BLUE ANGELS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 118.100 Unknown Use 118.200 Unknown Use 121.900 Ground Support (refueling) 123.400 Blue Angels - Common Control (?) 123.450 Blue Angels - Common Control 134.100 141.560 Blue Angels - Maintenance Charlie 142.000 Blue Angels - Maintenance Alpha (AM) - Repeats an Air-to-Air Channel 142.025 Blue Angels - Maintenance Delta (Repeated on 142.625) 142.260 Unknown Use 142.265 Unknown Use 142.625 Blue Angels - Maintenance Delta (Repeats 142.025) 143.000 Blue Angels - Maintenance Bravo (AM) - Repeats an Air-to-Air Channel 143.600 Blue Angels - Maintenance (Channel 10 ?) 241.400 Blue Angels - Air-to-Air (2) 245.900 Blue Angels - Air-to-Air 246.400 Blue Angels - Air-to-Air (Soloists ?) 250.400 Blue Angels -Team Leader* 250.500 Blue Angels -Team Leader 250.800 Blue Angels - Air-to-Air 251.400 Blue Angels - Air-to-Air* 251.600 Blue Angels - Aircraft 5 and 6 - The "Soloists" [Preset 8] (1) 251.800 Blue Angels - Aircraft 5 and 6 (?) [Preset 19] (1) 263.350 Blue Angels - Flight Line Common (Aircraft Maintenance) 263.500 Blue Angels - Air-to-Air 275.350 Blue Angels - Aircraft 1-4 (The "Diamond") (1)(2) 302.100 Blue Angels - Talkback 302.150 Blue Angels - All 6 Aircraft [Preset 17] (1) 307.700 Blue Angels - All 6 Aircraft (Alternate) [Preset 16] (1)(2) 318.900 Blue Angels - Air-to-Air 345.900 Blue Angels - Air-to-Air (2) 348.600 Ground Support (?) 360.400 Blue Angels - Soloists (?) 362.600 Air Show Control (?) 363.350 Possibly a typo on one list of 263.350 (?) 363.500 Possibly a type on one list of 263.500 (?) 382.500 Blue Angels - Air-to-Air 384.400 Blue Angels - Air-to-Air 391.100 Blue Angels - Air-to-Air 391.900 Blue Angels - Air-to-Air 394.400 Blue Angels - Air-to-Air* 395.500 Blue Angels - Air-to-Air 395.900 Blue Angels - Air-to-Air (1) Heard in San Diego at Blue Angel shows - Confirmed. (2) Heard at Miramar NAS on Aug 17-18 1996 251.600 is Aircraft 5/6, the Soloists 263.350 is Flightline Maintenance - "My Plane's Broke, FIX it!" 275.350 is Aircraft 1-4, the Diamond Formation 302.150 is All Aircraft (Used at Friday Show) 307.700 is All Aircraft (alternate - used only in practice this year) Both 307.700 and 302.150 were used at different times during practice - either might be used in the actual shows, or both might. Note that not all frequencies are used at every airshow, there are a lot of "alternate" channels, to avoid local users on a given channel. Also, during practice, channel usage does NOT conform to actual airshow usage - for instance, 263.350 may be used as air to air, instead of just for calling the mechs on the ground to request repairs on landing. Don't count on usage listings above - things change, or may have been incorrectly reported. ================================================================= Most air comms should be AM while ground crews are most likely FM. Although no ground crew was listed for the Blue Angels, check out the 140 MHz stuff for that. Also, the 142.025/142.65 is likely a repeater output/input. Following frequencies for the Thunderbirds. 66.90 114.95 118.1 120.450 F-16 stunt coordination 123.4 123.540 air show control 124.925 air to air 124.935 126.2 tower 134.1 parachutists 138.875 140.0 140.4 141.850 air coordination (verified) 148.550 maintenance 235.25 236.55 236.6 241.4 250.85 team leader command 273.5 283.5 295.7 322.0 322.3 322.6 382.9 394.0 413.025 ground support crews 413.075 " " 413.1 " " 413.15 " " 413.275 " " 413.35 " " 413.4 " " > I recently saw the Thunderbirds at Wilkes Barre-Scranton (PA) air show. > Here is what I VERIFIED - > 141.850 - By far the busiest freq - used before and during the show. > Before the show they ran thru the whole routine on this freq > and during the show this was the MAIN delta formation freq. > 322.950 - Used on the ground before the show for pre-flight check out. > During the show was used by the two solo planes. > 235.250 - Was ID as TB control but was used very infrequently. > 413.100 - Very active before the show. Mainly maint and "get ready" > type chatter, ground crew, maint etc. Was used as the > T-birds were taxing out to inform them that their "chatter" > was being re-broadcast thru airshow PA system. > 120.450 - Before show seemed to be keyed along with 141.850 but during > the show there was no further activity on this freq. > 122.850 - Used by "Swift Magic" and couple other acts during the show. > I have seen both the Angles and the T-birds and I can tell you the > T-birds have MUCH more chatter to listen too, although both teams are > GREAT. This past weekend in Cleveland the Blue Angels were using 275.350 and > 251.600. At the Latrobe/Westmorland Co PA airshow the Thunderbirds > were using 141.850 and 322.600, with some support traffic on 413.100 > (like, "Hey, get Jean-Claude Van Damme's autograph for Jim and I, too!" > -- really! :-)). Note also that the 141.850 traffic was AM (glad I > have a Pro-43!). THUNDERBIRDS U.S. Air Force 66.900 Ground Support NBFM 114.9500 THUNDERBIRDS AIR FORCE NATIONWIDE 118.100 REPORTED OPERATIONS 118.200 REPORTED OPERATIONS 120.450 reported ops 123.400 air show common 123.450 AIR TO AIR CHIT CHAT 124.9300 THUNDERBIRDS AIR FORCE NATIONWIDE 134.100 REPORTED OPERATIONS 138.875 REPORTED OPERATIONS 140.000 REPORTED OPERATIONS 140.400 AIR TO AIR TACTICAL & GROUND CHIT CHAT CHANNEL 141.300 REPORTED OPERATIONS 141.850 VICTOR 1 PRIMARY [air to air] 143.850 VICTOR 2 SECONDARY 148.175 other fq reported 148.550 REPORTED OPERATIONS 148.550 Ground Support NBFM 235.250 THUNDERBIRD CONTROL [Team Leader] 236.550 SOLOS 5 & 6 AIR TO AIR 236.600 air to air 241.400 Solo 5-6 250.850 REPORTED LEADER CUES [Team Leader] 273.500 REPORTED F2 /Solo 5-6 283.500 REPORTED F3 Solo 5-6 294.700 REPORTED OPERATIONS [air to air] 295.700 REPORTED F1 319.700 reported operations 322.300 REPORTED F4 [air to air] 322.600 REPORTED F5 [air to air] 322.950 ANSWERS TO 235.250 / SOLOS 5 & 6 AIR TO AIR 382.900 REPORTED F6 [air to air tactical] 383.900 Air to Air [UHF] 392.900 reported operations 394.000 REPORTED F7 [air to air tactical] 413.025 Ground Support NBFM [Channel 2] 413.100 Ground Support NBFM [Channel 1] .................................................................... 032.2000 U-S ARMY GOLDEN KNIGHTS OPS SECONDARY 032.3000 U-S ARMY GOLDEN KNIGHTS OPS 042.0250 U-S NAVY BLUE ANGELS GROUND SUPPORT RPTR OUT 042.3500 U-S ARMY GOLDEN KNIGHTS OPS PRIMARY 121.9000 NAVY BLUE ANGELS GROUND SUPPORT 123.4000 U-S ARMY GOLDEN KNIGHTS COMMON CONTROL .................................................................... Brazilian A.F. 130.55 130.655 132.25 .................................................................... 122.8250 homestead afb 123.4500 non-military air show 123.8000 homestead 126.2000 homestead twr 128.7500 homestead 134.8000 homestead 138.5000 homestead 139.0250 homestead 139.6500 homestead 139.8750 homestead 139.9750 homestead 142.2000 homestead disaster 143.0250 homestead 148.2000\148.5000\148.5450\148.8500\149.2000\149.2500\149.5250\150.1950\150.2500 163.4850\163.5100\163.5600\163.5850\165.0850\165.1100\173.4350\173.5875\252.8000\ 266.4000\275.8000 homestead grnd control\280.5000\281.2000\283.8000\286.2000\ 289.3000\292.3000\294.9000\295.7000\317.7000arrival\departure\318.2000\319.0000\ \321.2000\327.7000\337.0000\347.6000\351.4000\354.1000\358.4000 363.8000\364.0000\371.1000\372.9000\375.2000\379.4000\381.3000\384.8000\ 385.9000 229.6000 army aviation primary 241.0000 secondary 297.0000 amc primary 311.0000 sac primary 319.4000 amc secondary 321.0000 sac secondary 130.6500 amc vhf primary 413.4500 usaf security 236.6000 af twr 257.8000 mil twr 349.4000 AMC primary 297.0000 AMC primary 318.9000 SAC 319.4000 AMC 320.6000 309.4000 TAC 254.2000 TAC 260.8000 TAC 267.0000 TAC 270.2000 TAC 266.5000 AIR2AIR FUEL 273.5000 GCA 275.8000 GCA TAC 276.1000 GCA TAC 279.7000 STEALTH APPROACH 281.6000 TAC 282.7000 AIR2AIR FUEL 283.9000 AIR2AIR FUEL 289.4000 STEALTH DEPARTURE 292.1000 GCCS 324.0000 TAC 324.2000 SAC 324.5000 SAC 327.9000 TAC 335.8000 SAC 336.6000 TAC 340.8000 AIR2AIR FUEL 341.8000 TAC 346.2000 TAC 349.0000 SAC 349.4000 GCCS 357.7000 GCCS 359.3000 SAC 372.2000 SAC TACNET 375.7000 REFUELING OPS 377.0000 TAC 378.9000 TAC COMLINK 384.9000 DEPAR\ARRIV 398.8000 TAC 407.4000 STEALTH 407.5000 STEALTH 409.0250 STEALTH Someone asked for a repost of the Air Show frequency list I have accumulated. Here it is again in two files. These are not mine- I can't vouch for the accuracy. This is an accumulation from a number of postings both in the Scanner and SW Echos. Enjoy. MONITORING AIR SHOWS As one might expect these frequencies change as fast as these high performance military aircraft do. Due to local usage, etc these frequencies do vary. My best suggestion is to start out Friday afternoon prior to the weekend airshow when the demonstration teams normally do a practice airshow for the local dignitaries and school groups. This is an excellent time to scope out possible new frequencies the different teams might be using. This should be enough to get you ready for the two shows the teams will be doing over the weekend. .................................................................... Airshow Common Frequency Nationwide [Non-military flight teams] 123.400 123.450 Show Time Control [Non-military flight teams] 126.400 Stunt Coordination 120.450 123.450 Talk thru PA System 122.920 Airshow Control 133.850 UNICOM 122.950 Look for support staff [those folks on the ground running the show] on common itinerant channels [i.e.-151.625, 154.570, etc]. \/\/\/\/\\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ .................................................................... BLUE ANGELS 118.100 Unknown Use 118.200 Unknown Use 121.900 Ground Support 123.000 Common Airshow 123.400 Common Airshow 141.560 Maintenance CHARLIE 142.000 Maintenance ALFA [AM--Repeats a/a channel] 142.025 Maintenance DELTA [NBFM, rep/142.625 in] 142.260 Unknown Use 142.265 Unknown Use 142.625 Maintenance [inp to DELTA 142.025] 143.000 Maintenance BRAVO [AM-repeats a/a channel] 143.600 Maintenance Channel 10 241.400 Air to Air Channel 243.000 Emergency/MayDay/Distress 245.900 Air-to-Air 246.400 Air-to-Air [Soloists ?] 250.800 Air to Air Channel [solo 5-6] 251.600 * Demonstration [Air/air 5&6] Ch-19 [The Soloists][Preset 8] 251.800 Aircraft 5 and 6 [?] [Preset 19] 263.350 * Flight Line common [maintenance] 263.500 Air to Air Channel 275.350 * Comm 1 Lead & Formation [The Diamond Formation] "Ch 9" [a/a 1,2,3,4] 302.100 Comm 2 Talkback 302.150 * Comm 3 Solos [all 6 a/c] [Preset 17] 307.700 * Comm 2 Formation talkback- ? practice channel Solos all 6 a/c Alternate [Preset 16] 318.900 Air-to-Air 328.400 reported use 345.900 Air to Air Channel 348.600 Ground Support [?] 360.400 Blue Angels - Comm Solos 362.600 Air Show Control 363.350 Possibly a typo of 263.350 [?] 363.500 Possibly a typo of 263.500 [?] 382.500 Air-to-Air 384.400 Air to Air Channel 391.100 Air to Air 391.900 Air to Air Channel 395.500 Air-to-Air 395.900 Air to Air Channel Both 307.700 and 302.150 were used at different times during practice during week of 4-19-94. Either might be used in the actual shows, or both might. Note that not all frequencies are used at every airshow, there are a lot of "alternate" channels, to avoid local users on a given channel. Also, during practice, channel usage does NOT conform to actual airshow usage - for instance, 263.350 may be used as air to air, instead of just for calling the mechs on the ground to request repairs on landing. * = Heard in San Diego at Blue Angel shows - Confirmed. Skip Sanders .................................................................... BRAZILIAN AIR FORCE 130.550 130.655 132.250 .................................................................... CANADIAN SNOWBIRDS 275.800 ch 1 295.600 ch 2 310.800 ch 3 227.600 ch 4 243.400 ch 5 ** 240.500 ch 6 ** 378.500 ch 7 266.300 ch 8 294.500 ch 9 322.800 ch 10 245.700 ch 11 (see Note) 316.500 ch 12 344.500 ch 13 356.600 ch 14 236.600 ch 15 283.900 ch 16 263.800 ch 17 289.400 ch 18 245.000 ch 19 239.800 ch 20 272.100 *** Note: On Aug 7 1996, Wayne Regaudie VE3THN reports: "The previous 3 years they have been on 245.750. However, this year, I caught them on 272.095. So.... If no joy on the first one, .. try the latter!" *** Verified at Scranton/Wilkes Barre Airshow, Aug 17-18 1996 by wmerrell@epix.net ..................................................................... FRECCE TRICOLORE-ITALY 263.250 .................................................................... ................................................................... GOLDEN KNIGHTS [U.S. ARMY] 32.300 Operations 45.350 Primary 122.925 Freedom 1 & 2 Minijets 123.000 Air to ground support 123.400 Air coordination 123.450 Air to ground support 123.475 Air to ground support 123.500 Air to ground support 124.000 reported .................................................................... NATO COMMON TOWER FREQUENCY 122.100 used by French, Portugese and Russians at RAF Valley, Anglesey, Wales UK on Saturday 6th August 94 for air to air during displays .................................................................... RED ARROWS-ENGLAND 242.200 243.450 .................................................................... SILVER EAGLES 30.500 Air to Ground Comms 149.800 Air to Ground Support 304.700 Air to Ground Support .................................................................... THUNDERBIRDS U.S. Air Force 66.900 Ground Support NBFM 118.100 REPORTED OPERATIONS 118.200 REPORTED OPERATIONS 120.450 reported ops 123.400 air show common 123.450 AIR TO AIR CHIT CHAT 134.100 REPORTED OPERATIONS 138.875 REPORTED OPERATIONS 140.000 REPORTED OPERATIONS 140.400 AIR TO AIR TACTICAL & GROUND CHIT CHAT CHANNEL 141.300 REPORTED OPERATIONS 141.850 VICTOR 1 PRIMARY [air to air] 143.850 VICTOR 2 SECONDARY 148.175 other fq reported 148.550 REPORTED OPERATIONS 148.550 Ground Support NBFM 235.250 THUNDERBIRD CONTROL [Team Leader] 236.550 SOLOS 5 & 6 AIR TO AIR 236.600 air to air 241.400 Solo 5-6 250.850 REPORTED LEADER CUES [Team Leader] 273.500 REPORTED F2 /Solo 5-6 283.500 REPORTED F3 Solo 5-6 294.700 REPORTED OPERATIONS [air to air] 295.700 REPORTED F1 319.700 reported operations 322.300 REPORTED F4 [air to air] 322.600 REPORTED F5 [air to air] 322.950 ANSWERS TO 235.250 / SOLOS 5 & 6 AIR TO AIR 382.900 REPORTED F6 [air to air tactical] 383.900 Air to Air [UHF] 392.900 reported operations 394.000 REPORTED F7 [air to air tactical] 413.000 Ground Support [reported] 413.025 Ground Support NBFM [Channel 2] 413.100 Ground Support NBFM [Channel 1] . Show Control 363.350 Possibly a typo of 263.350 [?] 363.500 Possibly a typo of 322.300 REPORTED F4 [air to air] 322.600 REPORTED F5 [air to air] 322.950 ANSWERS TO 235.250 / SOLOS 5 & 6