MI Air National Guard 127th AW Changes Mission

On Saturday April 12th, the 127th Airlift Wing of the Michigan Air National Guard based at Selfridge Air Force Base northeast of Detroit changed it's mission from flying C-130s to flying jet powered KC-135s. They are now designated as the 127th Air Refueling Wing. This change was established in the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Act. The base has had eight KC-135s for a number of years now that once belonged to the 927th ARW of the Air Force Reserves. Those members of the 927th have since been reassigned to the 6th Air Mobility Wing at MacDill Air Force Base in Florida.

New Unit Begins Operations At WPAFB

As part of the newly organized Global Logistics Support Center that regulate the supply of repair parts and aircraft engines to various air force bases worldwide, a new unit has begun service at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. On Monday March 31st, the 591st Supply Chain Management Group started operations. Its primary mission is supply chain strategy and integration of the Global Logistics Support Center headquartered at Scott Air Base in Illinois. This could mean several new talkgroups activating on the WPAFB Trunked Radio System.

445th AW Receives New Commander

At a change of command ceremony on Sunday (4/6) Colonel Stephen Goeman took command of the 445th Airlift Wing at Wright Patterson Air Force Base. Colonel Goeman comes from serving as vice-commander of the 459th Air Refueling Wing based at Edwards Air Force Base, where he served as the senior air reserve technician. At Edwards he was responsible for 1300 personnel in 20 wings operating eight KC-135R Stratotankers. He replaces Brigadier General Bruce E. Davis who is retiring.

Popular Communcations - My New Gig!

My first Popular Communications article has been published.
You can find it on page 57 of the April 2008 issue. I focused the
article on scanning Andrews Air Force Base. Check it out if you get a chance.

http://www.popular-communications.com/

The Silent Treatment

I apologize for the dormant period we have had on the Blog here.
I've spent several months preparing to move. That has been done,
but real life took over for a period and I have not been able to get
any new information of any importance to post on here. Keep in mind if you have anything to pass along concerning military activity in the Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana area please send it along to ohioscan (at) gmail (dot) com.

I have not gotten the new shack up and running at my new QTH yet. I have however, purchased a new PSR-500 GRE handheld. So far I am very happy with it. I really haven't put it through its paces on the Milair side, but hope to soon.

MILITARY CALLSIGN LIST EXPANDED!

I have just done a BIG update to the Military Callsign List.
Where known I have added confirmed Air to Air/CP frequencies.
If you can provide any updates to the list please feel free to contact me at: ohioscan@gmail.com and we will add them with the next update.

Enjoy,
Mark

THE THUNDERBIRDS ARE IN TOWN!

This coming weekend is the 2007 Vectren Dayton Air Show at James M. Cox Dayton International Airport. The main attraction this year is the U.S.A.F. Thunderbirds. Here is a list of frequencies to keep a scanner on for activity. Some of these were last confirmed at the 2005 show:


AERONAUTICAL:

123.150 Common Discrete Channel
126.150 Airshow Control
130.500 Brazilian Air Force
130.650 Brazilian Air Force
132.250 Brazilian Air Force
140.400 Thunderbirds "T-BIRD OPS"
141.850 Thunderbirds "VICTOR 2", Air to Air
142.575 Thunderbirds Air to Ground (NBFM)
143.850 Thunderbirds "VICTOR 1" , Air to Air/PA System
235.200 Thunderbirds Control/Communications Cart
235.250 Thunderbirds "UNIFORM 1" / Solos/
322.950 Thunderbirds "UNIFORM 2"
316.700 * DAY Approach/Departure /Fly-Bys/
384.550 Air Show Control UHF


GROUND SUPPORT (NBFM):



148.1250 Civil Air Patrol
216.7275 Thunderbirds Audio Program
216.9750 Thunderbirds Pilot Audio
397.3750 ISR 04 (used by USAF Cadets for support)
413.2750 DCS 431 Thunderbirds Maintenance
413.3250 DCS 503 Thunderbirds Maintenance
467.8500 Food Operations
469.5000 DCS 732 Ground Support
469.5500 DCS 072 Food Operations
901.5000 Thunderbirds Cart Headsets
905.3500 Thunderbirds Cart Headsets


* = Correction

Search the 413 - 414 MHz band for more Thunderbirds ground activity some of which will be analog and some P-25 digital.

Please post any active frequencies you can confirm in our comments section!