Mil Comms, Central Florida - Tuesday 16 Dec 2003

Tuesday 16 Dec 2003

MAKOs: F-16C Flight, Homestead JARB AFRC 482FW 93FS
10:00am: Working at Avon Park Bombing Range.
10:20am: RTB.
[292.2, 138.125, 307.1]

BOLT 21: KC-135R, MacDill AFB 6AMW
10:27am: Inbound; 10min out, with 30,000 pounds fuel.
[311.0 MacDill Lightning Ops]

BOLT 22: KC-135R, MacDill AFB 6AMW
10:34am: Inbound
[311.0 MacDill Lightning Ops]

SEARCH 01: UH-1N, NASA-KSC (Security, Survey Helo).
10:35am: Lands Patrick.
[133.75]

KING 76: HC-130P #65-0976, Patrick AFB 920RQW 39RQS
10:37am: Departs Patrick.
11:15am: Single drop at BamBam DZ
11:18am: Lands with problem; no IFE.
[133.75, 251.9, 321.0]

CG AUX 182E (Prob N8182E): CE-172N
10:45am: Area transition.
[133.75, 118.2]
This acft has been flying security patrols at Port Canaveral.

MAKOs: F-16C Flight, Homestead JARB AFRC 482FW 93FS
11:30am: Working at Avon Park Bombing Range.
12:30am: RTB.
[292.2, 138.125, 138.025, 307.1]

JOLLY 11: HH-60G Pave Hawk Helo, Patrick AFB 920RQW 301RQS
12:30pm; Local ops.
[133.75, 255.5]

REACH 8998
12:46pm: Inbound MacDill.
[311.0]

AVALON 74: C-9, Scott AFB 932AW
2:32pm: En route NAS-Key West.
[344.6]
After retirement of most USAF C-9 Nightingales, this is one of the three that
were retained by Scott's 932AW to train the pilots for the new C-40s that are
replacing the C-9s.

PAT 724: SW-4 Metroliner, US Army Priority Air Transport.
4:30pm: Area transition, to Norfolk VA; ETA 2345z.
[255.4]

SUMIT 17: C-130H, Peterson AFB AFRC 302AW
4:30pm: Lands Patrick.
[133.75]

JS 642: C-9B, Atlanta NAS VR-46 "Eagles" Sqdn
5:53pm: Area transition.
[119.825]

KING 76: HC-130P #65-0976, Patrick AFB 920RQW 39RQS
6:15pm: Departs Patrick, south bound.
9:00pm: Lands Patrick.
[133.75, 132.65, 135.7, 133.475, 132.15, 135.075, 133.4, 321.0]
Kept him through a long long handoff sequence.

NASA 956: T-38N #69-7084, NASA-Johnson Space Ctr, Houston TX
6:15pm: Lands Shuttle Landing Facility.
7:10pm: Departs Shuttle Landing Facility.
[128.55, 124.8, 132.65, 132.25, 134.0]

MADFOX 06: P-3C, Jacksonville NAS VP-5 "Mad Foxes" Sqdn.
6:25pm: En route NAS Jax; poss problems.
[133.475, 383.4]

CG 2131: HU-25C Falcon Jet. Miami CGAS
7:56pm: En route Miami CGAS.
[119.825, 133.4]

LIFTER 22: C-17A, Charleston AFB 437AW
8:40pm: Touch-and-goes at Patrick.
9:45pm: RTB CHS.
[133.75, 132.65, 344.6]

SPOOKY 41: AC-130U #90-0163 Spectre Gunship, Hurlburt 16SOW 4SOS
9:40pm: Inbound R-2901A Avon Park Bombing Range; 25 mi out.
9:50pm: Departs due to wx
10:00pm: Attempts to arrange AAR with BOLT tanker.
10:35pm: Arranges to meet up with BOLT 24 near St Petersburg.
[292.2, 311.0]

BOLT 24: KC-135R, MacDill AFB 6AMW
10:35pm: Comms with SPOOKY 41.
10:53: Comms with Miami Ctr to descend for random AAR with Spooky 41.
[311.0, 133.9, 276.5]
Note: My good friend John Henault in Brooksville heard them on 276.5 and IMd me
about it; I plugged that freq into four scanners; finally snagged him on a
Pro-43 using a Radio Shack center-loaded whip, my Ace-in-the-hole unit.

N819AS: CE-337G Skymaster, AirScan, Space Coast RAP (Surveillance Acft)
11:25pm: Inbound KTIX.
Note: These acft fly security surveillance and Range Clearance missions as BATs
and ROBINs over KSC and CCAFS. They have been used in Afghanistan.
[124.8, 118.9]

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