Showing posts with label ATC Frequencies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ATC Frequencies. Show all posts

Friday, December 19, 2014

2015 Air Show Guide Now Available



Every year, from March through November, millions of people hit the road to watch the excitement and thrills as military and civilian flight demonstration teams put their high performance aircraft through the paces to entertain the crowds and perform at air shows all over the world. Anyone who has attended one of these events will tell you it is thrilling to watch the close quarter flying of the Blue Angels delta formation or the hair-splitting maneuvers of the Thunderbird opposing solos.

While attending the show and enjoying the sights and sounds is an exciting experience that is only half the fun. You can add another whole dimension to that visual experience by monitoring the performing teams’ radio communications.

With a radio scanner in hand you will experience a whole new perspective of the show that few of the attendees will ever experience – pilot audio from the aircraft cockpit. While everyone else at the air show is just watching and listening to the public address system narrator, you’ll be able to hear what’s happening inside the cockpit, up in the tower and on the ground with the hundreds of players that keep these screaming, state of-the-art air machines thundering through the skies.

But you can’t tell the players without a program, and to indulge in the craft of monitoring the air show experience you need a current and well researched list of frequencies that the various performers may use during their performances.

In our new Teak Publishing 2015 Air Show Guide eBook, former Monitoring Times Editor and Milcom columnist Larry Van Horn - N5FPW, delivers the hundreds of frequencies you’ll need to monitor the action if you’re within receiving distance of any air show in 2015.

From the Blue Angels and Thunderbirds, military parachute and search and rescue demonstration teams, to a wide variety of other military and civilian demonstration teams from the U.S. and abroad, Larry has the list of frequencies each unit has used. Now you can bring the excitement you see at the show to your ears. Listening to the nonstop action at the air show on dozens of radio frequencies is part of the real fun of being there.

But wait, there’s more! Larry also tells you which scanners work best at the air shows, what features you’ll need and which models can cover the military as well as civilian frequencies used at these events. There is also a chapter on tips for enjoying a great day at the air show.
You will also get frequency lists for other possible frequencies that may be used at the air show including GMRS, Family Radio Service (FRS), DoD Intra-Squad Radio frequencies, and even Civil Air Patrol VHF/UHF frequencies and call signs. We also include in this eBook an up-to-date air show Internet resource guide and frequency listings for overseas military and civilian aeronautical demonstrations teams.

Finally you will get the latest air show schedules for the Navy Blue Angels, Air Force Thunderbirds, Canadian Forces Snowbirds and the Army Golden Knight Parachute Teams. We include with each show location, the latest air traffic control frequencies for each facility hosting a show, when known. This schedule information only covers the United States and Canada.

This is the 16th edition of this popular frequency monitoring guide published by the author. The first fourteen editions appeared annually each March in the pages of the former Monitoring Times magazine and were one of the most popular features carried in the magazine. This edition of the Teak Publishing Air Show Guide is the most comprehensive collection of air show information and frequencies currently published for the radio listening hobbyist.

The Teak Publishing 2015 Air Show Guide is now available for purchase worldwide from Amazon.com at http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00R6QG7GW/. The price for this second eBook edition is US$3.99. Since this book is being released internationally, Amazon customers in the United Kingdom, Germany, France Spain, Italy, Japan, India, Canada, Brazil, Mexico and Australia can order this e-Book from Amazon websites directly servicing these countries. All other countries can use the regular Amazon.com website.

When the T-Birds, Blue Angels, and all the other precision flight teams are in the air, Larry has all the frequencies you need to hear them on the air in this new eBook from Teak Publishing!

Frequency updates, correction and late additions between editions of this e-Book will be posted on his Milcom Monitoring Post blog at: http://mt-milcom.blogspot.com/.

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For additional information on this and other Teak Publishing radio hobby books, monitor the company sponsored Internet blogs – The Military Monitoring Post (http://mt-milcom.blogspot.com/), The Btown Monitor Post (http://monitor-post.blogspot.com/) and The Shortwave Central (http://mt-shortwave.blogspot.com/) for availability of additional e-books that are currently in production.
You can learn more about the author by going to his author page on Amazon at http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00G1QMO4C.

Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Fighter squadron returns to flying (Article includes MMP Freq List)

An aircraft maintainer from the 31st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron prepares an F-16 Fighting Falcon for a training sortie Dec. 12 at Aviano Air Base, Italy. Airmen from the 31st AMXS plan and direct expeditionary aircraft generation and maintenance operations, and maintain two F-16 Fighting Falcon flying squadrons in support of the 31st Fighter Wing’s flying mission. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Evelyn Chavez)
by Staff Sgt, Justin Weaver,  31st Fighter Wing Public Affairs

AVIANO AIR BASE, Italy -- Pilots in the 555th Fighter Squadron are overcoming various challenges as they return to flying status after a three-month hiatus from the cockpit due to sequestration.

Col. David Walker, the 31st Operations Group commander, said the flying stand down caused by sequestration severely impacted readiness to the Triple Nickel, whose pilots now require several months of retraining before returning to combat mission ready status.

"We fly very advanced airplanes and our country expects us to win every battle we fight," said Walker. "In order to do that we have to practice, practice, practice."

The 555th FS was ordered to stand down April 9 as part of an effort to fly 45,000 fewer training hours through the end of September. Until now, the aircrews have performed ground training, worked on flight simulators, and studied to maintain basic skills and knowledge of their aircraft.

Recent congressional action made peacetime dollars available from overseas contingency operations reprogramming. On July 12, the Air Force Council approved Air Combat Command's use of $208 million to restore flying hours for affected units, including the two and a half fighter squadrons in U.S. Air Forces in Europe command.

For rookie Capt. Robbie Glenn, 555th FS wingman with 177 flying hours, his excitement in returning to the cockpit was temporary, as he says the effects could be felt for years.

"I was extremely excited and happy to be doing what I came here to do," said Glenn. "However, sequestration has definitely had a negative impact on our combat readiness. I am nowhere near the level of proficiency I should be at, and I feel like I'm restarting the process in some areas."

Maj. Michael Hurt, 555th FS assistant director of operations, has seen firsthand the impact of sequestration on the pilots. He relates the grounding to a high school football team playing in the regional championship, but being told they can't touch a football for two months prior to the game.

"You have to remind the junior pilots that the pendulum always swings," said Hurt. "Some days you are going to fly more, some days you will fly less."

As the Triple Nickel pilots return to the skies to regain their combat ready status, their commander, Lt. Col. John Peterson, urges a crawl, walk and run mentality.

"Getting back to a full-up combat mission ready rate, being able to employ that aircraft as an advanced weapons system, in a complex dynamic environment, can be dangerous," said Peterson, who has more than 2,600 flying hours in the F-16 Fighting Falcon and 750 combat hours. "One of my biggest concerns is that we crawl, walk, run, so that we don't end up falling forward and hurting somebody or breaking our assets and resources."

While pilots work to regain their certifications and proficiency, they also have to deal with the uncertainty of the fiscal budget for 2014 and whether or not their flying hours will be cut again.

"Everything comes at a cost," said Peterson. "However, when you go to war, you don't just want to barely win. You don't want to win by one point at the last second in overtime. When we set our objectives and we set our goals very high, we should win explicitly and overwhelmingly against our enemies, because the cost is America's sons and daughters, their lives and families."


And from the Milcom Monitoring Post Aviano AB, Italy (LIPA/LIYW) frequencies:

AMCC 264.800
Approach Control 120.125 134.100 275.325 362.300 363.250 (134.100 Joint ItAF/USAF)
ATIS 129.300 280.075
Clearance Delivery 122.100 376.650
Command Post 262.950 369.200 Yankee Ops
Ground Conrol 122.100 376.65 (122.100 Joint ItAF/USAF)
Metro (Weather)  257.750
PTD 396.875
Supervisor of Flying (SOF) 262.950
Tower 122.100 142.050 257.800 284.650
Treviso Approach 120.400 132.100 277.375
VFR Radar Advisory Service 362.300
 

Monday, April 01, 2013

Who will blink first?


Reuters is reporting that the United States has sent F-22 stealth fighter jets to South Korea on Sunday to join military drills aimed at underscoring the U.S. commitment to defend Seoul in the face of an intensifying campaign of threats from North Korea.

The advanced, radar-evading F-22 Raptors were deployed to Osan Air Base, the main U.S. Air Force base in South Korea, from Japan to support ongoing bilateral exercises, the U.S. military command in South Korea said in a statement that urged North Korea to restrain itself.

For shortwave broadcast enthusiasts, Gayle Van Horn, the MT Frequency Manager has just posted the latest shortwave broadcast schedule in an exclusive on her Shortwave Central blog at http://mt-shortwave.blogspot.com/2013/04/north-korea-a13-summer-schedules.html.

For my East Asia overseas readers, below is a listing of local ATC aero freqs for some of the bases and airports in South Korea.

Osan AB (K-55) RKSO
If you have internet access you can monitor Osan AB via the LiveATC website at http://www.liveatc.net/search/?icao=rkso

Air Mobility Control Center (AMCC) 120.000 349.400 Callsign Brickwall
Approach Control 127.900 306.300
ATIS 132.125 272.700
Clearance Delivery 127.300 343.000
Consolidated Command Post 276.200 277.200 227.525 (Have Quick) Callsign Roundup
Departure Control 127.900 234.300
Ground Control 132.450 253.700
Pilot-to-Dispatcher (PTD)  120.700 232.900
PMSV Metro 346.500
Rescue Coordination Center 282.800 381.000
Tower 122.100 308.800

Seoul AB (K-16) RKSM
Air Mobility Control Center (AMCC) 120.000 349.400 Callsign Brickwall
Approach/Departure Control 123.800 363.800
ATIS 126.475 225.775
Ground Control 121.850 275.800
PMSV and Dragon Ops 62.450
PMSV Metro Backup Camp Humphreys FM 37.300 or UHF 346.500
Tower 126.200 236.600 292.850

Daegu AB (K-2) (RKTN)
Air Mobility Control Center (AMCC) 120.000 349.400 Callsign Brickwall
Approach Control 135.900 346.300
ATIS 127.650 240.600 Digital ATIS svc avbl
Clearance Delivery/Ground Control 118.200 275.800
Departure Control 120.250 135.900 230.300
Kunsan Metro 346.500
Tower 126.200 236.600 365.000

Desiderio AAF (A-511) RKSG
Air Mobility Control Center (AMCC) 120.000 349.400 Callsign Brickwall
ATIS 108.200
Desiderio Ops 37.950 294.100
GCA 127.000 226.800 255.800
Ground Control 119.500 229.700
Osan Approach/Departure Control 127.900 306.300
PMSV Metro 37.300 118.425 346.500
Tower 34.950 122.500 257.800

Jungwon AB (K-75) RKTI
Approach Control 132.550 306.700
ATIS 135.600 234.950
Departure Control 132.550 363.700
Ground Control/Clearance Delivery 275.800
Tower 126.200 230.150 236.600

Kunsan AB (K-8) RKJK
Air Mobility Control Center (AMCC) 120.000 349.400 Callsign Brickwall
Approach Control 124.100 292.650
ATIS 120.225 304.800
Clearance Delivery 133.750 287.700
Command Post 245.1 Callsign Wolf Pack
Departure Control 124.100 293.525
Ground Control 123.500 273.525
PMSV Metro 346.500
PTD 132.250 247.100
Tower 126.500 292.300

Seosan AB (K-76) RKTP/RK6U
ATIS 130.300 318.100
Clearance Delivery 275.800
Departure Control 124.600 276.500
Ground Control 275.800
Haemi Approach Control 124.600 229.250 253.950
Haemi Tower 126.200 136.775 236.600 258.300

Cheongju International (RKTU)
Air Mobility Control Center (AMCC) 120.000 349.400 Callsign Brickwall
ATIS 128.850 305.500
Ground Control 121.875 275.800
Jungwon Approach/Departure Control 134.000 134.100 134.400 265.750 292.900
Tower 118.700 126.200 236.600 249.600
Gangneung (K-18) RKNN
Air Mobility Control Center (AMCC) 120.000 349.400 Callsign Brickwall
ATIS 132.050 226.175
Approach/Departure Control 124.600 304.000 253.400 310.700
Tower 126.200 236.600 238.000
Ground Control/Clearance Delivery 275.800

Gimhae Intrnational (K-1) RKPK
Approach Control 125.500 225.100 VFR 230.100 250.400
Arrival 119.200 134.400 230.100 253.800
ATIS 126.600 235.100
Clearance Deliivery 121.800 229.525
Cowboy Ops 133.825 250.250
Departure Control 125.500 363.800
Ground Control 121.900 275.800
Ramp 121.650 317.450 121.725
Tower 118.100 118.450 233.300 236.600

Gimpo International (K-14) RKSS
Air Mobility Control Center (AMCC) 120.000 349.400 Callsign Brickwall
ATIS 126.400 317.800
Clearance Delivery 125.850
Ground Control 121.900 121.950
Seoul Approach Control 119.750 119.100 119.900 120.800 121.350 121.400 123.250 123.800 124.200 293.300 305.700 363.800
Seoul Departure 119.050 121.400 124.800 125.150 353.200
Tower 118.100 118.050 240.900
Gwangju (K57) RKJJ
Approach Control 130.000 228.900 319.200
Arrival 132.250 132.500 268.000 331.400 379.800 366.500
ATIS 128.875 234.700
Departure Control 124.000 347.200
Ground Control 121.800 275.800
Tower 118.050 236.600 254.600

Jeju International (K-40) RKPC
Air Mobility Control Center (AMCC) 120.000 349.400 Callsign Brickwall
Approach Control 121.200 124.050 119.000 279.800 317.700
ATIS 126.800 239.500
Clearance Delivery 126.200
Departure Control 119.225 317.700
Ground Control 121.650
Tower 118.100 118.125 236.600

Jeongseok RKPD
ATIS 128.250
Ground Control 121.950
Jeju Approach Control 119.000 121.200 124.050 279.800 317.700
Jeju Departure 119.225 317.700
Tower 124.350 239.100

Seongmu (K-60) RKTE
Ground Control 134.550
Tower 131.300 126.200 236.600 363.900
Suwon (K-13) RKSW
25th TFS 229.000 266.100
Air Mobility Control Center (AMCC) 120.000 349.400 Callsign Brickwall
ATIS 126.425 225.675
Ground Control 275.800
Osan Approach/Departure Control 127.900 234.300 306.300 Inbound VFR aircraft call 232.400
PMSV Metro 346.500
Tower 126.200 236.600 244.400
USAF Suwon Command Post 229.000 266.100 (Monitors 123.45)
Wonju (K-46) RKNW
Air Mobility Control Center (AMCC) 120.000 349.400 Callsign Brickwall
Approach Control 141.200 130.200 292.600 255.000
ATIS 128.600 225.575
Departure Control 130.200 134.100 268.500
Ground Control 275.800
Tower 126.200 118.325 236.600 265.500

Yecheon (K-59) RKTY
Air Mobility Control Center (AMCC) 120.000 349.400 Callsign Brickwall
ATIS 136.800 226.075
Approach Control 134.500 229.350
Departure Control 134.500 266.350
Ground Control 275.800
Tower 126.200 236.600 269.500
While you won' hear fighter communications activity on HF frequencies (VHF/UHF only), you will hear transport, logistics and other long haul military aircraft coming into and out of the Korean theater on the Major MWARA frequencies listed below. Mode is USB. * indicates station active on frequency indicated.

CENTRAL WEST PACIFIC (CWP)

Family Freqs: 2998* 3455* 4666* 5652* 5661 6532* 6562 8903* 10081 (HFDL) 11384* 13300* 17904*

BEIJING (East Asia MWARA) 3016 6571 8897
DAEGU (125.700) 6425 6665 6675
HONG KONG (127.100) 6532 8903 13300
MANILA (124.900) 2998* 6532 6562 8903* 13300* 17904
NAHA (126.900) 2998 3455 4666 6532 8903 11384 13300 17904
PORT MORESBY (RDARA) (120.900) 3419 3425 5565 6622 8837 8861 11393
SAN FRANCISCO (ARINC) (131.950) 2998 3455* 4666* 5652* 6532* 8903* 11384* 13300 17904* 21985
SEOUL (127.100) 3004 6532 8903* 13300 13303 17904
SHANGHAI  (East Asia MWARA)  3016 6571 8897
TAIPEI (127.300) 6532 8903 13300
TOKYO (127.300/127.400) 2998 3455 4666* 5652* 6532 8903* 11384* 13300* 17904

NORTH PACIFIC (NP)

Family Freqs: 2932 5628* 6655* 6661 10048* 11330 13300* 17904*

BEIJING (East Asia MWARA) 3016 6571 8897
SAN FRANCISCO (ARINC) (131.950) 2932 5628* 5667 6655* 8915 8951 10048* 11330 13273 13339 17946 21925
SHANGHAI  (East Asia MWARA) 3016 6571 8897
TOKYO (126.700) 2932 5628* 6655 8951 10048 11330 13273 17904

More information as it becomes available. Field reports are certainly appreciated and can be sent to the email address in the masthead.

Tuesday, April 03, 2012

Washington DC Area Potomac Tracon Frequencies

Our good friend Ron perron in Maryland shared the following excellent frequency list with the Scan-DC listserv. Thanks for sharing Ron!

Potomac Consolidated Terminal Radar Approach Control

Washington Dulles International Airport (Shenandoah Sector)
118.675 / 257.875 PCT KIAD - LURAY
120.450 / 343.775 PCT KIAD - West Arrival MANNE
123.825 / 254.250 PCT KIAD - BUFFR (Also Westminster 5 Arrival into BWI)
124.650 / 343.775 PCT KIAD - South Arrival BARIN
125.050 / 350.200 PCT KIAD - North Departure ASPER
125.800 / 343.775 PCT KIAD - Final East IADFE
126.100 / 338.250 PCT KIAD - North Arrival MULRR
126.650 / 350.200 PCT KIAD - TILLY
126.825 / 239.025 PCT KIAD - LUCKE
134.200 / 343.775 PCT KIAD - Final West IADFW
135.775 / 343.775 PCT KIAD - North/Northwest Approaches, Southern Departures RCOLA

Washington National Airport (Mount Vernon Sector)
118.300 / 306.300 PCT KDCA - Final East DCAFE
118.950 / 257.200 PCT KDCA - West 9500'& below TYSON
119.300 / 335.500 PCT KDCA - Approach ADWAR
119.850 / 322.300 PCT KDCA - West QJAAY
121.050 / 343.700 PCT KDCA - West 10,000' up to FL 230 FLUKY
124.000 / 279.575 PCT KDCA - Andrews for Arlington Flybys ADWFR
124.200 / 269.000 PCT KDCA - East ENSUE
124.700 / 338.200 PCT KDCA - Final West DCAFW
125.650 / 348.725 PCT KDCA - East 9500' & below KRANT
126.550 / 269.500 PCT KDCA - East 10,000' up to FL 190 DAILY
128.350 / 270.275 PCT KDCA - South East 19,000' down TO 3000' DEALE

Andrews Air Force Base
119.300 / 335.500 PCT KADW - Arrival
125.650 / 348.725 PCT KADW - Departure
124.000 / 279.575 PCT KADW - Discrete for Arlington Cemetery Fly-bys

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Laughlin named busiest airfield in AF for 2011

LAUGHLIN AIR FORCE BASE, -- A look at a terminal control workstation here Dec. 7, 2011. A TCW is used by air traffic controllers to help manage and direct aircraft safely here at the Air Force's busiest air field. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Ricardo Reveles)

By Senior Airman Scott Saldukas, 47th Flying Training Wing Public Affairs

LAUGHLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- Laughlin was officially announced the busiest airfield and combined air traffic control tower in the Air Force for 2011 on Jan. 10 by the Air Force Flight Standards Agency for having a total of 337,439 operations.

Controlling the busiest airfield in the Air Force is the 47th Operations Support Squadron radar approach control section and tower. The RAPCON was identified as the busiest of 39 facilities with 266,591 operations and the tower was ninth out of 98 towers with 70,848.

"I'm very excited for and at the same time proud of the men and women in Laughlin's RAPCON and Tower who daily dedicate themselves to ensuring the safe execution of Laughlin's flight training mission," said Chief Master Sgt. Howard Teesdale, 47th Operations Support Squadron RAPCON chief controller. "Other than the instructor pilots who sit directly behind and are in control of the students flying the plane, no one comes close to touching the 47th Flying Training Wing's mission of graduating the world's best pilots than the controllers do."

The tower and RAPCON are made up of 69 controllers who control 62 airfields, 10,000 square miles of airspace within 100 miles of Laughlin. Before earning the title as the busiest airfield in the Air Force, they were controlling the fourth busiest in terms of combined air traffic control operations.

Teesdale also noted that Laughlin has been his busiest assignment to date and most complex.

"When your main customer is student pilots, the operating environment we try to provide them is ever changing," he said.

While a high operations tempo and constant change are always there, so is the sense of pride the controllers take in their job.

"I have a duty to help other controllers receive the quality training that will help them," said Airman 1st Class Jennifer Davis, 47th OSS air traffic controller. "This duty extends to myself as well, I am responsible for keeping myself current in all of my training and proficient in the positions I hold. I also have a moral responsibility to perform my job to the best of my ability, to ensure that I provide the best ATC service possible to aid in the pilot training process."

Teesdale explained how here at Laughlin it can get extremely busy at times and doing the unimaginable happens often.

"As with any organization, especially one that shares a singular common goal such as ours, there's a lot of camaraderie, they are a tough crowd and that's because they have to be," Teesdale said. "In the end however, controllers always seem to prevail and come out on top and in my humble opinion this is why controllers are routinely labeled a step above because they truly are."

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Blog Editor Note: For my readers in and around Del Rio, Texas, here are some of the frequencies for Laughlin AFB:

ICAO Code: KDLF

Pilot-to-Dispatcher (PTD) - 372.200
Automatic Terminal Information Service (ATIS) - 114.400 269.900
Del Rio Approach - 119.600 259.100
Houston Center - 125.750 346.400
Tower - 125.200 307.375 114.400T
Ground Control - 275.800
Del Rio Departure - 119.600 296.700
Clearance Delivery - 120.500 335.800
PMSV Metro - 354.600