Military Monitoring Recap;10-23 December 2007

Hunter AAF
124.975 - Tower
279.575 - Tower
285.425 - Tower
121.800 - Ground
291.675 - Ground
309.000 - PMSV
126.200 - Base Ops
32.350 - 3-3 AVN Ops
238.375 - 3-3 AVN Air-to-Air
77.725 - 224 MI Bn Ops
38,150 - B-169 AVN Ops
345.000 - USCG Air Sta Savannah Ops
157.175 - Marine VHF 83, Air Sta Maintenance
406.1625 - Tower/Base Ops
406.7625 - POL
415.1625 - Trans Alert

ARMY 45462 (AH-64D, 3-3 AVN)
ARMY 57007 (AH-64D, 3-3 AVN)
ARMY 57008 (AH-64D, 3-3 AVN)
ARMY 03750 (MH-47G, 3-160 SOAR)
ARMY 03755 (MH-47G, 3-160 SOAR)
ARMY 03756 (MH-47G, 3-160 SOAR)
ARMY 03761 (MH-47G, 3-160 SOAR)
ARMY 26367 (MH-60L, 3-160 SOAR)
ARMY 26413 (MH-60L, 3-160 SOAR)
ARMY 26490 (MH-60L, 3-160 SOAR)
SUNNY ## (RC-12N, 224 MI Bn)
GUARD 00249 (CH-47D, B-169 AVN)
GUARD 00262 (CH-47D, B-169 AVN)
HURRICANE ## (CH-47D, B-169 AVN)
COAST GUARD 6542 (HH-65C, Savannah)
COAST GUARD 6553 (HH-65C, Savannah)
COAST GUARD 6561 (HH-65C, Savannah)
COAST GUARD 6575 (HH-65C, Savannah)
ARMY 23380
ARMY 26015 (UH-60)
CANFORCE 0467 (C-130)
COAST GUARD 1701 (HC-130)
PELICAN 22 (P-3C, VP-45)


Savannah IAP/CRTC
119.100 - Tower
257.800 - Tower
225.750 - 165 AW CP
225.050 - 165 AW

DAWG ## (C-130H, 165 AW)


Fort Stewart/Wright AAF
127.350 - Marne Radio
279.625 - Marne Radio


MCAS Beaufort
118.450 - Approach/Departure
301.200 - Approach/Departure
119.050 - Tower
340.200 - Tower
281.800 - Base Ops
361.800 - VMFA-115 Base
225.675 - VMFA-115 Tac 2
253.100 - VMFA-122 Base
283.400 - VMFA-122 Tac 1
354.325 - VMFA-122 Tac 2
269.700 - VMFA-122 Tac 3
305.800 - VMFA(AW)-224 Base
258.900 - VMFA(AW)-224 Tac 2
336.225 - VMFA(AW)-224 Tac 3
310.200 - VMFA(AW)-533 Base
299.300 - VMFA(AW)-533 Tac 2
348.825 - VMFA-AW)-533 Tac 3
339.500 - VMFT-401 Temporary Tac

BLADE 2# (F/A-18C, VMFA-115)
NIKEL 3# (F/A-18C, VMFA-122)
BENGAL 4# (F/A-18D, VMFA-224)
HAWK 8# (F/A-18D, VMFA-533)
SNIPER ## (F-5, VMFT-401)
HOIST 91 (KC-10, 305th AMW)
VIDAR 12 (S-3, VS-22)


Shaw AFB
252.100 - SOF
140.350 - SOF
342.500 - PMSV
311.200 - 55th FS "SHOOTER OPS"
141.900 - 55th FS V8
139.750 - 55th FS V10
273.700 - 77th FS "GAMBLER OPS"
143.800 - 77th FS V8
141.750 - 77th FS V9
139.925 - 77th FS V12
138.950 - 77th FS V10?
320.525 - 79th FS :"TIGER OPS"
138.150 - 79th FS V8
141.775 - 79th FS V10
139.825 - 20th FW air-to-air

CONAN ## (F-16CJ, 55th FS)7
RAZOR (F-16CJ, 55th FS)
VISOR (F-16CJ, 55th FS)
BLOWER (F-16CJ, 77th FS)
BOOKIE (F-16CJ, 77th FS)
CHOKE (F-16CJ, 77th FS)
RENO (F-16CJ, 77th FS)
ROYAL (F-16CJ, 77th FS)
RUDE (F-16CJ, 77th FS)
CLAW (F-16CJ, 77th FS)
POUNCE ## (F-16CJ, 79th FS)
TIGER ## (F-16CJ, 79th FS)
TOPCAT ## (F-16CJ, 79th FS)


McEntire ANGB
298.300 169 FW "SWAMP FOX OPS"
141.825 169 FW V14
143.625 169 FW V15
143.250 169 FW V16
141.925 169 FW V17
125.125 169 FW air-to-air

MACE ## (F-16CJ, 169 FW)
VIPER ## (F-16CJ, 169 FW)
DEMON ## (F-16CJ, 169 FW)


Robins AFB
293.525 - 116th ACW "PEACHTREE OPS"
225.725 - JSTARS Discrete
341.750 - JSTARS Discrete
376.125 - JSTARS Discrete

PEACH 3# (E-8C, 330 CTS front end)
NIGHTSTAR (E-8C, 12 ACCS back end)
STARGATE (E-8C, 330 CTS back end)


Charleston AFB
306.925 - Approach/Departure
134.100 - PALMETTO OPS
349.400 - PALMETTO OPS
344.600 - PMSV

GRITS ## (C-17, 437th/315th AW)
PAT 903


Ranges/MOAs
228.400 - Townsend Range/Coastal MOA
252.900 - Townsend Range/Coastal MOA
343.750 - Bulldog MOA
354.300 - BEEFEATER (ECM, Poinsett Range)


SEALORD (W-157/158)
120.950 - North Primary
284.500 - North Primary
133.950 - South Primary
267.500 - South Primary
376.900 - W-157 Discrete
385.300 - W-157 Discrete
350.675 - North TACTS Range


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


Miscellaneous
138.150 - 23rd Wing Air-to-Air
139.275 - 23rd Wing Air-to-Air
140.200 - 23rd Wing Air-to-Air
149.625 - AWACS Discrete
228.200 - NORAD Discrete
225.875 - NORAD Discrete
228.225 - 71st RQS "ANGEL OPS"
303.100 - NORAD Discrete
364.200 - NORAD AICC

BOLT 4# (KC-135, 6th ARW)
CARDFILE 712 (P-3C)
DARKSTAR PAPA (E-3, 965th ACCS back end)
DIXIE 3# (KC-135, 117th ARW)
DRAGNET UNIFORM (E-3, 966th ACCS back end)
EASY ## (A-10, 23rd Wing)
GOLIATH (E-3, 960th ACCS back end)
GUARD 484 (AH-64D, 1-151 AVN)
KING 16 (HC-130, 71 RQS)
NARD ## (A-10, 23rd Wing)
NAVY HQ 464 (SH-60, HSL-46)
NAVY LF 161 (P-3C, VP-16)
PABLO ## (A-10, 23rd Wing)
PYTHON (A-10, 23rd Wing)
RED TALON 712 (P-3C, VP-16)
SAGA ## (A-10, 23rd Wing)
SENTRY 60 (E-3, 966th ACCS front end)
VENOM (JTAC, 165th ASOS)


ARTCC
269.550 - Jax Center Columbia Low
281.550 - Jax Center Florence
282.200 - Jax Center Jekyll Low
282.300 - Jax Center Alma High
285.650 - Jax Center Statesboro High
290.400 - Jax Center Waycross low
322.500 - Jax Center Savannah Low
363.200 - Jax Center Allendale Low
323,000 - Atlanta Center Macon


Mac McCormick, KF4LMT
kf4lmt@comcast.net

VFA-86 "WINDERs" Return to the Air

F/A-18Cs from VFA-86 at MCAS Beaufort returned to the skies Thursday after returning just before Christmas from a deployment aboard the USS Enterprise. VFA-86 is still using the callsign WINDER and is still using the same set of squadron frequencies they used before the deployment:

354.400 - WINDER Base
308.925 - Tac 1
363.825 - Tac 2


Mac McCormick, KF4LMT
kf4lmt@comcast.net

Military Traiing on Savannah River Site Property?

I first heard this story on GPB Radio while on the way to work this morning and found the story on the Savannah Morning News website when I was looking at the news this afternoon:

http://savannahnow.com/node/421007

The gist of the story is that the Department of Defense is looking at using part of the Savannah River Site property south of Augusta for light infantry and special ops training. The property is attractive for such a use because it is relatively remote, is very dark at night due to no close urban areas, and because of it's difficult terrain.

If it does come to be used for a training area, we here in the Savannah area may be able to catch some communications from the training. Low-level air-to-ground traffic will likely be out of range, but middle to high altitude air-to-ground traffic should be in range for many Savannah listeners.

Mac McCormick, KF4LMT
kf4lmt@comcast.net

Article on the 20th FIghter Wing at Shaw AFB

The current issue of Combat Aircraft magazine (Vol. 8, No. 6) has an excellent article on the 20th Fighter Wing at Shaw AFB. It includes information on their Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses (SEAD) and Destruction of Enemy Air Defenses (DEAD) missions, upgrades to the Wing's F-16s, and the missions that they have flown down to the Avon Park Range in recent months.

The article is particularly useful to those of us who monitor their missions in the Bulldog MOA because it describes just what they are doing when they mix close air support and SEAD/DEAD (distinguished by "MAGNUM" calls and comms with BEEFEATER) tasks.

Mac McCormick, KF4LMT
kf4lmt@comcast.net

New Savannah Fire and Emergency Services Station 9

http://savannahnow.com/node/419362

The new Savannah Fire and Emergency Services Station 9 officially opened yesterday. I can't imagine how happy the Engine 9 crews must be to have a new station. The old Station 9 off of Pennsylvania Ave. was tiny compared to every other station in Savannah (unless you count some of the temporary stations and Station 11 off of Middleground!). The old Station 9 was outdated for many reasons, the two main reasons being that new apparatus could not fit into the small bays and that there was not much living or office space for the firefighters.

Mac McCormick, KF4LMT
kf4lmt@comcast.net

Holiday Monitoring - "Santa Claus" Details

During the Christmas Holiday, I've always found it fun to listen to public safety agencies doing "Santa Claus" details. Here in the Savannah area, Southside Fire Department has been doing them in some of their districts for as long as I can remember. Sometimes I don't know who's having more fun, the kids that get to see Santa Claus or the department members taking Santa around the neighborhoods!

This year I've heard Southside's Montgomery District's Santa Detail on SSFD Division 3 (TG 3920) and their Westside/7th District's Santa Detail on SSFD Division 5 (TG 3984). I also heard the Air National Guard Fire Department at Savannah IAP doing a Santa Detail on their primary 800 talkgroup (TG 6640).

I even heard the Coast Guard do an airborne Santa Detail this year. One Saturday this month, I caught COAST GUARD 6575, one of the HH-65s at Air Station Savannah, bringing Santa Claus into the Air Station, coordinating the arrival with the Air Station on Marine VHF Ch. 21 (157.050)

Mac McCormick, KF4LMT
kf4lmt@comcast.net

Stubbs Tower Demolition Comms

I worked the midnight shift on Saturday morning, but stayed up a bit after getting home to watch the demolition of Stubbs Tower. On the way home from work I heard both Savannah Fire and Savannah Chatham Metropolitan PD preparing to support the demolition. Savannah Fire units requested the use of Fireground 3 (TG 37040) for their operations and used it throughout the morning. SCMPD units used BRAVO 10 (TG 54112) for their operations.

Savannah Fire had several Chiefs on scene as well as what seemed to be two engine companies using the callsigns EXTRA DUTY 1 and EXTRA DUTY 2. Other than standing by and directing placement of personnel and equipment, Savannah Fire was fairly quiet. Just prior to the demolition, they passed 5 minute and 2 minute warining calls.

On the other hand, SCMPD was very busy. They had Traffic Units, Officers, and EAGLE 1 (one of the County Helicopters) keeping a perimeter around the blast zone. EAGLE 1 was particularly helpful in spotting spectators leaking through the perimeter, in making sure the zone was clear prior to demolition, and in confirming that traffic was cleared from the Truman Parkway. On the television coverage, there were several times you could see EAGLE 1 swooping down to check on and/or run off those trying to watch from too close.

I was too sleepy to go watch in person, so I wasn't close enough to search for demolition crew frequencies. The only other frequencies I can pass on were 119.100 for Savannah IAP tower for EAGLE 1's departure and arrival and 124.975 for Hunter Tower where EAGLE 1 passed trafffic advisories because they were working in Hunter's airspace.

Mac McCormick, KF4LMT
kf4lmt@comcast.net