[MilCom] 249249 GOTO FMS flying right over me right now calling out an EAM on 311.00

[Roger Strohmeyer]

For those who are curious about the GOTO FMS call-sign, GOTO FMS is the
Mode-S\ABS-B call-sign for E-6B TACAMO flights. I live fairly close to
Travis AFB where their base is so I see & hear quite a bit of traffic from
them. GOTO FMS seems to be one of the only military flights that you can
actually see flying on your screen and I think that's because they use
ADS-B rather than Mode-S....someone please correct me if I'm mistaken. ;-)

-Roger in Sonoma County


On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 9:02 AM, Roger Strohmeyer <roger.stroh at gmail.com>wrote:

> I think his call-sign is "ENCOURAGE".....I've seen this 249249 used before
> and I *think* sometimes they purposely change the ICAO so you dont know
> what plane it is.
>
> ROADBULL now calling something like "RACETRACK" saying they are off deck.
>
> This doesn't sound like the "usual" GOTO FMS stuff....
>
> -Roger in Sonoma County
>