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|
Photo by Tracy Justus (USS Constellation CVN-64) |
| Special thanks to Jay and all
the other folks at SoCalMilCom
for providing many of these audio files and for getting me 'hooked' on
monitoring this stuff. |
| Air CAP (Combat Air Patrol) |
| 11/14/2003 - Los Angeles, CA 3:35 Minutes (421 KB) |
 Listen to
pilots of F-16 fighter jets over Los Angeles as they practice intercepts
on each other during a routine combat air patrol. |
|
Air CAP (Combat Air Patrol) for President Bush visit to Los Angeles |
| 06/27/2003 - Los Angeles, CA 12:30 Minutes (1,506 KB) |
| Listen to fighter jets over Los Angeles intercept aircraft straying into the 30nm
restricted air space around the President. |
|
BULLET 1 - Return To Base |
| 10/22/2002 - San Diego, CA |
| BULLET-1 (F-14 Tomcat) during
a work-up diverts to NAS North Island CA due to a low oil pressure
indication. Warning area W-291 off the coast of So Cal. |
| Bingo Fuel |
| 10/22/2002 - San Diego, CA |
| FALCON-401 F/A-18 of VFA-137
"Kestrels" NAS Lemoore flying from the USS Constellation (CVW-2)
post-strike is forced to "Bingo" to NAS North Island due to a fouled
basket on the tanker aircraft. Warning area W-291 "BEAVER" off the coast
of So Cal. |
| SPYDER (possible RAF Sea Harriers) |
| 10/10/2002 - Point Mugu, CA |
| SPYDER-1, -2
& -3 (possible RAF Sea Harriers) working PLEAD Delta, RTB to
NAWCWPNS Point Mugu CA |
| Get Yer Bombs Off |
| 07/27/2002 (287 KB) |
| FALCON-41
F/A-18 of VFA-137 "Kestrels" NAS Lemoore flying from the USS
Constellation (CVW-2) reports to Current OPerationS (COPS a.k.a.
"Charlie-Papa") the status of the strike package as it returns
from the Nellis Range |
| Unknown players on 282.425 |
| 7/24/2002 - Riverside, CA (92 KB) |
| Old Salt - Bad Target |
| 07/12/2002 - Point Mugu, CA (191 KB) |
| Bird's away! er...um, well kind of. |
| Old Salt - OMEGA-TRON |
| 07/12/2002 - Point Mugu, CA (144 KB) |
| OMEGA is a
commercial aerial tanker. Here RHINO (F/A-18 Super Hornet) discusses
OMEGA (B707) with TRON (EA-6B) - W-289 PLEAD warning area near NAWCWPNS
Pt. Mugu, CA |
| Old Salt - Live Fire Exercise |
| 07/12/2002 - Point Mugu, CA (925 KB) |
| Listen in as
PLEAD Alpha coordinates with the USS Nimitz on a live-fire exercise.
Targets Command (TC) launches a sub-scale aerial target (drone) at the
carrier located SW of San Nicolas Island. W-289 warning area near
NAWCWPNS Pt. Mugu CA |
| Old Salt Range Fouler |
| 07/12/2002 - Point Mugu, CA (309 KB) |
| Didn't somebody say "green range"? |
| Problems with Night Vision Goggles (NVGs) |
| 05/04/2002 (100 KB) |
| An F/A-18 pilot participating in SOCEX has difficulties with his Night Vision Goggles (NVGs) |
| NASA 008 X-38 |
| 12/13/2001 - Edwards AFB, CA (99 KB) |
| NASA Dryden FRF
Boeing NB-52B (NASA-008) reporting X-38 launch status. |
| Large scale aerial refueling ops |
| 10/10/2001 - Point Mugu, CA (327 KB) |
| Large scale
aerial refueling ops involving 3 KC-130 tankers and many F/A-18s.
Location W-289 (PLEAD) SW of NAWCWPNS Point Mugu CA. |
| OATH |
| 06/11/2002 - Point Mugu, CA (437 KB) |
| Petty Officer
Mark Gooch recites the oath and re-enlists with the Navy aboard
KING-600, an E-2C Hawkeye of VAW-116 "Sun Kings" based at
NAWCWPNS Point Mugu CA. |
| Razor-2 Gyro Problems |
| 05/04/2002 (376 KB) |
| RAZOR-2 (AV-8B
Harrier) experiences INS/gyro problems at night while participating in
11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable Exercise
(SOCEX) off the Southern California coast. |
| SOCEX 2K2 (Part 1 of 2) |
| 05/05/2002 (764 KB) |
| Sounds of 11th
MEU Special Operations Capable Exercise (SOCEX) off the Southern
California coast. |
| SOCEX 2K2 (Part 2 of 2) |
| 05/05/2002 (598 KB) |
| Sounds of 11th
MEU Special Operations Capable Exercise (SOCEX) off the Southern
California coast. |
| Van Nuys Airport ATIS |
| 09/13/2001 - Van Nuys, CA 26 Seconds (52 KB) |
| Van Nuys Airport ATIS |
| 09/12/2001 - Van Nuys, CA 34 Seconds (68 KB) |
| Fighter intercept |
| 09/12/2001 4:15 Minutes (500 KB) |
| Pentagon |
| 09/11/2001 Washington, DC 3:55 Minutes (461 KB) |
| United Flight 93 |
| 09/11/2001 3:58 Minutes (466 KB) |
| Thunderbird Enroute Chat |
| 06/01/2001 Point Mugu, CA (457 KB) |
| U.S.A.F.
Thunderbirds chat en route to NAWCWPNS Point Mugu CA for the 2001 annual
airshow & open house. |
| X-43A Launch |
| 05/19/2001 Point Mugu, CA (610 KB) |
| X-43A Images |
| 05/19/2001 Point Mugu, CA |
 Mission coms
from NASA's launch of the X-43A "Hyper-X" hypersonic research
vehicle. W-289 120nm WSW of NAWCWPNS Point Mugu, CA. |
| Princeton Tiger |
| 01/22/2001 Point Mugu, CA (234 KB) |
| BANGER-601
(E-2C Hawkeye of VAW-117 "Walbangers" NAS Point Mugu, CA)
coordinates with BANGER BASE on operation freqs for event |
| Princeton Tiger |
| 01/22/2001 Point Mugu, CA (224 KB) |
| More BANGER coordination for the event |
| Princeton Tiger |
| 01/22/2001 Point Mugu, CA (157 KB) |
| Princeton Tiger |
| 01/22/2001 Point Mugu, CA (418 KB) |
| QF-4 Remote Take-off |
| 12/03/2000 Point Mugu, CA (654 KB) |
| QF-4 Phantom II
remote take off from NAWCWPNS Point Mugu CA. Control setting checks
between the onboard safety pilot and the remote pilot. |
| VEGAS-31 |
| 11/01/2000 Nellis AFB, NV (25 KB) |
| VEGAS-31 from Nellis AFB, NV (unit?) checking in w/Dispatch |
| Phoenix Shot |
| 10/05/2000 Point Mugu, CA (603 KB) |
| BULLET-1 (F-14
Tomcat) launches an AIM-54 Phoenix missile against a target drone in
W-289 (PLEAD) SW of NAWCWPNS Point Mugu CA. |
| Splash Drone |
| 10/05/2000 Point Mugu, CA (605 KB) |
| SNAKE-1 &
-2 (F/A-18Cs of VMFA-323 MCAS Miramar) destroy a target drone with
air-to-air missiles. Warning area W-289 (PLEAD) SW of NAWCWPNS Point
Mugu CA. |
| Alaska Flight 261 |
| 01/31/2000 Ventura, CA 3:59 Minutes (468 KB) |
| On
January 31, 2000, at about 1620 PST, Alaska Airlines flight 261, N963AS,
a Boeing (McDonnell Douglas) MD-83 on a scheduled international
passenger flight from Puerto Vallarta, Mexico to San Francisco,
California, crashed into the Pacific Ocean near Point Mugu, California.
There were 2 pilots, 3 flight attendants, 80 adult and child passengers,
and 3 infant passengers aboard. The U.S. Coast Guard conducted a search
and rescue mission for 44 hours. The search and rescue mission was
called off at 1200 PST on February 2, 2000, and search and recovery
efforts began. There were no survivors. |
| TWA 800 |
| 07/18/1996 Long Island, NY 12:20 Minutes (1,447 KB) |
| Wake-up PLEAD |
| (168 KB) |
| Never found out if Sierra Mike ever got a response... |
| F-16 HUD Video |
| Colorado |
 This
is a link to the Fox3Simulation website which hosts several videos of an
F-16 flight in Colorado. The video includes several bomb and gun passes as
well as some refueling video. Very cool stuff. |