Global High Frequency System (GHFS)
|
Freq/USB |
Description |
|
4.709 |
Sigonella |
|
4.724 |
Andrews,
Ascension, Elmendorf, Guam, Hickam, Lajes, Offutt, Salinas, Thule, Yokota |
|
6.712 |
Andrews,
Ascension, Guam, Lajes |
|
6.724 |
Sigonella |
|
6.739 |
Ascension,
Elmendorf, Guam, Hickam, Salinas, Offutt, Thule, Yokota |
|
8.992 |
Andrews,
Ascension, Elmendorf, Guam, Hickam, Offutt, Salinas, Thule, Yokota |
|
9.007 |
Sigonella |
|
9.025 |
Lajes |
|
10.780 |
AF Eastern Test
Range (Backup for Ascension), Cape Canaveral, Antigua, Ascension, Maui |
|
11.175 |
Andrews,
Ascension, Elmendorf, Guam, Hickam, Salinas, Offutt, Thule, Yokota |
|
11.181 |
Lajes |
|
11.271 |
Andrews,
Ascension, Elmendorf, Guam, Hickam, Lajes, Offutt, Salinas, Thule, Yokota |
|
13.212 |
Lajes |
|
15.016 |
Andrews,
Ascension, Elmendorf, Guam, Hickam, Lajes, Offutt, Salinas, Thule, Yokota |
|
15.038 |
Sigonella |
|
20.390 |
AF Eastern Test
Range (Backup for Ascension), Cape Canaveral, Antigua, Ascension, Maui |
|
Station |
Location |
|
Andersen |
Andersen AFB, Guam
near Agana |
|
Andrews |
Andrews AFB, near
Washington, DC |
|
Ascension |
Ascension Island
Auxiliary Air Base in the South Atlantic Ocean |
|
Croughton |
Croughton Air
Base, England, UK |
|
Elmendorf |
Elmendorf AFB,
Alaska |
|
Hickam |
Hickam AFB, Hawaii
near Pearl Harbor |
|
Incirlik |
Incirlik Air Base,
Turkey (In May 2001 Incirlik was replaced by Sigonella) |
|
Lajes |
Lajes Air Base,
Azores - North Atlantic Ocean |
|
Offutt |
Offutt AFB, Omaha,
NE |
|
Salinas |
Salinas, Puerto
Rico (This is only a remote for Andrews) |
|
Thule |
Thule Air Base,
Greenland |
|
Yokota |
Yokota Air Base,
Japan |
|
West Coast |
McClellan AFB,
Sacramento (This was called McClellan until January 2001) |
International US
GHFS & Other Communications Bases as used by the USAF Air Mobility Command
Tanker Airlift Control Center (TACC) at Scott AFB, provides worldwide service
for AMC missions. Either TACC or
appropriate AMCC can be contacted for airlift movement reporting or assistance
through Global stations. Calls can be
made out to:
CALLSIGN |
LOCATION |
|
Denali |
Elmendorf AMCC
(Alaska) |
|
Furious |
Howard AMCC
(Panama) |
|
Brickyard |
Osan AMCC (Korea) |
|
Hilda East |
TACC East Cell
(USA) |
|
Hilda West |
TACC West Cell
(USA) |
|
Tracker |
USAFE UTRACC
(Germany) |
Also the Air Force
Eastern Test Range (AFETR) can be contacted as backup on 10.780 (pri.) or
20.390 (sec.) under callsign “Cape Radio”. A new station has stepped in with callsign “Puerto
Rico”.
The 352nd Special
Operations Group at Mildenhall AB operates several aircraft. Operations are using the callsign “Blackhat”.
For HF they have a wide array of
frequencies available although the following are mostly used:
4.888
5.402.5
6.691
11.228
After operation
“Allied Force” the USAF(E) still maintains a KC-135 detachment at
Istres/le-Tube, France. Operations go
by the name “Riviera Ops”.
Their HF Operations are taking place on:
11.269.5 Ops (Day)
8.999.5
Ops (Night)
6.761
Air-to-Air
Apart from the GHFS
system, the 86AW aircraft based at Rammstein have a specially formed HF service
at their disposal, which can help them to make the missions a success. The communications unit is based at
Rammstein (using the callsign “Metaphor”) and uses the following
frequencies:
6.819
6.870
7.919
14.682
15.082
13.273 “Big Windy”
19.100 Flight Following
22.914 “Blue Star”
24.750 “War Eagles”
26.725 Aviation Regiment Common
Identical to
Mildenhall, the Special Operation Squadron here has HF usage. Operations here are using the callsign “Promenade”.
5.590
10.596
14.511