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Swedish 'Cold War' thriller exposes Baltic Sea nerves over Russia
Swedish corvette HMS Stockholm patrols Jungfrufjarden in the Stockholm archipelago October 20, 2014. REUTERS/Anders Wiklund/TT News Agency By Alistair Scrutton and Simon Johnson, Yahoo News website...
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US Air Force Reaper Drone Crashes at Niamey Airport
US Air Force (USAF) MQ-9 Reaper drone (AFP Photo / USAF)According to the Reuters new agency an unarmed USAF MQ-9 Reaper drone crashed on landing at the main airport in the capital of Niger on Monday...
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Btown Milcom Blog Logs
Have been doing some HF monitoring this morning. Ran across a couple of interesting freqs.7348.0 kHz USB/ALE FEMA running weekly comm checks on the FNARS net. FM4FEM - ALE Address (Voice call WGY 914)...
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USS Milius Departs on Deployment
San Diego (NNS) -- The guided missile destroyer USS Milius (DDG 69) departed Naval Base San Diego Oct. 20 on an independent deployment to the Western Pacific and Indian Oceans. The ship and crew of...
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'Hurricane Hunters' busy with missions on both coasts
Lt. Col. Jon Talbot points to the eye of Hurricane Julio during a hurricane flight off the coast of Hawaii Aug. 9, 2014.Talbot is a 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron aerial reconnaissance weather...
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Nimitz to Participate Alongside Canadian, Japanese, other US Ships in TG...
An F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to the Tophatters of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 14 launches off the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Nimitz is underway conducting routine...
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VA Plans to Build Nationwide High-Frequency Radio Network to Communicate...
From the NextGov.com website and Jack MetcalfeThe Department of Veterans Affairs plans to build a nationwide high-frequency radio network to connect its medical facilities in case of an emergency that...
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Hercules by the Numbers
You may know that the C-130 Hercules is operated by 70 countries. You might even be able to name several of C-130’s 70+ variants. But, here are some facts and figures that you may not know about the...
View ArticleNorad has increased North America alert posture
From the NORAD/US Northcom twitter feed:NORAD taking appropriate and prudent steps to ensure adequate posture to respond quickly to any incidents involving aviation in Canada.For MilcomMP readers here...
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U.S., Allies scramble jets almost daily to repel Russian incursions
Russian military provocations have increased so much over the seven months since Moscow annexed Crimea from Ukraine that Washington and its allies are scrambling defense assets on a nearly daily basis...
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Sky Soldiers parachute into Romania for rapid deployment exercise
U.S. Army paratroopers from 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry Regiment, 173rd Airborne board a U.S. Air Force C130J Oct. 21, 2014 at Nuernburg Airport as part of a brigade Emergency Deployment Readiness...
View ArticleMode-S/ADS Milcom Intercepts 21 October 2014 - 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.AE1D7A 162778 --- 2014-10-21 21:55:42 P-3C-III United...
View ArticleMode-S/ADS Milcom Intercepts 22 October 2014 - 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.08000 ------ --- 2014-10-22 23:37:12 F-15 United...
View ArticleMode-S/ADS Milcom Intercepts 23 October 2014 - 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.AE4EC1 168756 00000000 2014-10-23 22:45:52 P-8A United...
View ArticleMode-S/ADS Milcom Intercepts 24 October 2014 - 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.AE2EEE 166113 --- 2014-10-24 22:20:01 T-6B United...
View ArticleMode-S/ADS Milcom Intercepts 25 October 2014 - 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.AE13C9 04-3755 --- 2014-10-25 23:45:42 T-6A United...
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Vigilant Shield 15 Underway
B-52 makes low-approach over Goose Bay in Canada. The aircraft was participating in Vigilant Shield 15, which is NORAD and USNORTHCOM's Annual Homeland Defense Exercise.
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Mode-S/ADS Milcom Intercepts 26 October 2014 - 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.AE1ED6 166081 --- 2014-10-26 23:40:22 T-6B United...
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NATO Tracks Large-Scale Russian Air Activity in Europe
Norwegian Air Force F-16 Intercepting a Russian Bear AircraftBlog Editor Note: We have been following this military situation on our @MilcomMP twitter feed via various Bear HF Net frequencies. Will...
View ArticleMode-S/ADS Milcom Intercepts 27 October 2014 - 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.AE08B7 165962 --- 2014-10-27 22:54:49 T-6A United...
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