[Scan-DC] DC ANG Scramble

[Albert LaFrance]

Thanks for the report, Ron!  I think I heard them fly over - they sure got
my attention.  I'm about a mile west of Seven Corners (near Arlington Blvd.
and Annandale Rd.) so I hear a lot of aircraft, but these were the loudest
ever.  By the time I got outside they were out of sight, but I might not
have seen them anyway due to heavy cloud cover.  The noise was unusual
enough that I turned on the TV to check for news bulletins.

Albert

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Subject: [Scan-DC] DC ANG Scramble


> All,
>
> In the late 1200 EDT hour two DC ANG F-16s (Brave 1 flight) from 121st FS
at
> Andrews were scrambled from their DC CAP mission in reaction to a target
that
> had violated the Washington DC TFR.
>
> The F-16s used their Victor 1 (139.9) as an A-A while working with Wash
Dep
> (269.0). The F-16s checked in with Huntress (not heard) and reported to
Wash
> Dep that Huntress wanted the fighters to pursue the target in a covert,
> unobserved mode even though the target, by that time, had left the TFR.
>
> The fighters were also told to work with Dulles Approach (350.2). The
> fighters had trouble picking up the target on their radars--by that time
the
> target was at 1,000 ft. Both fighters finally acquired the target and
> shadowed him at a distance of about 8 miles.
>
> Brave 02 was in constant contact with Huntress throughout the scramble and
> acted as a relay to Brave 01.  After about 10 minutes, Huntress (through
> Brave 02) called off the pursuit and told the fighters to return to the DC
> CAP.
>
> After breaking off their pursuit the fighters were switched to 343.775 ( a
> new freq for me) and were returned back to their CAP mission.  Not sure if
> this is a new DC ANG UHF freq, ZDC or Huntress freq.
>
>
> RON
> MIDDLE ATLANTIC MILCOM
> MARYLAND, USA