Monitoring the Mil in Florida
 

If you are monitoring Mil action in Florida you had a huge day yesterday
(Wednesday) and will have an even better one today.
Yesterday there were multiple AWACS acft controlling fighters in the Tarpon
Range near Key West, in addition to the normal action at the other ranges and
in the offshore Whiskey areas, including the Dutch Air Force F-16s who have
been here for over a month.
Yesterday's AWACS acft are up again, but add some more visitors to the mix
now.
Just when most of the annual Snowbirds are leaving Florida to return to
their northern homes, a bevy of NY-ANG F-16s (174FW, Hancock ANGB, Syracuse NY)
arrived at Patrick yesterday and will be remaining here for a week to work our
ranges.
The "chicks" were accompanied to here by McGuire KC-10A tanker "Hoist 95"
and big C-5A "Reach 8224" (#68-0224, Stewart ANGB 105AW). Hoist 95 departed
this morning to Robins AFB, and Reach 8224 departed afterwards to Stewart.
I snagged comms from the F-16s this morning as two flights of them worked
the offshore Whiskey Areas here, and one flight worked Avon Park Bombing Range.
Yesterday they arrived using the FAST callsign and air-air freqs 138.475,
141.575 and 141.7.
Today they used COBRA and APEX callsigns and air-air freqs 148.125, 141.7
and 141.75.
As I write this, Dutch Air Force F-16s "Spider 81 Flight" are arriving to
work at Avon Park Bombing Range and are chatting away on their 141.7 air-air
freq.

AL STERN Satellite Beach FL (28-11N 80-36W) monitoring
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