Boar's Nest LFE

Last week, there was a Large Force Exercise (LFE) utilizing Townsend Range and SEALORD's offshore operating areas. Some of the aircraft checking in for the exercise referred to it as "Boar's Nest." Among the participants were F/A-18s from MCAS Beaufort, F-5s from VMFT-401, a B-52 from the 2nd Bomb Wing, a P-3 from VP-45, Joint Terminal Air Controllers (JTACS), and the ground radar units MACS-2 and 117th Air Control Squadron. I didn't get the chance to monitor much except for Tuesday and Wednesday and there were weather issues both days. With air-to-air and air-to-ground combat aspects to the exercise, it made for very interesting monitoring.

350.675 - N. TACTS Range Discrete
-encrypted traffic
-ALLEYCAT (E-8C, 128 ACCS)
-STRIKESTAR (E-8C, 16 ACCS)
-DOOM 92 (B-52, 2 BW)
-PELICAN (P-3C, VP-45)
-SPARTA 01/02 (A-10, 23 FG)
-CLETUS

228.400 - Townsend Range
-ALLEYCAT
-STRIKESTAR
-BANJO (JTAC)
-DOOM 92
-SPARTA 0#; 143.600 a2a

252.900 - Townsend Range
-DOOM 92
-SPARTA 0#
-VENOM (JTAC, 165 ASOS)

335.975
-STRIKESTAR
-DOOM 92
-BENGAL 4# (F/A-18DD, VMFA-224); 250.300 Tac 1

225.725 - JSTARS Discrete
-ALLEYCAT wkg EAGLE 01

318.300 - JSTARS Discrete?
-ALLEYCAT wkg sim assets) for tasking
-STRIKESTAR

341.750 - JSTARS Discrete
-STRIKESTAR
-PELICAN

372.150 - JSTARS Discrete
-ALLEYCAT
-STRIKESTAR
-CLETUS

364.200 - AICC
-encrypted traffic
-ALLEYCAT
-STRIKESTAR
-DOOM 92
-DEUCE (MACS-2)
-STEALTH (117 ACS)


120.950 - SEALORD North Primary
-FLASH 01 (KC-135)

284.500 - SEALORD North Primary
-TBOLT 51/52 (F/A-18C, VMFA-251); 290.000 Tac 1, 327.475 Tac 2
-TBOLT 53 (F/A-18C, VMFA-251)
-BENGAL 4# (F/A-18D, VMFA-224); 250.300 Tac 1
-SNIPER 4# (F-5, VMFT-401); 318.350 Tac

267.500 - SEALORD South Primary
-LN 452 (P-3C, VP-45)

376.900 - W-157 Discrete
-SNIPER 4#

385.300 - W-157 Discrete
-BOLT 51/52 wkg DEUCE
-BENGAL 4#
-DOOM 92

327.400 - Aerial Refueling
-TBOLT 5# AR with FLASH 01


Mac McCormick III, KF4LMT
kf4lmt@comcast.net