Hello, I was a USAF Radio Operator (29353) at Incirlik Airways, Thule Giant Talk and March Giant Talk. I also worked at Combat Crew Communications at March...
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Mike Cowen
trippindiculuar
May 13, 2012 3:06 am
I understand ca. 2009 Kingman was in private hands. I do not know the owner. Mike ... Mike Cowen Practice random acts of kindness and selfless acts of...
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COURYHOUSE@...
couryhousesmecc
May 13, 2012 6:29 am
When I was a radio operator at Luke AFB Mars Station I would talk with the March AFB Mars station..... Early 70's Any old 2037 comm sq folk out...
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brewers_2150
May 13, 2012 6:53 am
While I like both movies, "The Day After" was MUCH more realistic. In fact it's the most realistic of any movie regarding nuclear war, I have ever seen....
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brewers_2150
May 13, 2012 6:53 am
When did they start with the "do not answer" line? In my time, it was :"Skyking Skyking, Message follows...." Also, unless you just gave random letters for an...
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brewers_2150
May 13, 2012 1:09 pm
Hi Ed! Did you use a KWM-2A ? I had at Incirlik for a point to point net with us, Dhahran Saudi Arabia, and Tehran Iran. The radio comes with some...
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Frank
f_helton
May 13, 2012 3:37 pm
Unless your maintenance guys pulled them out for some reason, the ham band crystals were already in the thing, it came from the factory that way which is why...
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ocsrc
May 13, 2012 4:49 pm
I think Skybird is the designation for all SAC aircraft. Anyone know what (who) the Telstar designation was used for ? Bill...
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COURYHOUSE@...
couryhousesmecc
May 13, 2012 5:44 pm
Stan yes, we had full crystal packs for them! I loved the KWM-2A Nice rig. My real AFSC was ground Radio Maint. I was made an operator as they were ...
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Blake Bowers
bbowers311
May 13, 2012 8:44 pm
In the late 70's it was "do not answer". If you go on Youtube, there are a number of recordings there, all with "do not answer" Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2012...
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David
wb8foz@...
May 13, 2012 8:48 pm
I'm off to Dayton in a few days, with a Coldwar stop or two along the way. If you're coming, stop by FW2121; a friend's booth where I hang out when too tired...
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Tim
utahooligan
May 13, 2012 11:44 pm
"SKY KING" was the collective call for all SAC SIOP forces, though the message could have actually been for one asset. "SKY BIRD" was used as a collective...
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Pj
packy41
May 14, 2012 1:49 am
Speaking of such... other than 8992, 11175, are there any other standard HF, UHF stations that are good to monitor (Navy?). Been playing around with the old HF...
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David L. Wilson
dlwilson314a
May 14, 2012 11:40 am
... Westover, Barksdale, and March in that order. You left out Migrate (Offutt). All SAC Alpha net used back then 4725 V, 6761 Q, 9027 R, 11220 B, 13241 S,...
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Boardwalk One
boardwalkinfo
May 14, 2012 12:17 pm
Following with great interest the threads for "Skyking-Sky King Do Not Answer", Looking Glass, and SAC/Authentication. I have followed everything from Gamma...
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Craig Scott
dredmlm
May 14, 2012 2:41 pm
Stan, Where was the antenna field @ March? Craig Watervliet NY ________________________________ From: brewers_2150 <brewers@...> To:...
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David Moisan
dmoisan
May 14, 2012 4:13 pm
If I remember correctly-I may have audio files of these-the time format was 2 digits which I always took to be minutes after the hour, as in "Skyking, Skyking...
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Doug Humphrey
codeblueonetwo
May 14, 2012 8:09 pm
this doc has cold war comms all over it: http://www.fas.org/irp/nsa/maybe_you.pdf and it was accidentally released un-redacted on the NSA web site - you can...
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Albert LaFrance
albert_lafrance
May 14, 2012 9:05 pm
See drawing about halfway down the page. This home was called Wexford; it came after Glen Ora. ...
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ozob99
May 14, 2012 9:51 pm
One of the articles on this page mentions a secret passageway from Kennedy's bedroom closet to a shelter under the stable: ...
On "The Hill" overlooking March. We had about 4 barracks up there. It's now a cematary. The location was at the corner of 215 & Van Buren Blvd. In addition...
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McDonald, John
starfleet_7
May 14, 2012 11:51 pm
From the start of the decade: http://www.jeffclifton.com/eric/Detroit%20Standard%20Manual.pdf...
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Stan Brewer
brewers_2150
May 15, 2012 1:36 am
I "think" they were pulled to keep us from attemting to call the states while onduty and using a radio that was suppose to be in service at all times. (Yes, I...
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Stan Brewer
brewers_2150
May 15, 2012 1:40 am
I was a USAF Radio Operator in the late 70's. Still do not remember "do not answer", but I would love to have a dollar for each time I said, "Skyking Skyking,...
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Stan Brewer
brewers_2150
May 15, 2012 1:55 am
Back when? It seems we have a wide variet of time lines here. Back in MY time it was: 5703 6738 11176 13244 15015 I've got a 1978 (20 APR) Flip (DOD Flight...
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David L. Wilson
dlwilson314a
May 15, 2012 2:36 am
What I listed was the SAC Alpha Net from around 1970 and earlier. It was separate from the "Airways" frequencies. Those you listed also were used back then...
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Stan Brewer
brewers_2150
May 15, 2012 3:13 am
I'm still very interested in knowing when Giant Talk started. The reason for this is I'm writing a movie that involves the Broken Arrow of Mars Bluff on...
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COURYHOUSE@...
couryhousesmecc
May 15, 2012 3:36 am
I would run the 30l-1's so hard I would slag the plates... we had 2 positions... local net and transcon and heh! had a 3ed 30l-1 ready to swap in and a...
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Frank
f_helton
May 15, 2012 7:19 am
You would have had to remove the case to get at the lower crystal deck I think, I doubt that they were visible thru the perfs. Of course, if you threw the...
