Richard Shah checks in with some additional milair frequency information from Super Bowl XLI.
Pitman was the last group of Combat Air Patrol aircraft after half-time, but the first group was originally CAESAR 51, They originated from Eglin and was the first on scene before half-time. He came up on the JAX ARTCC (Panama City, RCAG) on 346.350 MHz in the early evening advising ATC that he was "Air support for Dolphin Stadium TFR." They came down the west coast of Florida using:
327.300 JAX ARTCC-H @FL270
307.200 JAX ARTCC-Tallahassee -H
380.300 MIA ARTCC-Pahokee-H
285.500 MIA ARTCC-Avon Park where they went diagonally from the Florida west to east coast.
307.100 MIA ARTCC-Pahokee-L where they started to descend
291.600 MIA ARTCC-Pahokee-L where they asked for a discrete squawk code for CAESAR 55/56. Setup was done on this freq before switching to their CAP freq. CAESAR was told that the control point was at Homestead VOR radial 010 60 DME.
255.4 FSS St Petersburg was used by CEASAR for weather info at the stadium.
260.9 Combat Air Patrol frequency, aircraft would switch to 320.600 MHz for refueling
320.6 "Tankers XX" was CAP designated tankers. I heard "Tanker 11" being called by CAESAR
260.9 PITMAN took over during the half-time period. CAESAR called "BIGFOOT"(???-LVH) (Huntress) and asked for New Orleans weather for the return flight. Skipped over some of the freqs above on the way back. At this time it was dark and ARTCC consolidates many of their sectors. Again they refueled on 320.600 MHz. This was the "boom freq" because I heard the operator asked about the receiver's model designation "C" or "D," and he was giving istructions to the boom. CAESAR said he was a "C" model. MacDill AFB was the source of some tankers because "Lightening OPS" on 311.000 MHz was active with tankers giving takeoff/arrival info heading to Miami. OKIE 42 (AWACS) from MacDill also was on scene.
Thanks for the report Richard. I am sure my MT Milcom blog readers will find it useful. If you have something to share with our blog readers you can pass it along by contacting me at larryvanhorn @ monitoringtimes.com. You can remain anonymous on the material posted to the blog, but I will not use any submission from anonymous contributors.
