Update: CVN-77/CSG-2 & USS Bataan ESG COMPTUEX 16 December 2013

CVW-8 Wing Flyby with USS George HW Bush (CVN-77)

USS George HW Bush CSG COMPTUEX frequencies (Thanks to Florida Jack and Mike for the updates)

The OPFOR players have been using some NAS Jacksonville frequencies for control and discretes:

318.600 SEALORD Discrete
349.900 SEALORD Discrete (old INVADER JACK discrete)
These two are paired.
Also had KODIAK 13 calling CHARGER 11 on 320.500 “on exercise guard”.

4703.0 Golf Charlie Bush Air Defense Net Alternate/Golf Whiskey Bush Air Defense
6906.1 Golf Whiskey Bush Air Defense Net Primary
9007.0 Papa Whiskey USS Bataan ESG Air Defense Primary
9028.0 Golf Foxtrot USS George H.W. Bush Link Coordination Net. (Note: went quiet after everyone went to a J-voice (Link-16) channel)
10134.0 Mentioned by KODIAK with VULTURE

120.950 FACSFAC JAX SEALORD North
133.950 FACSFAC JAX "SEALORD"
136.775 OPFOR air-air
136.875 OPFOR air-air
225.325
225.350 Pinecastle Target/CAG Strike Common
226.125
228.975 GOLF PAPA (CWC): STORM 06 trying to raise GOLF PAPA
229.975
231.625 Unid air-air
233.475 FAD 3 / KODIAK
233.675 AVENGER Tac
234.875 WARRIOR CONTROL / MUSTANG / ARROW 11 / COUGAR 31, 33 / DART 11
235.075 Unid “switch approach”
235.500 BANSHEE Tac
237.700
237.800
238.425 STORM AR Boom
239.325 USS George HW Bush HELLCAT Tac
239.850
240.025
241.925 KODIAK Tac? / VULTURE / CORVETTE
243.575
246.800 Unid air-air VP-30 P-8A aircraft?
251.400
251.600
252.200
255.900
257.200
257.500 VFA-103 Tac, Rage 11-12 Air-to-Air: Bataan COMPTUEX
258.200 VFA-83 RAM Tac
261.250 Pinecastle Range R-2907
262.900 NAS Jax MAKO Base
264.625 Avon Park Range N Tac
266.375 Cape Stack CAS JTAC (HALO) / Secure
266.700 VMM-263 Tac: Bataan COMPTUEX
267.500 FACSFAC Jax SEALORD South

268.900
270.500

271.400 NAS Jax VP-10/VP-26
274.400
275.650 New Orleans JRB, VFA-204 / VIPER (RIVER) Tac
277.800 Fleet Common-Tactical/Warning
281.000
281.650
281.675 Omega AR Boom: Bataan COMPTUEX, SCREWTOP with RAGE 11
282.075 Button 17: CCA-B, E-2C was handling approaches
282.175 GOLF WHISKEY / TANGO, UNIFORM / GOLF CHARLIE
283.625
284.500 FACSFAC SEALORD North
284.975 KODIAK FAD 2 (T) (E-2C) / HOTEL / HELLCAT

285.000 Jax NAS Fiddle TOC: CARDFILE ## (P-8A, VP-5) and LIMA LIMA 587 calling FIDDLE (started to say PELICAN and corrected)

285.675 AVIL / BANSHEE Tac / SCREAM 23-24
287.000 BOLT (USAF) 6AMW Aerial Refueling Boom
289.200 Pinecastle Range Ops
289.275
289.450 Hatchet Tac
290.175
290.975
291.150
291.175
291.950
292.200 Avon Park Range Control
293.275
293.525 VMFA-533 Tac 1; Robins AFB Peachtree Ops
293.725 Positive Identification and Radar Advisory Zone (PIRAZ) RED CROWN
296.725 Exercise Guard? / KODIAK with HOTEL, OSCAR / DART 11
296.875 HELLCAT Tac
297.775 “on your Tac”

298.000 KODIAK / HATCHET / HELLCAT 37-38 / THOR / AVENGER 61-62
299.300

299.400 VMA-223 Tac
299.500
299.675 KODAK, BEAR (E-2C) and BANSHEE, going FAD 2
299.975 Unid Air-to-Air
300.125 CHILL 12-13, DOOM 11 air-air
303.000
305.675
306.000
307.000 Orlando A/D
308.400
309.925
311.500
312.150 NAS Jax TDY Base
312.175 DEPARTURE
313.600
316.300 DOGHOUSE
316.725
318.600 FACSFAC Jax SEALORD W-158 Discrete
318.875 GOLF PAPA
320.500 FACSFAC Jax GCI Bristol / KODIAK “on exercise guard” / BEAR with BRISTOL / WHITEHAT / HEADSTRONG 14 flight of B-52’s
324.650 VULTURE (JSTARS backend) with unid. Not sure if this is Bataan or Bush related.
327.350 Green Crown: Bataan COMPTUEX
327.475
328.100
328.200
328.450 MARSHAL
328.525
333.000 Unid air-air
339.500
339.925 HATCHET Tac
340.100
342.325 STRIKE
342.375
342.525
348.025 “VMA Common” / KODIAK / DOG 4 / AVENGER
348.850
349.900 NAS Jax Discrete IVAN CONTROL / SNAKE 1-2, COBRA 3, VIPER, DOG
351.800 Jax Intl App/Dep
353.825 Daytona Beach A/D
354.900 HELLCAT 21 / KODIAK (E-2C) / AVENGER
357.000
357.425 Button 15: CCA-A
363.775
363.950
365.625
369.175 Unid air-air
369.350
371.000 AVENGER 51
371.025
371.225
371.275 Button 14: GOLF ZULU / CARDFILE 11 / Secure / TIMBER WOLF CONTROL / KODIAK (E-2C)
371.300
371.375 PAPA WHISKEY: VICTOR (E-2C) with PAPA WHISKEY, mentions aircraft going to OMEGA. Mention callsign MIKE and VICTOR will RTB Jax
371.600
373.925 GOLF QUEBEC / Secure
374.000 REP
375.700 Tac / BEAR, TRON, VEST / CHARGER
377.050 Jax Intl App/Dep
378.850 Button 13: GOLF ROMEO / BEAR / no comms with QUEBEC
384.100 OPFOR

Call Signs Heard:
ARROW 11 - OPFOR
AVENGER – VFA-15 (Side 3xx) F/A-18C
BANSHEE– VFA-31 (Side 1xx) F/A-18E
BOLT 07, 08 – KC-135 6th AMW, BOLT- 07 (AE04C1 58-0125) is the tanker supporting the BUSH CVN-77 COMPUTEX off the FL. coast.
CARDFILE – P-8A VP-5
CHARGER 11
COBRA - OPFOR
COUGAR – OPFOR
DART 11 – Phoenix Air Group
DOG – OPFOR
GOLF – Surface unit
GOLF CHARLIE - Air Defense Commander Alternate
GOLF FOXTROT – Link Coordination
GOLF PAPA – Strike Warfare Commander
GOLF ROMEO – Air Resources Commander
GOLF WHISKEY - Air Defense Commander
GOLF ZULU – Sea Combat Commander
HALO - JTAC
HAMMER – Tactical Strike Call Sign
HATCHET VFA-87 (Side 4xx) F/A-18A+
HELLCAT – VFA-213 (Side 2xx)  F/A-18F
HOTEL – Surface unit
IVAN – OPFOR Control
KODIAK – E-2C VAW-124
MUSTANG - OPFOR
OMEGA 74 – B707 Tanker
OSCAR – Surface unit
QUEBEC – Surface unit
RIVER - VFA-204  (NAS NOLA River Rattlers) OPFOR (Side 4xx) F/A-18A+
SCREAM
SHIELD – Tactical Strike Call Sign
SNAKE – VFA-204 (NAS NOLA River Rattlers) OPFOR (Side 4xx)
STORM – Omega Tanker
TANGO – E-2C
TIMBER WOLF – Surface unit
TORINO – Possible surface unit
TRON – EA-6B VAQ-134 Tactical Strike Call Sign
UNIFORM – VAW-124 E-2C
VEST – Tactical Strike callsign
VIPER – OPFOR, VFA-204
VULTURE – JSTARS Backend
WAFER – P-3C, VP-10
WARRIOR CONTROL

As posted on this blog Nov 22, the USS George HW Bush CSG is headed south to Florida for a COMPTUEX.

For those who might want to monitor this event, here is the latest on CSG-2:

Ships and Aircraft attached to the USS GEORGE H.W. BUSH (CVN 77) Strike Group

DESTROYER SQUADRON 22 (DESRON 22)

USS LEYTE GULF (CG 55)
USS MONTEREY (CG 61)
USS VELLA GULF (CG 72)
USS COLE (DDG 67) Determined Warrior c/s
USS MAHAN (DDG 72)
USS McFAUL (DDG 74)
USS MASON (DDG 87)
USS NITZE (DDG 94)
USS TRUXTON (DDG 103)
USS ELROD (FFG 55)
  
Squadrons attached to Carrier Air Wing 8 (CVW-8) "Team Ocho"

VFA-15 The Valions - Pride c/s & Avenger c/s (Side 3xx)
VFA-31 The Tomcatters Felix c/s & Banshee c/s (Side 1xx)
VFA-87 The Golden Warriors - Party c/s & Hatchet c/s (Side 4xx)
VFA-213 The Black Lions - Lion c/s & Hellcat c/s (Side 2xx)
VAW-124 The Bear Aces - Bear c/s, Kodiak c/s & Tango/Uniform CWC c/s (Side 60x)
VAQ-134 The Garudas - Garuda c/s & Tron c/s (Side 5xx)
VRC-40 Det 2 The Rawhides - Rawhide c/s
HSC-9 The Tridents - Troubleshooter c/s (Side 61x)
HSM-70 The Spartans- Spartan c/s (Side 7xx)

Frequencies to watch
HF (kHz/USB/Link 11)
HF CWC nets: 2252.0 4703.0 (GW) 6834.0 6909.1 (GC) 9028.0 (GF) 9031.0
Link 11 5171.0

UHF and VHF frequencies will be updated as we have them reported since these are usually selected from a pool of temporary frequencies available for the East Coast and Gulf Coast areas.