Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Great exercise at Avon Park Range 14Feb2011

Good exercise at Avon Park today.


During daylight hours, B-52s ("Skull") worked along with F-16s ("Sting").
In the evening F/A-18s ("Gypsy") took over.
Not sure why, but audio quality was superior for recording.

FREQS (mostly MacDill TDY freqs:
225.175 Shadow Ops: Acft looking for JTAC Hustler 45; Skull 13.
229.175 MacDill TDY freq
230.150 Gypsy 37; "Cobra 02 is Winchester"; Cobra 02 w JTAC Smasher;
              JTAC Destroyer 10
238.350 Gypsy 37 w JTAC Smasher
245.250 Sting 23
264.625 Avon Park North Tac Range: JTAC Hustler 05
276.600 Avon Park Range, Sebring Area
285.500 Miami Ctr: Skull 13 RTB
292.200 Avon Park Range Control
317.600 Jax Ctr: Skull 13 RTB.
349.000 Miami Ctr

CALLSIGNS:
Bulldog 31: Acft
Coastal 15: UAV
Cobra 02: Acft
Destroyer 01, 10: JTACs
Gypsy 36, 37: F/A-18, Oceana VFA-32, dispensing GBU-38s,
                      GBU-12s; using combat lasers, ROVER-capable.
Hustler 05, 12, 45, 46: Ground units
Hydra 12: Acft
Shadow: Ground controller
Skull 13: B-52H, Barksdale AFB; also used callsign Skull 11 and Skull 12.
Smasher 54, 55: JTACs
Sting 21, 22, 23: F-16s

FORMATTED REPORT:
Line 1: 51674; 52137
Line 2: Red 4; Smasher 55
Line 3: 1 Alpha
Line 4: 1 Alpha
Line 5: 1 Lima
Line 6: November
Line 7: Alpha (later changed to Bravo)
Line 8: 1 Alpha
Line 9: None

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