SPRINGFIELD NOT GETTING SINGAPORE JOBS

Springfield ANGB was hoping to land a contract training pilots of the Singapore Air Force. Instead those jobs will be going to the 162nd Fighter Wing of the Arizona Air National Guard based at Tucson. The reason for this, is that it costs between $900,000 and $1.2 million less to train per pilot.

Springfield has been hosting the Royal Netherlands Air Force since 2007 and that contract expires this fall, it is currently being negotiated to extend the RNLAF training. When that 10 year Base Realignment And Closure mission as a training base ends, 150 full time jobs and the base itself are at risk of being lost. Everyone from local politicians to the U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff are committing themselves to keep the base open and operational. One of the cost factors involved with Singapore not coming to Springfield is that they would have to lease the jets to fly. The 178th FW is slated to lose all of it's F-16 aircraft in accordance to the BRAC directives.
In the meantime daily training sorties continue to provide local milair enthusiasts some interesting monitoring.

Recent Area Loggings

Here are some recent intercepts from area monitors:

From Randy True, W4RTT


240.350    Blue Ash Control
291.725    Cleveland Center
139.625    Stings 11 & 12, Yoder 22 & 32,
139.975    Gutter or Cutter 32, Delta 2120
141.825    No Call signs, but they definately sounded Scotch,
           One was dead on Sean Connery.
           SNAKES and ATOMICS in R-5503 at 9:25 to 9:45 local
           time. ATOMICS switched to 269.275.

138.275     These sounded like flights just passing through.
139.900




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Alex K. N8UCN


344.600    SENTRY 61 (Tinker, AFB, OK) W/ WPAFB Metro Requesting WX
           for Tinker AFB. Later, Sentry 61 gave Pirep. 1750z
240.350    178th SABER FLT checking in after takeoff. 1805z
288.700    AWACS aft call of DRAGNET VICTOR making comm checks on
           frequency.1820z
254.700    DRAGNET VICTOR comm with ATC, with intentions on making the
           Red Hill MOA, 1823z
287.450    Repeated electronic chirps heard form DRAGNET VICTOR.
           Obviously a Data link freq, 1325z
289.300    MACE CONTROL and DRAGNET VICTOR coordinating exercise for
           COLT Flt. 1330z
260.900    DRAGNET VICTOR Calling HUNTRESS w/ comm checks for
           exercises at 1340z
228.900    DRAGNET UNIFORM Tried to establish comms with Huntress with
           no joy. Multiple calls go on for 10 mins. Finally contact is
           made with 180th FW, STING FLT out of Toledo Express APT.
           DRAGNET UNIFORM gave a ground brief and Core checks.
360.775    DRAGNET VICTOR calling INDY ATC with intent of working
           COLT 41-44 in the Red Hills MOA.


238.800    MANIAC calling "Maniac Control" for en-route information and WX
           at 1900z.

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autobag@fuse.net


336.100    (AR-455) traffic tonight between 7:30 and 9:15 PM local.
           Callsign "5044" told he had four in trail, heading down to
           block. Flt. level 20, and had contact.

343.250    (AR-633) Unidentified traffic. Same period of time. Don't
           know if this was related to the other mission.

           Bengals Game (12/6) Flyby Catch. Heard this traffic starting at
           12:35 to 13:02 local. Couldn't make-out the two syllable
           prefix before the 41 call sign. Had visual over Southern
           Campbell County, KY. They looked like two F-18 Super Hornets.

254.250,    "xx xx41" "flt. level one zero proceeding to the southwest"
254.250,    "xx xx41" "request overhead flyover"
254.250,    "xx xx41" "roger clear for 18 left"


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John Denny


252.100   MASH 83 airborne out of Grissom ANG.  He asked if they could
          relay to his receivers that he was an hour early and if they
          could be there early that would be great. There were at least
          4 in the BUCKEYE at that time using BLADE & ATOMIC callsigns
          at 2300z.

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Thanks to all, keep them coming!

Dayton Air Show this weekend highlights one of its own

This coming weekend July 18-19 is the annual Vectren Dayton Airshow held at James M. Cox-Dayton International Airport. In addition to the headlining U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds, one of Wright-Patterson AFB 445th Airlift Wing's aircraft will be featured. A C-5 Galaxy from the 445th AW has been added to the schedule. Not only will it be doing a flyover. You will be able to get up close and personal to it as it will also be on ground display. Also recently added to the schedule is a vintage P-51 Mustang known as "Glamorous Gal". Complete show information can attained by clicking on the link in our headline.

  118.450   Dayton A/D
  118.850   Dayton A/D
  121.800   Ground
  126.500   Dayton Departure
  126.900   WPAFB Tower
  127.225   Dayton A/D
  127.650   Dayton A/D
  239.800   AF WX 
  255.400   FLIGHT SERVICE COMMON
  269.275   Dayton Approach
  281.450   WPAFB  Tower
  291.000   Dayton Departure
  294.500   Dayton A/D (000-090)
  295.400   Dayton A/D
  316.700   Dayton A/D  (181-359)
  324.500   Dayton A/D
  327.100   Dayton A/D
  327.125   Dayton A/D 
  335.800   Ground
  344.600   WPAFB METRO
  349.400   445th ALW CP "Buckeye Control"
  352.050   Dayton A/D
  370.875   Dayton A/D
  372.200   WPAFB  Pilot to Dispatch
  389.800   GCA APPROACH
 

  DAYTON TRS TALKGROUPS:

  47984     DOA POLICE
  47472     DOA LEADS
  46992     DOA MAINT
  47024     DOA FIRE
  48994     DOA SHUTTLES
  37264     OPS 56
  37328     OPS 57


  MONTGOMERY COUNTY TRS TALKGROUPS:

  2640      Butler Township Special Events
  7312      Vandalia Police TAC 1
  12688     I-OP 2


  U.S. AIR FORCE THUNDERBIRDS
  (for a complete list of frequencies check out the 
  2009 MT Airshow Guide )

  139.800   Victor 1
  140.400   T-BIRD OPS Air to Air
  140.700   Reported in Canada and Northern U.S.
  141.075   Reported at Prairie Air Show 7-10-09
  141.825   Alt Diamond Victor 2
  143.250   Pre-engine start
  143.700   Diamond/Delta Formations Victor 1 (paired w/150.150)
  148.125   Victor 1
  148.850   Alt Diamond Victor 2 paired w/139.800
  150.150   Alt Diamond Victor 2 paired w/143.700
  225.175   Uniform 1
  235.200   Thunderbird Control
  235.250   Pre-Engine/Solo Aircraft on/off show center
  322.950   Engine Starts/Solo Aircraft Air to Air Uniform 2

  Maintenance/Ground Crew (NBFM)

  216.725   PA Announcer/Show Feed
  216.975   Team Air Show Frequency Feeds (Air to Air simulcast)
  413.275   Ground Maintenance (431 DCS)
  413.325   Ground Maintenance (503 DCS)


  BRAZILIAN SMOKE SQUADRON:

  133.450


  Also don't forget to monitor the Intrasquad Radio (ISR).
  They have been reported in use at past Dayton Air Shows
  by U.S. Air Force Cadets:

  ISR FREQUENCIES:

  01  396.8750    08   397.9500
  02  397.1250    09   398.0500
  03  397.2750    10   399.4250
  04  397.3750    11   399.4750
  05  397.4250    12   399.7250
  06  397.4750    13   399.9250
  07  397.5500    14   399.9750


If you attend the airshow please use the comment section below 
to update frequencies and any other information you may have 
for all to use. Also please let us know if you may be using 
Twitter to provide updates.


Live non-aeronautical scanner audio feed of the area 
can be found HERE.

NASA Research Plane to fly the skies of Ohio

This summer Wright Patterson Air Force Base will play host to a ER-2 NASA Research Plane and it crews. The ER-2 is a converted Lockheed U-2 Spyplane being used by NASA for support of global warming research. The ER-2 can attain altitudes of over 70,000 and carry up to 2,600 pounds of cargo. This allows the sensor package installed on the aircraft to operate like satellite base sensors, collecting data on Earth resources, celestial observations, atmospheric chemistry and dynamics and oceanic processes. The aircraft and its crews are expected to arrive at WPAFB around June 24 and operate for about one month. The ER-2 is based out of NASA's Dryden Research Center located at Edwards Air Force Base in California. This should give Ohio Milcomers a unique listening opportunity this summer.


Photo courtesy of NASA

178th FW Will Conduct A Memorial Day Fly Over

This year the City of Blue Ash will host a couple of special guests for their Memorial Day Parade and Concert. The 388th Army Band will be the featured military band for the 57th annual Blue Ash Memorial Day parade. The band will be performing a free concert at 6:00 PM on Sunday the 24th in the Blue Ash Towne Square in addition to the parade on Monday. The parade starts at 10:15 AM near Reed Hartman Highway and Cooper Road then travel east on Cooper to Kenwood, south on Kenwood to Hunt and east on Hunt to the Veterans Memorial the parade should end around 11:30 AM.

The other special guest for the parade will be a flyover of the 178th Fighter Wing/306th Squadron of the RNLAF from Springfield-Beckley ANGB during the parade.

Monitor, KSGH and Cincinnati ATC frequencies for the fly over:


120.700         KSGH Tower VHF
291.775         KSGH Tower UHF
118.850         Dayton Approach/Departure
327.125         Dayton Approach/Departure
269.000         Indy Center London RCAG
281.400         Indy Center Merwyn RCAG
123.925         Indy Center Merwyn RCAG
121.000         Cincinnati Approach/Departure
123.000         Blue Ash CTAF
124.900         Cincinnati Clearance Delivery
240.350         123rd ACS OH Air National Guard Blue Ash




Try a search of the 225-380 MHz, for other possible frequencies, and
remember to comment here on anything you find.