Patrick AFB Area Log - Tuesday 4 Jan 2005

Today I snagged comms from one of the oldest acft types and one of
the newest types; I heard a Grumman G-44 Widgeon from the 1940s era, and I
heard a Citation new Model 68 "Sovereign."

CARBON 21: AT-38C, Moody AFB 479FTG 39FTS Instructor Pilot.
9:30am: Area transition, southbound.
[360.7, 348.7, 353.6]

LIFTER 37: C-17A, Charleston 437AW
10:00am: Pattern work at Patrick.
[133.75, 132.65]

RAZOR 33: E-8C JSTARS, Robins AFB
10:14am: Back-end (mission crew) STARGATE directs LANCER F-15s at Avon Park
Bombing Range; also interdeck comms with simulated acft RAMBO 31, HOSS 23, and
SNAKE 11. Some encrypted comms.
12:56pm: RTB Robins AFB via Orlando-Craig-Alma.
[127.475, 126.35, 119.825, 324.65, 395.15, 388.225]

LANCER 61 & 71: F-15E, Seymour Johnson AFB 4FW 333FS
10:15am: Works targets at Avon Park Bombing Range under ctrl of STARGATE.
Works R-2901A and Placid MOAs. One acft declares IFE and diverts to MacDill.
11:30am: Departs to Tyndall AFB.
[349.0, 292.2, 269.25, 300.525, 300.925, 333.3]

LN 14: P-3C, Jacksonville NAS VP-45 "Pelicans"
10:30am: Area transition.
[273.55, 383.4]

KING 55: HC-130P #64-14855, Patrick AFB AFSOC 920RQW 39RQS
11:10am: Touch-and-goes at Patrick.
9:55pm: Local airwork. Something new: using codewords for passing
information to Ops.
[133.75, 132.65]

JOLLY 11: HH-60G Pave Hawk Helo, Patrick AFB 920RQW 301RQS
11:15am; Local training.
6:30pm: Training
[133.75]

COIL 01: F-15C FL-ANG 125FW 159FS "Jaguars"
11:30am: Area transition, through Whiskey Area 3Xray.
[346.25, 267.5]

UNID: G-44 Grumman Widgeon
11:33am: Area transition. I would have loved to have gotten an eyeball or
camera lens on this one. A Grumman G-44 Widgeon is a light transport amphibious
flying boat from the 1940s era. It was used for anti-submarine work and sea
patrols. There is a diagram depicting it at the following site:
http://www.luftfahrtmuseum.com/htmi/itf/gr44.htm
[132.65]

RAMBO 31: Simulated acft in STARGATE interdeck comms.
11:45am: Comms with STARGATE.
[395.15]
Simulations are extremely realistic; the simulated acft even declare Bingo Fuel
and RTBs.

HOSS 23: Simulated acft in STARGATE interdeck comms.
11:55am: Comms with STARGATE; mission description, weapons available, etc.
[395.15]

SNAKE 11: Simulated acft in STARGATE interdeck comms.
12:02pm: Comms with STARGATE; passes coordinates, etc.
[324.65]

AMBUSH 11: F/A-18, Oceana NAS VFC-12 "Fighting Omars"
12:38pm: Area transition.
[353.6]

KONG 42: F-15, Eglin AFB 33FW 58FS "Gorillas"
1:34pm: En route NAS Key West.
[344.6]

ROSS 124: FBI
6:50pm: Area transition.
[132.25]

TANKER 48
6:53pm: Comms with Oakgrove; probable Orlange Bowl CAP acft.
[265.4]

REACH 3031: KC-135R #63-8031, MacDill AFB 6AMW 91ARS
8:45pm: Inbound MacDill. Aft aux interphone inop.
[311.0]

JOLLY 21: HH-60G Pave Hawk Helo, Moody AFB 41RQS
8:45pm: Inbound Patrick.
[133.75]

OMAHA 58: Customs and Border Patrol Acft
8:58pm; Inbound Palm Beach IAP.
[124.6]

STAR 1: BREVARD CNTY SO Helo.
11:20pm: Lands Merritt Island A/p, but announces "Landing MacDill" on
Advisory Freq. Maybe an ex-USAF driver turned Deputy Sheriff.
[123.05]

AL STERN Satellite Beach FL (28-11N 80-36W) monitoring
 Patrick AFB (KCOF)  NASA-KSC Shuttle Landing Fac (KX68)
 Avon Park Bombing Range (KAGR)  Cape Canaveral AFS (KXMR)
 JSTARS E-8 Acft Integration Facility, Melbourne IAP (KMLB)
 Worldwide Military HF Communications
 Life Member: Missile, Space and Range Pioneers.
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