Navy Deploys P-8A Poseidons to Okinawa
Erik Slavin at Stars and Stripes is reporting that the U.S. Navy has deployed two of their new P-8A Poseidon reconnaissance aircraft to Kadena Air Base in Okinawa. The P-8’s long-planned arrival in...
View ArticleP-8A Aircraft Program Achieves Initial Operational Capability
Patrol Squadron (VP) 16 Commanding Officer Cmdr. Bill Pennington Jr. takes off on a P-8A Poseidon No. 429 aircraft from Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Nov. 29. The take-off represents the squadron's...
View Article1st of 3 Norfolk-Based Navy Ships Heading to Florida
The first of three Virginia-based Navy ships is heading to a new homeport in Florida this week.The amphibious transport dock USS New York will leave Norfolk Naval Station on Wednesday and move to...
View ArticleMonitoing Military Aircraft Using HFDL Digital Comms
In this digital age we have a lot of ways to monitor military aircraft. Within VHF/UHF you can monitor not only voice comms, but Mode-S and VHF ACARS digital transmissions. If you monitor HF...
View ArticleUS Civil Air Patrol to Exercise this Weekend
The USAF Civil Air Patrol will be conducting a nationwide exercise this weekend on their communication frequencies.I found this item on the Colorado CAP Facebook page:"The national HF communications...
View ArticleAV Week reveal new large flying wing the RQ180
By Amy Butler and Bill Sweetman, sUAS NewsA large, classified unmanned aircraft developed by Northrop Grumman is now flying—and it demonstrates a major advance in combining stealth and aerodynamic...
View ArticleUS Air Force Thunderbirds Release 2014 Schedule
The Thunderbirds have the privilege and responsibility to perform for people all around the world, displaying the pride, precision and professionalism of American Airmen. In every hour-long...
View ArticleUpdate: Blue Angels Announce Full 2014-2015 Air Show Season - 9 December 2013
Editor Note: Since Monitoring Times ceased publication this month, Teak Publishing will take over publication of Larry Van Horn's Annual Air Show frequency guide and it will be available soon as a...
View ArticleCanForce Snowbirds 2014 Airshow Schedules
Editor Note: Since Monitoring Times ceased publication this month, Teak Publishing will take over publication of Larry Van Horn's Annual Air Show frequency guide and it will be available soon as a...
View ArticleNOAA Weather Radio New York City Remains Out of Service
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY1110 AM EDT FRI SEP 06 2013...NOAA WEATHER RADIO NEW YORK CITY REMAINS OUT OF SERVICE...THE NOAA WEATHER RADIO TRANSMITTER THAT SERVES THE NEW YORK CITY METROPOLITAN...
View ArticleMode-S/ADS Milcom Intercepts 2 December 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.AE10B6 01-0187 BOE87 2013-12-02 23:10:00 C-17A United...
View ArticleMode-S/ADS Milcom Intercepts 3 December 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.AE067A 00-1934 BATON91 2013-12-03 20:52:44 EC-130J...
View ArticleMode-S/ADS Milcom Intercepts 4 December 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.AE29FE 166695 CNV4822 2013-12-04 23:53:01 C-40A United...
View ArticleMode-S/ADS Milcom Intercepts 5 December 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.A852BF 10-0257 --- 2013-12-05 23:53:15 C-12V United...
View ArticleMode-S/ADS Milcom Intercepts 6-9 December 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.ADFCF6 95-0042 --- 2013-12-09 23:57:14 T-1A United...
View ArticleChina holds war games near Korean border
Bill Gertz is reporting on the The Washington Free Beacon that China’s military is holding large-scale military maneuvers near the North Korean border amid new signs of political instability in...
View ArticleMode-S/ADS Milcom Intercepts 10 December 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.ADFD03 95-0055 --- 2013-12-10 23:41:42 T-1A United...
View ArticleMode-S/ADS Milcom Intercepts 11 December 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.ADFCEF 94-0144 --- 2013-12-11 23:49:51 T-1A United...
View ArticleTeak Publishing Adds Another New e-Publication to Their Growing Catalog
The International Shortwave Broadcast Guide is now available for purchase worldwide from Amazon.com at http://www.amazon.com/International-Shortwave-Broadcast-Winter-2013-2014-ebook/dp/B00H8X7LHM/....
View ArticleUS Navy Capital Ship Deployments Worldwide
This map shows the approximate locations of U.S. Carrier Strike Groups and Amphibious Ready Groups as of 12 December 2013. Courtesy of Stratfor.com
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