Exercise "Smokin' Hole?"

For the third day in a row, there was AWACS activity in the southeast. Each day, the activity has (for what I've been able to monitor) mostly been in the W-161/177 area controlled by DOUBLESHOT. Based on some traffic I heard today, all of this AWACS activity could be part of an exercise. On 364.200 (AICC), a radio operator on BANDSAW (E-3. 964 ACCS) called BACKBURNER (unknown) with an inquiry about "Exercise Smokin' Hole" (it could be Smoking Hole, but the op didn't pronounce the G).

Mac McCormick, KF4LMT
kf4lmt@comcast.net