2011 Vectren Dayton Air Show Frequencies

Ohio Milcom frequency spotters report the following frequencies in use at this year's Dayton Air Show now getting underway at Cox-Dayton International Airport (KDAY).

Fixed:

123.150                 Show Discrete
123.225                 Daffy Control (Ramp)
124.900                 Air Boss
282.325                 Air Boss
379.700                 Daffy Control
                    (ground side kept mistakenly transmitting FM)
451.500/456.500 743 DCS Air Show Ops

Tactical:

122.475               A-10 East Hog Demo
122.775               OSP Plane
123.325               MetLife blimp
123.450               Red Bull
123.475               Team Oracle
133.000               Sean D. Tucker
139.625               180th FW Aux 06
141.075               Thunderbirds V01
141.575 127.3 PL      CAP CC 1
234.500               Army Aviation Heritage Foundation
235.250               Thunderbirds U01
275.500               VFA-37
322.950               Thunderbirds U02
341.750               9th BW
397.475               ISR 6
413.275 431 DCS       Thunderbirds ground support


WPAFB TRS:

976      Fuels
1552     Military FSS/RSU

2010 Vectren Dayton Air Show Frequencies

Ohio Milcom Blog Reporters Darryl Furguson, Tony Stewart and Rod Villari are checking in with frequencies monitored for this year's Dayton Airshow.

AERONAUTICAL OPERATIONS:

123.150                 Air Show Discrete
123.475                 Sean Tucker
124.900                 Air Boss
139.8125 NFM  67.0 PL   Blue Angels Maintenance
142.6125 NFM  67.0 PL   Blue Angels Tower Spotter
237.800                 Blue Angels Solos
275.350                 Blue Angels Diamond
284.250                 Blue Angels Show Box
305.900                 Fat Albert
346.500                 Blue Angels Check List
384.550                 Unknown Use


SUPPORT FREQUENCIES:

451.500        Airshow operations?  (repeater)
451.800        Shuttle Buses
456.800        Gate Ops
460.4625       Parking (narrow band ?, low modulation)
469.500        Vendors
469.550        Vendors

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.

Dayton Air Show 2008

The 2008 Vectren Dayton Air Show is underway. Rod Villari reports in with active frequencies and what he heard on Saturday:

124.900  -  Air Boss    This was an interesting choice since it is used
                                        here in Cincinnati. Some of the early  performers
                                        complained that they were picking up CVG when
                                        they were in the air. They never changed frequencies
                                        and I did not hear any more complaints later in the
                                        show. All of the aircraft communicated to Air Show
                                        Control on this  frequency.

                                        Discrete frequencies are listed below:

123.150   -   Aeroshell Aerobatic Team

128.475   -   Collaborators, Sean Tucker

280.800   -   Apache Demo Team

384.55    -   F-16 Demo, Heritage Flight

123.525  -    Starfighters

376.025  -   Heard the F-22 Raptor on this  frequency for a very few minutes.
                     He then indicated that he was switching to a  UHF discrete
                     frequency and never heard any more. I thought he indicated
                     378.475,  but did not hear any traffic on that frequency.


The F-18 did not appear to have any ground support frequency.

The Misty Blues did not appear to have any ground support either.
Their sole contact was on the Air Boss frequency.

Rod Villari
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Thanks for that report Rod, if anyone catches any other frequencies, please post a comment.

Local public safety at the show appear to being using the Montgomery County TRS talkgroup 12656 I-OP 1. I have heard a lot of heat related issues reported on that tg. Also 12688 I-OP 2 is active with some event related traffic, but not as busy.

 

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!