April 28

PETRO11 flight KC-135 with RAAF F-35 ASY1102 headed to Eielson AFB this afternoon. AR primary 375.650. Audio here.

April 27

DRAGON55 P-8A 169558 called DOWNRIGGER on 128.025 when exiting W-237, then VP-4 Base on 273.8 when returning to NAS Whidbey.

KC-135 PICO31 inbound Fairchild AFB at 2138z, called STRIKEHAWK on 311.0 with arrival message.

KC-135 PICO32 inbound Fairchild AFB at 0318z, called STRIKEHAWK on 311.0 with arrival message.

April 26

Coast Guard MH-65E 6551 low approach at Paine Field.

KC-135 ADOBE41 arrived at Fairchild AFB this evening, called STRIKEHAWK on 311.0 with arrival message.

April 25 VP-9 P-8A RIDER52 called DOWNRIGGER on 307.450, entering W-237.

April 20

 PR893 EP-3E 159893 from VQ-1 departed NAS Whidbey this morning to Hawaii. Position reports to San Francisco Radio on 11.282.

U-2 DRAGON91 on 11.282 with San Francisco Radio at 2122z, contact Oakland Center over ALLBE.

A STRATCOM exercise started this afternoon, heavy traffic on 11.175. Station FANDAGO probably TACAMOPAC. MARKxx, SKULLxx, ABBAxx possibly B-52. One B-52 showed up on ADS-B at 0124z.

April 19

DHS King Air N151Q TROY007 called DOWNRIGGER (Whidbey FACSFAC) on 128.025, working 15 miles east of Tatoosh.

April 16

Tankers launched out of Fairchild AFB this morning in support of Exercise Global Thunder.

Aircraft participating in the exercise at 1530z, E-6Bs DOWD93, RATIO80, BARD91, HORST76. E-4B TANGO74 and numerous B-52s. Radio traffic on 8.992 and 11.175. TOWNxx callsigns are the B-52s.

Late this morning TOWN33 flight of two B-52s was over Washington. Interplane freq 250.250. Audio here.

April 14

RIDER66 P-8A 168997 was working in W-237 this afternoon. The VP-9 Base frequency is 363.3.

April 13

CH-47F 11-08090 low approach at Paine Field.

April 8

FIST FULL broadcast an EAM for E-6B RANCO43 on 11.175 at 1617z, probably still on the ground at Travis AFB. RANCO43 / LION HUNT broadcast EAMs at 1720z, 1750z, and 1820z.

 

 

RANCO43 / LION HUNT at 2230z.

April 7

RCH553 C-5A 84-0062 arrived at NAS Whidbey from Westover ARB with 94,000 pounds of cargo.

The C-5A departed Whidbey in the evening, seen here over Paine Field headed south.

April 5

TROY226 DHS helicopter N741C landing at Paine Field.

The Ediz Hook SESEF was transmitting RTTY on 308.5 this morning. Info about the SESEF here.

April 2

Two KC-46As departed Fairchild AFB this morning and were joined by FEUD91 flight of four west of Seattle. They continued south for the AR then turned west to Hawaii. AR freqs 375.650 and 373.550.

E-6B TIMER09 / RARE BIRD broadcast an EAM at 2250z and 2320z.