Military Monitoring Recap; 2-8 April 2007

Amazingly, most of the last week's monitoring was done while mobile. I managed to monitor AWACS activity from BANDSAW, CHALICE, DARKSTAR, DRAGNET, and GOLIATH that occurred off of the coast of Georgia and South Carolina while mobile in central Effingham County. As I mentioned in an earlier post this week, the Coastal Georgia and South Carolina area saw heavy AWACS activity. Every day between 1330 and 1500 there was at least one AWACS working the area. On Monday, when I was around a radio almost all day, they activity lasted all throughout the day.

Frequencies
Hunter AAF
133.550 - Tower
279.575 - Tower
126.200 - Base Ops
32.350 - SHARK OPS (3-3 AVN)
82.100 - SUNNY OPS (224 MI Bn)
345.000 - USCG Air Station Savannah
406.1625 - Tower/Base Ops
406.7625 - POL
415.1625 - Trans Alert

Savannah IAP
119.100 - Tower
257.800 - Tower
225.750 - 165 AW Command Post
165.0125 - 165 AW Maintenance

Fort Stewart
127.350 - Marne Radio
279.625 - Marne Radio

MCAS Beaufort
301.200 - Approach/Departure
251.700 - Approach/Departure
118.450 - Approach/Departure
340.200 - Tower
119.050 - Tower
361.800 - VMFA-115 Base
339.500 - VMFA-115 Tac 1
320.200 - VMFA-115 Tac 2
253.100 - VMFA-122 Base
283.400 - VMFA-122 Tac 1
354.325 - VMFA-122 Tac 2
228.200 - VMFA-312 Base
301.950 - VMFA-312 Tac 1
320.300 - VMFA-312 Tac 2
310.200 - VMFA(AW)-533 Base
348.825 - VMFA(AW)-533 Tac 3

Shaw AFB
311.200 - SHOOTER OPS (55th Fighter Squadron)
141.900 - 55 FS V8
139.750 - 55 FS V10
273.700 - GAMBLER OPS (77th Fighter Squadron)
143.800 - 77 FS V8
141.750 - 77 FS V9
320.525 - SNAKE OPS (79th Fighter Squadron)
141.600 - 79 FS V9
141.775 - 79 FS V10
138.200 - 79 FS air-to-air

McEntire ANGB
298.300 - SWAMP FOX OPS (169th Fighter Wing)
125.125 - 169 FW V1
141.925 - 169 FW V18
141.825 - 169 FW V19

Jacksonville IAP
251.250 - 125th Fighter Wing Command Post/Maintenance
234.800 - 125 FW Aux 6
253.700 - 125 FW Aux 7
314.200 -125 FW Aux 8

Robins AFB
293.525 - PEACHTREE OPS (116th Air Control Wing)

Ranges/MOAs
228.400 - Townsend Range Control
252.900 - Townsend Range Control
354.300 - Poinsett Range, BEEFEATER ECM Range
269.000 - Gamecock D MOA

SEALORD
120.950 - North Primary VHF
284.500 - North Primary UHF
133.950 - South Primary VHF
267.500 - South Primary UHF
376.900 - W-157 Discrete
385.300 - W-157 Discrete
301.000 - South TACTS Range
350.000 - South TACTS Range

DOUBLESHOT
279.725 - Doubleshot Primary
127.725 - Doubleshot Primary
258.400 - W-161/177 Discrete
381.350 - W-161/177 Discrete

NORAD/AWACS
364.200 - AICC
264.500 - NORAD Discrete? (DARKSTAR calling NORTHERN LIGHTS)
293.600 - NORAD Discrete
388.950 - NORAD Discrete
254.475 - AWACS Discrete
317.950 - AWACS Discrete
141.650 - AWACS Assigned fight common

Miscellaneous
310.200 - NAS Jacksonville Base Ops
344.600 - Charleston AFB PMSV
349.400 - PALMETTO OPS (Charleston AFB CP)


ARTCC/Air Traffic Control
277.400 - Jax Center, Brunswick Low
282.200 - Jax Center, Jekyll Low
285.650 - Jax Center, Statesboro High
290.400 - Jax Center, Waycross Low
307.250 - Jax Center, St. Augustine
322.500 - Jax Center, Savannah Low
351.700 - Jax Center, Summerville High
363.200 - Jax Center, Allendale Low

273.600 - Atlanta Center, Macon
323.000 - Atlanta Center, Macon

255.400 - Macon Radio FSS

US Coast Guard
156.800 - Marine VHF Ch. 16
157.050 - Marine VHF Ch. 21 (Sector Charelston Operating Channel)
157.100 - Marine VHF Ch. 22
157.075 - Marine VHF Ch. 81


Callsigns
Hunter AAF
ARMY - Miscellaneous US Army
ASSAULT - UH-60L, 4-3 AVN
SUNNY - RC-12N, 224 MI Bn)COAST GUARD - Miscellaneous Coast Guard
JENA - FBI
HUSTLER - CH-53E, HMH-772
NAVY LL ## - P-3C, VP-30
NAVY LN ## - P-3C, VP-45

Savannah IAP
DAWG - C-310H, 165th Airlift Wing

MCAS Beaufort
BLADE - F/A-18A+, VMFA-115
NIKEL - F/A-18A+, VMFA-122
CHECK - F/A-18C, VMFA-312
HAWK - F/A-18, VMFA(AW)-533

Shaw AFB
MEAT - F-16CJ, 55th Fighter Squadron
PISTOL - F-16CJ, 55 FS
RAZOR - F-16CJ, 55 FS
BOOKIE - F-16CJ, 77th Fighter Squadron
DECK - F-16CJ, 77 FS
LOAD - F-16CJ, 77 FS
MUSTANG - F-16CJ, 77 FS
BEAST - F-16CJ, 79th Fighter Squadron
DEADLY - F-16CJ, 79 FS
HOOTER - F-16CJ, 79 FS
PROWL - F-16CJ, 79 FS
SPITFIRE - F-16CJ, 79 FS

McEntire ANGB
VIPER - F-16CJ, 169th Fighter Wing
DEMON - F-16CJ, 169 FW
HEAT - F-16CJ, 169 FW

Jacksonville IAP
FANG - F-15A, 125th Fighter Wing
SNAKE - F-15A, 125 FW
RATTLER - F-15A, 125 FW
COIL - F-15A, 125 FW

Robins AFB
PEACH - E-8C, 116 Air Control Wing

Miscellaneous
BANDSAW - E-3, 964 ACCS backend
BACKBURNER - unknown ground station
CHALICE - E-3, 963 ACCS backend
CHROME(?) - alias for CHALICE?
DARKSTAR - E-3, 965 ACCS backend
DEUCE - KC-10, 305 ARW
DRAGNET - E-3, 966 ACCS backend
GOLIATH - E-3, 966 ACCS backend
KING - USAF HC-130
REACH - Miscellaneous Airlift
SENTRY - E-3 front end
SODA - KC-135, 151 ARS
VIDAR - S-3B, VS-22


Mac McCormick, KF4LMT
kf4lmt@comcast.net