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Subject: U.S. Army Aircraft Radio Channel Names
Category: Miscellaneous
Asked by: magnus2015-ga
List Price: $4.00

Posted: 05 Jul 2004 13:29 PDT
Expires: 04 Aug 2004 13:29 PDT
Question ID: 369983

Hi there,

     Writing a book and need just a little background data. What are
some of the official U.S. Radio Service names? I refer specifically to
the radio network that is used by the military's airplanes. It's a
frequency or channel only the military is allowed to access; if a
civilian aircraft dials it they are in big trouble unless the
circumstances require it. I don't need specific frequencies; I'm
looking for the name(s) of the various armed services communications
channel(s)/service(s) used by the aircraft themselves. In fact, if
there are any regionally appropriate for Colorado I'd want to know
them, too.

Thanks!

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Subject: Re: U.S. Army Aircraft Radio Channel Names
Answered By: thx1138-ga on 05 Jul 2004 14:08 PDT
Rated: 5 out of 5 stars

Hello magnus2015 and thank you for your question. Please find below a massive list of military radio callsigns. Special note, "CRYSTAL PLACE" is the callsign for NORAD, in Colorado Springs, "RINGMASTER" is the NORAD HQ also in Colorado Springs, and ARTER is the callsign of the 302ND AW, PETERSON AFB, Colorado. (There may be others in the list!) Here is a brief sample of just the A's: " Type Air- CALLSIGN Craft Unit / Description -------------- -- ----- ---------------------------------------------------- AARDVARK F-111 generic F-111 callsign ABIDE DY C-130H 7th Wing, Dyess AFB, TX ABLE A-10 81st FS ABLOW OF RC-135 55th Wing, Offutt AFB, NE ABNER (heavy) ? ABNORMAL 10 Vandenberg AFB, CA Western Test Range ABNORMAL 30 Western Test Range, Kwajalein Test Site ABUSE ? ABYSS CR C-130E 302nd AW, Peterson AFB, CO ACC # WM B-2 509th BW, Whiteman AFB, MO ACES F-16 177th FG, NJ ANG at Atlantic City ACKER FT C-130E 23rd Wing, Pope AFB, NC ACME ED F-16 412th TW, Edwards AFB, CA (ACLM tests) ACROBAT Andrews AFB, MD ACTON C-130 352nd SOG, RAF Mildenhall, UK ACTON OF RC-135 55th Wing, Offutt AFB, NE ADIN LK C-130 314th AW, Little Rock AFB, AR ADIOS OF E-4B 55th Wing, Offutt AFB, NE Airborne CP ADVERSARY ? AFTON C-130 AGAR ED C-141 412th TW, Edwards AFB, CA AGILE KC-135 927th ARW, Selfridge ANGB, MI AGIO KC-135 97th AMW, Altus AFB, OK AGOG EC-130 193rd SOG, PA ANG at Harrisburgh AGONY KC-135 434th ARW, Grissom AFB, IN AGONY DY C-130H 7th Wing, Dyess AFB, TX AIR FORCE 1 USAF acft carrying US Pres (usually 747) AIR FORCE 2 USAF acft carrying US Vice President AIREVAC aircraft on a medical airlift mission AIRGUN HL F-16 388th FW, Hill AFB, UT AKRON ? AKSARBEN 55th Wing, Offutt AFB (Nebraska backwards) ALFALFA E-2C US Navy ALGA KC-135 927th ARW, Selfridge ANGB, MI ALGER CI C-130 146th AW, CA ANG at Channel Islands ANGS ALLOY CR C-130E 302nd AW, Peterson AFB, CO ALMA ? ALOE ? ALPHA MONITOR STRATCOM controlling comm station ALTA HI F-16 419th FW, Hill AFB, UT (air/air) ALTEC ? ALVA GF KC-135 319th Wing, Grand Forks AFB, ND ALVA OF E-4B 55th Wing, Offutt AFB, NE Airborne CP AME var Spanish Air Force (spoken phonetically) AMIMATION ? AMINO LK C-130 314th AW, Little Rock AFB, AR AMINO OF RC-135 55th Wing, Offutt AFB, NE AMMON EC-130 193rd SOG, PA ANG at Harrisburgh AMOS ? AMWAY C-5A 60th AMW, Travis AFB, CA ANCHOR ? ANCON ? ANDROMEDA ? ANDY codename for Andrews AFB, MD ANGEL DY C-130H 7th Wing, Dyess AFB, TX ANGEL UC VH-3A HC-2, NAS Norfolk, VA (also CH-53,SH-3G) ANGEL UH-1 SAR helicopter not on mission ANGOL KC-135 121st ARW, OH ANG at Rickenbacker ANGB ANGRY OWL Hill AFB, UT range control ANGRY WARRIOR Hill AFB, UT Eagle Range Control ANIMAL F-16 115th FW, Madison, WI ANIMATION ? ANITA OF E-4B 55th Wing, Offutt AFB, NE Airborne CP ANKER KC-135 163rd ARG, CA ANG at March AFB ANKLE C-130 352nd SOG, RAF Mildenhall, UK ANNIE CC F-111 27th FW, Cannon AFB, NM ANODE EC-130 193rd SOG, PA ANG at Harrisburgh ANTAR GF KC-135 319th Wing, Grand Forks AFB, ND ANTLER YX CH-46E HMM-166, "Sea Elks" MCAS Tustin, CA ANVIL CO F-16 140th FW, CO ANG at Buckley ANGB (air/grnd) ANVIL OK E-3B 552nd ACW, Tinker AFB, OK APACHE AH-64 US Army APRIL KC-135 APRIL CI C-130 146th AW, CA ANG at Channel Islands ANGS ARBY LK C-130 314th AW, Little Rock AFB, AR ARCHER ? ARCO KC-135 ARCTIC HL F-16 388th FW, Hill AFB, UT ARIGO SJ KC-10 4th Wing, Seymour-Johnson AFB, NC ARISE STRATCOM ARMY 1 Army helicopter with US President on board ARMY 2 Army helicopter with US Vice Pres on board ARNOLD CONTROL March AFB, CA CP ARRAY (heavy) ? ARRID F-15A 102nd FW, Otis ANGB, MA ARTER CR C-130E 302nd AW, Peterson AFB, CO ARTER DY C-130H 7th Wing, Dyess AFB, TX ARTLY KC-135 121st ARW, OH ANG at Rickenbacker ANGB ASCOT var Royal Air Force, UK (all UK transports) ASHER MS C-130E 934th AG, Minn-St Paul, MN ASHLEY ? ASPEN T-37 ASPEN BB U-2R 9th RW, Beale AFB, CA ASTRA KC-135 ATAP KC-135 ATLAS FS F-16 188th FG, AR ANG at Ft Smith ATLAS SP F-16 52nd FW, Spangdahlem AFB, Germany USAFE ATOKA C-130 352nd SOG, RAF Mildenhall, UK ATTIC C-130 AUGGIE HO T-38 49th FW, Holloman AFB, NM AUGUR SP F-16 52nd FW, Spangdahlem AFB, Germany USAFE AUSTIN LK C-130 314th AW, Little Rock AFB, AR AUSTIN LN F-15 48th FW, RAF Lakenheath, UK AVALON C-9A 375th AW, Scott AFB, IL AWOKE OF RC-135 55th Wing, Offutt AFB, NE AXE C-12 AXION C-12 AXIS FT C-130E 23rd Wing, Pope AFB, NC AXIS CC F-111 27th FW, Cannon AFB, NM AXLE T-37" For the full list see: http://www.panix.com/~clay/scanning/Frequencies/Military/mil-callsigns.txt Thank you for your question, and if you need any clarification of my answer, do not hesitate to ask before rating my answer. Very best regards THX1138 Search strategy included: callsigns usaf colorado ://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&as_qdr=all&q=callsigns+usaf+colorado
Clarification of Answer by thx1138-ga on 05 Jul 2004 14:19 PDT Hello again magnus2015 Also see: "The Global HF System (GHFS) was stated by the US Air Force in June of 1992. This system was created by consolidating several other USAF HF networks, including the Strategic Air Command "Giant Talk" system. The goal of the system was to develope a worldwide HF network for providing Command & Control HF communictions to all authorized DOD aircraft and ground stations. When you hear an aircraft or any stations calling "MAINSAIL" on any of the GHFS frequencies this is a "general" call for any ground station to answer and provided the calling stations with what ever he needs. Any GHFS ground station will respond to the call "MAINSAIL". Depending on the service required, the station bay request the aircraft to change to a discrete frequency for improved and extended service. EAM's or Emergency Action Message. Another very important aspect of the GHFS is the transmission of EAM's. EAM's are the coded military orders or bulletins that have the highest priority. When EAM's are broadcast, ALL other users of the system are to standby. If you hear a voice giving a long series of letters phonically this is an EAM. SKYKING messages are special EAM's. These presumably could be the nuclear go/no-go codes. There was a higher than normal number of EAM's and SKYKING messages being transmitted after the attackes of 9/11/01. Urgent SKYKING messages are repeated three or four times instead of the usual two. SKYKING is a group callsign, meaning "Any this net." "Do not answer" is the standard procedure ofr self-authenticating broadcasts, meaning that recipients don't need to give away their positions or existence by challenging the orders. While tuned to any of the GHFS frequncies and hear "SKYKING SKYKING Do not answer" you can bet you're hearing a very important, highest priority, and heavily encrypted message!" http://www.scanaustralia.bigpondhosting.com/military/GHFS.htm Best regards THX1138
Request for Answer Clarification by magnus2015-ga on 05 Jul 2004 16:03 PDT So basically, if one were to switch on an Airplane's radio and want to "call the military channel" for some kind of emergency they'd punch up the frequency for GHFS, right?
Clarification of Answer by thx1138-ga on 06 Jul 2004 07:10 PDT Hello again magnus2015 Yes, they would use GHFS frequencies. For a list of the frequencies they use see: "US Joint Chiefs of Staff/Air Force Global High Frequency System" http://www.monitoringtimes.com/html/mtghfs.html Very best regards THX1138

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Subject: Re: U.S. Army Aircraft Radio Channel Names
From: thx1138-ga on 06 Jul 2004 12:52 PDT

Hello again magnus2015

Just a note to say thank you for the five stars and tip!

Very best regards

THX1138

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