[Scan-DC] camp david

Mon, 20 Jan 2003 15:39:16 -0500

About the same time the Camp David incident was occurring so was the
scramble for the helicopter near Andrews AFB.  At the time I was hearing
faint pilot  transmissions on 324.00 concerning tracking of a radar target.
Doubt very much it was the hunters!

 Regards,

John Nash
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeffery R. Smith" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, January 19, 2003 2:47 PM
Subject: RE: [Scan-DC] camp david

He he,
Just imagine what was going through those hunters minds. "Ssshhh, I hear
something, get ready!"

Reminds me when I took my wife's grandmother rasberry picking at PAX. We
were coming around a bend in the road one Saturday heading to a field next
to the tethered hover area and a Cobra was down there doing Nap of the Earth
training. We had the radio on, the ac cranking, and the windows up so we did
not hear him until he popped up about 150' in front of us. He was nosed
right at us. I think I even made out the big grin on the Pilots face. He
turned away pretty quickly and went on his way but it was too late. Grandma
did not know what I had gotten her into. She got so shook up I had to take
her home. I laughed for hours. :-)

Take it easy,

Jeff

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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
On Behalf Of Grabill
Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 10:30 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] camp david

All:

   There are no Harriers based at Camp David.  I was monitoring this
incident Saturday nite, but didn't put it out over any net due to my concern
for "security" issues, since I didn't know exactly what "they" had up there.
I do know, tho, that those Harriers buzzed pretty low (from traffic at one
point they were at 1000 feet) as I heard them come right over my house.  (I
don't live too far from David).

   I know from my own USMC Air Wing experience what a Harrier sounds like,
they were def. Harriers.  But, I don't know why they weren't assigned a call
sign.  Huntress was talking to them direct, as "Harrier 01 and Harrier 02".

   Again, my apologies for not putting this out over the net right away, but
I chose to "err" on the side of caution at the time.  Had I known they were
looking for stray hunters and not something else, rest assured, it would
have been out on the airwaves.

  Jason
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Sent: Sunday, January 19, 2003 5:00 PM
Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] camp david

>
>
> On Sun, 19 Jan 2003 10:54:06 -0500 knowlton <[email protected]>
> writes:
> > 324.0 is norad for the dc-cap milair am mode,166.5375 is the usss at
> > camp david along with 150.7500,harrier 01 is just that a harrier
> > jet,
>
>
> I was wondering if "harrier" was just a handle or the type of aricraft
> being used. Is it unusual for a Harrier to be at Camp David? Just for the
> record, is it based at Camp David? It wouldn't need much of a runway.
> After takeoff, is it capable of hovering over the fence? I'm not
> interesed in climbing the fence to find out in person....
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