[MilCom] MIL: 11175.0 USB - GLOBAL THUNDER 26 Wednesday

[Jeff Haverlah]

2218z 31 Oct 25

UTC 29 Oct 12

Day 9 of GLOBAL THUNDER 26.

0002z: REINDEER (NCS); ; MIXJJ3; MITGFU; h+00/h+30 NCS/ABNCP/Gulf-CENT
restoral rebroadcast window; continued from UTC 28 Oct 25.
0005z: REINDEER Standing by for traffic.

0028z: REINDEER; MIXJJ3; MITGFU; restoral.
[REINDEER went "quiet" for this traffic until 0530z.]
0034z: REINDEER Standing by for traffic.

0035z: SPAR 78 called ANY STATION.

0034z: RAID 24 called MAINSAIL; stated he was in the vicinity of southern
California.

0100z: REINDEER; MIXJJE; MITGFU; restoral.
No Standing by for traffic heard.

0130z: LAJES with test count.

0131z: REINDEER Standing by for traffic.
0201z: REINDEER Standing by for traffic.
[Last instance of REINDEER SBFT at this time.]

0243z: REINDEER; 7R7OYA; P2.
7RYOYASXTTKNCXQJ3INB5PILQ4DQ6A

0251z: POSTCARD (presumed E6B; TACAMO PAC); 7RNO22; P2.
7RNO22J52LOSFRPHR32KC3JGXMKEIQ
[I can find no earlier instance of this string being broadcast by the NCS.]

0254z: POSTCARD; MIXJJ3; MITGRU; h+20/h+50 TACAMO PAC restoral rebroadcast
window.
0258z: POSTCARD Standing by for traffic.
0320z: POSTCARD; MIXJJ3; MITGRU; restoral.
0324z: POSTCARD Standing by for traffic.
0350z: Unheard or missed it or not there...
[If there was a 0410z broadcast it was covered by REINDEER's 0406z
broadcast. 0450z as well.]

0406z: REINDEER; 7RUEEJ; 111 characters; P2.
7RUEEJ46QDKJTF3NLXAUOPQ3AW3W5Z2UF6D5ID52AYEXJL7DGBUQK4ENP4EW34EUN4ELRZXGAAEUVZVJ2D53B4EVT4EIZ4EOYZXGAWSAZ4YKSGU

Reformatted for clarity on the ear-capturing repetitive nature of the
broadcast; focused on the "4."

𝟽𝚁𝚄𝙴𝙴𝙹 [𝙿𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚖𝚋𝚕𝚎; 𝟼]
𝟺𝟼𝚀𝙳𝙺𝙹𝚃𝙵𝟹𝙽𝙻𝚇𝙰𝚄𝙾𝙿𝚀𝟹𝙰𝚆𝟹𝚆𝟻𝚉𝟸𝚄𝙵𝟼𝙳𝟻𝙸𝙳𝟻𝟸𝙰𝚈𝙴𝚇𝙹𝙻𝟽𝙳𝙶𝙱𝚄𝚀𝙺
 [𝟺𝟽]
𝟺𝙴𝙽𝙿
𝟺𝙴𝚆𝟹
𝟺𝙴𝚄𝙽
𝟺𝙴𝙻𝚁𝚉𝚇𝙶𝙰𝙰𝙴𝚄𝚅𝚉𝚅𝙹𝟸𝙳𝟻𝟹𝙱  [𝟸𝟶]
𝟺𝙴𝚅𝚃
𝟺𝙴𝙸𝚉
𝟺𝙴𝙾𝚈𝚉𝚇𝙶𝙰𝚆𝚂𝙰𝚉  [𝟷𝟸]
𝟺𝚈𝙺𝚂𝙶𝚄  [𝟼]
===

0434z: NEWGUARD (presumed E6B; ABNCP mission?); MIXJJ3; MITGFU; restoral.
[Missed him entering and exiting the net; ABNCP H+00/30 activity or ??. See
0555z for possibility of ABNCP mission.]

0509z: WEST COAST with test count.
0509z: LAJES with test count.

0510z: ASSISTANT (presumed E6B); MIXJJ3; MITGFU; h+10/h+40 TACAMO LANT
restoral rebroadcast window.

0520z: POSTCARD; MIXJJ3; MITGFU; restoral.
0522z: POSATCARD Standing by for traffic.

0530z: REINDEER; MIXJJ3; out; restoral; MITJFU apparently expired in
everyone's message queues.

0550z: POSTCARD; MIXJJ3; restoral.
0552z: POSTCARD Standing by for traffic; disregard this transmission (?).
0552z: POSTCARD Standing by for traffic. See 0554z.

[This chatter is new to me.]
========
0554z: POSTCARD (TACAMO PAC) called NEWGUARD and apparently in the blind:
"STANDING BY FOR ANY TRAFFIC 'IN HOUSE"'." (sounds like).
0555z: POSTCARD called NEWGUARD: "STANDING BY FOR ANY TRAFFIC 'IN HOUSE'."
0556z: POSTCARD called NEWGUARD: "POSTCARD OUT."
========

0600z: REINDEER; MIXJJ3; restoral.

[0602z: AEA9F6 launched from BANGOR.]

0630z: REINDEER; MIKJJ3; restoral.
[Apparent expiration of MIKJJ3 in the queue; see 0700z.]
[8 hours active in their traffic queue.]
========

0637z: SPAR 28 called ANY STATION and raised YOKOTA for an exchange of
signal checks and out.

0654z: NUTSHELL called and raised REINDEER to exit the net.

0700z: REINDEER; MIXJJ3; stopped; Disregard.

0702z: NUTSHELL exits the net once REINDEER was finished at 0700.

Quiet until 1400z-1500z+ window. [Central CONUS office opening hours.
Exercise activity scheduled for the work day.]

0906z: REINDEER with test count.
0916z: LAJES with test count.

1412z: ARMY TMN called and raised MAINSAIL for an exchange of signal
checks. Relatively recent appearances on the HFGCS.

[1443z: AEAC73 E6B launched from OFFUTT.]

1448z: VOLITION (suspected AEAC73) called and raised REINDEER to enter the
net.
1451z: VOLITION entered the net.

1455z: AIRCRAFT 0341 called any station with radio maintenance check and
raised MAINSAIL.

1504z: NUTSHELL called and raised REINDEER to enter the net.

[1505z+/-: AFB79F E6B launched from PAX RIVER.]

1506z: NUTSHELL entered the net.

[On FR24: B52 launches: 1525z AE58A6; 1545z AE5897; 1553z AE5897; 1559z
AE586E; 1621z AE589D ex MINOT; other's as well noted elsewhere; any or none
may have participated in the surrounding and following; context.]

##########
[This may or may not be related to the relatively brief SKYMASTER/274
traffic that follows; I suspect it is IMO.]
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1529z: REINDEER; 7RQIWK; P2.
7RQIWKNQQWYCSILXEA4HAB2PEYBEXW

1533z: REINDEER; 7RSL2H; P2.
7RSL2HX25ONEF7AABMIXWZGETWEXKV
********
[REINDEER not heard by me again until 1814z. See 1651z. Temporarily out of
the loop?]

1600z: BAT 31 (BONE or tanker?) called and raised MAINSAIL for current
message traffic; MAINSAIL advised there was no message traffic at this time.

[Start of B52 SKYMASTER activity:]

1618z: SLIDE 30 SKYMASTER
LNB USE SCG JZJ BZE CQU LDQ OKP KMD

1623z: SLIDE 20 SKYMASTER
LNB USE SCG ITJ BZE CQU LDQ GHB KMD

1626z: PINON 20 (pronounced "pinion"; presumed U2) called SLIDE 20 for a
radio check "if able."

1626z: SLIDE 29 SKYMASTER
LNB USE SCG ITJ BZE CQU LDQ GCT HMH

1628z: SLIDE 31 SKYMASTER
LNB USE SCG ITJ BZE CQU LDQ GCT TOW

1630z: SLIDE 82 SKYMASTER
LNB USE SCG ITJ BZE CQU LDQ GCGT HXG

1632z: ? (in the noise floor) apparently acknowledged MESSAGE TRAFFIC;
suspect ASSISTANT.
1633z: SLIDE 82 responded to call.

1637z: SLIDE 25 SKYMASTER
LNB USE INF ITJ BZE CQU LDQ GCT GDW

1640z: SLIDE 33 SKYMASTER
LNB USE SCG ITJ BZE CQU LDQ GCT DSP

1641z: ASSISTANT (in the noise floor) to SLIDE 33; probable acknowledgement.

1648z: SLIDE 27 SKYMASTER 8 groups, not 9.
LNB USE SCG ITJ BZE CQU LDQ XGD

[Following two strings not heard from NCS; from apparent TACAMO LANT. Is
the NCS out of the loop? Is ASSISTANT the original HF injection point?]
========
1651z: ASSISTANT (very slightly better levels); MI35YI; P1.
MI35YIDJC3VTTO4IJVAEWWOMK3HPO2

1656z: ASSISTANT (very weak); MIPX62; P1.
MIPX62RU7JZHW3GAHBKLZUKSWTQKZ2

1659z: SLIDE 36 SKYMASTER (all groups spoken very fast).
LNB USE SCG ITJ BZE CQU LDQ LSQ KMD
[Last logged instance of AKAC 274 traffic although mentioned later.]

1702z: ASSISTANT called ? and raised MAINSAIL.

1710z: ASSISTANT; MIPX62; MI3TYI; h+10/h+40 TACAMO LANT restoral
rebroadcast window.
1716z: ASSISTANT Standing by for traffic.

1718z: ASSISTANT called VOLITION and raised REINDEER but did not respond.
1719z: ASSISTANT called VOLITION.
1721z: ASSISTANT called VOLITION.

1739z: FEAR 90 worked MAINSAIL for a signal check.

1741z: SLIDE 22 called SKYMASTER: "say when ready for message traffic."

1742z: DEUCE 18 called ANY "JET" (sounds like) ANY RADIO and raised SLIDE
82 for a loud and clear.

1754z: SLIDE 23 called SLIDE "3" a couple of times.

1759z: DEUCE 17 called ANY RADIO for a signal check and raised SLIDE 82 for
a loud and clear.

[REINDEER reappears]
========
1814z: REINDEER; MITZ6H; P1.
MITZ6HAHPSRNR3XWK7RLUEQYH6UVYZ

1830z: REINDEER; MITZ6H; restoral.
========
[HF message traffic apparently ends for the UTC day.]

1843z: RADIO MAINTENANCE called ANY STATION and raised SLIDE 82 for a loud
and clear.
[Last heard instance of a SLIDE##.]
##########

1846z: DAFFODIL (presumed E6B) called REINDEER and raised MAINSAIL
1848z: DAFFODIL called and raised REINDEER.
1851z: DAFFODIL called MAINSAIL and raised REINDEER.
1853z: DAFFODIL raised REINDEER.
1900z: DAFFODIL called MAINSAIL.
1902z: DAFFODIL called and raised REINDEER to enter the net.
1904z: DAFFODIL entered the net.
1904z: DAFFODIL requested who else was checked into the net
1908z: REINDEER stated VOLITION and NUTSHELL have checked into the net.

2045z: DAFFODIL called and raised REINDEER to exit the net.
2047z: DAFFODIL exited the net.
[100 minutes+/- in the net.]

2118z: MAINSAIL with test count.
2118z: ANDREWS with test count.
2130z: MAINSAIL with test count,

2146z: VOLITION called REINDEER.
2146z: VOLITION called REINDEER.
2147z: VOLITION called REINDEER.
2148z: VOLITION called and raised REINDEER to exit the net.
2151z: VOLITION exited the net.

2226z: KNOWLEDGE (presumed E6B) called and raised REINDEER to enter the net.
2231z: KNOWLEDGE entered the net.

2258z: ASSISTANT called and raised MAINSAIL to exit the net.
2301z: ASSISTANT exited the net.

Jeff
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