Message posted by Joerg (Webmaster) (Member since 10/17/2000) on October 05, 2022 at 21:25:26 PST:
A source in central CA recorded the attached clip yesterday. The mission was definitely in the R-2508 airspace (see below) but conducted by NTTR controllers Ramrod, Blond Girl and Breach. This ties in with reports of a closer integration of the various test ranges in the southwest. I heard the following callsigns: Sabre 41 - Chase/photo aircraft or avionics test bed, often N654BA or N661BA Ratt 55 - USAF NT-43A (#73-1155), airborne IR and radar test bed, based at Area 51 Blond Girl - R-4807A Airspace Controller, based at TTR Ramrod - NTTR Master Mission Controller, based at TTR Breach - Airborne Mission Controller (TTR/ECR?) Rearm? 72 - (unknown, never heard in the NTTR) Knight 21 - F-117 from TTR (#84-0828; only heard once, may have been unrelated to this mission) Ratt 55 was tracking in the Saline and Owens MOA:
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=a10635&lat=36.812&lon=-117.097&zoom=7.0&showTrace=2022-10-04
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