[MilCom] New HC-130J's

[Roger Strohmeyer]

Saw this story the other day about a test pilot who was flying over the
Gulf of Mexico in a new AC-130J Ghostrider and he accidentally inverted the
aircraft basically destroying a 115 million dollar plane:

http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/20/politics/air-force-gunship-lost/index.html

-Roger in NorCal\Sonoma County

On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 7:17 PM, Mac McCormick III <kf4lmt at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks, Mark. Earlier this evening I saw AE54D2 on Mode-S and heard SEPTR
> 71 on ATC but Mode-S wasn't showing the callsign yet. I didn't see 33 on
> Mode-S or hear it with ATC, but they were talking to 71 on 228.225 (Moody
> AFB "ANGEL Ops"). I imagine they're probably still using it for air-to-air.
>
> Mac, KF4LMT
> Savannah, GA
>
> On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 10:11 PM, Mark via MilCom <milcom at mailman.qth.net>
> wrote:
>
> >
> > First time mode s logging these fairly new HC-130J's out of  23Wing/71RQS
> > Both at FL230 around 0230z
> >
> >
> > (AE54D1) 12-5768 HC-130J 23Wg showing SEPTR33
> > (AE54D2) 12-5769 HC-130J 23Wg showing SEPTR71  8 minutes in  trail
> >
> > ZNY 132.325 SEPTR 71 handed off to ZBW 134.000
> >
> > Mark
> > Maryland
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