It is Wed, 12:13am EDT (0413z).
JSTARS "Wizard" is up with Northrop Grumman ground station "Terra
5" on 231.75 in test comms.
Tonight, "Wizard" is the rear-end callsign for "Canoe 03," the
E-8C that did some touch and goes at Patrick AFB earlier and said he
would be back in a few hours. My photos show Canoe 03's "JS" tail
markings, denoting the
Melbourne IAP-based Northrop Grumman JSTARS operation, as opposed to
Robins AFB GA-ANG 116ACW.
"Wizard" is also IDing as "T-3," a callsign often used by the
Melbourne-based JSTARS acft.
The ground station "Terra 5" is producing a horrible horn sound
every time it keys up to respond to "T-3."
Incidentally, the callsign is not "Tango 3"; they pronounce it "Tee
3."
T-1, T-2 and T-3 were the original three E-8s produced and were
used for testing. T-3 is acft serial 90-0175.
Comms between T-3 and Terra 5 are now discussing establi****ng a
SCDL link between them; also discussing on-going Satcomms via freqs
266.05 and 301.055.
AL STERN Satellite Beach FL
AllanStern@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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