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Loggings => ID and Translation Requests => Topic started by: housecat on July 22, 2021, 2257 UTC

Title: UNID "Acme Air" 10175kHz 2021-07-22 ~22:45
Post by: housecat on July 22, 2021, 2257 UTC

Picked this up here in California, any ideas?
"Acme Air, Acme Air.  This is Acme Mobile. Are you requesting BDA from ??? or Red Dog 5152?"
"Red dog five one five two reach.  Confirm one zulu bravo lima destroyed ???  Vice three over."
"Confirmed.  Over.
"Say again ??? Over."

http://robp.meowr.net/stuff/10175_acme_air.mp3

Title: Re: UNID "Acme Air" 10175kHz 2021-07-22 ~22:45
Post by: housecat on July 22, 2021, 2304 UTC

The emojis were supposed to be three question marks in my transcription, not trying to be cute haha

Title: Re: UNID "Acme Air" 10175kHz 2021-07-22 ~22:45
Post by: ChrisSmolinski on July 28, 2021, 1327 UTC

Nice catch. Acme Air made me think of this:

(https://i.imgur.com/4UhE7tA.png)

Title: Re: UNID "Acme Air" 10175kHz 2021-07-22 ~22:45
Post by: Matt_B on December 16, 2023, 2106 UTC

Quote from: housecat on July 22, 2021, 2257 UTC

Picked this up here in California, any ideas?
"Acme Air, Acme Air.  This is Acme Mobile. Are you requesting BDA from ??? or Red Dog 5152?"
"Red dog five one five two reach.  Confirm one zulu bravo lima destroyed ???  Vice three over."
"Confirmed.  Over.
"Say again ??? Over."

http://robp.meowr.net/stuff/10175_acme_air.mp3

From what I can glean from this (https://henney.com/chm/callsign.htm), it appears to be a communications test between F-16s and F15s (or US Marine Corps helicopters) based at Edwards AFB, CA.  :)