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Re: UHF mil air
« Reply #525 on: February 04, 2020, 1450 UTC »
Last night on my piaware receiver I picked up hex code AE0414 off the coast of Massachusetts, an E-6B Mercury (reg 164387) using callsign "PIGGY13". They did an unusual clockwise circuit over the mid-Atlantic before heading out into the gulf of Maine towards Bangor, then turned around and backtracked until turning out to sea south of Cape Cod where trackers lost them.


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Re: UHF mil air
« Reply #526 on: February 04, 2020, 2356 UTC »
Neat stuff!
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Re: UHF mil air
« Reply #527 on: February 08, 2020, 1613 UTC »
(something) VICTOR calling HUNTRESS on AICC (364.200) for rc 1600Z 08FEB20

TACAMO flight burning mux 337.300MHz 1610Z 08FEB20
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Re: UHF mil air
« Reply #528 on: February 19, 2020, 0038 UTC »
EDDY (KC-135R OH ANG, 121ARW Rickenbacher Int'l Airport Columbus OH) 62 working MYTEE (B-52H & B-2 special acty callsign) 08 and other MYTEE flight for refuel ops on 327.600 0031Z 19FEB20

The MYTEE flights seemed to have tn starting with 60 so these will be B52s.

EDDY tn 600367
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Re: UHF mil air
« Reply #529 on: February 20, 2020, 2014 UTC »
TACAMO flight burning mux 338.950MHz 2010Z 20FEB20
Modem traffic on orderwire.
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Re: UHF mil air
« Reply #530 on: May 07, 2020, 1601 UTC »
RHINO 50 (RHINO could be F-18E VF-31, CVW-14, NAS OCEANA VA or C-5A, 89th AS/445th AW, Wright-Patterson/AFRC, C-5A, 337th AS Westover ARB MA, F-15 123rd FS OR ANG Portland IAP OR, A-10 303RD FS AFRES WHITEMAN AFB MO) and MASH 82 (KC-135R 434th ARW, AFRC Grissom ARB, IN) in aar near Indy with counterpart some 30 miles away.  An INDY (KC-135R 434th ARW, AFRC Grissom ARB, IN) flight is also present or indicative of a callsign change.



336.100 AM 07MAY20
« Last Edit: May 07, 2020, 1606 UTC by Josh »
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Re: UHF mil air
« Reply #531 on: May 17, 2020, 1837 UTC »
A couple of aircraft (plus their trainers) in the Buckeye MOA (Southern Ohio) this afternoon.  Sounds like they are doing some low altitude manuevers.
Frequencies
357.100 - Buckeye tactical, coordination and generation of targets here, plus trainees with tactical comms during their simulated attack
316.125 - Buckeye tactical, more coordination, plus briefing of training, along with results of simulated attack here
312.175 - Buckeye tactical
248.65 - Buckeye tactical
290.500 - ATC
353.525 - doesn't seem to be tactical, but I often hear short bits of traffic here during exercises in the MOA.
353.75 - ATC

Heh, they are targeting someone's house.  Trainer mentioning a pond next to the house to ensure he targets the correct one.
1841z - '3-2-1-release'
Lots of talk about the pickle timing - (pickle = ordinance release button/control)

1849 - new target now, a little north of previous target.  Trainer call this an 'eyeball shooter'.Trainer will be between 16k and 17k altitude ('the high block').  Trainees below 15k ('the low block').
1850 - trainer finding a car on the highway to tag/make a target, another 'eyeball shooter'
1854 - car moving north, set-up for a south to north attack.
1857 - trainer clearing the high block (descending).  Trainees looking for another random moving target now.
« Last Edit: May 17, 2020, 1920 UTC by refmo »
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Re: UHF mil air
« Reply #532 on: May 17, 2020, 1857 UTC »
So that's who is on 357.1 with the same traffic as heard at the Indiana range. Thanks!
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Re: UHF mil air
« Reply #533 on: May 22, 2020, 0139 UTC »
More simulated air-to-air and air-to-ground weapons training tonight in the Buckeye/Brush Creek MOA.
Mostly on 316.125, occasionally on 357.100 and 225.700.  Also ATC on 290.500 and 353.750.
Calling out distances to targets and friendies relative to some other target (possibly a laser painted structure).
Calling out time to impact (nearly a minute for some).
« Last Edit: May 22, 2020, 0214 UTC by refmo »
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Re: UHF mil air
« Reply #534 on: May 28, 2020, 1406 UTC »
Buckeye/Brushcreek MOA exercises in progress @ 1400z, practicing simultaneous delivery.
Targets are 2 rows of cars, 1 aircraft attacking each row.
Frequencies: 248.65, 316.125, 353.525, 357.100.  Also hearing (possibly unrelated) traffic on 126.20
1413 - getting set-up to do a GU-12 Simo-delivery attack
« Last Edit: May 28, 2020, 1413 UTC by refmo »
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Re: UHF mil air
« Reply #535 on: May 28, 2020, 1920 UTC »
Bigger exercise in the Buckeye MOA now, with CAP HUNTRESS and MUDDY42 calling out and intercepting targets (seem to be 180th FW).
Looks like HUNTRESS is way down around the Great Smokey Mountains and heading northeast.

260.90 - CAP air-to-air operations
316.125 - CAP confirming with aircraft that they have been intercepted, referring to this frequency as 'UHF Guard'

1922 - MUDDY41 has been intercepted
1926 - visual contact, single engine, pointy nose, single tail, viewing into canopy, single pilot.
1927 - giving directional commands to the intercepted plane, so far not responding.

1848 - some of the aircraft are RTB now, ATC on 290.50
« Last Edit: May 28, 2020, 1949 UTC by refmo »
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Re: UHF mil air
« Reply #536 on: June 07, 2020, 1836 UTC »
Very nice catches! Kinda slow round these parts lately.
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Re: UHF mil air
« Reply #537 on: June 09, 2020, 1825 UTC »
Air to ground gunnery training, 377.300MHz 1800Z 09JUN29. MACH (or MOCK) 31 in attacks on designated ground targets.

MACH F-15C/D 1st TFTS Tyndall AFB FL
MOCK F-15 104th FW MA ANG Barnes ANGB MA
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Re: UHF mil air
« Reply #538 on: June 11, 2020, 1417 UTC »
Large exercise happening in Buckeye/Brushcreek MOA's this morning.  Requesting entire airspace of both MOA's.
Frequencies:
126.200
138.575
143.700
225.700
225.725
226.025
246.000
248.650
290.500
253.850
312.175
316.125
338.150
357.100
« Last Edit: June 11, 2020, 2059 UTC by refmo »
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Re: UHF mil air
« Reply #539 on: June 15, 2020, 2109 UTC »
Air to Air dog-fights and intercepts this afternoon in Buckeye MOA.
MUDDY41 AND MUDDY 42 are a couple of the callsigns.  Also HUNTRESS and DARKSTAR.
MUDDY41 has a speed-brake indicator issue but continuing with exercise.
Frequencies: 260.9, 316.125, 294.325, 290.5, 141.65

On 316.125 @ 2110:  "unidentified F-16, this is the armed interceptor on your right side, if you do not respond you may be shot down".  No response.

Also hearing some traffic on 343.000, old Jefferson Proving Ground frequency.
« Last Edit: June 15, 2020, 2307 UTC by refmo »
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