Phillip Clark has reported that Space-Track ceased issuing orbital data for the four Ofeq satellites currently in orbit on January 31st.
http://www.friends-partners.org/pipermail/fpspace/2011-February/028977.html
27434 2002-025A Ofeq 5
31601 2007-025A Ofeq 7
32476 2008-002A Ofeq 8 (TecSAR/Polaris)
36608 2010-031A Ofeq 9
(TecSAR was renamed “Ofeq 8” just before the Ofeq 9 launch, possibly to overcome the “curse of even-numbered Ofeq satellites”, failing to reach orbit.)
Orbital data for the two EROS satellites are still being issued, presumably because these are commercial payloads: also the data for the Shavit-2 third stage from the Ofeq 9 launch are still appearing.
Ofeq, also spelled Offek or Ofek (Hebrew: אופק, lit. Horizon) is the designation of a series of Israeli reconnaissance satellites first launched in 1988. All Ofeq satellites have been carried on top of Shavit rockets from Palmachim Airbase in Israel, on the Mediterranean coast. The Low Earth Orbit satellites complete one earth orbit every 90 minutes. The satellite launches made Israel only the eighth nation to gain an indigenous launch capability. Both the satellites and the launchers were designed and manufactured by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) with Elbit Systems' El-Op division supplying the optical payload.
While exact technical details and capabilities are classified, it is assumed that the Ofeq satellites have ultraviolet and visible imaging sensors, and an effective operational lifespan of 1-3 years. Some early reports stated the reconnaissance capabilities as such that would allow "reading license plates in Baghdad", but that can be ruled out on grounds of physical optics. Other reports more plausibly place the imaging resolution at 0.8 meters for Ofeq 5.
Most non-Israeli satellites are launched eastward to gain a boost from the Earth's rotational speed. However, Ofeq satellites are launched westward (retrograde orbit) over the Mediterranean to avoid flying over, and dropping spent rocket stages over, populated areas in Israel and neighboring Arab countries. Other Israeli satellites (such as the Amos series) are launched from locations in other countries.
Ofeq's east-to-west orbit at 36 degrees inclination is phased to give optimal daylight coverage of the Middle East. Ofeq makes a half-dozen or so daylight passes per day over Israel and the surrounding countries, whereas U.S. and Russian spysats only get one or two passes per day from their higher inclination orbits. This optimal coverage degrades after several months, nevertheless keeping a very good coverage of the Middle East.
Ofeq 5, was launched 28 May 2002. The 300 kg Ofeq 5 orbited the earth on a course with a perigee of 262 km and an apogee of 774 km, bent around 143.5 degrees. During the course of its mission, its perigee was raised to 369 km and its apogee was lowered on 771 kilometers, in an attempt to prolong the satellite's lifespan. Some observers believe that the 300 kg weight of the satellite, combined with the additional propulsive requirements of the retrograde orbit, constitute a de facto demonstration of the Shavit's ICBM potential.
Ofeq 7 was successfully launched on June 11, 2007.
Ofeq 8 designation is used for the TecSAR synthetic aperture radar satellite launched by an Indian rocket on 21 January 2008.
Ofeq 9 was successfully launched on June 22, 2010 from Palmachim Air Base.
Wednesday, February 02, 2011
USS Enterprise, Leyte Gulf Transit Strait of Gibraltar
The aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65) transits the Strait of Gibraltar. Enterprise is deployed as part of the Enterprise Carrier Strike Group supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Jared M. King/Released)By Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Austin Rooney
STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR (NNS) -- The deployed aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65) and guided-missile cruiser USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55) successfully passed through the Strait of Gibraltar Jan. 31, bringing the ships from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean Sea as they continue to operate in the 6th Fleet area of responsibility.
With the ships' homeport in Norfolk, Va. now far behind, Sailors are busy conducting flight operations and cooperative missions with allies in the region in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts.
The Strait of Gibraltar is a narrow strait which separates Europe and Africa by only seven miles at its closest point and connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea. The depth ranges from 980 to 3,000 feet, which makes it difficult to navigate a 90,000-ton warship.
Quartermaster 3rd Class Tom Sanborn, a quartermaster of the watch aboard Enterprise, said to successfully complete a transit through the strait, skill, planning and concentration are required by all hands.
"There's a lot of shallow water, and in some areas the land is less than five nautical miles from the ships on either side," said Sanborn. "There is no room for error."
The process of transiting the strait requires the quartermasters on a ship's bridge to take constant measurements of the ship's position, both electronically and manually by taking bearings and visually watching the distance from the land.
"The entire process usually takes several hours," said Sanborn. "We take bearings and make sure we're in deep enough water every two minutes, and we cross reference the data with what we see on our screens electronically."
The strait is dangerous to transit for other reasons including traffic from other ships. Sanborn said that quartermasters spend hours to prepare to make sure the charts are accurate and the equipment works to ensure a safe transit.
"We call sea and anchor detail before going through the strait, so our Deck department is standing by, ready to drop the anchor in case of an emergency," said Sanborn. "We only let our master helmsmen drive the ship during the transit."
Transiting important chokepoints takes the skill of multiple departments aboard the ships. The engineering departments must ensure all propulsion capabilities are operating perfectly in addition to many other duties.
The ships' security divisions and helicopter squadron provide physical security to the ships, and the safety departments ensure everyone mitigates risks. It's an all-ship effort for both.
The transit is important as a strategic statement as well, said Rear Adm. Terry B. Kraft, commander of Enterprise Carrier Strike Group. "Entering the Mediterranean in the shadow of the rock of Gibraltar is always symbolic to me," he said. "It sends a strong signal that the Enterprise Strike Group has arrived to operate and integrate with our partners in the region."
Chief Quartermaster (SW/AW) Jacob Lozano, Enterprise Navigation Department's leading chief petty officer, said the process of leaving the Atlantic Ocean and entering the Mediterranean Sea went smoothly because of the entire ship's hard work and professionalism.
"We have a lot of really well-trained Sailors on this ship," said Lozano. "But we only put our best people on watch for the transit."
Ensuring the freedom of navigation through vital sea lanes is a core responsibility of the Navy and has ensured that the 90% of goods that travel by sea are free to do so.
Enterprise Carrier Strike Group consists of Enterprise, guided-missile cruiser USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55), guided-missile destroyers USS Bulkeley (DDG 84), USS Barry (DDG 52) and USS Mason (DDG 87); USNS Arctic (T-AOE 8), Carrier Air Wing 1 and Destroyer Squadron 2.
National Guard Responds to Winter Storm
By Air Force Tech. Sgt. John Orrell
National Guard Bureau
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2, 2011 - In response to blizzard conditions and strong winter storms across a third of the country, six governors have declared states of emergency and about 1,100 National Guard members from 11 states have been activated or are on standby, National Guard Bureau officials said.
As of 6 p.m. EST yesterday, the governors of Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Wisconsin had declared states of emergency, and the Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Texas and Wisconsin National Guard had activated.
Meanwhile, Guard members in Indiana, Kansas, New Jersey, Oklahoma, and Pennsylvania were on standby, officials said.
A day after Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon declared a state of emergency, the Missouri National Guard called up more than 600 soldiers and airmen to conduct emergency missions throughout the state. The Missouri Guard members will be spread over three task forces, Army Maj. Gen. Stephen L. Danner, adjutant general, said.
"Our force is seasoned by dozens of overseas deployments and 18 state emergency missions since 2005," Danner said. "Our citizen-soldiers and airmen are ready to protect their fellow Missourians in their time of need, whether they are conducting door-to-door safety visits or clearing critical paths for emergency vehicles so first responders can do their jobs."
Soldiers and airmen with Task Force East, based in St. Louis; Task Force Northwest, based in Kansas City; and Task Force Southwest, based in Springfield, are making door-to-door safety visits, providing critical infrastructure power generation, helping stranded motorists, conducting presence patrols and clearing emergency routes to support first responders. The Missouri Guard also has sent liaison officers to emergency operation centers.
Meanwhile, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn has activated more than 500 Illinois National Guard members to help stranded motorists. They will be stationed at rest areas along Interstate 70 and other highways and will coordinate with the Illinois State Police to ensure the safety of travelers stranded along the roads.
"We must do everything we can to keep motorists safe during this massive winter storm," Quinn said. "Illinois Department of Transportation crews are working nonstop to clear roadways, and the Illinois State Police will also be closely monitoring our highways. These troops from the Illinois National Guard will help ensure public safety along the roadways, and I urge everyone to exercise caution when traveling."
Guard members stationed along the highways will provide water, snack bars and roadside safety tips to stranded motorists and will relay information regarding road conditions, vehicle accidents and stranded motorists to state police officers.
"I'm proud that the Illinois National Guard is able to play our part in responding to this winter storm," said Army Maj. Gen. William L. Enyart, Illinois adjutant general. "Our soldiers and airmen respond to the governor's call to help in state emergencies, just as we answer the president's call to serve overseas. It takes selfless citizens to serve in today's National Guard –- whether in Illinois or across the world."
In Arkansas, the National Guard has about five Guard members transporting supplies from Little Rock to the Washington County emergency management facility in Fayetteville in preparation for any needed assistance.
The Indiana National Guard had not yet been activated last night, but about 875 Guard members were on standby. About 30 members of the Iowa National Guard are helping stranded motorists.
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback declared a state of emergency, which activates the disaster response and recovery portions of the Kansas Response Plan, which authorizes state resources and funds to expedite emergency assistance statewide, including the National Guard.
In Oklahoma, the Federal Emergency Management Agency is using the Will Rogers Air National Guard Base in Oklahoma City for equipment staging, but no National Guard personnel are anticipated to be used to support this FEMA mission assignment, officials said.
The Texas National Guard has about 30 Guard members assisting stranded motorists in Wichita Falls and Lubbock.
With Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker declaring a state of emergency, Air Force Brig. Gen. Don Dunbar, the state's adjutant general, can activate elements of the Wisconsin National Guard to active duty to assist local authorities if needed. The declaration also directs all state agencies to assist in any response or recovery efforts.
New Jersey and Pennsylvania have Guard members on standby, but no mission requirements had arisen as of last night.
National Guard Bureau
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2, 2011 - In response to blizzard conditions and strong winter storms across a third of the country, six governors have declared states of emergency and about 1,100 National Guard members from 11 states have been activated or are on standby, National Guard Bureau officials said.
As of 6 p.m. EST yesterday, the governors of Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Wisconsin had declared states of emergency, and the Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Texas and Wisconsin National Guard had activated.
Meanwhile, Guard members in Indiana, Kansas, New Jersey, Oklahoma, and Pennsylvania were on standby, officials said.
A day after Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon declared a state of emergency, the Missouri National Guard called up more than 600 soldiers and airmen to conduct emergency missions throughout the state. The Missouri Guard members will be spread over three task forces, Army Maj. Gen. Stephen L. Danner, adjutant general, said.
"Our force is seasoned by dozens of overseas deployments and 18 state emergency missions since 2005," Danner said. "Our citizen-soldiers and airmen are ready to protect their fellow Missourians in their time of need, whether they are conducting door-to-door safety visits or clearing critical paths for emergency vehicles so first responders can do their jobs."
Soldiers and airmen with Task Force East, based in St. Louis; Task Force Northwest, based in Kansas City; and Task Force Southwest, based in Springfield, are making door-to-door safety visits, providing critical infrastructure power generation, helping stranded motorists, conducting presence patrols and clearing emergency routes to support first responders. The Missouri Guard also has sent liaison officers to emergency operation centers.
Meanwhile, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn has activated more than 500 Illinois National Guard members to help stranded motorists. They will be stationed at rest areas along Interstate 70 and other highways and will coordinate with the Illinois State Police to ensure the safety of travelers stranded along the roads.
"We must do everything we can to keep motorists safe during this massive winter storm," Quinn said. "Illinois Department of Transportation crews are working nonstop to clear roadways, and the Illinois State Police will also be closely monitoring our highways. These troops from the Illinois National Guard will help ensure public safety along the roadways, and I urge everyone to exercise caution when traveling."
Guard members stationed along the highways will provide water, snack bars and roadside safety tips to stranded motorists and will relay information regarding road conditions, vehicle accidents and stranded motorists to state police officers.
"I'm proud that the Illinois National Guard is able to play our part in responding to this winter storm," said Army Maj. Gen. William L. Enyart, Illinois adjutant general. "Our soldiers and airmen respond to the governor's call to help in state emergencies, just as we answer the president's call to serve overseas. It takes selfless citizens to serve in today's National Guard –- whether in Illinois or across the world."
In Arkansas, the National Guard has about five Guard members transporting supplies from Little Rock to the Washington County emergency management facility in Fayetteville in preparation for any needed assistance.
The Indiana National Guard had not yet been activated last night, but about 875 Guard members were on standby. About 30 members of the Iowa National Guard are helping stranded motorists.
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback declared a state of emergency, which activates the disaster response and recovery portions of the Kansas Response Plan, which authorizes state resources and funds to expedite emergency assistance statewide, including the National Guard.
In Oklahoma, the Federal Emergency Management Agency is using the Will Rogers Air National Guard Base in Oklahoma City for equipment staging, but no National Guard personnel are anticipated to be used to support this FEMA mission assignment, officials said.
The Texas National Guard has about 30 Guard members assisting stranded motorists in Wichita Falls and Lubbock.
With Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker declaring a state of emergency, Air Force Brig. Gen. Don Dunbar, the state's adjutant general, can activate elements of the Wisconsin National Guard to active duty to assist local authorities if needed. The declaration also directs all state agencies to assist in any response or recovery efforts.
New Jersey and Pennsylvania have Guard members on standby, but no mission requirements had arisen as of last night.
Milcom Blog Logs - 1 Feb 2011 - USASA MidWest Collection Site
Time for another exclusive HF blog log report from the radio ranch at the USASA MidWest Collection Site.
3215.0 HF-USB
0022Z - AFA5NF Alternate NCS for the Air Force Region 1 MARS NE2S1 net
3230.0 HF-USB
0114Z - Link-11 data transmission
3269.0 HF-USB
0021Z - Navy/MC MARS Region 5 5M3B (Olivia) Michigan Net: NNN0ORE / NNN0BUX
3299.0 HF-USB
0112Z - AFF4EC NCS for the Air Force Region 4 MARS 4S1 net: AFA4UF
3308.0 HF-USB
0105Z - AFN7NC NCS for the Air Force North Central Area Region 5 Wisconsin MARS 5WIS1 net: AFA5WE / AFE5PI
0203Z - AFA7OS NCS for the Air Force North Central Area MARS NCM1 net: AFA5MC
1226Z - AFA7ZK NCS for the Air Force North Central Area MARS NCM2 net
3310.0 HF-USB
0105Z - Link-11 data transmission (weaker than previous nights)
3317.5 HF-USB
0131Z - NNN0AEV NCS for the Navy/MC Region 7 Missouri MARS 7H1B net: NNN0QGR / NNN0FBL
3318.0 HF-USB
1305Z - Link-11 data transmission
3325.0 HF-USB
0130Z - NNN0KBP NCS for the Navy/MC Region 5 Indiana MARS 5B1B net: NNN0IEA / NNN0AKT
3341.0 HF-USB
[02:57:29][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FR7 ][AL0] BER 13 SN 07
[04:23:39][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC8FEM004 ][AL0] BER 11 SN 07
3349.0 HF-USB
0011Z - Navy/MC Region 3 Maryland / District of Columbia / Delaware 3W1B net: NNN0RVG
0110Z - NNN0KIP NCS for the Navy/MC Region 6 East Texas MARS 6E1B net
3370.5 HF-USB
0210Z - AFA6DV NCS for the Air Force Region 6 MARS 6M3 net: AFA6KJ / AFA6DM / AFA6BG
3384.0 HF-USB
0012Z - Link-11 data transmission
3390.0 HF-USB
0112Z - NNN0BQH NCS for the Navy/MC Region 5 MARS 5X1B net
0203Z - NNN0ECX NCS for the Navy/MC Region 4 MARS 4X9B net: NNN0QAA / NNN0IIE / NNN0ABZ / NNN0LHR
3920.0 HF-LSB
1314Z - N0HOT NCS for the Kansas Morning Weather Net
4007.0 HF-USB
0031Z - NNN0BQH NCS for the Navy/MC Region 5 Minnesota MARS 5G1B net: NN0XYA
4008.5 HF-USB
0002Z - Navy/MC Region 6 Louisiana MARS 6L1B net: NNN0AYZ
4011.0 HF-USB
0005Z - Navy/MC Region 6 Arkansas MARS 6A1B net: NNN0ATK
1403Z - Navy/MC Region 7 Iowa MARS 7D1C net: NNN0YGW
4013.5 HF-USB
0005Z - Navy/MC Region 4 Kentucky MARS 4K2B net: NNN0ZEI / NNN0BTG
4020.9 HF-USB
1306Z - AAR6HB NCS for the Army Region 6 MARS AAA6RD/A net
1402Z - AAR6QE NCS for the Army Region 6 MARS AAA6RD/A net: AAR6OA
4023.9 HF-USB
0007Z - Army Region 5 Ohio MARS AAA5RD/OH net: AAR5XM / AAA5OH
0107Z - AAM5RD NCS for the Army Region 5 Illinois AAA5RD/IL net: AAT4YE (sounded like) / AAM5AIL / AAR9HH (AZ)
1401Z - Army Region 5 Illinois MARS AAA5RD/IL net: AAA5RD
4026.9 HF-USB
1229Z - Army Region 4 MARS AAA4RD/C net: AAR4OH / AAR4MU / AAM4AL
4032.9 HF-LSB
1230Z - Army Region 3 MARS AAA3RD/A net: AAM3VA
4035.9 HF-USB
0104Z - Army Region 7 MARS AAA7RD/IA net: AAR7AT
0201Z - Army Region 7 MARS AAA7RD/B net: AAA7RD / AAM7KS / AAR7AL / AAA7IA / AAT7FD / AAR7FE
1309Z - Army Region 7 MARS AAA7RD/C net: AAM7TIA
1404Z - AAA7KS NCS for the Army Region 7 MARS AAA7RD/D net: AAR7OB-T / AAM7EMO
4038.5 HF-USB
0008Z - Navy/MC Region 4 Florida MARS 4C3B net: NNN0JAD
0202Z - NNN0HEL NCS for the Navy/MC Region 4 Tennessee MARS 4H2B net: NNN0RBD / NNN0TWA / NNN0LKA
0301Z - NNN0SYH NCS for the Navy/MC Region 4 Alabama MARS 4A2B net: NNN0TDK / NNN0SWK
1302Z - NNN0IIE NCS for the Navy/MC Region 4 Alabama MARS 4A1B net: NNN0TJC
4038.9 HF-LSB
1250Z - Army Region 2 MARS AAA2RD/M net: AAR2AA
4041.0 HF-USB
0031Z - NNN0ANN NCS for the Navy/MC Region 5 Ohio MARS 5N5B net: NNN0EBA / NNN0KQE / NNN0EVQ / NNN0YBE / NNN0BDI
4469.0 HF-USB
0100Z - Goldenrod-595 NCS for the Southeast Region Alabama "Goldenrod" CAP net: Mockingbird-08 / MO-CAP-19 / Florida-CAP-256
4506.0 HF-USB
0001Z - MO-CAP-10 NCS for the North Central Region Missouri "MO-CAP" CAP net: MO-CAP-595 / MO-CAP-19
4517.0 HF-USB
1405Z - AFN7NC NCS for the Air Force North Central Area MARS NCM3 net: AFE7DM / AFA7VC
4603.0 HF-USB
[00:42:56][CHN 01][TO ][KY4FEM ][TWS][FR4 ][AL0] BER 9 SN 05
[00:55:58][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC8FEM004 ][AL0] BER 16 SN 06
4604.0 HF-USB
0001Z - Red-Fire-218 NCS for the Great Lakes Region Indiana "Red_Fire" CAP net
0030Z - Red-Fox-93 NCS for the Great Lakes Region Illinois "Red_Fox" CAP net
0200Z - Red-Robin-898 NCS for the Great Lakes Region Michigan "Red-Robin" CAP net
1400Z - Red-Robin-898 NCS for the Great Lakes Region Michigan "Red-Robin" CAP net
1430Z - Red-Fox-17 NCS for the Great Lakes "Blue Lake" Region CAP net
2232Z - Red-Fox-17 NCS for the Great Lakes Region Illinois "Red-Fox" CAP net: Red-Fox-75
2300Z - Kentucky-CAP-148 NCS for the Great Lakes Region Kentucky CAP net
2330Z - Columbus-04 NCS for the Great Lakes Region Ohio "Columbus" CAP net
4623.5 HF-USB
0030Z - NNN0KRX NCS for the Navy/MC Region 5 Illinois MARS 5I2B net
1502Z - NNN0SCV NCS for the Navy/MC Region 5 Illinois MARS 5I3B net: NNN0OAR / NNN0EQH / NNN0LBZ
4739.0 HF-USB
0036Z - Fiddle qsl 0036 (sound like Juliet-36)
4825.0 HF-USB
2300Z - NNN0HZN NCS for the Navy/MC Region 6 MARS 6X4B net: NNN0WKH / NNN0OIL
5004.5 HF-USB
1504Z - Navy/MC Region 6 MARS 6X2B net: NNN0AHH
5135.0 HF-USB
[06:13:52][CHN 01][SND][ ][TIS][SEM ][AL0] BER 12 SN 04
6739.0 HF-USB
0030Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) repeats 37 character EAM AHVVNY to All Stations; followed by "this is Andrews, standing by for tfc" statement
0100Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) repeats 37 character EAM AHVVNY to All Stations; followed by "this is Andrews, standing by for tfc" statement
0118Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass SKYKING do not Answer: EGS; time: 18; authentication: MU
0130Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) repeats 37 character EAM AHVVNY to All Stations; followed by "this is Andrews, standing by for tfc" statement
0200Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) repeats 37 character EAM AHVVNY to All Stations; followed by "this is Andrews, standing by for tfc" statement
7302.0 HF-USB
1409Z - AFA6FD NCS for the Air Force Region 6 MARS 6M1 net
7348.0 HF-USB
[14:46:23][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC8 ][AL0] BER 14 SN 05
7457.0 HF-USB
1407Z - AFE4TN NCS for the Air Force Region 4 MARS 4S2 net: AFA4HR / AFA4AE / AFA4IS / AFA4BE / AFF4DM
7635.0 HF-USB
1505Z - Middle-East-34 NCS for the National CAP net: Louisiana-30 / Aspen-Gold-04
8050.0 HF-USB
[15:50:22][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][CLS ][AL0] BER 17 SN 06
[16:46:08][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC8 ][AL0] BER 15 SN 06
9121.5 HF-USB
0133Z - Link-11 data transmission
15016.0 HF-USB
0001Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) repeats 37 character EAM AHVVNY to All Stations; followed by "this is Andrews, standing by for tfc" statement
0030Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) repeats 37 character EAM AHVVNY to All Stations; followed by "this is Andrews, standing by for tfc" statement
1617Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 20 character EAM AHWVLA prefaced w/ "For Goldenfist & Dietary" to All Stations
1618Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 6 character EAM AHTFBG to All Stations; followed by "more to follow, stand-by" statement preceding 6 character EAM AHUIC7 to All Stations
1629Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 20 character EAM AH5U2E to All Stations
1648Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 28 character EAM LWCXH5 to All Stations
1650Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 28 character EAM LWPYSG to All Stations
1657Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 28 character EAM LWBCB2 to All Stations
1700Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) repeats 28 character EAM LWBCB2; followed by "more to follow, stand-by" preceding repeat of 28 character EAM LWPYSG; followed by "more to follow, stand-by" preceding repeat of 28 character EAM LWCXH5
1715Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 22 character EAM LWU3NU to All Stations
3215.0 HF-USB
0022Z - AFA5NF Alternate NCS for the Air Force Region 1 MARS NE2S1 net
3230.0 HF-USB
0114Z - Link-11 data transmission
3269.0 HF-USB
0021Z - Navy/MC MARS Region 5 5M3B (Olivia) Michigan Net: NNN0ORE / NNN0BUX
3299.0 HF-USB
0112Z - AFF4EC NCS for the Air Force Region 4 MARS 4S1 net: AFA4UF
3308.0 HF-USB
0105Z - AFN7NC NCS for the Air Force North Central Area Region 5 Wisconsin MARS 5WIS1 net: AFA5WE / AFE5PI
0203Z - AFA7OS NCS for the Air Force North Central Area MARS NCM1 net: AFA5MC
1226Z - AFA7ZK NCS for the Air Force North Central Area MARS NCM2 net
3310.0 HF-USB
0105Z - Link-11 data transmission (weaker than previous nights)
3317.5 HF-USB
0131Z - NNN0AEV NCS for the Navy/MC Region 7 Missouri MARS 7H1B net: NNN0QGR / NNN0FBL
3318.0 HF-USB
1305Z - Link-11 data transmission
3325.0 HF-USB
0130Z - NNN0KBP NCS for the Navy/MC Region 5 Indiana MARS 5B1B net: NNN0IEA / NNN0AKT
3341.0 HF-USB
[02:57:29][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FR7 ][AL0] BER 13 SN 07
[04:23:39][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC8FEM004 ][AL0] BER 11 SN 07
3349.0 HF-USB
0011Z - Navy/MC Region 3 Maryland / District of Columbia / Delaware 3W1B net: NNN0RVG
0110Z - NNN0KIP NCS for the Navy/MC Region 6 East Texas MARS 6E1B net
3370.5 HF-USB
0210Z - AFA6DV NCS for the Air Force Region 6 MARS 6M3 net: AFA6KJ / AFA6DM / AFA6BG
3384.0 HF-USB
0012Z - Link-11 data transmission
3390.0 HF-USB
0112Z - NNN0BQH NCS for the Navy/MC Region 5 MARS 5X1B net
0203Z - NNN0ECX NCS for the Navy/MC Region 4 MARS 4X9B net: NNN0QAA / NNN0IIE / NNN0ABZ / NNN0LHR
3920.0 HF-LSB
1314Z - N0HOT NCS for the Kansas Morning Weather Net
4007.0 HF-USB
0031Z - NNN0BQH NCS for the Navy/MC Region 5 Minnesota MARS 5G1B net: NN0XYA
4008.5 HF-USB
0002Z - Navy/MC Region 6 Louisiana MARS 6L1B net: NNN0AYZ
4011.0 HF-USB
0005Z - Navy/MC Region 6 Arkansas MARS 6A1B net: NNN0ATK
1403Z - Navy/MC Region 7 Iowa MARS 7D1C net: NNN0YGW
4013.5 HF-USB
0005Z - Navy/MC Region 4 Kentucky MARS 4K2B net: NNN0ZEI / NNN0BTG
4020.9 HF-USB
1306Z - AAR6HB NCS for the Army Region 6 MARS AAA6RD/A net
1402Z - AAR6QE NCS for the Army Region 6 MARS AAA6RD/A net: AAR6OA
4023.9 HF-USB
0007Z - Army Region 5 Ohio MARS AAA5RD/OH net: AAR5XM / AAA5OH
0107Z - AAM5RD NCS for the Army Region 5 Illinois AAA5RD/IL net: AAT4YE (sounded like) / AAM5AIL / AAR9HH (AZ)
1401Z - Army Region 5 Illinois MARS AAA5RD/IL net: AAA5RD
4026.9 HF-USB
1229Z - Army Region 4 MARS AAA4RD/C net: AAR4OH / AAR4MU / AAM4AL
4032.9 HF-LSB
1230Z - Army Region 3 MARS AAA3RD/A net: AAM3VA
4035.9 HF-USB
0104Z - Army Region 7 MARS AAA7RD/IA net: AAR7AT
0201Z - Army Region 7 MARS AAA7RD/B net: AAA7RD / AAM7KS / AAR7AL / AAA7IA / AAT7FD / AAR7FE
1309Z - Army Region 7 MARS AAA7RD/C net: AAM7TIA
1404Z - AAA7KS NCS for the Army Region 7 MARS AAA7RD/D net: AAR7OB-T / AAM7EMO
4038.5 HF-USB
0008Z - Navy/MC Region 4 Florida MARS 4C3B net: NNN0JAD
0202Z - NNN0HEL NCS for the Navy/MC Region 4 Tennessee MARS 4H2B net: NNN0RBD / NNN0TWA / NNN0LKA
0301Z - NNN0SYH NCS for the Navy/MC Region 4 Alabama MARS 4A2B net: NNN0TDK / NNN0SWK
1302Z - NNN0IIE NCS for the Navy/MC Region 4 Alabama MARS 4A1B net: NNN0TJC
4038.9 HF-LSB
1250Z - Army Region 2 MARS AAA2RD/M net: AAR2AA
4041.0 HF-USB
0031Z - NNN0ANN NCS for the Navy/MC Region 5 Ohio MARS 5N5B net: NNN0EBA / NNN0KQE / NNN0EVQ / NNN0YBE / NNN0BDI
4469.0 HF-USB
0100Z - Goldenrod-595 NCS for the Southeast Region Alabama "Goldenrod" CAP net: Mockingbird-08 / MO-CAP-19 / Florida-CAP-256
4506.0 HF-USB
0001Z - MO-CAP-10 NCS for the North Central Region Missouri "MO-CAP" CAP net: MO-CAP-595 / MO-CAP-19
4517.0 HF-USB
1405Z - AFN7NC NCS for the Air Force North Central Area MARS NCM3 net: AFE7DM / AFA7VC
4603.0 HF-USB
[00:42:56][CHN 01][TO ][KY4FEM ][TWS][FR4 ][AL0] BER 9 SN 05
[00:55:58][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC8FEM004 ][AL0] BER 16 SN 06
4604.0 HF-USB
0001Z - Red-Fire-218 NCS for the Great Lakes Region Indiana "Red_Fire" CAP net
0030Z - Red-Fox-93 NCS for the Great Lakes Region Illinois "Red_Fox" CAP net
0200Z - Red-Robin-898 NCS for the Great Lakes Region Michigan "Red-Robin" CAP net
1400Z - Red-Robin-898 NCS for the Great Lakes Region Michigan "Red-Robin" CAP net
1430Z - Red-Fox-17 NCS for the Great Lakes "Blue Lake" Region CAP net
2232Z - Red-Fox-17 NCS for the Great Lakes Region Illinois "Red-Fox" CAP net: Red-Fox-75
2300Z - Kentucky-CAP-148 NCS for the Great Lakes Region Kentucky CAP net
2330Z - Columbus-04 NCS for the Great Lakes Region Ohio "Columbus" CAP net
4623.5 HF-USB
0030Z - NNN0KRX NCS for the Navy/MC Region 5 Illinois MARS 5I2B net
1502Z - NNN0SCV NCS for the Navy/MC Region 5 Illinois MARS 5I3B net: NNN0OAR / NNN0EQH / NNN0LBZ
4739.0 HF-USB
0036Z - Fiddle qsl 0036 (sound like Juliet-36)
4825.0 HF-USB
2300Z - NNN0HZN NCS for the Navy/MC Region 6 MARS 6X4B net: NNN0WKH / NNN0OIL
5004.5 HF-USB
1504Z - Navy/MC Region 6 MARS 6X2B net: NNN0AHH
5135.0 HF-USB
[06:13:52][CHN 01][SND][ ][TIS][SEM ][AL0] BER 12 SN 04
6739.0 HF-USB
0030Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) repeats 37 character EAM AHVVNY to All Stations; followed by "this is Andrews, standing by for tfc" statement
0100Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) repeats 37 character EAM AHVVNY to All Stations; followed by "this is Andrews, standing by for tfc" statement
0118Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass SKYKING do not Answer: EGS; time: 18; authentication: MU
0130Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) repeats 37 character EAM AHVVNY to All Stations; followed by "this is Andrews, standing by for tfc" statement
0200Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) repeats 37 character EAM AHVVNY to All Stations; followed by "this is Andrews, standing by for tfc" statement
7302.0 HF-USB
1409Z - AFA6FD NCS for the Air Force Region 6 MARS 6M1 net
7348.0 HF-USB
[14:46:23][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC8 ][AL0] BER 14 SN 05
7457.0 HF-USB
1407Z - AFE4TN NCS for the Air Force Region 4 MARS 4S2 net: AFA4HR / AFA4AE / AFA4IS / AFA4BE / AFF4DM
7635.0 HF-USB
1505Z - Middle-East-34 NCS for the National CAP net: Louisiana-30 / Aspen-Gold-04
8050.0 HF-USB
[15:50:22][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][CLS ][AL0] BER 17 SN 06
[16:46:08][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC8 ][AL0] BER 15 SN 06
9121.5 HF-USB
0133Z - Link-11 data transmission
15016.0 HF-USB
0001Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) repeats 37 character EAM AHVVNY to All Stations; followed by "this is Andrews, standing by for tfc" statement
0030Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) repeats 37 character EAM AHVVNY to All Stations; followed by "this is Andrews, standing by for tfc" statement
1617Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 20 character EAM AHWVLA prefaced w/ "For Goldenfist & Dietary" to All Stations
1618Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 6 character EAM AHTFBG to All Stations; followed by "more to follow, stand-by" statement preceding 6 character EAM AHUIC7 to All Stations
1629Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 20 character EAM AH5U2E to All Stations
1648Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 28 character EAM LWCXH5 to All Stations
1650Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 28 character EAM LWPYSG to All Stations
1657Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 28 character EAM LWBCB2 to All Stations
1700Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) repeats 28 character EAM LWBCB2; followed by "more to follow, stand-by" preceding repeat of 28 character EAM LWPYSG; followed by "more to follow, stand-by" preceding repeat of 28 character EAM LWCXH5
1715Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 22 character EAM LWU3NU to All Stations
Milcom Blog Logs - January 2011 - Central Florida
Our good friend Jack NeSmith passed along the active milair frequencies he monitored during the month of January from his central Florida monitoring post. Thanks Jack.
140.4000 NORAD
143.7500 MOODY AFB GA
149.1500 920RQW
225.3500 PINECASTLE RNG
225.7500 EGLIN AFB
227.0750 TYNDALL AFB
228.2250 UNKNOWN
229.6750 BUSH C2X
231.6000 BUSH C2X
233.4750 BUSH C2X
233.7000 NAS MAYPORT
233.7000 BUSH C2X
235.1000 REFUELING
238.2000 TYNDALL AFB
238.9000 REFUELING
238.9250 BUSH C2X
238.9750 BUSH C2X
238.9750 BUSH C2X
239.3000 BUSH C2X
240.4250 BUSH C2X
241.9250 BUSH C2X
244.4000 BUSH C2X
251.2000 MOODY AFB GA
251.2500 159FS/125FW
251.6000 BUSH C2X
253.1000 BUSH C2X
254.3250 ZJX
254.6000 BUSH C2X
256.8750 ZJX
256.9000 ZJX
257.5000 BUSH C2X
257.7000 ZMA
258.9250 BUSH C2X
259.9000 BUSH C2X
261.2500 PINECASTLE RNG
261.4000 WETSTONE GCI
261.4000 BUSH C2X
262.9000 BUSH C2X
263.0000 ZJX
264.2000 BUSH C2X
264.6250 AVON PARK RNG
264.8000 REFUELING
265.1250 BUSH C2X
265.7750 TYNDALL AFB
266.3000 TYNDALL AFB
267.5000 FACSFAC JAX
267.6000 BUSH C2X
268.5000 BUSH C2X
269.2500 ZJX
269.7000 BUSH C2X
271.2750 BUSH C2X
271.4000 BUSH C2X
271.4250 BUSH C2X
273.5500 ZJX
273.8000 BUSH C2X
276.3250 BUSH C2X
276.5000 BUSH C2X
278.0500 BUSH C2X
278.0500 BUSH C2X
278.2500 BUSH C2X
279.6250 BUSH C2X
281.9000 BUSH C2X
281.9500 BUSH C2X
281.9500 BUSH C2X
282.0750 BUSH C2X
282.2000 ZJX
282.5000 BUSH C2X
283.0250 BUSH C2X
283.1250 BUSH C2X
283.6000 BUSH C2X
283.8500 BUSH C2X
284.3500 BUSH C2X
284.5000 FACSFAC JAX
284.7750 BUSH C2X
284.9750 BUSH C2X
285.0000 TSU "FIDDLE"
285.5000 ZMA
285.7250 BUSH C2X
286.3000 BUSH C2X
288.4000 NORAD
288.9000 TYNDALL AFB
289.0500 BUSH C2X
289.2000 PINECASTLE RNG
290.3500 ZJX
290.6750 TYNDALL AFB
291.8000 BUSH C2X
292.2000 AVON PARK RNG
293.1750 BUSH C2X
293.2250 ZMA
293.2750 BUSH C2X
293.6000 NORAD
298.0500 TYNDALL AFB
298.3000 TYNDALL AFB
298.5000 TYNDALL AFB
298.5500 BUSH C2X
298.6250 BUSH C2X
299.5000 NAS WHITING
303.0000 BUSH C2X
303.6000 BUSH C2X
306.0000 BUSH C2X
307.0000 ORLANDO IAP
307.1000 ZMA
307.2000 ZJX
307.2500 ZJX
307.3000 ZMA
308.9000 TYNDALL AFB
310.2000 NAS JACKSONVILLE
311.0000 MACDILL AFB
311.2000 W-155
312.1000 BUSH C2X
312.1750 BUSH C2X
313.6000 BUSH C2X
313.7000 BUSH C2X
313.7250 BUSH C2X
314.0500 W-155
314.1250 BUSH C2X
316.3000 NORAD
317.5250 ZJX
317.6000 ZJX
317.6000 ZMA
318.0000 BUSH C2X
318.3250 BUSH C2X
318.8750 BUSH C2X
319.0000 ZMA
320.5000 BUSH C2X
322.4750 ZJX
324.6000 REFUELING
326.6250 TYNDALL AFB
328.0250 MOODY AFB GA
328.3000 USAF
328.4500 BUSH C2X
335.5000 ZMA
335.5500 ZJX
335.7000 BUSH C2X
336.6750 UNKNOWN
338.1500 BUSH C2X
339.6750 W-155
342.2000 EGLIN AFB
342.3250 BUSH C2X
343.0000 159FS/125FW
343.5000 NAS JACKSONVILLE
345.0000 USCG
346.2500 ZJX
348.0500 TYNDALL AFB
348.6500 BUSH C2X
348.7000 ZMA
348.8500 BUSH C2X
349.0000 ZMA
349.4000 BUSH C2X
352.0000 ZJX
352.1000 BUSH C2X
352.6000 EGLIN AFB
354.3250 BUSH C2X
354.9000 BUSH C2X
355.2750 BUSH C2X
355.5500 BUSH C2X
357.0000 PINECASTLE RNG
357.5000 TYNDALL AFB
360.4000 BUSH C2X
360.5250 BUSH C2X
360.7000 ZJX
361.3000 BUSH C2X
361.4000 GCI HYDRA
361.4000 BUSH C2X
363.4000 REFUELING
363.8250 BUSH C2X
364.2000 NORAD
369.0250 BUSH C2X
369.1250 BUSH C2X
369.1750 BUSH C2X
369.1750 BUSH C2X
371.2750 BUSH C2X
371.3500 BUSH C2X
371.4250 BUSH C2X
373.9250 BUSH C2X
374.0000 BUSH C2X
374.3000 BUSH C2X
376.0500 BUSH C2X
376.7750 BUSH C2X
377.1000 ZJX
377.2000 EGLIN AFB
140.4000 NORAD
143.7500 MOODY AFB GA
149.1500 920RQW
225.3500 PINECASTLE RNG
225.7500 EGLIN AFB
227.0750 TYNDALL AFB
228.2250 UNKNOWN
229.6750 BUSH C2X
231.6000 BUSH C2X
233.4750 BUSH C2X
233.7000 NAS MAYPORT
233.7000 BUSH C2X
235.1000 REFUELING
238.2000 TYNDALL AFB
238.9000 REFUELING
238.9250 BUSH C2X
238.9750 BUSH C2X
238.9750 BUSH C2X
239.3000 BUSH C2X
240.4250 BUSH C2X
241.9250 BUSH C2X
244.4000 BUSH C2X
251.2000 MOODY AFB GA
251.2500 159FS/125FW
251.6000 BUSH C2X
253.1000 BUSH C2X
254.3250 ZJX
254.6000 BUSH C2X
256.8750 ZJX
256.9000 ZJX
257.5000 BUSH C2X
257.7000 ZMA
258.9250 BUSH C2X
259.9000 BUSH C2X
261.2500 PINECASTLE RNG
261.4000 WETSTONE GCI
261.4000 BUSH C2X
262.9000 BUSH C2X
263.0000 ZJX
264.2000 BUSH C2X
264.6250 AVON PARK RNG
264.8000 REFUELING
265.1250 BUSH C2X
265.7750 TYNDALL AFB
266.3000 TYNDALL AFB
267.5000 FACSFAC JAX
267.6000 BUSH C2X
268.5000 BUSH C2X
269.2500 ZJX
269.7000 BUSH C2X
271.2750 BUSH C2X
271.4000 BUSH C2X
271.4250 BUSH C2X
273.5500 ZJX
273.8000 BUSH C2X
276.3250 BUSH C2X
276.5000 BUSH C2X
278.0500 BUSH C2X
278.0500 BUSH C2X
278.2500 BUSH C2X
279.6250 BUSH C2X
281.9000 BUSH C2X
281.9500 BUSH C2X
281.9500 BUSH C2X
282.0750 BUSH C2X
282.2000 ZJX
282.5000 BUSH C2X
283.0250 BUSH C2X
283.1250 BUSH C2X
283.6000 BUSH C2X
283.8500 BUSH C2X
284.3500 BUSH C2X
284.5000 FACSFAC JAX
284.7750 BUSH C2X
284.9750 BUSH C2X
285.0000 TSU "FIDDLE"
285.5000 ZMA
285.7250 BUSH C2X
286.3000 BUSH C2X
288.4000 NORAD
288.9000 TYNDALL AFB
289.0500 BUSH C2X
289.2000 PINECASTLE RNG
290.3500 ZJX
290.6750 TYNDALL AFB
291.8000 BUSH C2X
292.2000 AVON PARK RNG
293.1750 BUSH C2X
293.2250 ZMA
293.2750 BUSH C2X
293.6000 NORAD
298.0500 TYNDALL AFB
298.3000 TYNDALL AFB
298.5000 TYNDALL AFB
298.5500 BUSH C2X
298.6250 BUSH C2X
299.5000 NAS WHITING
303.0000 BUSH C2X
303.6000 BUSH C2X
306.0000 BUSH C2X
307.0000 ORLANDO IAP
307.1000 ZMA
307.2000 ZJX
307.2500 ZJX
307.3000 ZMA
308.9000 TYNDALL AFB
310.2000 NAS JACKSONVILLE
311.0000 MACDILL AFB
311.2000 W-155
312.1000 BUSH C2X
312.1750 BUSH C2X
313.6000 BUSH C2X
313.7000 BUSH C2X
313.7250 BUSH C2X
314.0500 W-155
314.1250 BUSH C2X
316.3000 NORAD
317.5250 ZJX
317.6000 ZJX
317.6000 ZMA
318.0000 BUSH C2X
318.3250 BUSH C2X
318.8750 BUSH C2X
319.0000 ZMA
320.5000 BUSH C2X
322.4750 ZJX
324.6000 REFUELING
326.6250 TYNDALL AFB
328.0250 MOODY AFB GA
328.3000 USAF
328.4500 BUSH C2X
335.5000 ZMA
335.5500 ZJX
335.7000 BUSH C2X
336.6750 UNKNOWN
338.1500 BUSH C2X
339.6750 W-155
342.2000 EGLIN AFB
342.3250 BUSH C2X
343.0000 159FS/125FW
343.5000 NAS JACKSONVILLE
345.0000 USCG
346.2500 ZJX
348.0500 TYNDALL AFB
348.6500 BUSH C2X
348.7000 ZMA
348.8500 BUSH C2X
349.0000 ZMA
349.4000 BUSH C2X
352.0000 ZJX
352.1000 BUSH C2X
352.6000 EGLIN AFB
354.3250 BUSH C2X
354.9000 BUSH C2X
355.2750 BUSH C2X
355.5500 BUSH C2X
357.0000 PINECASTLE RNG
357.5000 TYNDALL AFB
360.4000 BUSH C2X
360.5250 BUSH C2X
360.7000 ZJX
361.3000 BUSH C2X
361.4000 GCI HYDRA
361.4000 BUSH C2X
363.4000 REFUELING
363.8250 BUSH C2X
364.2000 NORAD
369.0250 BUSH C2X
369.1250 BUSH C2X
369.1750 BUSH C2X
369.1750 BUSH C2X
371.2750 BUSH C2X
371.3500 BUSH C2X
371.4250 BUSH C2X
373.9250 BUSH C2X
374.0000 BUSH C2X
374.3000 BUSH C2X
376.0500 BUSH C2X
376.7750 BUSH C2X
377.1000 ZJX
377.2000 EGLIN AFB
Tuesday, February 01, 2011
Indian warship sunk during 'day at sea' for military families
The heavily armed Indian navy frigate was equipped to do battle with enemy battleships and submarines, but it went up in flames as soon as it was hit … not by a torpedo or enemy vessel, mind you, but by a merchant ship.
The sinking of the INS Vindhyagiri, a 3,000-ton warship, marked the worst-ever peacetime loss for the Indian navy, Indian Express reported, adding that it’s also pretty embarrassing.
Read the complete story on the CNN blog at
http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/02/01/indian-warship-sunk-during-day-at-sea-for-military-families/
The sinking of the INS Vindhyagiri, a 3,000-ton warship, marked the worst-ever peacetime loss for the Indian navy, Indian Express reported, adding that it’s also pretty embarrassing.
Read the complete story on the CNN blog at
http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/02/01/indian-warship-sunk-during-day-at-sea-for-military-families/
Missouri Guard Mobilizes for Storm Support
By Air Force Tech. Sgt. John Orrell, National Guard Bureau
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1, 2011 - Four governors have declared states of emergency and one has mobilized his state's National Guard due to blizzard warnings and strong winter storms.
By 9 a.m. EST today, the governors of Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri and Illinois had declared states of emergency, with three to six inches of sleet and up to a foot and a half of snow anticipated for some areas.
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon mobilized about 600 Missouri National Guard members to support local authorities with emergency route clearance, door-to-door safety visits, generator assistance and stranded-motorist support, Missouri Guard officials said. The Missouri Guard also has sent liaison officers to emergency operation centers in affected cities and counties.
Army Maj. Gen. Stephen Danner, Missouri's adjutant general, said that the Missouri Guard has dealt with similar situations before, and that he feels confident Guard members will get the job done again.
"The leadership and soldiers and airmen of the Missouri National Guard are seasoned professionals," Danner said. "We will apply lessons learned from years of experience to help the citizens of Missouri."
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is using the Will Rogers Air National Guard Base in Oklahoma City, Okla., for equipment staging, but National Guard officials said they don't anticipate this FEMA mission assignment will require Guard support.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1, 2011 - Four governors have declared states of emergency and one has mobilized his state's National Guard due to blizzard warnings and strong winter storms.
By 9 a.m. EST today, the governors of Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri and Illinois had declared states of emergency, with three to six inches of sleet and up to a foot and a half of snow anticipated for some areas.
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon mobilized about 600 Missouri National Guard members to support local authorities with emergency route clearance, door-to-door safety visits, generator assistance and stranded-motorist support, Missouri Guard officials said. The Missouri Guard also has sent liaison officers to emergency operation centers in affected cities and counties.
Army Maj. Gen. Stephen Danner, Missouri's adjutant general, said that the Missouri Guard has dealt with similar situations before, and that he feels confident Guard members will get the job done again.
"The leadership and soldiers and airmen of the Missouri National Guard are seasoned professionals," Danner said. "We will apply lessons learned from years of experience to help the citizens of Missouri."
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is using the Will Rogers Air National Guard Base in Oklahoma City, Okla., for equipment staging, but National Guard officials said they don't anticipate this FEMA mission assignment will require Guard support.
Milcom Blog Logs - 31 Jan 2011 - USASA MidWest Collection Site
Time for another exclusive HF blog log report from the radio ranch at the USASA MidWest Collection Site.
3215.0 HF-USB
0006Z - AFA5NF Alternate NCS for the Air Force Region 1 MARS NE2S1 net
3230.0 HF-USB
1209Z - Link-11 data transmission
3255.5 HF-USB
0102Z - Army Region 4 Tennessee MARS AAA4TN/A net: AAA4TN
1141Z - Army Region 4 MARS AAA4RD/B net: AAR4IJ / AAV4WR
3267.5 HF-USB
0203Z - NNN0ETI NCS for the Navy/MC Region 6 South Texas MARS 6S1B net
3269.0 HF-USB
0202Z - NNN0ZIJ NCS for the Navy/MC Region 5 Wisconsin MARS 5W2B net: NNN0TDA
3299.0 HF-USB
0107Z - AFA4TN NCS for the Air Force Region 4 MARS 4S1 net: AFA4UP / AFA4BL
0201Z - Air Force Region 4 Tennessee MARS 4TNS1 net: AFA4LF
3308.0 HF-USB
0109Z - AFN7NC NCS for the Air Force North Central Area Region MARS NCADS1 net
0200Z - AFA5FM NCS for the Air Force North Central Area MARS NCM1 net
1200Z - AFA7ZK NCS for the Air Force North Central Area MARS NCM2 net: AFA5ML
3310.0 HF-USB
0034Z - Link-11 data transmission
3317.5 HF-USB
0132Z - NNN0SVW NCS for the Navy/MC Region 7 Missouri MARS 7H1B net: NNN0THC
3325.0 HF-USB
0005Z - NNN0AVT NCS for the Navy/MC Region 7 Nebraska / Kansas MARS 7N1B net: NNN0YQG
0131Z - NNN0GAQ NCS for the Navy/MC Region 5 Indiana MARS 5B2Z net: NNN0IEA / NNN0WZE-T / NNN0GAQ-3
2331Z - NNN0POY NCS for the Navy/MC Region 7 Iowa MARS 7D3B net: NNN0YGW
3341.0 HF-USB
[01:53:53][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC8FEM ][AL0] BER 13 SN 06
3349.0 HF-USB
0004Z - Navy/MC Region 3 Maryland / District of Columbia / Delaware 3W1B net: NNN0RVG
3384.0 HF-USB
0032Z - Link-11 data transmission
3390.0 HF-USB
0110Z - NNN0BUX NCS for the Navy/MC Region 5 MARS 5X1B net
0204Z - NNN0BIF NCS for the Navy/MC Region 4 MARS 4X9B net: NNN0RBD / NNN0QAA
4002.9 HF-LSB
0031Z - Army Region 4 North Carolina MARS AAA4NC/A net: AAM4NC
4007.0 HF-USB
0030Z - NNN0XYA NCS for the Navy/MC Region 5 Minnesota MARS 5G1B net: NNN0BQH / NNN0XFB
4008.5 HF-USB
2201Z - NNN0AZO NCS for the Navy/MC Region 6 Oklahoma MARS 6O3B net: NNN0QGC
4011.0 HF-USB
0001Z - NNN0AHH NCS for the Navy/MC Region 6 Arkansas MARS 6A1B net: NNN0ACC / NNN0TWA / NNN0HPU
4013.5 HF-USB
0001Z - NNN0BDW NCS for the Navy/MC Region 4 Kentucky MARS 4K2B net: NNN0OGD / NNN0XPU
4026.9 HF-USB
1203Z - AAR4IJ NCS for the Army Region 4 MARS AAA4RD/C net: AAM4SC / AAR4QM
4026.9 HF-LSB
1146Z - Army Region 5 Ohio MARS AAA5RD/OH net: AAA5RD / AAT2AG
4032.9 HF-LSB
1201Z - AAT3PD NCS for the Army Region 3 MARS AAA3RD/A net: AAM3VA / AAR3HB
4038.9 HF-LSB
1201Z - Army Region 2 MARS AAA2RD/M net: AAA2NJ
4038.5 HF-USB
0204Z - NNN0PCC NCS for the Navy/MC Region 4 Tennessee MARS 4H2B net: NNN0XRI / NNN0LQA / NNN0HBJ / NNN0ANX
4517.0 HF-USB
1442Z - AFA7HZ NCS for the Air Force North Central Area MARS NCM3 net: AFN7NC
4603.0 HF-USB
[13:06:31][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC6 ][AL0] BER 11 SN 04
4604.0 HF-USB
2230Z - Red-Fox-93 NCS for the Great Lakes Region Illinois "Red-Fox" CAP net: Red-Fox-75
2300Z - Kentucky-CAP-148 NCS for the Great Lakes Region Kentucky CAP net
4623.5 HF-USB
1500Z - NNN0EQH NCS for the Navy/MC Region 5 Illinois MARS 5I3B net: NNN0SCV
4825.0 HF-USB
2301Z - Navy/MC Region 6 MARS 6X4B net: NNN0WKH
5004.5 HF-USB
1501Z - NNN0SLA NCS for the Navy/MC Region 6 MARS 6X2B net: NNN0ENS
7635.0 HF-USB
1502Z - Middle-East-34 NCS for the National CAP net: Head-CAP-58 / Georgia-CAP-41 / Kitty-Hawk-114
8983.0 HF-USB
1625Z - Camslant (using overmodulated transmitter) w/ (sounded like) CG 2114
8992.0 HF-USB
1803Z - Examiner (USSTRATCOM ABNCP) repeats 28 character EAM LW5DZJ
2101Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 32 character EAM AHIFFU to All Stations
10194.0 HF-USB
[21:51:08][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC0 ][AL0] BER 8 SN 06
11175.0 HF-USB
1803Z - Examiner (USSTRATCOM ABNCP) repeats 28 character EAM LW5DZJ
1830Z - Examiner (USSTRATCOM ABNCP) repeats 28 character EAM LW5DZJ
2101Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 32 character EAM AHIFFU to All Stations
2200Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) repeats 32 character EAM AHIFFU; followed by "this is Andrews, standing by for tfc" statement
2223Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 32 character EAM AHY6RH to All Stations
2230Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) repeats 32 character EAM AHY6RH; followed by "more to follow, stand-by" statement preceding 32 character EAM AHIFFU; followed by "this is Andrews, standing by for tfc" statement
2330Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) repeats 37 character EAM AHVVNY; followed by "more to follow, stand-by" statement preceding 32 character EAM AHY6RH; followed by "this is Andrews, standing by for tfc" statement
11181.0 HF-USB
[00:09:41][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][JNRSPR ][AL0] BER 21 SN 07
11494.0 HF-USB
[21:38:02][CHN 01][TO ][N10 ][TWS][LNT ][AL0] BER 16 SN 06
13200.0 HF-USB
2101Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 32 character EAM AHIFFU to All Stations
15016.0 HF-USB
1733Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 28 character EAM LW5DZJ to All Stations
1803Z - Examiner (USSTRATCOM ABNCP) repeats 28 character EAM LW5DZJ
1830Z - Examiner (USSTRATCOM ABNCP) repeats 28 character EAM LW5DZJ
1928Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 32 character EAM AHSHGA to All Stations
2000Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) starts to repeat 32 character EAM AHSHGA prior to "disregard this transmission de Andrews, out" statement
2002Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) repeats 32 character EAM AHSHGA; followed by "this is Andrews, standing by for tfc" statement
2030Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) repeats 32 character EAM AHSHGA; followed by "this is Andrews, standing by for tfc" statement
2101Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 32 character EAM AHIFFU to All Stations
2103Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) repeats 32 character EAM AHSHGA; followed by "this is Andrews, standing by for tfc" statement
2130Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) repeats 32 character EAM AHIFFU; followed by "this is Andrews, standing by for tfc" statement
2200Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) repeats 32 character EAM AHIFFU; followed by "this is Andrews, standing by for tfc" statement
2223Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 32 character EAM AHY6RH to All Stations
2230Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) repeats 32 character EAM AHY6RH; followed by "more to follow, stand-by" statement preceding 32 character EAM AHIFFU; followed by "this is Andrews, standing by for tfc" statement
2300Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) repeats 32 character EAM AHY6RH; followed by "this is Andrews, standing by for tfc" statement
2320Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 37 character EAM AHVVNY to All Stations; followed by "this is Andrews, standing by for tfc" statement
2330Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) repeats 37 character EAM AHVVNY; followed by "more to follow, stand-by" statement preceding 32 character EAM AHY6RH; followed by "this is Andrews, standing by for tfc" statement
3215.0 HF-USB
0006Z - AFA5NF Alternate NCS for the Air Force Region 1 MARS NE2S1 net
3230.0 HF-USB
1209Z - Link-11 data transmission
3255.5 HF-USB
0102Z - Army Region 4 Tennessee MARS AAA4TN/A net: AAA4TN
1141Z - Army Region 4 MARS AAA4RD/B net: AAR4IJ / AAV4WR
3267.5 HF-USB
0203Z - NNN0ETI NCS for the Navy/MC Region 6 South Texas MARS 6S1B net
3269.0 HF-USB
0202Z - NNN0ZIJ NCS for the Navy/MC Region 5 Wisconsin MARS 5W2B net: NNN0TDA
3299.0 HF-USB
0107Z - AFA4TN NCS for the Air Force Region 4 MARS 4S1 net: AFA4UP / AFA4BL
0201Z - Air Force Region 4 Tennessee MARS 4TNS1 net: AFA4LF
3308.0 HF-USB
0109Z - AFN7NC NCS for the Air Force North Central Area Region MARS NCADS1 net
0200Z - AFA5FM NCS for the Air Force North Central Area MARS NCM1 net
1200Z - AFA7ZK NCS for the Air Force North Central Area MARS NCM2 net: AFA5ML
3310.0 HF-USB
0034Z - Link-11 data transmission
3317.5 HF-USB
0132Z - NNN0SVW NCS for the Navy/MC Region 7 Missouri MARS 7H1B net: NNN0THC
3325.0 HF-USB
0005Z - NNN0AVT NCS for the Navy/MC Region 7 Nebraska / Kansas MARS 7N1B net: NNN0YQG
0131Z - NNN0GAQ NCS for the Navy/MC Region 5 Indiana MARS 5B2Z net: NNN0IEA / NNN0WZE-T / NNN0GAQ-3
2331Z - NNN0POY NCS for the Navy/MC Region 7 Iowa MARS 7D3B net: NNN0YGW
3341.0 HF-USB
[01:53:53][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC8FEM ][AL0] BER 13 SN 06
3349.0 HF-USB
0004Z - Navy/MC Region 3 Maryland / District of Columbia / Delaware 3W1B net: NNN0RVG
3384.0 HF-USB
0032Z - Link-11 data transmission
3390.0 HF-USB
0110Z - NNN0BUX NCS for the Navy/MC Region 5 MARS 5X1B net
0204Z - NNN0BIF NCS for the Navy/MC Region 4 MARS 4X9B net: NNN0RBD / NNN0QAA
4002.9 HF-LSB
0031Z - Army Region 4 North Carolina MARS AAA4NC/A net: AAM4NC
4007.0 HF-USB
0030Z - NNN0XYA NCS for the Navy/MC Region 5 Minnesota MARS 5G1B net: NNN0BQH / NNN0XFB
4008.5 HF-USB
2201Z - NNN0AZO NCS for the Navy/MC Region 6 Oklahoma MARS 6O3B net: NNN0QGC
4011.0 HF-USB
0001Z - NNN0AHH NCS for the Navy/MC Region 6 Arkansas MARS 6A1B net: NNN0ACC / NNN0TWA / NNN0HPU
4013.5 HF-USB
0001Z - NNN0BDW NCS for the Navy/MC Region 4 Kentucky MARS 4K2B net: NNN0OGD / NNN0XPU
4026.9 HF-USB
1203Z - AAR4IJ NCS for the Army Region 4 MARS AAA4RD/C net: AAM4SC / AAR4QM
4026.9 HF-LSB
1146Z - Army Region 5 Ohio MARS AAA5RD/OH net: AAA5RD / AAT2AG
4032.9 HF-LSB
1201Z - AAT3PD NCS for the Army Region 3 MARS AAA3RD/A net: AAM3VA / AAR3HB
4038.9 HF-LSB
1201Z - Army Region 2 MARS AAA2RD/M net: AAA2NJ
4038.5 HF-USB
0204Z - NNN0PCC NCS for the Navy/MC Region 4 Tennessee MARS 4H2B net: NNN0XRI / NNN0LQA / NNN0HBJ / NNN0ANX
4517.0 HF-USB
1442Z - AFA7HZ NCS for the Air Force North Central Area MARS NCM3 net: AFN7NC
4603.0 HF-USB
[13:06:31][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC6 ][AL0] BER 11 SN 04
4604.0 HF-USB
2230Z - Red-Fox-93 NCS for the Great Lakes Region Illinois "Red-Fox" CAP net: Red-Fox-75
2300Z - Kentucky-CAP-148 NCS for the Great Lakes Region Kentucky CAP net
4623.5 HF-USB
1500Z - NNN0EQH NCS for the Navy/MC Region 5 Illinois MARS 5I3B net: NNN0SCV
4825.0 HF-USB
2301Z - Navy/MC Region 6 MARS 6X4B net: NNN0WKH
5004.5 HF-USB
1501Z - NNN0SLA NCS for the Navy/MC Region 6 MARS 6X2B net: NNN0ENS
7635.0 HF-USB
1502Z - Middle-East-34 NCS for the National CAP net: Head-CAP-58 / Georgia-CAP-41 / Kitty-Hawk-114
8983.0 HF-USB
1625Z - Camslant (using overmodulated transmitter) w/ (sounded like) CG 2114
8992.0 HF-USB
1803Z - Examiner (USSTRATCOM ABNCP) repeats 28 character EAM LW5DZJ
2101Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 32 character EAM AHIFFU to All Stations
10194.0 HF-USB
[21:51:08][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC0 ][AL0] BER 8 SN 06
11175.0 HF-USB
1803Z - Examiner (USSTRATCOM ABNCP) repeats 28 character EAM LW5DZJ
1830Z - Examiner (USSTRATCOM ABNCP) repeats 28 character EAM LW5DZJ
2101Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 32 character EAM AHIFFU to All Stations
2200Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) repeats 32 character EAM AHIFFU; followed by "this is Andrews, standing by for tfc" statement
2223Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 32 character EAM AHY6RH to All Stations
2230Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) repeats 32 character EAM AHY6RH; followed by "more to follow, stand-by" statement preceding 32 character EAM AHIFFU; followed by "this is Andrews, standing by for tfc" statement
2330Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) repeats 37 character EAM AHVVNY; followed by "more to follow, stand-by" statement preceding 32 character EAM AHY6RH; followed by "this is Andrews, standing by for tfc" statement
11181.0 HF-USB
[00:09:41][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][JNRSPR ][AL0] BER 21 SN 07
11494.0 HF-USB
[21:38:02][CHN 01][TO ][N10 ][TWS][LNT ][AL0] BER 16 SN 06
13200.0 HF-USB
2101Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 32 character EAM AHIFFU to All Stations
15016.0 HF-USB
1733Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 28 character EAM LW5DZJ to All Stations
1803Z - Examiner (USSTRATCOM ABNCP) repeats 28 character EAM LW5DZJ
1830Z - Examiner (USSTRATCOM ABNCP) repeats 28 character EAM LW5DZJ
1928Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 32 character EAM AHSHGA to All Stations
2000Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) starts to repeat 32 character EAM AHSHGA prior to "disregard this transmission de Andrews, out" statement
2002Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) repeats 32 character EAM AHSHGA; followed by "this is Andrews, standing by for tfc" statement
2030Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) repeats 32 character EAM AHSHGA; followed by "this is Andrews, standing by for tfc" statement
2101Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 32 character EAM AHIFFU to All Stations
2103Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) repeats 32 character EAM AHSHGA; followed by "this is Andrews, standing by for tfc" statement
2130Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) repeats 32 character EAM AHIFFU; followed by "this is Andrews, standing by for tfc" statement
2200Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) repeats 32 character EAM AHIFFU; followed by "this is Andrews, standing by for tfc" statement
2223Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 32 character EAM AHY6RH to All Stations
2230Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) repeats 32 character EAM AHY6RH; followed by "more to follow, stand-by" statement preceding 32 character EAM AHIFFU; followed by "this is Andrews, standing by for tfc" statement
2300Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) repeats 32 character EAM AHY6RH; followed by "this is Andrews, standing by for tfc" statement
2320Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 37 character EAM AHVVNY to All Stations; followed by "this is Andrews, standing by for tfc" statement
2330Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) repeats 37 character EAM AHVVNY; followed by "more to follow, stand-by" statement preceding 32 character EAM AHY6RH; followed by "this is Andrews, standing by for tfc" statement
ANG fighter wing preps for alert missions at Tyndall
by Angela Pope, AFNORTH Public Affairs
TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. (AFNS) -- U.S.-based alert pilots train to shoot down enemy aircraft over American soil.
They run exercise scenarios on a constant basis, preparing for that call to scramble. But all the dry runs in the world can't prepare a pilot for that moment when a live missile is released from the jet.
That's why members of the 148th Fighter Wing out of Duluth, Minn., is spending two weeks here working with 53rd Weapons Evaluation Group Airmen.
"We came here to shoot missiles and drop live ordnance to be better prepared for our air sovereignty alert mission," said Lt. Col. Reed Bowman, the 148th FW Block 50 conversion officer. "We also came to the WEG to validate our new weapons system."
Members of the 148th FW support the Continental U.S. NORAD Region in carrying out Operation Noble Eagle - the command's response to the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. These Airmen are replacing their older Block 25 F-16 Fighting Falcons with better equipped Block 50 (newly-upgraded) F-16s that have different engines and internal avionics. The upgraded airframe will enhance the wing's ability to support ASA missions.
The 53rd WEG, a detachment of the 53rd Wing at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., provides the Duluth pilots an opportunity that doesn't come around too often.
"The last time we were here and had the opportunity to shoot live missiles was 2000," Colonel Bowman said.
During their two-week stay, Airmen from the 148th FW will run scenarios and missions created by the WEG members, who evaluate the fighter wing on their tactics, techniques and procedures from the ground up.
"They evaluate man, missile and machine," said Lt. Col. Glen Jaffray, a flight commander with the 179th Fighter Squadron, a subordinate unit of the 148th FW. "They look at the entire process: the maintainers' ability to load the munitions, the pilots' ability to employ the munitions and the jets' performance while firing the munitions."
When tasked with a mission that calls for deadly force, but rarely requires it, training like what the WEG Airmen provide is invaluable.
"The training we receive here gives us confidence in our jets' ability to perform," Colonel Bowman said. "When we shoot the live ordnance, we know our weapons system performs as advertised. Without the live ordnance, it's like a placebo effect."
That's an important advantage in a wing where nearly half of the pilots have never had the chance to fly a real-world alert mission.
While this deployment is an important step in the conversion to the new Block 50 F-16s, it's not the first training the pilots and maintainers have completed since they received their first new jets in April 2010.
"The internal architecture of the Block 50 is completely different from the Block 25," Colonel Bowman said. "It's a significantly different mission and skill set."
The wing's pilots attended a month-long course at Luke AFB, Ariz., while the maintainers and avionics technicians had their own training to attend to become familiarized with the new jet.
The complete conversion process takes approximately two years. But for now, the 148th FW Airmen are focused on their mission here.
"We are very happy to be here. The WEG provides us full service support and completely absorbs us into their construct," Colonel Bowman said. "They are very good at what they do."
"We're thrilled to have the 148th flying with us," said Lt. Col. Matthew Barker, the 53rd WEG deputy commander. "When you take the camaraderie, they bring to the fight and add in the confidence that comes from the rigorous weapons evaluations they're only able to do at Combat Archer (air-to-air) and Combat Hammer (air-to-ground), the result is increased combat effectiveness for their critical homeland defense mission or their next contingency deployment
TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. (AFNS) -- U.S.-based alert pilots train to shoot down enemy aircraft over American soil.
They run exercise scenarios on a constant basis, preparing for that call to scramble. But all the dry runs in the world can't prepare a pilot for that moment when a live missile is released from the jet.
That's why members of the 148th Fighter Wing out of Duluth, Minn., is spending two weeks here working with 53rd Weapons Evaluation Group Airmen.
"We came here to shoot missiles and drop live ordnance to be better prepared for our air sovereignty alert mission," said Lt. Col. Reed Bowman, the 148th FW Block 50 conversion officer. "We also came to the WEG to validate our new weapons system."
Members of the 148th FW support the Continental U.S. NORAD Region in carrying out Operation Noble Eagle - the command's response to the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. These Airmen are replacing their older Block 25 F-16 Fighting Falcons with better equipped Block 50 (newly-upgraded) F-16s that have different engines and internal avionics. The upgraded airframe will enhance the wing's ability to support ASA missions.
The 53rd WEG, a detachment of the 53rd Wing at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., provides the Duluth pilots an opportunity that doesn't come around too often.
"The last time we were here and had the opportunity to shoot live missiles was 2000," Colonel Bowman said.
During their two-week stay, Airmen from the 148th FW will run scenarios and missions created by the WEG members, who evaluate the fighter wing on their tactics, techniques and procedures from the ground up.
"They evaluate man, missile and machine," said Lt. Col. Glen Jaffray, a flight commander with the 179th Fighter Squadron, a subordinate unit of the 148th FW. "They look at the entire process: the maintainers' ability to load the munitions, the pilots' ability to employ the munitions and the jets' performance while firing the munitions."
When tasked with a mission that calls for deadly force, but rarely requires it, training like what the WEG Airmen provide is invaluable.
"The training we receive here gives us confidence in our jets' ability to perform," Colonel Bowman said. "When we shoot the live ordnance, we know our weapons system performs as advertised. Without the live ordnance, it's like a placebo effect."
That's an important advantage in a wing where nearly half of the pilots have never had the chance to fly a real-world alert mission.
While this deployment is an important step in the conversion to the new Block 50 F-16s, it's not the first training the pilots and maintainers have completed since they received their first new jets in April 2010.
"The internal architecture of the Block 50 is completely different from the Block 25," Colonel Bowman said. "It's a significantly different mission and skill set."
The wing's pilots attended a month-long course at Luke AFB, Ariz., while the maintainers and avionics technicians had their own training to attend to become familiarized with the new jet.
The complete conversion process takes approximately two years. But for now, the 148th FW Airmen are focused on their mission here.
"We are very happy to be here. The WEG provides us full service support and completely absorbs us into their construct," Colonel Bowman said. "They are very good at what they do."
"We're thrilled to have the 148th flying with us," said Lt. Col. Matthew Barker, the 53rd WEG deputy commander. "When you take the camaraderie, they bring to the fight and add in the confidence that comes from the rigorous weapons evaluations they're only able to do at Combat Archer (air-to-air) and Combat Hammer (air-to-ground), the result is increased combat effectiveness for their critical homeland defense mission or their next contingency deployment
Global Strike mission continues during winter storm
BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. (AFNS) -- While Americans face hazardous road conditions and closures this week with a major winter storm blowing across the heart of the country, it is wintertime business as usual at most Air Force Global Strike Command bases, officials said.
The command's responsibility for northern bases, which serve both intercontinental ballistic missile and long-range bomber missions, requires Global Strike Airmen to continue the mission in harsh winter weather to maintain nuclear readiness 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.
Sub-zero temperatures, snow and ice are nothing new for many of Global Strike Command's wings, more than half of which operate in wintry conditions for more than half the year.
"Operating in harsh winter conditions is not new to us, but we always take weather seriously," said Col. Michael Morgan, the AFGSC deputy director of operations, plans and requirements. "Global Strike base officials are managing weather conditions to ensure the safety of people and resources. It is one of the things we value as a command: safety in all things large ... and small."
The command's responsibility for northern bases, which serve both intercontinental ballistic missile and long-range bomber missions, requires Global Strike Airmen to continue the mission in harsh winter weather to maintain nuclear readiness 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.
Sub-zero temperatures, snow and ice are nothing new for many of Global Strike Command's wings, more than half of which operate in wintry conditions for more than half the year.
"Operating in harsh winter conditions is not new to us, but we always take weather seriously," said Col. Michael Morgan, the AFGSC deputy director of operations, plans and requirements. "Global Strike base officials are managing weather conditions to ensure the safety of people and resources. It is one of the things we value as a command: safety in all things large ... and small."
Monday, January 31, 2011
Milcom Blog Logs - 30 Jan 2011 - USASA MidWest Collection Site
Time for another exclusive HF blog log report from the radio ranch at the USASA MidWest Collection Site.
3234.5 HF-LSB
0202Z - AAM7EMO NCS for the Army Region 7 MARS AAA7RD/B net: AAA7RD / AFA7PW / AAR7AL
3267.5 HF-USB
0203Z - NNN0FWM NCS for the Navy/MC Region 6 South Texas MARS 6S1B net
3269.0 HF-USB
0203Z - NNN0ZIJ NCS for the Navy/MC Region 5 Wisconsin MARS 5W3B net: NNN0YGM // QRM fm Navy/MC Region 6 South Texas MARS 6S1B net
3299.0 HF-USB
0108Z - AFA4RA NCS for the Air Force Region 4 MARS 4S1 net: AFA4BZ
3308.0 HF-USB
0103Z - AFF7KS NCS for the Air Force North Central Area Region MARS NCM4 net (still being hammered nightly by the probable USS Bush strike group)
0218Z - AFN7NC announces that the Air Force North Central Area MARS NCM1 net is being called on TVA
3310.0 HF-USB
0019Z - Link-11 data transmission
3315.0 HF-USB
0011Z - AFA3AJ NCS for the Air Force Region 1 MARS NE2S1 net: AFA1AS (emergency power) / AFA1GP / AFA1RJ / AFA2AY (emergency power)
3317.5 HF-USB
0130Z - NNN0AEV NCS for the Navy/MC Region 7 Missouri MARS 7H1B net: NNN0QGR / NNN0FBL / NNN0KOD
3325.0 HF-USB
0003Z - NNN0AVT NCS for the Navy/MC Region 7 Nebraska / Kansas MARS 7N1B net: NNN0AMY / NNN0AJJ / NNN0YGW
0131Z - NNN0AKT NCS for the Navy/MC Region 5 Indiana MARS 5B1B net: NNN0AHH / NNN0AJB / NNN0BON / NNN0BOK / NNN0TFL /NNN0WZE-T / NNN0XES / NNN0LZD / NNN0ITN / NNN0KBP
2330Z - NNN0TUL NCS for the Navy/MC Region 7 Iowa MARS 7D3B net: NNN0QGB
3341.0 HF-USB
[03:47:14][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC8 ][AL0] BER 12 SN 06
3349.0 HF-USB
0105Z - NNN0KIP NCS for the Navy/MC Region 6 East Texas MARS 6E1B net
3370.5 HF-USB
0210Z - AFA6DV NCS for the Air Force Region 6 MARS 6M3 net // covered by QRM fm 2 Spanish speaking OM //
3384.0 HF-USB
0019Z - Link-11 data transmission
3390.0 HF-USB
0106Z - NNN0BUX NCS for the Navy/MC Region 5 MARS 5X1B net: NNN0GKQ
0208Z - Navy/MC Region 4 MARS 4X9B net: NNN0ICX
4002.9 HF-LSB
0101Z - Army Region 4 MARS AAA4RD/M net: AAR4CY
4007.0 HF-USB
0031Z - NNN0BQH NCS for the Navy/MC Region 5 Minnesota MARS 5G1B net: NNN0AVS / NNN0APL / NNN0KZC / NNN0BIH / NNN0XYA / NNN0AHH / NNN0AJJ
4008.5 HF-USB
2200Z - NNN0AZO NCS for the Navy/MC Region 6 Oklahoma MARS 6O3B net
4011.0 HF-USB
1400Z - NNN0GAR NCS for the Navy/MC Region 7 Iowa MARS 7D2A net: NNN0ASF / NNN0GAR-5
4013.5 HF-USB
0001Z - NNN0LSO NCS for the Navy/MC Region 4 Kentucky MARS 4K2B net
1401Z - NNN0ANX NCS for the Navy/MC Region 4 MARS 4X1B net
4017.9 HF-USB
1402Z - Army Region 8 MARS AAA8RD/A net: AAM8RE / AAA8CO
4020.9 HF-USB
1310Z - Army Region 6 MARS AAA6RD/A net: AAM6EAR / AFA5KG
1403Z - AAM6TX NCS for the Army Region 6 MARS AAA6RD/A net
4023.9 HF-USB
2309Z - AAA5IN NCS for the Army Region 5 Indiana MARS AAA5RD/IN net
4035.9 HF-USB
0201Z - AAM7EMO NCS for the Army Region 7 MARS AAA7RD/B net
1404Z - AAR7DZ NCS for the Army Region 7 MARS AAA7RD/D net: AAM7EMO / AAV7BC / AAR7PF
4038.5 HF-USB
0002Z - NNN0XNK NCS for the Navy/MC Region 4 Florida MARS 4C3B net
0200Z - NNN0ANX NCS for the Navy/MC Region 4 Tennessee MARS 4H2B net
0301Z - NNN0TJC NCS for the Navy/MC Region 4 Alabama MARS 4A2B net: NNN0YGY / NNN0SYH / NNN0OEE / NNN0SWK / NNN0BFG
1405Z - Navy/MC Region 4 Tennessee MARS 4H1B net: NNN0TWA
2302Z - NNN0JEK NCS for the Navy/MC Region 4 North Carolina MARS 4F2B net
4041.0 HF-USB
0030Z - NNN0FKW NCS for the Navy/MC Region 5 Ohio MARS 5N5B net: NNN0KQE / NNN0UAN
4517.0 HF-USB
1405Z - AFF7MO NCS for the Air Force North Central Area Region 7 Missouri MARS 7MOS1 net
1501Z - AFF7NE NCS for the Air Force North Central Area Region 7 Nebraska MARS 7NES1 net: AFA5FY
4721.0 HF-USB
[08:33:20][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][ADW ][AL0] BER 9 SN 05
7302.0 HF-USB
1407Z - AFA6CF NCS for the Air Force Region 6 MARS 6M1 net: AFA6KJ
1602Z - Air Force Region 6 MARS 6M5 net: AFA6JH
7457.0 HF-USB
1406Z - AFA4WJ NCS for the Air Force Region 4 MARS 4S2 net: AFA4QY
8983.0 HF-USB
1532Z - CG 2104 flight opns normal to Camslant
11181.0 HF-USB
[23:39:15][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][MCC ][AL0] BER 14 SN 06
11226.0 HF-USB
[18:33:39][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][MCC ][AL0] BER 22 SN 08
[19:03:47][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][ADW ][AL0] BER 15 SN 07
11494.0 HF-USB
[21:43:28][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][D46 ][AL0] BER 11 SN 07
[21:47:35][CHN 01][TO ][N10 H10 ][TIS][LNT ][AL0] BER 13 SN 06
13215.0 HF-USB
[20:33:29][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][ADW ][AL0] BER 14 SN 07
14389.0 HF-USB
1601Z - Air Force MARS APCN1 Phone Patch Admin net: AFA1RE
15016.0 HF-USB
1637Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 28 character EAM LWZG4O to All Stations
1654Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 6 character EAM AHI6N5 to All Stations
1730Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) repeats 6 character EAM AHI6N5
1800Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) repeats 6 character EAM AHI6N5
1831Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) repeats 6 character EAM AHI6N5
1852Z - ALE sounding followed by SSB comms w/ Trout-99
1903Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 28 character EAM LWBOTG to All Stations
3234.5 HF-LSB
0202Z - AAM7EMO NCS for the Army Region 7 MARS AAA7RD/B net: AAA7RD / AFA7PW / AAR7AL
3267.5 HF-USB
0203Z - NNN0FWM NCS for the Navy/MC Region 6 South Texas MARS 6S1B net
3269.0 HF-USB
0203Z - NNN0ZIJ NCS for the Navy/MC Region 5 Wisconsin MARS 5W3B net: NNN0YGM // QRM fm Navy/MC Region 6 South Texas MARS 6S1B net
3299.0 HF-USB
0108Z - AFA4RA NCS for the Air Force Region 4 MARS 4S1 net: AFA4BZ
3308.0 HF-USB
0103Z - AFF7KS NCS for the Air Force North Central Area Region MARS NCM4 net (still being hammered nightly by the probable USS Bush strike group)
0218Z - AFN7NC announces that the Air Force North Central Area MARS NCM1 net is being called on TVA
3310.0 HF-USB
0019Z - Link-11 data transmission
3315.0 HF-USB
0011Z - AFA3AJ NCS for the Air Force Region 1 MARS NE2S1 net: AFA1AS (emergency power) / AFA1GP / AFA1RJ / AFA2AY (emergency power)
3317.5 HF-USB
0130Z - NNN0AEV NCS for the Navy/MC Region 7 Missouri MARS 7H1B net: NNN0QGR / NNN0FBL / NNN0KOD
3325.0 HF-USB
0003Z - NNN0AVT NCS for the Navy/MC Region 7 Nebraska / Kansas MARS 7N1B net: NNN0AMY / NNN0AJJ / NNN0YGW
0131Z - NNN0AKT NCS for the Navy/MC Region 5 Indiana MARS 5B1B net: NNN0AHH / NNN0AJB / NNN0BON / NNN0BOK / NNN0TFL /NNN0WZE-T / NNN0XES / NNN0LZD / NNN0ITN / NNN0KBP
2330Z - NNN0TUL NCS for the Navy/MC Region 7 Iowa MARS 7D3B net: NNN0QGB
3341.0 HF-USB
[03:47:14][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC8 ][AL0] BER 12 SN 06
3349.0 HF-USB
0105Z - NNN0KIP NCS for the Navy/MC Region 6 East Texas MARS 6E1B net
3370.5 HF-USB
0210Z - AFA6DV NCS for the Air Force Region 6 MARS 6M3 net // covered by QRM fm 2 Spanish speaking OM //
3384.0 HF-USB
0019Z - Link-11 data transmission
3390.0 HF-USB
0106Z - NNN0BUX NCS for the Navy/MC Region 5 MARS 5X1B net: NNN0GKQ
0208Z - Navy/MC Region 4 MARS 4X9B net: NNN0ICX
4002.9 HF-LSB
0101Z - Army Region 4 MARS AAA4RD/M net: AAR4CY
4007.0 HF-USB
0031Z - NNN0BQH NCS for the Navy/MC Region 5 Minnesota MARS 5G1B net: NNN0AVS / NNN0APL / NNN0KZC / NNN0BIH / NNN0XYA / NNN0AHH / NNN0AJJ
4008.5 HF-USB
2200Z - NNN0AZO NCS for the Navy/MC Region 6 Oklahoma MARS 6O3B net
4011.0 HF-USB
1400Z - NNN0GAR NCS for the Navy/MC Region 7 Iowa MARS 7D2A net: NNN0ASF / NNN0GAR-5
4013.5 HF-USB
0001Z - NNN0LSO NCS for the Navy/MC Region 4 Kentucky MARS 4K2B net
1401Z - NNN0ANX NCS for the Navy/MC Region 4 MARS 4X1B net
4017.9 HF-USB
1402Z - Army Region 8 MARS AAA8RD/A net: AAM8RE / AAA8CO
4020.9 HF-USB
1310Z - Army Region 6 MARS AAA6RD/A net: AAM6EAR / AFA5KG
1403Z - AAM6TX NCS for the Army Region 6 MARS AAA6RD/A net
4023.9 HF-USB
2309Z - AAA5IN NCS for the Army Region 5 Indiana MARS AAA5RD/IN net
4035.9 HF-USB
0201Z - AAM7EMO NCS for the Army Region 7 MARS AAA7RD/B net
1404Z - AAR7DZ NCS for the Army Region 7 MARS AAA7RD/D net: AAM7EMO / AAV7BC / AAR7PF
4038.5 HF-USB
0002Z - NNN0XNK NCS for the Navy/MC Region 4 Florida MARS 4C3B net
0200Z - NNN0ANX NCS for the Navy/MC Region 4 Tennessee MARS 4H2B net
0301Z - NNN0TJC NCS for the Navy/MC Region 4 Alabama MARS 4A2B net: NNN0YGY / NNN0SYH / NNN0OEE / NNN0SWK / NNN0BFG
1405Z - Navy/MC Region 4 Tennessee MARS 4H1B net: NNN0TWA
2302Z - NNN0JEK NCS for the Navy/MC Region 4 North Carolina MARS 4F2B net
4041.0 HF-USB
0030Z - NNN0FKW NCS for the Navy/MC Region 5 Ohio MARS 5N5B net: NNN0KQE / NNN0UAN
4517.0 HF-USB
1405Z - AFF7MO NCS for the Air Force North Central Area Region 7 Missouri MARS 7MOS1 net
1501Z - AFF7NE NCS for the Air Force North Central Area Region 7 Nebraska MARS 7NES1 net: AFA5FY
4721.0 HF-USB
[08:33:20][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][ADW ][AL0] BER 9 SN 05
7302.0 HF-USB
1407Z - AFA6CF NCS for the Air Force Region 6 MARS 6M1 net: AFA6KJ
1602Z - Air Force Region 6 MARS 6M5 net: AFA6JH
7457.0 HF-USB
1406Z - AFA4WJ NCS for the Air Force Region 4 MARS 4S2 net: AFA4QY
8983.0 HF-USB
1532Z - CG 2104 flight opns normal to Camslant
11181.0 HF-USB
[23:39:15][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][MCC ][AL0] BER 14 SN 06
11226.0 HF-USB
[18:33:39][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][MCC ][AL0] BER 22 SN 08
[19:03:47][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][ADW ][AL0] BER 15 SN 07
11494.0 HF-USB
[21:43:28][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][D46 ][AL0] BER 11 SN 07
[21:47:35][CHN 01][TO ][N10 H10 ][TIS][LNT ][AL0] BER 13 SN 06
13215.0 HF-USB
[20:33:29][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][ADW ][AL0] BER 14 SN 07
14389.0 HF-USB
1601Z - Air Force MARS APCN1 Phone Patch Admin net: AFA1RE
15016.0 HF-USB
1637Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 28 character EAM LWZG4O to All Stations
1654Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 6 character EAM AHI6N5 to All Stations
1730Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) repeats 6 character EAM AHI6N5
1800Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) repeats 6 character EAM AHI6N5
1831Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) repeats 6 character EAM AHI6N5
1852Z - ALE sounding followed by SSB comms w/ Trout-99
1903Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 28 character EAM LWBOTG to All Stations
Sunday, January 30, 2011
USS Essex Embarks 31st MEU
By Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Linda S. Swearingen, USS Essex Public Affairs
OKINAWA, Japan (NNS) -- USS Essex (LHD 2) embarked more than 1,200 Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) at White Beach Naval Facility, Okinawa, Jan. 27-28, in preparation for a patrol throughout the Western Pacific region.
During the on-load, the USS Essex Combat Cargo department loaded more than 100 vehicles and 300 pieces of equipment from the MEU's battalion landing team, ground combat element, aviation combat element and combat logistics battalion (CLB).
"The on-load is new for everyone on this crew," said Gunnery Sgt. Steven R. Jones, USS Essex senior combat cargo assistant. "We finished ahead of schedule, which is rare with a new crew. For a ship this size, it usually takes three days to load, but this time it took half the time."
Chief Warrant Officer Scott R. Allison, USS Essex combat cargo officer, also praised the efficient handling of the MEU on-load.
"It went smooth, actually pretty outstanding – one of the quickest on-loads the ship has done," he said.
"Combat cargo Marines come from multiple military occupation specialties and have only about 10 days of training," Jones said. "We have a good team. Everyone did what they were supposed to do."
While seasoned veterans comprise much of the MEU, the patrol will provide many Marines with their first taste of life aboard a Navy ship.
"I'm looking forward to the training exercises and seeing some of the different countries we're going to be visiting," said Lance Cpl. Dustin S. Delosh, 31st CLB.
The patrol will feature a series of maritime training exercises designed to build relationships and enhance operational readiness between U.S. and Western Pacific partner nations. Essex Sailors, along with the 31st MEU, will train with forces throughout the region.
Essex, commanded by Capt. David Fluker, is part of the forward-deployed Essex Amphibious Ready Group and is underway in the Western Pacific region.
OKINAWA, Japan (NNS) -- USS Essex (LHD 2) embarked more than 1,200 Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) at White Beach Naval Facility, Okinawa, Jan. 27-28, in preparation for a patrol throughout the Western Pacific region.
During the on-load, the USS Essex Combat Cargo department loaded more than 100 vehicles and 300 pieces of equipment from the MEU's battalion landing team, ground combat element, aviation combat element and combat logistics battalion (CLB).
"The on-load is new for everyone on this crew," said Gunnery Sgt. Steven R. Jones, USS Essex senior combat cargo assistant. "We finished ahead of schedule, which is rare with a new crew. For a ship this size, it usually takes three days to load, but this time it took half the time."
Chief Warrant Officer Scott R. Allison, USS Essex combat cargo officer, also praised the efficient handling of the MEU on-load.
"It went smooth, actually pretty outstanding – one of the quickest on-loads the ship has done," he said.
"Combat cargo Marines come from multiple military occupation specialties and have only about 10 days of training," Jones said. "We have a good team. Everyone did what they were supposed to do."
While seasoned veterans comprise much of the MEU, the patrol will provide many Marines with their first taste of life aboard a Navy ship.
"I'm looking forward to the training exercises and seeing some of the different countries we're going to be visiting," said Lance Cpl. Dustin S. Delosh, 31st CLB.
The patrol will feature a series of maritime training exercises designed to build relationships and enhance operational readiness between U.S. and Western Pacific partner nations. Essex Sailors, along with the 31st MEU, will train with forces throughout the region.
Essex, commanded by Capt. David Fluker, is part of the forward-deployed Essex Amphibious Ready Group and is underway in the Western Pacific region.
Milcom Blog Logs - 29 Jan 2011 - USASA MidWest Collection Site
Time for another exclusive HF blog log report from the radio ranch at the USASA MidWest Collection Site.
3299.0 HF-USB
0106Z - AFA4UF NCS for the Air Force Region 4 MARS 4S1 net: AFA4BT / AFA4WJ / AFA4LO
0203Z - AFF4TN NCS for the Air Force Region 4 Tennessee MARS 4TNS1 net: AFA4MZ / AFA4DO
3308.0 HF-USB
0204Z - AFN7NC NCS for the Air Force North Central Area MARS NCM1 net: AFA5LJ
3310.0 HF-USB
0009Z - Link-11 data transmission
3315.0 HF-USB
0035Z - AFA2QB NCS for the Air Force Region 1 MARS NE2S1 net: AFA3DJ / AFA5NF
3317.5 HF-USB
0132Z - NNN0SVW NCS for the Navy/MC Region 7 Missouri MARS 7H1B net: NNN0THC
3320.5 HF-USB
0037Z - Navy/MC MARS Region 3 Virginia 3B1B net: NNN0BCI / NNN0EDX
3325.0 HF-USB
0132Z - NNN0AKT NCS for the Navy/MC Region 5 Indiana MARS 5B1B net: NNN0WZE-T
2330Z - NNN0XZK NCS for the Navy/MC Region 7 Iowa MARS 7D3B net: NNN0QGB / NNN0IBG
3341.0 HF-USB
[01:10:27][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC6FEM ][AL0] BER 18 SN 06
3349.0 HF-USB
0104Z - NNN0KIP NCS for the Navy/MC Region 6 East Texas MARS 6E1B net: NNN0SDD
3384.0 HF-USB
0009Z - Link-11 data transmission
3390.0 HF-USB
0104Z - Navy/MC Region 5 MARS 5X1B net: NNN0VJM / NNN0QGR / AAR5OQ
0205Z - Navy/MC Region 4 MARS 4X9B net: NNN0ATX / NNN0RBD
4007.0 HF-USB
0033Z - Navy/MC Region 5 Minnesota MARS 5G1B net: NNN0BQH
4013.5 HF-USB
0003Z - NNN0BTG NCS for the Navy/MC Region 4 Kentucky MARS 4K2B net: NNN0AGD
4035.9 HF-USB
0201Z - AAA7MO NCS for the Army Region 7 MARS AAA7RD/B net: AAM7EMO
1408Z - AAA7KS NCS for the Army Region 7 MARS AAA7RD/D net: AAM7RD
4038.5 HF-USB
0201Z - NNN0AOC NCS for the Navy/MC Region 4 Tennessee MARS 4H2B net: NNN0RBA / NNN0TBK
0301Z - NNN0QAA NCS for the Navy/MC Region 4 Alabama MARS 4A2B net
4041.0 HF-USB
0034Z - Navy/MC Region 5 Ohio MARS 5N5B net: NNN0KQE
4517.0 HF-USB
1412Z - AFF5MN NCS for the Air Force North Central Area Region 5 Minnesota MARS 5MNS1 net: AFN7NC
4601.0 HF-USB
1432Z - Rocky Mountain Region CAP net: Aspen-Gold-67
4604.0 HF-USB
0001Z - Red-Fire-47 NCS for the Great Lakes Region Indiana "Red_Fire" CAP net
0031Z - Red-Fox-17 NCS for the Great Lakes Region Illinois "Red_Fox" CAP net
5201.9 HF-USB
1410Z - Army Region 6 MARS AAA6RD/A net: AAR6RX
6739.0 HF-USB
0030Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 175 character EAM FBKCSM
7302.0 HF-USB
1417Z - Air Force Region 6 MARS 6ADS1 net: AFA6HK / AFF6TX / AFA6UB
1500Z - AFA6CF NCS for the Air Force Region 6 MARS 6M4 net: AFF6TTX / AFA6PJ
1601Z - AFA5TD NCS for the Air Force Region 6 MARS 6TGM1 net: AFA6FX
7391.5 HF-USB
1511Z - NNN0ASF NCS for the Navy/MC South Area MARS SA1A net: NNN0GBW-2 / NNN0GBY-10 / NNN0PNF / NNN0ASF-4 (MO) / NNN0GAD-3 // net closed 1527Z
7457.0 HF-USB
1406Z - Air Force Region 4 MARS 4S2 net: AFA4OJ / AFA4RP / AFA4ZV / AFA4HR / AFD4KY
8968.0 HF-USB
[03:49:54][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][JNRSPR ][AL0] BER 12 SN 05
[04:35:04][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][JNRSPR ][AL0] BER 18 SN 06
[05:20:13][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][JNR ][AL0] BER 22 SN 06
[05:20:15][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][JNRSPR ][AL0] BER 16 SN 06
8971.0 HF-USB
2253Z - Fiddle w/ 71-Papa & 71-Romeo: (transmitter worse than Camslant's) 71-Romeo was off-station 2225Z & ETA homeplate 30 mikes
10194.0 HF-USB
[18:34:57][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FR5FEM ][AL0] BER 18 SN 05
[18:45:43][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC8 ][AL0] BER 19 SN 06
[18:50:44][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC8FEM004 ][AL0] BER 19 SN 05
[18:52:44][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FR2FEM ][AL0] BER 11 SN 05
[19:35:11][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FR5FEM ][AL0] BER 20 SN 05
[20:09:57][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC1 ][AL0] BER 13 SN 05
11181.0 HF-USB
[22:40:16][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][ADWSPR ][AL0] BER 16 SN 07
11226.0 HF-USB
[23:11:56][CHN 01][TO ][OFF ][TIS][MCC ][AL0] BER 17 SN 06 followed by test count by McClellan in SSB then back to ALE
[23:12:39][CHN 01][TO ][OFF ][TWS][MCC ][AL0] BER 20 SN 05 2328Z - 2 SS OM
[23:52:15][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][JNR ][AL0] BER 19 SN 04
11402.0 HF-USB
[16:39:23][CHN 01][SND][ ][TIS][0112GA ][AL0] BER 15 SN 06
14405.0 HF-USB
1602Z - AFA3LK (PA) assumes duties as NCS for the Transcon Mission Support Net: AFA4HO (FL) / AFA5JA / AFA9PF (CA) / AFA9VW (NV) / AGA0MC (McCord) / AFA1SX (Conn)
3299.0 HF-USB
0106Z - AFA4UF NCS for the Air Force Region 4 MARS 4S1 net: AFA4BT / AFA4WJ / AFA4LO
0203Z - AFF4TN NCS for the Air Force Region 4 Tennessee MARS 4TNS1 net: AFA4MZ / AFA4DO
3308.0 HF-USB
0204Z - AFN7NC NCS for the Air Force North Central Area MARS NCM1 net: AFA5LJ
3310.0 HF-USB
0009Z - Link-11 data transmission
3315.0 HF-USB
0035Z - AFA2QB NCS for the Air Force Region 1 MARS NE2S1 net: AFA3DJ / AFA5NF
3317.5 HF-USB
0132Z - NNN0SVW NCS for the Navy/MC Region 7 Missouri MARS 7H1B net: NNN0THC
3320.5 HF-USB
0037Z - Navy/MC MARS Region 3 Virginia 3B1B net: NNN0BCI / NNN0EDX
3325.0 HF-USB
0132Z - NNN0AKT NCS for the Navy/MC Region 5 Indiana MARS 5B1B net: NNN0WZE-T
2330Z - NNN0XZK NCS for the Navy/MC Region 7 Iowa MARS 7D3B net: NNN0QGB / NNN0IBG
3341.0 HF-USB
[01:10:27][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC6FEM ][AL0] BER 18 SN 06
3349.0 HF-USB
0104Z - NNN0KIP NCS for the Navy/MC Region 6 East Texas MARS 6E1B net: NNN0SDD
3384.0 HF-USB
0009Z - Link-11 data transmission
3390.0 HF-USB
0104Z - Navy/MC Region 5 MARS 5X1B net: NNN0VJM / NNN0QGR / AAR5OQ
0205Z - Navy/MC Region 4 MARS 4X9B net: NNN0ATX / NNN0RBD
4007.0 HF-USB
0033Z - Navy/MC Region 5 Minnesota MARS 5G1B net: NNN0BQH
4013.5 HF-USB
0003Z - NNN0BTG NCS for the Navy/MC Region 4 Kentucky MARS 4K2B net: NNN0AGD
4035.9 HF-USB
0201Z - AAA7MO NCS for the Army Region 7 MARS AAA7RD/B net: AAM7EMO
1408Z - AAA7KS NCS for the Army Region 7 MARS AAA7RD/D net: AAM7RD
4038.5 HF-USB
0201Z - NNN0AOC NCS for the Navy/MC Region 4 Tennessee MARS 4H2B net: NNN0RBA / NNN0TBK
0301Z - NNN0QAA NCS for the Navy/MC Region 4 Alabama MARS 4A2B net
4041.0 HF-USB
0034Z - Navy/MC Region 5 Ohio MARS 5N5B net: NNN0KQE
4517.0 HF-USB
1412Z - AFF5MN NCS for the Air Force North Central Area Region 5 Minnesota MARS 5MNS1 net: AFN7NC
4601.0 HF-USB
1432Z - Rocky Mountain Region CAP net: Aspen-Gold-67
4604.0 HF-USB
0001Z - Red-Fire-47 NCS for the Great Lakes Region Indiana "Red_Fire" CAP net
0031Z - Red-Fox-17 NCS for the Great Lakes Region Illinois "Red_Fox" CAP net
5201.9 HF-USB
1410Z - Army Region 6 MARS AAA6RD/A net: AAR6RX
6739.0 HF-USB
0030Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 175 character EAM FBKCSM
7302.0 HF-USB
1417Z - Air Force Region 6 MARS 6ADS1 net: AFA6HK / AFF6TX / AFA6UB
1500Z - AFA6CF NCS for the Air Force Region 6 MARS 6M4 net: AFF6TTX / AFA6PJ
1601Z - AFA5TD NCS for the Air Force Region 6 MARS 6TGM1 net: AFA6FX
7391.5 HF-USB
1511Z - NNN0ASF NCS for the Navy/MC South Area MARS SA1A net: NNN0GBW-2 / NNN0GBY-10 / NNN0PNF / NNN0ASF-4 (MO) / NNN0GAD-3 // net closed 1527Z
7457.0 HF-USB
1406Z - Air Force Region 4 MARS 4S2 net: AFA4OJ / AFA4RP / AFA4ZV / AFA4HR / AFD4KY
8968.0 HF-USB
[03:49:54][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][JNRSPR ][AL0] BER 12 SN 05
[04:35:04][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][JNRSPR ][AL0] BER 18 SN 06
[05:20:13][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][JNR ][AL0] BER 22 SN 06
[05:20:15][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][JNRSPR ][AL0] BER 16 SN 06
8971.0 HF-USB
2253Z - Fiddle w/ 71-Papa & 71-Romeo: (transmitter worse than Camslant's) 71-Romeo was off-station 2225Z & ETA homeplate 30 mikes
10194.0 HF-USB
[18:34:57][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FR5FEM ][AL0] BER 18 SN 05
[18:45:43][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC8 ][AL0] BER 19 SN 06
[18:50:44][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC8FEM004 ][AL0] BER 19 SN 05
[18:52:44][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FR2FEM ][AL0] BER 11 SN 05
[19:35:11][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FR5FEM ][AL0] BER 20 SN 05
[20:09:57][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC1 ][AL0] BER 13 SN 05
11181.0 HF-USB
[22:40:16][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][ADWSPR ][AL0] BER 16 SN 07
11226.0 HF-USB
[23:11:56][CHN 01][TO ][OFF ][TIS][MCC ][AL0] BER 17 SN 06 followed by test count by McClellan in SSB then back to ALE
[23:12:39][CHN 01][TO ][OFF ][TWS][MCC ][AL0] BER 20 SN 05 2328Z - 2 SS OM
[23:52:15][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][JNR ][AL0] BER 19 SN 04
11402.0 HF-USB
[16:39:23][CHN 01][SND][ ][TIS][0112GA ][AL0] BER 15 SN 06
14405.0 HF-USB
1602Z - AFA3LK (PA) assumes duties as NCS for the Transcon Mission Support Net: AFA4HO (FL) / AFA5JA / AFA9PF (CA) / AFA9VW (NV) / AGA0MC (McCord) / AFA1SX (Conn)
Saturday, January 29, 2011
USS La Jolla Departs for Deployment
By Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ronald Gutridge, Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet Public Affairs
PEARL HARBOR (NNS) -- Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS La Jolla (SSN 701) departed Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Jan. 27, for a scheduled six-month deployment to the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility (AOR) and the Western Pacific region.
Cmdr. Jeff Bernard, USS La Jolla commanding officer, said the crew is extremely excited and well prepared to get underway.
"The crew has worked very hard, and we have conducted extensive training during the deployment preparation phase and will continue to hone the lessons learned from that training as we transit to our operational areas," said Bernard. "There is a great deal of satisfaction within the crew to be finally finished preparing for this deployment and to begin operations at sea."
The deployment will be the first for the majority of the crew, where according to Bernard, they will conduct many training exercises and qualifications as well as being available for any tasking which comes their way.
"This deployment will provide an optimal time for a great deal of submarine qualifications, watch station and other divisional qualifications to be completed," said Bernard. "Our goal is to maximize operational readiness in support of the needs of the operational commander and above all else, bring the submarine and crew back safely from a successful deployment."
USS La Jolla is named for La Jolla, California, and is the first warship named after this township.
La Jolla, commissioned Oct. 24, 1981, is the fourteenth ship of the Los Angeles-class of nuclear attack submarines, is 360-feet long and displaces 6,900 tons. Attack submarines are uniquely capable because of their stealth and endurance, which is increasingly important as the Navy works to provide stability and security around the world. The submarine can be armed with sophisticated Mark-48 ADCAP anti-submarine torpedoes and Tomahawk guided cruise missiles.
PEARL HARBOR (NNS) -- Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS La Jolla (SSN 701) departed Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Jan. 27, for a scheduled six-month deployment to the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility (AOR) and the Western Pacific region.
Cmdr. Jeff Bernard, USS La Jolla commanding officer, said the crew is extremely excited and well prepared to get underway.
"The crew has worked very hard, and we have conducted extensive training during the deployment preparation phase and will continue to hone the lessons learned from that training as we transit to our operational areas," said Bernard. "There is a great deal of satisfaction within the crew to be finally finished preparing for this deployment and to begin operations at sea."
The deployment will be the first for the majority of the crew, where according to Bernard, they will conduct many training exercises and qualifications as well as being available for any tasking which comes their way.
"This deployment will provide an optimal time for a great deal of submarine qualifications, watch station and other divisional qualifications to be completed," said Bernard. "Our goal is to maximize operational readiness in support of the needs of the operational commander and above all else, bring the submarine and crew back safely from a successful deployment."
USS La Jolla is named for La Jolla, California, and is the first warship named after this township.
La Jolla, commissioned Oct. 24, 1981, is the fourteenth ship of the Los Angeles-class of nuclear attack submarines, is 360-feet long and displaces 6,900 tons. Attack submarines are uniquely capable because of their stealth and endurance, which is increasingly important as the Navy works to provide stability and security around the world. The submarine can be armed with sophisticated Mark-48 ADCAP anti-submarine torpedoes and Tomahawk guided cruise missiles.
Milcom Blog Logs - 28 Jan 2011 - USASA MidWest Collection Site
Time for another exclusive HF blog log report from the radio ranch at the USASA MidWest Collection Site.
3234.5 HF-LSB
0113Z - Army Region 7 MARS AAA7RD/IA net: AAM7TIA
0302Z - AAM7EMO closes the Army Region 7 MARS AAA7RD/B net
0303Z - AAA7MO NCS for the Army Region 7 Missouri MARS AAA7RD/MO net: AAM7EMO / AAM7IMO
3267.5 HF-USB
0204Z - NNN0ELL NCS for the Navy/MC Region 6 South Texas MARS 6S1B net: NNN0FWM / NNN0KIR / NNN0WYC
3269.0 HF-USB
0004Z - Navy/MC MARS Region 5 5M3B (Olivia) Michigan Net: NNN0ORE / NNN0UZW
3299.0 HF-USB
0108Z - AFN4RD NCS for the Air Force Region 4 MARS 4S1 net: AFA4RP / AFA4HR / AFA4BT / AFA4ZX
3308.0 HF-USB
1205Z - Air Force North Central Area MARS NCM2 net: AFA5ML / AFA5HF / AFA5KC
3310.0 HF-USB
0003Z - Link-11 data transmission
3315.0 HF-USB
0109Z - AFA3BC
3317.5 HF-USB
0132Z - Navy/MC Region 7 Missouri MARS 7H1B net: NNN0SVW
3325.0 HF-USB
0002Z - NNN0AVT NCS for the Navy/MC Region 7 Nebraska / Kansas MARS 7N1B net: NNN0AMY
0131Z - NNN0GAQ-4 NCS for the Navy/MC Region 5 Indiana MARS 5B5C net: NNN0GAQ-2 / NNN0WZE-T
2331Z - NNN0QGB NCS for the Navy/MC Region 7 Iowa MARS 7D3B net: NNN0TUL
3349.0 HF-USB
0001Z - NNN0FKG NCS for the probable Navy/MC Region 3 Maryland / District of Columbia / Delaware 3W1B net
3384.0 HF-USB
0003Z - Link-11 data transmission
3390.0 HF-USB
0110Z - NNN0GKQ NCS for the Navy/MC Region 5 MARS 5X1B net
0202Z - NNN0JKI NCS for the Navy/MC Region 4 MARS 4X9B net: NNN0XPU
4002.9 HF-LSB
0009Z - Army Region 4 Florida MARS AAA4FL/A net: AAR4GY / AAT4ES
1404Z - Army Region 4 MARS AAA4RD/D net: AAM4MS
4007.0 HF-USB
1401Z - NNN0WNQ NCS for the Navy/MC Region 8 Montana MARS 8M1B net: NNN0AHH
4008.5 HF-USB
0011Z - Navy/MC Region 6 Louisiana MARS 6L1B net: NNN0AYZ / NNN0ZRT
4011.0 HF-USB
0008Z - NNN0AHH NCS for the Navy/MC Region 6 Arkansas MARS 6A1B net: NNN0WKH / NNN0TWA
1403Z - Navy/MC Region 7 Iowa MARS 7D1C net: NNN0YGW
4013.5 HF-USB
0007Z - Navy/MC Region 4 Kentucky MARS 4K2B net: NNN0BTG / NNN0OGD
4017.9 HF-USB
1401Z - AAM8ACO NCS for the Army Region 8 MARS AAA8RD/U net: AAR8PD-T / AAR8PF / AAR8DR
4020.9 HF-USB
1303Z - AAR6HB NCS for the Army Region 6 MARS AAA6RD/A net
1408Z - Army Region 6 MARS AAA6RD/A net: AAM6TTX
4023.9 HF-USB
1302Z - AAT5FG NCS for the Army Region 5 Indiana MARS AAA5RD/IN net: AFA5KG
4026.9 HF-USB
1223Z - AAR4OH NCS for the Army Region 4 MARS AAA4RD/C net: AAT4WR / AAR4XA
4035.9 HF-USB
1412Z - AAM7IA NCS for the Army Region 7 MARS AAA7RD/D net: AAM7EMO
4038.5 HF-USB
0200Z - NNN0RBD NCS for the Navy/MC Region 4 Tennessee MARS 4H2B net
0300Z - NNN0NIG NCS for the Navy/MC Region 4 Alabama MARS 4A2B net: NNN0TJC
1300Z - NNN0TDK NCS for the Navy/MC Region 4 Alabama MARS 4A1B net: NNN0IIE
1415Z - NNN0RBD NCS for the Navy/MC Region 4 Tennessee MARS 4H2B net: NNN0HYB
2304Z - Navy/MC Region 4 North Carolina MARS 4F2B net: NNN0VWS
4045.0 HF-USB
1214Z - Caribbean Weather Center
4469.0 HF-USB
1231Z - Southeast Region Florida CAP net: Florida-CAP-104 / Florida-CAP-209 / Florida-CAP-120
4506.0 HF-USB
1400Z - Red-Cloud-335 NCS for the North Central Region Nebraska "Red-Cloud" CAP net
4517.0 HF-USB
1407Z - Air Force North Central Area MARS NCM3 net: AFA5HF
4603.0 HF-USB
[13:31:03][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FR7 ][AL0] BER 10 SN 05
[13:33:57][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC8FEM001 ][AL0] BER 20 SN 06
4604.0 HF-USB
1430Z - Red-Fox-17 NCS for the Great Lakes "Blue Lake" Region CAP net
2300Z - Kentucky-CAP-148 NCS for the Great Lakes Region Kentucky CAP net
2330Z - Columbus-04 NCS for the Great Lakes Region Ohio "Columbus" CAP net
4623.5 HF-USB
1500Z - NNN0EQH NCS for the Navy/MC Region 5 Illinois MARS 5I3B net: NNN0SCV
4627.0 HF-USB
1300Z - Wildwood-04 NCS for the Southwest Region Arkansas "Wild-Wood" CAP net
4721.0 HF-USB
[01:38:51][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][ADW ][AL0] BER 15 SN 06
4724.0 HF-USB
0121Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 28 character EAM LWG3HO to All Stations
0144Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 22 character EAM LWHQEY to All Stations
5004.5 HF-USB
1502Z - NNN0ENS NCS for the Navy/MC Region 6 MARS 6X2B net: NNN0VHI
6739.0 HF-USB
0112Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 28 character EAM LWTDCX to All Stations
0144Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 22 character EAM LWHQEY to All Stations
7302.0 HF-USB
1418Z - AFF6RM NCS for the Air Force Region 6 MARS 6M1 net: AFF6AA / AFA6BZ
7457.0 HF-USB
1418Z - AFF4MS NCS for the Air Force Region 4 MARS 4S2 net: AFF4AA / AFF4FD / AFA4AJ
7635.0 HF-USB
1502Z - Middle-East-34 NCS for the National CAP net: Head-CAP-58 / Louisiana-30 / Kitty-Hawk-114 / Georgia-CAP-41 / Aspen-Gold-04 / Columbus-910 / Iowa-CAP-04 / Columbus-114
10162.0 HF-USB
[20:25:03][CHN 01][SND][ ][TIS][100SWR ][AL0] BER 18 SN 06
[21:24:19][CHN 01][SND][ ][TIS][AVS ][AL0] BER 12 SN 05
[22:21:19][CHN 01][SND][ ][TIS][AVS ][AL0] BER 11 SN 05
10895.0 HF-USB
1900Z - Link-11 data transmission
15016.0 HF-USB
1629Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 21 character EAM AHT2UX to All Stations
15867.0 HF-USB
[17:18:11][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][004 ][AL0] BER 14 SN 06
[18:06:14][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][N08 ][AL0] BER 16 SN 06
[18:12:07][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][F40 ][AL0] BER 17 SN 05
[18:23:44][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][D05 ][AL0] BER 8 SN 05
3234.5 HF-LSB
0113Z - Army Region 7 MARS AAA7RD/IA net: AAM7TIA
0302Z - AAM7EMO closes the Army Region 7 MARS AAA7RD/B net
0303Z - AAA7MO NCS for the Army Region 7 Missouri MARS AAA7RD/MO net: AAM7EMO / AAM7IMO
3267.5 HF-USB
0204Z - NNN0ELL NCS for the Navy/MC Region 6 South Texas MARS 6S1B net: NNN0FWM / NNN0KIR / NNN0WYC
3269.0 HF-USB
0004Z - Navy/MC MARS Region 5 5M3B (Olivia) Michigan Net: NNN0ORE / NNN0UZW
3299.0 HF-USB
0108Z - AFN4RD NCS for the Air Force Region 4 MARS 4S1 net: AFA4RP / AFA4HR / AFA4BT / AFA4ZX
3308.0 HF-USB
1205Z - Air Force North Central Area MARS NCM2 net: AFA5ML / AFA5HF / AFA5KC
3310.0 HF-USB
0003Z - Link-11 data transmission
3315.0 HF-USB
0109Z - AFA3BC
3317.5 HF-USB
0132Z - Navy/MC Region 7 Missouri MARS 7H1B net: NNN0SVW
3325.0 HF-USB
0002Z - NNN0AVT NCS for the Navy/MC Region 7 Nebraska / Kansas MARS 7N1B net: NNN0AMY
0131Z - NNN0GAQ-4 NCS for the Navy/MC Region 5 Indiana MARS 5B5C net: NNN0GAQ-2 / NNN0WZE-T
2331Z - NNN0QGB NCS for the Navy/MC Region 7 Iowa MARS 7D3B net: NNN0TUL
3349.0 HF-USB
0001Z - NNN0FKG NCS for the probable Navy/MC Region 3 Maryland / District of Columbia / Delaware 3W1B net
3384.0 HF-USB
0003Z - Link-11 data transmission
3390.0 HF-USB
0110Z - NNN0GKQ NCS for the Navy/MC Region 5 MARS 5X1B net
0202Z - NNN0JKI NCS for the Navy/MC Region 4 MARS 4X9B net: NNN0XPU
4002.9 HF-LSB
0009Z - Army Region 4 Florida MARS AAA4FL/A net: AAR4GY / AAT4ES
1404Z - Army Region 4 MARS AAA4RD/D net: AAM4MS
4007.0 HF-USB
1401Z - NNN0WNQ NCS for the Navy/MC Region 8 Montana MARS 8M1B net: NNN0AHH
4008.5 HF-USB
0011Z - Navy/MC Region 6 Louisiana MARS 6L1B net: NNN0AYZ / NNN0ZRT
4011.0 HF-USB
0008Z - NNN0AHH NCS for the Navy/MC Region 6 Arkansas MARS 6A1B net: NNN0WKH / NNN0TWA
1403Z - Navy/MC Region 7 Iowa MARS 7D1C net: NNN0YGW
4013.5 HF-USB
0007Z - Navy/MC Region 4 Kentucky MARS 4K2B net: NNN0BTG / NNN0OGD
4017.9 HF-USB
1401Z - AAM8ACO NCS for the Army Region 8 MARS AAA8RD/U net: AAR8PD-T / AAR8PF / AAR8DR
4020.9 HF-USB
1303Z - AAR6HB NCS for the Army Region 6 MARS AAA6RD/A net
1408Z - Army Region 6 MARS AAA6RD/A net: AAM6TTX
4023.9 HF-USB
1302Z - AAT5FG NCS for the Army Region 5 Indiana MARS AAA5RD/IN net: AFA5KG
4026.9 HF-USB
1223Z - AAR4OH NCS for the Army Region 4 MARS AAA4RD/C net: AAT4WR / AAR4XA
4035.9 HF-USB
1412Z - AAM7IA NCS for the Army Region 7 MARS AAA7RD/D net: AAM7EMO
4038.5 HF-USB
0200Z - NNN0RBD NCS for the Navy/MC Region 4 Tennessee MARS 4H2B net
0300Z - NNN0NIG NCS for the Navy/MC Region 4 Alabama MARS 4A2B net: NNN0TJC
1300Z - NNN0TDK NCS for the Navy/MC Region 4 Alabama MARS 4A1B net: NNN0IIE
1415Z - NNN0RBD NCS for the Navy/MC Region 4 Tennessee MARS 4H2B net: NNN0HYB
2304Z - Navy/MC Region 4 North Carolina MARS 4F2B net: NNN0VWS
4045.0 HF-USB
1214Z - Caribbean Weather Center
4469.0 HF-USB
1231Z - Southeast Region Florida CAP net: Florida-CAP-104 / Florida-CAP-209 / Florida-CAP-120
4506.0 HF-USB
1400Z - Red-Cloud-335 NCS for the North Central Region Nebraska "Red-Cloud" CAP net
4517.0 HF-USB
1407Z - Air Force North Central Area MARS NCM3 net: AFA5HF
4603.0 HF-USB
[13:31:03][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FR7 ][AL0] BER 10 SN 05
[13:33:57][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC8FEM001 ][AL0] BER 20 SN 06
4604.0 HF-USB
1430Z - Red-Fox-17 NCS for the Great Lakes "Blue Lake" Region CAP net
2300Z - Kentucky-CAP-148 NCS for the Great Lakes Region Kentucky CAP net
2330Z - Columbus-04 NCS for the Great Lakes Region Ohio "Columbus" CAP net
4623.5 HF-USB
1500Z - NNN0EQH NCS for the Navy/MC Region 5 Illinois MARS 5I3B net: NNN0SCV
4627.0 HF-USB
1300Z - Wildwood-04 NCS for the Southwest Region Arkansas "Wild-Wood" CAP net
4721.0 HF-USB
[01:38:51][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][ADW ][AL0] BER 15 SN 06
4724.0 HF-USB
0121Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 28 character EAM LWG3HO to All Stations
0144Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 22 character EAM LWHQEY to All Stations
5004.5 HF-USB
1502Z - NNN0ENS NCS for the Navy/MC Region 6 MARS 6X2B net: NNN0VHI
6739.0 HF-USB
0112Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 28 character EAM LWTDCX to All Stations
0144Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 22 character EAM LWHQEY to All Stations
7302.0 HF-USB
1418Z - AFF6RM NCS for the Air Force Region 6 MARS 6M1 net: AFF6AA / AFA6BZ
7457.0 HF-USB
1418Z - AFF4MS NCS for the Air Force Region 4 MARS 4S2 net: AFF4AA / AFF4FD / AFA4AJ
7635.0 HF-USB
1502Z - Middle-East-34 NCS for the National CAP net: Head-CAP-58 / Louisiana-30 / Kitty-Hawk-114 / Georgia-CAP-41 / Aspen-Gold-04 / Columbus-910 / Iowa-CAP-04 / Columbus-114
10162.0 HF-USB
[20:25:03][CHN 01][SND][ ][TIS][100SWR ][AL0] BER 18 SN 06
[21:24:19][CHN 01][SND][ ][TIS][AVS ][AL0] BER 12 SN 05
[22:21:19][CHN 01][SND][ ][TIS][AVS ][AL0] BER 11 SN 05
10895.0 HF-USB
1900Z - Link-11 data transmission
15016.0 HF-USB
1629Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 21 character EAM AHT2UX to All Stations
15867.0 HF-USB
[17:18:11][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][004 ][AL0] BER 14 SN 06
[18:06:14][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][N08 ][AL0] BER 16 SN 06
[18:12:07][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][F40 ][AL0] BER 17 SN 05
[18:23:44][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][D05 ][AL0] BER 8 SN 05
Friday, January 28, 2011
Navy Publishes Notice of Intent to Prepare West Coast JSF Homebasing EIS
The first F-35C Lightning II carrier variant, the U.S. Navy's first stealth fighter, arrived at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md. on Saturday, Nov. 6 at 2:37 p.m. EST. The aircraft, piloted by David "Doc" Nelson, departed Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base at 11:31 a.m. EST and achieved successful air refuels at a maximum load of 19,800 pounds during the flight. At Patuxent River, the F-35C will conduct air-to-air refueling and performance testing. (U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Lockheed Martin/Released)NORFOLK (NNS) -- A notice of intent will be published in the Federal Register Jan. 28 announcing the Navy's intent to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) that will evaluate the potential environmental effects associated with basing the F-35C Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) aircraft on the West Coast of the United States.
Under this proposal, a total of seven active-duty F/A-18C Hornet squadrons and one fleet replacement squadron (FRS), a total of 100 aircraft, will progressively transition from the F/A-18C Hornet aircraft to the more advanced F-35C JSF beginning in 2015.
This transition will occur as a one-for-one replacement.
During the initial planning process to identify suitable home base locations for the F-35C, the Navy evaluated 134 Department of Defense installations against the operational and facilities requirements necessary to support the homebasing of the F-35C. The preliminary screening process identified two potentially suitable West Coast home basing locations: Naval Air Station (NAS) Lemoore, located in Kings County, Calif., and Naval Air Facility (NAF) El Centro, located in Imperial County, Calif.
In order to maximize efficiency of support facilities, simulation devices and on-site support personnel, the Navy intends to base all its West Coast F-35C aircraft at one location. Accordingly, initial alternatives to be considered in the U.S. Navy F-35C West Coast EIS are basing seven F-35C fleet squadrons and one F-35C FRS at either NAS Lemoore or NAF El Centro. Additionally, a no action alternative will be evaluated at each of the potential homebase locations to provide a baseline for comparison and analysis of the environmental consequences associated with the basing alternatives.
The Navy is initiating the scoping process to identify community concerns and local issues that will be addressed in the EIS. As part of the EIS public participation process, the Navy plans to hold scoping meetings in February 2011 to obtain public input on the scope of the EIS.
Scoping meetings will be held on the following days, at the following locations:
1. Feb. 15 at the Southwest High School, 2001 Ocotillo Drive, El Centro, Calif., 92243 (located in Imperial County, Calif.)
2. Feb. 17 at Lemoore Senior Center – Gene Stebbins Building, 789 S Lemoore Avenue (S 18th Avenue), Lemoore, Calif. (located in Kings County, Calif.)
Each meeting will occur from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. The meetings will be conducted using an open house format with informational displays and materials available for public review. The primary purpose of scoping is to provide the public an opportunity to submit comments on environmental concerns that should be addressed in the U.S. Navy F-35C West Coast homebasing EIS. Although many details regarding this basing effort can only be determined after thorough analysis, Navy staff will be present at these open houses to answer general questions on the homebasing action and the EIS process.
Comments may be submitted electronically at the project website, www.navyf35cwestcoasteis.com, or through the mail by sending them to:
U.S. Navy F-35C West Coast Homebasing EIS Project Manager; Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southwest, Attn: Code EV21.AK, 1220 Pacific Highway, Bldg. 1, San Diego, Calif., 92132.
Milcom Blog Logs - 26 Jan 2011 - USS Bush CSG
Here is the latest USS George H.W. Bush CSG comms from our monitoring team down in central Florida. Thanks guys for the update.
120.950 SEALORD North
136.975 OPFOR air-air
233.475
240.300 GOLF PAPA
240.425 DART 03, DART 11, DART 12, all working MUSTANG
265.125 PRIDE Tac
267.500 SEALORD South
271.275 PRIDE Tac? / VIPER 1-4
277.800 Fleet Common
281.950 FELIX Tac
283.025 SHIELD Tac / VIPER 1
284.775 Tac?
284.500 SEALORD North
284.975 Button 10 BEAR / SHIELD 41 / VIPER 1
289.025 Tac?
291.800 Tac?
292.550 BEAR calling KNIGHT/NIGHT 03
293.725 RED CROWN
312.175
328.450 MARSHAL
336.125 INVADER 52
342.325 STRIKE
345.900 “ready in 5 min”
354.900 Tac?
357.425 CCA (BEAR HCA)
363.625
369.175
371.275 Button 5 GOLF ZULU / FREDDY
374.000
Have Quick 225.150, 235.050, 239.950, 252.925, 257.250, 262.450, 267.850, 271.950, 279.750, 284.150, 303.275, 308.750
Red Flag 11-2 provides combat experience
An F-16 Fighting Falcon from the 64th Aggressor Squadron, Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., takes off from the flightline during the first day of Red Flag 11-2 Jan. 24, 2011, at Nellis AFB. Red Flag is a combined exercise that provides a realistic, combat-training environment to the U.S. and its allies. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Benjamin Wilson)
by Staff Sgt. Benjamin Wilson, Red Flag 11-2 Public Affairs
NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. (AFNS) -- The first pilots flew into a simulated combat environment designed to give them the skills needed to survive in war during Red Flag 11-2 here Jan. 24.
"The mission of every Red Flag is to expose our combat aircrew to realistic training," said Col. S. Clinton Hinote, the Red Flag 11-2 Air Expeditionary Wing commander. "The idea is that if you give them very realistic combat-like training early in their careers, then they will make the mistakes that most people are going to make in the training environment."
Making mistakes in a training environment helps the aircrew learn valuable lessons for real combat.
A study conducted during the Vietnam War showed that if a pilot survived his first 10 combat missions, his chances of survival through the conflict went up exponentially, Colonel Hinote said.
Helping the aircrew gain combat experience is a professional aggressor force stationed at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. Units assigned to the 57th Adversary Tactics Group act as the "bad guys" during Red Flag exercises, trying to stop the deployed forces from accomplishing their mission.
"Today, we are going to try to bomb some airfields and they are trying to stop us," Colonel Hinote said. "Some of our folks are going to get shot down and we're going to shoot down some of their folks, and we are going to come back and learn from the experience and get better at it."
Though the combat missions are the main reason for Red Flag exercises the event has more than one goal.
"Some of the main goals of Red Flag 11-2 are large force integration, strengthening coalition partnerships and bettering coalition interoperability," said Lt. Col. Dewey Smith, the Red Flag 11-2 team chief.
None of the goals of the exercise can be met, however, if units from across the continental U.S., Europe and the Southwest Asia cannot pull together as a team.
"The biggest challenge we will have is creating a coherent fighting team in the space of just a few days" Colonel Hinote said. "Otherwise the enemy aircraft and the enemy surface to air missiles are going to hand us our lunch."
Once the team is fighting together, they have full intentions to take advantage of the opportunity Red Flag provides.
"Red Flag is a gift that has been given to us," Colonel Hinote said. "It is important to be thankful for that because other folks don't get it and we have to take full advantage of this."
(Editor's note: Aircraft and members of the 52nd Fighter Wing at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, are deployed to Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., in support of Red Flag 11-2.)
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