[MilCom] MIL: 11175.0 USB - STRATEGY; STING BEE; GLAD BAG; BEEFCAKE; and FISHNET

[Jeff Haverlah]

0034z  15 Sep 26

UTC 14 Sep 26

P1: AC
P2: K7

Mid day unusual E6B message traffic activity.

0010z: GLAD BAG (pre 0000z BAD BLOOD); ACX6AE; h+10/h+40 TACAMO LANT
restoral rebroadcast window.

[There was no second session later in the evening over the ATLANTIC. GLAD
BAG eventually returned to the VIRGINIA coast and entered into an east/west
racetrack orbit anchored on the west by NORFOLK, VIRGINIA before returning
to PAX RIVER.]
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0054z: CORD 97 (possible E3; not visible on ADSB mapping sites) worked
MAINSAIL for a radio check.

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0228z: STING BEE (NCS); ACWBXH; P1.
ACWBXHS6GO7P3SIAI2FSQZUQYOAUD7
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Quiet.

0748z: STRATEGY with a communications test count.
[USSTRATCOM CP; operator sounded like a HFGCS operator and the signal
sounded like a typical HFGCS transmission without the sense of intermediary
separation.]

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0911z: STING BEE; K74KDL; 43 characters; P2.
K74KDLTNJUB4PDJUDVRWPFLBPQJOV4ZUJAV724ZILVX
[Conforms: Position 13 = Position 21.]
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[1521z: AFB230 E6B launched from TINKER eastbound to northwestern OHIO and
then south and west back to the TINKER area for refueling

1522z: BEEFCAKE (presumed AFB230) called STING BEE with no known response
and quiet on 11175. Probably to enter the net.

[1540z+/-: AECD8E E6B launched from TINKER westbound and repositioned to
TRAVIS.]

[Unusual activity follows.]
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1812z: BEEFCAKE (westbound); K77SY7; 40 characters; P2.
K77SY7MZDA3IQK4GDDBJGDDUHUGYZ2DZXXIC2K3F

1816z: STING BEE (trailing the E6B); K77SY7.

1820z: BEEFCAKE; K7KSIK; 35 characters; P2.
K7KSIKICPM6DUSYY2UKYOYOZUDCYOZLBWEJ

1821z: STING BEE (trailing the E6B); K7KSIK.

1834z: BEEFCAKE; K7KSIK; K77SY7; restoral rebroadcast.

1854z: STING BEE (weak; 11175); K7KSIK; out.

1856z: STING BEE; K7KZIK; out.
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[2107z+/-: AE8351 E6B launched from TRAVIS; flew to SOCAL; then eastbound
and repositioned to TINKER.]

2113z: FISHNET (presumed AE8351) called and raised MAINSAIL (unheard on a
BAY AREA, CALIFORNIA SDR) to enter the net.
2118z: FISHNET entered the net.

2205z: BEEFCAKE called and raised MAINSAIL to exit the net.
2208z: BEEFCAKE exited the net while approaching TINKER.

2221z: PUERTO RICO with a test count.

Jeff
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