PANAMAX 2013 Kicks off in Miami
MIAMI (NNS) -- Approximately 160 military personnel, including Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet, Rear Adm. Sinclair Harris, and personnel from 19 nations arrived at U.S....
View ArticleUSS New Mexico Completes Inaugural Deployment
By Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class (SW/EXW) Jason J. Perry, Submarine Group 2 Public AffairsGROTON, Conn. (NNS) -- Virginia-class attack submarine USS New Mexico (SSN 779) returned to Naval...
View ArticleDenver Executes Certification Exercise with 31st MEU
By Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Christopher LindahlUSS DENVER, Coral Sea (NNS) -- While families prepare for back-to-school season and football fans prepare for their fantasy drafts,...
View ArticleCitadel Rumble 2013 Exercise to Test Navy Installations Response to Natural...
Naval Base San Diego police prevent protestors from breaking through an entry control point during a staged riot exercise, which included a simulated 6.9 magnitude earthquake. The exercise is part of...
View ArticleTeam Mildenhall prepares for inspection
by Gina Randall, 100th Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs RAF MILDENHALL, England -- An inspection is an opportunity to validate compliance and mission readiness. It's a time to prove an...
View ArticleMode-S/ADS Milcom Intercepts 14 August 2013 - Btown NC
Here is another round of Mode-S/ADS-B intercepts and selected ATC call signs logged from here on the radio ranch in WNC. All dates/times are UTC. Light day due to a computer reset.AE015B 58-0104...
View ArticleKentucky Air Guard unit verified for domestic disaster-response mission
Members of the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group offload a Humvee from a Mississippi Air National Guard C-17 at MidAmerica St. Louis Airport in Mascoutah, Ill., on Aug. 6,...
View ArticleStrike Fighter Squadron 101 Granted Interim 'Safe for Flight' Completes First...
An F-35C Lightning II aircraft piloted by Lt. Cmdr. Chris Tabert, assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 101, flies the squadron's first local sortie. The F-35C is the carrier variant of the Joint...
View ArticleMode-S/ADS Milcom Intercepts 15 August 2013 - Btown NC
Here is another round of Mode-S/ADS-B intercepts and selected ATC call signs logged from here on the radio ranch in WNC. All dates/times are UTC.AE10BC 01-0193 GRITS19 2013-08-15 23:50:56 C-17A...
View ArticleEglin AFB F-35 fleet exceeds 2K sorties, training presses on
Navy Lt. Cmdr. Christopher Tabert returns from the first local flight of the carrier variant of the F-35C Lightning II, Joint Strike Fighter, Aug. 14, 2013, at Eglin Air Force Base's 33rd Fighter Wing....
View ArticleAir Force Space Command to discontinue space surveillance system
Blog Editor Note: The Space Fence that has been in operation since 1961 and transmitting around 440 MHz is the latest casualty of the DoD Sequestration cuts.Related article at...
View ArticleArea 51 -- It Really Does Exist -- Officially According to the CIA!
National Security ArchiveThe CIA has finally acknowledged the existence of Area 51 in newly declassified documents detailing the area in the Nevada desert.These newly declassified documents, obtained...
View ArticleTurmoil in Egypt - Civilian/Military Aero Frequencies
As indicated in two articles on the Shortwave Central Blog - Egypt in Turmoil and Egypt in Turmoil - Monitoring Egyptian Radio via the Internet , Egypt is in nearly complete collapse. Below I have...
View ArticleMode-S/ADS Milcom Intercepts 16 August 2013 - Btown NC
Here is another round of Mode-S/ADS-B intercepts and selected ATC call signs logged from here on the radio ranch in WNC. All dates/times are UTC.AE1240 04-4135 RCH442 2013-08-16 23:25:37 C-17A United...
View ArticleMode-S/ADS Milcom Intercepts 17 August 2013 - Btown NC
Here is another round of Mode-S/ADS-B intercepts and selected ATC call signs logged from here on the radio ranch in WNC. All dates/times are UTC. Light day around here with low ceilings and...
View ArticleMode-S/ADS Milcom Intercepts 18 August 2013 - Btown NC
Here is another round of Mode-S/ADS-B intercepts and selected ATC call signs logged from here on the radio ranch in WNC. All dates/times are UTC. Another light day due to the weekend, low clouds, rain...
View ArticleThe Reach 802 Callsign Mystery
Over the last few months I have noticed and interesting set of call signs being used by US Air Force C-17 aircraft attached to the 437AW based at Charleston AFB, SC. Some of these aircraft are...
View ArticleAnother Mystery -- The AF14EC Mode-S Address
Since I'm on a mystery roll today I have one more for my readers to mull over. Mode-S box owners from Dallas Texas east to the Atlantic have been seeing a Mode-S address that they have not been able to...
View ArticleThe Evolution of RED FLAG-Alaska 13-3
Republic of Korea Air Force F-15K Slam Eagle and Japan Air Self Defense Force F-15 Eagle aircraft park prior to take off during RED FLAG-Alaska 13-3 Aug. 12, 2013, Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. RF-A...
View ArticleRED FLAG: Refueling the Raptor
Two U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptors from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, fly behind a KC-135 Stratotanker from Kadena Air Base, Japan, over the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex during RED...
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