[MilCom] MIL: 11175.0 USB - BAD ALIBI; SWAN LAKE; HEDGEROW; FILLMORE; TITANIUM; and NIGHTWEAR

Jeff Haverlah jehaverlah at gmail.com
Fri Nov 28 19:39:38 EST 2025


0026z  29 Nov 25

UTC 28 Nov 25

Another active day of E6B flights.

AFDFE2 - SWAN LAKE to SALT LAKE CITY
AFBFEE
AF0413 - static hex; HEDGEROW maybe or ?
AF665A - FILLMORE
AF6063 - TITANIUM

SWAN LAKE
HEDGEROW
FILLMORE
TITANIUM
NIGHTWEAR (by possible elimination AFBFEE, maybe??)

In hindsight Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday have had similar high
utilization/high flight time overland flight activity. Staying current with
required flight time; or ??

1000z: MAINSAIL with test count.

[1322z+/-: AFDFE2 E6B launched from PAX RIVER to a brief trip to the
Atlantic and back, then westbound to Salt Lake City.]

1328z: SWAN LAKE (presumed AFDFE2) called MAINSAIL and raised (?; unheard
on SDR) to enter the net.
1329z: SWAN LAKE entered the net.

[Two hour message traffic window follows.]
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1516z: BAD ALIBI (NCS); VRQGBS; 68 characters; P4.
VRQGBSTBQY7W7GUT4HOSQOZ4TWNSUV4HO7QOZ44VNSX4OZ44VNS6V4HOSQOZ44WNW4AZ

Reformatted (playfully) out of curiosity due to a lack of previous 68
character strings for comparison.

𝚅𝚁𝚀𝙶𝙱𝚂 [𝙿𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚖𝚋𝚕𝚎; 𝟼]
𝚃𝙱𝚀𝚈𝟽𝚆𝟽𝙶𝚄
𝚃𝟺𝙷𝙾𝚂
𝚀𝙾𝚉𝟺𝚃𝚆𝙽𝚂𝚄
𝚅𝟺𝙷𝙾𝟽
𝚀𝙾𝚉𝟺𝟺𝚅𝙽𝚂𝚇
𝟺𝙾𝚉𝟺𝟺𝚅𝙽𝚂𝟼
𝚅𝟺𝙷𝙾𝚂
𝚀𝙾𝚉𝟺𝟺𝚆𝙽𝚆𝟺𝙰𝚉

1523z: BAD ALIBI; VRUOKH; 22 characters; P4.
VRUOKHDC4P4CY5O6E47SDN

1542z: BAD ALIBI; VRACK6; 32 characters; P4.
VRACK6WXNDTVG6754ZW64GROG4GROHY6

Reformatted for apparent compliance with previous 32 character strings in
the series.

𝚅𝚁𝙰𝙲𝙺𝟼  [𝙿𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚖𝚋𝚕𝚎; 𝟼]
𝚆𝚇𝙽𝙳𝚃𝚅𝙶𝟼𝟽𝟻 [𝟷𝟶]
𝟺𝚉𝚆𝟼𝟺  [𝟻]
𝙶𝚁𝙾𝙶𝟺  [𝟻]
𝙶𝚁𝙾𝙷𝚈  [𝟻]
𝟼  [𝟷]

[1543z+/-: AFBFEE E6B launched from OFFUTT northeast to south of Toledo,
Ohio, then south to southern Georgia and into a holding pattern for the AR
200 extending into the new UTC day.]

1600z: BAD ALIBI Standing by for traffic.
1600z: BAD ALIBI Standing by for traffic.

1640z: BAD ALIBI; 7DXII5; P1.
7DXII5MVFMT7R77GVOWRHCKP7MQP4D

1646z: BAD ALIBI; 7DX7WQ; P1.
7DX7WQ2LT5V7AO32TWYNOD2FGFC2PH

1700z: BAD ALIBI; 72Z7WQ; 7DXII5; h+00/h+30 restoral rebroadcast window.
1704z: BAD ALIBI Standing by for traffic.
========

[1708z+/-: AE0413 static hex E6B launched from TRAVIS to the north and then
return.]

[1842z+/-: AF665A E6B launched from TINKER to the upper Midwest, then south
to Florida.]

1844z: FILLMORE (presumed AF665A) called MAINSAIL and raised BAD ALIBI to
enter the net.
1851z: FILLMORE entered the net.

[1859z+/-: AF6063 launched from TRAVIS eastbound to Oklahoma City/TINKER
area and back west.

1901z: TITANIUM (presumed AF6063) called and raised BAD ALIBI to enter the
net.
1905z: TITANIUM entered the net.

2222z: BAD ALIBI; X5SCAZ; 120 characters; P3.
X5SCAZLVH5RKGUS47YQBOY3ORBY6RDV655TCNIJQ4VVVVJRBNOQCOWWF5PROCR5EEEECLOUOSFGOZ3Q44GU5UYYYY6W3KIOZIITHWCCEQWQDDDDZLFIQYZ6X

Reformatted to show conforming structure:

𝚇𝟻𝚂𝙲𝙰𝚉  [𝙿𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚖𝚋𝚕𝚎, 𝟼]
𝙻𝚅𝙷𝟻𝚁𝙺𝙶𝚄𝚂𝟺𝟽𝚈𝚀𝙱𝙾𝚈𝟹  [𝟷𝟽]
𝙾𝚁𝙱𝚈𝟼𝚁𝙳𝚅𝟼𝟻𝟻𝚃𝙲𝙽𝙸𝙹𝚀𝟺𝚅𝚅𝚅𝚅  [𝟸𝟸]
𝙹𝚁𝙱𝙽𝙾𝚀𝙲𝙾𝚆𝚆𝙵𝟻𝙿𝚁𝙾𝙲𝚁𝟻𝙴𝙴𝙴𝙴  [𝟸𝟸]
𝙲𝙻𝙾𝚄𝙾𝚂𝙵𝙶𝙾𝚉𝟹𝚀𝟺𝟺𝙶𝚄𝟻𝚄𝚈𝚈𝚈𝚈  [𝟸𝟸]
𝟼𝚆𝟹𝙺𝙸𝙾𝚉𝙸𝙸𝚃𝙷𝚆𝙲𝙲𝙴𝚀𝚆𝚀𝙳𝙳𝙳𝙳  [𝟸𝟸]
𝚉𝙻𝙵𝙸𝚀𝚈𝚉𝟼𝚇  [𝟿]

2233z: NIGHTWARE (presumed E6B; not clear as to hex] called BAD ALIBI.
2234z: NIGHTWARE called and raised BAD ALIBI but no response to BAD ALIBI
heard.

2316z: BAD ALIBI; 7DKFZZ; P1 (poor audio).
7DKFZZB5AKPKS3RZ54EVCC3X4OK3JY

2329z: HEDGEROW (presumed e6b; hex unknown but AE0413 was descending into
TRAVIS at that time) called MAINSAIL and raised bad ALIBI to exit the net.
2332z: HEDGEROW exited the net.

Jeff
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