[MilCom] USS Kearsarge (LHD-3) & 22nd MEU COMPTUEX

[Greg Brazil]

Nice job Mac

On 1/25/2022 19:28, Mac McCormick III wrote:
> Yesterday afternoon, I woke up to discover that the USS Kearsarge (LHD-3)
> and 22nd MEU were in the Lowcountry SC and Coastal GA area for a COMPTUEX.
> In case anyone else in the area wants to listen in, here's what I heard:
>
> 251.175 - 22nd MEU/Aerial Refueling
> 255.825 - 22nd MEU
> 266.075 - 22nd MEU
> 308.525 - 22nd MEU
> 352.175 - 22nd MEU/VMA-542 Air-to-Air
> 353.325 - 22nd MEU/VMA-542 Air-to-Air
> 354.925 - 22nd MEU
> 254.600 - Unknown
> 280.950 - Unknown
> 323.275 - Unknown
> 364.425 - Unknown
>
> In addition, the usual ATC and Operating Area frequencies were in use. I
> caught them on Beaufort Approach/Departure and Jacksonville Center
> frequencies as they transited between op areas. They seemed to be working
> around the Parris Island area in South Carolina and Townsend Range in
> coastal Georgia
>
> 125.125/292.125/123.700/269.125 - Beaufort App/Dep
> 282.200/124.675 - Jax Center Jekyll Low
> 363.200/132.925 - Jax Center Allendale/Savannah Low
> 120.950/284.500 - Sealord North Primary
> 313.700 - Sealord North Secondary
> 228.400 - Townsend Range/Coastal MOA
>
> Here are the callsigns from the activity I heard. I’m pretty sure that the
> MISTYs were VMA-542 AV-8Bs and the THUNDERs were VMM-263 MV-22Bs. One of
> the THUNDERs showed up on ADS-B Exchange leaving North Field en route to
> the Beaufort/Parris Island area this evening. OTIS 34 was doing aerial
> refueling with the MISTYs; it came out from Savannah-Hilton Head IAP and
> apparently stopped at Joint Base Charleston before going back to MCAS
> Cherry Point.
>
> MISTY - AV-8B, 22nd MEU/VMA-542
> THUNDER - AV-8B, 22nd MEU/VMM-263
> OTIS - KC-130J, VMGR-252
>
> Mac McCormick III, KF4LMT
> Savannah/Brunswick, GA
> https://radioactiverecluse.wordpress.com/
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