BLUE ANGELS
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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.
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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]
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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
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Brazilian A.F. 130.55 130.655 132.25
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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.
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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].
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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
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BRAZILIAN AIR FORCE
130.550
130.655
132.250
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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 <regaudie@cwconnect.ca> 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
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FRECCE TRICOLORE-ITALY
263.250
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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
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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
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RED ARROWS-ENGLAND
242.200
243.450
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SILVER EAGLES
30.500 Air to Ground Comms
149.800 Air to Ground Support
304.700 Air to Ground Support
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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]
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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