RAF and USAF Callsigns.
Frank Carr
13.200 (all USB) I have heard a few callsigns mentioned, so I
had a look through a couple of books that I have next to the
receiver to see if I could find the meaning to the callsign and
found a small list of these callsigns, but I was wondering if
anyone has a more complete list that they would be willing to
post in this newsgroup for people like myself to refer to while
we are listening?.
The callsigns that I have are.......
(You will find this list easier to read with a fixed-pitch font)
Agar - Air Force Systems Command (various)
Ascot - RAF transport aircraft
Axe - 10th Airborne Command and control squadron(Mildenhall)
Black - 68th Air Refuelling Wing (N.Carolina)
Blue - RAF squadrons based at Mildenhall
Castle - US Army Corps of Engineers
Exxon - USAF squadrons (various)
Format - 21st Air Force MAC* operations (McGuire New Jersey)
Gold - 509th Air Bombardment Wing (Pease New Hampshire)
Green - USAF Squadrons based at Zaragosa Air Base (Spain)
Gucci - 22nd Air Refuelling Wing (California)
Gull - 815th weather reconnaisance Squadron(Keesler Missouri)
Info - Nuclear inspections team flight
King - SAR** aircraft on non-operational duty
Mac - Military Airlift Command aircraft
Mainsail - Call to any GCCS*** station
Old - 327th Tactical Airlift Squadron (Pennsylvania)
Pearl - 145th Air Refuelling Squadron (Rickenbacker Ohio)
Phantom - European ALCC**** (Ramstein)
Rats - 336th Air Refuelling Squadron (California)
Red - 42nd Air Bombardment Wing (Loring)
Rider - US Navy Air Station Rota (Spain)
Roar - 20th Tactical Fighter Wing (Upper Heyford)
Sam - Special Air Mission (VIP flights on USAF aircraft)
Shake - 147th Air Refuelling Squadron (Pennsylvania)
Shamu - 68th Air Refuelling Wing (N.Carolina)
Silver - 42nd Air Bombardment Wing (Loring)
Skybird - Any SAC ground station
Skyking - Any SAC aircraft
Snick - 67th Special Operations Squadron (Woodbridge)
Soda - 151st Air Refuelling Squadron (Tennessee)
Spar - Special Air Mission flights based at Ramstein(Germany)
Tan - 384th Air Bombardment Wing (McConnell Kanses)
Upset - 126th Air Refuelling Squadron (Wisconsin)
White - 2nd Air Bombardment Wing (Barksdale)
* Military Airlift Command
** Search And Rescue
*** Global Command Control System
**** Airlift Control Centre
Also does anyone have any other callsign list's (Aeronautical,
Marine and so on) that they would like to post here?
--
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Heli Man
callsign used by the B1's on leaving the base and Havoc is used by the
B52's.
regards
Frank Carr wrote in message <3710d2df...@news.virgin.net>...
JTWard01
Now called Air Mobility Command, or AMC.
>*** Global Command Control System
Combined in 1992 with the U.S. Navy's Hi-Com system to become the Global High
Frequency System, or GHFS.
>Gold - 509th Air Bombardment
The 509th now flies the B-2 "Spirit" stealth bomber, usually using SPIRIT
XX callsigns, but changing for operational missions.
GOLD XX and BLUE XX are now used by KC-135 and KC-10 tankers on Atlantic
crossings, particularly when accompanying fighters and bombers "across the
pond."
John T. Ward
Brandon, Florida
USA
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Jim Dunnett
>Also does anyone have any other callsign list's (Aeronautical,
>Marine and so on) that they would like to post here?
>
I have a rather comprehensive list of international
(3 letter etc) calls which I downloaded from a
European Utility DX-ers' page.
Also a long list of Routeing Indicators. Useful
if you're into decoding French military TDM
channels.
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Frank Carr
I was listening to 11.175 and I heard someone with the callsign
'Reach' request mission instructions. He then went on to explain
that he couldn't complete his current mission because he could
not make the rendezvous because of bad weather conditions.
I heard this at 1715 GMT.
I then heard someone with the callsign 'Seymor' (he even spelt it
out because the other station was having trouble hearing him) who
requested a phone patch to the States. This was at 1530 GMT on
frequency 11.220.
Anyone know what either callsigns are for?
I also heard another person with a callsign that I didn't
recognize but he was a weak signal and I'm not sure if his
callsign was 'Fargo' or 'Bargo' or 'Vargo'?, anyone any idea's?
JTWard01
Frank,
REACH is the generic callsign for U.S.A.F. Air Mobility Command aircraft
(transport, tankers & cargo) when on an AMC mission. It comes from the AMC's
"Global Reach" slogan. When on a squadron training mission the aircraft
typically use their static squadron callsigns.
Sorry, but I can't help you with the others.
Heli Man
The only one I know is Reach, this is standard callsign for all aircraft
using the GHFS USAF HF network. You normally mould have a numerical portion
as well which ideitifies the actual aeroplane / package e.g. reach24
Regards
Frank Carr wrote in message <3712250b...@news.virgin.net>...
JTWard01
>Date: 04-12-1999 16:53 EST
>
>The only one I know is Reach, this is standard callsign for all aircraft
>using the GHFS USAF HF network.
This is NOT correct. As I explained in my response, REACH XX is the
generic callsign for Air Mobility Command aircraft (tankers, transports &
cargo). When on an AMC mission they use the REACH callsign not only on the
GHFS system, but also on VHF/UHF with air traffic control, military command
posts, etc.
If you listen to the GHFS for awhile you'll discover that many aircraft
using callsigns other than REACH use the network.
The E-4B airborne command post (formerly NIGHTWATCH) and the Navy TACAMO
command and control aircraft change callsigns every day.
AWACS typically use SENTRY XX callsigns, B2s are often SPIRIT XX, B-1s use
BONE XX among others and B-52s often use JAMBO, HAVOK and DOOM.
All of these callsigns plus many more can be heard on the GHFS network.
Bob Knollman
Frank Carr wrote in message <3712250b...@news.virgin.net>...
>Does anyone know what the callsigns 'Reach' and 'Seymor' are for?
>
>'Reach' request mission instructions. He then went on to explain
>that he couldn't complete his current mission because he could
>not make the rendezvous because of bad weather conditions.
>I heard this at 1715 GMT.
I believe REACH followed by additional digits is the current callsign for
USAF mid-air refueling tankers.
Sorry, can't help you with the others though...
Bob
JTWard01
>Date: 04-17-1999 20:51 EST
>
>I believe REACH followed by additional digits is the current callsign for
>USAF mid-air refueling tankers.
>
Bob,
REACH is the generic callsign for all Air Mobility Command aircraft (tankers,
transports, cargo) when on an AMC assigned mission. When on squadron training
they often used static squadron callsigns - for example, the KC-135s here at
MacDill AFB use the callsigns BOLT XX.
There are other common callsigns. SPAR, for example, are military VIP, as
are SAM flights. LIFTER is usually a C-17 or C-141 and MOOSE is usually a C-17.
Dave Hough
thru 11.175 usb -a phone patch logging repairs in aviano what plane is
raven???
ta
dave
Bob Knollman <knol...@rocketmail.com> wrote in message
news:3719...@news.hcca.ohio.gov...
>
> Frank Carr wrote in message <3712250b...@news.virgin.net>...
> >Does anyone know what the callsigns 'Reach' and 'Seymor' are for?
> >
> >I was listening to 11.175 and I heard someone with the callsign
> >'Reach' request mission instructions. He then went on to explain
> >that he couldn't complete his current mission because he could
> >not make the rendezvous because of bad weather conditions.
> >I heard this at 1715 GMT.
>
>
> I believe REACH followed by additional digits is the current callsign for
> USAF mid-air refueling tankers.
>
JTWard01
>
>okay guys - a couple of nights a go i heard "raven" calling up andrews afb
>thru 11.175 usb -a phone patch logging repairs in aviano what plane is
>raven???
Dave,
Not all callsigns are static. Many change on a day to day basis, and
sometimes even several times a day, based on the operation involved. Since
Aviano is the primary base for strikes against Yugoslavia chances are that
RAVEN was a daily operational callsign, with no way to find out who. Since it
was on HF, and most fighters don't have HF, chances are it was a tanker, AWACS
or JSTARS. Of course, by no means is it limited to just those.
Stuart Field
Hough <d...@thundercat.demon.co.uk> writes
>okay guys - a couple of nights a go i heard "raven" calling up andrews afb
>thru 11.175 usb -a phone patch logging repairs in aviano what plane is
>raven???
>
>
>dave
>
Ravens *used* to be the designator for a EF-111 a varient of the F-111.
Very distinctive, has a large faired lump on it's vertical stabilisor,
an elint tool I believe. Not to be confused with a wild-weasel mission.
--
Stuart Field
al
):>Dave Hough <d...@thundercat.demon.co.uk> writes
):>>okay guys - a couple of nights a go i heard "raven" calling up
andrews afb
):>>thru 11.175 usb -a phone patch logging repairs in aviano what plane is
):>>raven???
):>>
):>>ta
):>>
):>>dave
):>>
These "raven" were in my dbf.
Al
al at olg dot com
wash dc metro area , usa
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RAVEN A-10 175FG, MD ANG, Baltimore
RAVEN C-130 314th AW, Little Rock AFB, AR
RAVEN EA-6B VAQ-135, NAS Whidbey Island, WA
RAVEN ES-3A US Navy VQ-6, USS Eisenhower
RAVEN KC-10 4th Wing, Seymour-Johnson AFB, NC