both the Tennessee Army and
Air National Guard facilities at McGhee Tyson  were used to support aircraft
and helicopters from all over the East Coast  because of Hurricane Irene.

Keith said that while relocated at McGhee  Tyson, the aircraft will 
continue a full operational schedule with no  overall impact on their 
mission readiness.

While an exact number of  aircraft expected wasn't available, Keith said 
only
a handful of the  refueler and cargo planes are expected.

"As part of their normal  operations that they plan on doing to continue to
train for war-readiness  to be proficient for their jobs, they'll just
relocate their operations  here," Keith said. "We're ready to facilitate
anybody's arrival and help  anybody who needs it."