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A recipe for disaster

PostPosted: Sat Nov 25, 2017 7:08 pm
by emfrat
"Nearly all of the US aircraft based at RAF Lakenheath operate on ultra high frequency (UHF) radio and cannot hear civilian aircraft, which use very high frequency (VHF)."

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-suffolk-42063835

Re: A recipe for disaster

PostPosted: Tue Nov 28, 2017 10:49 am
by SUBS17
A-10C has both UHF and 2 VHF radios. You can tune into both at the same time. B-)

Re: A recipe for disaster

PostPosted: Mon Jan 22, 2018 7:34 am
by chopper_nut
Was just reading a book about Air America and they had the same issue in Vietnam where all of the mil traffic was on UHF. It did lead to some accidents so it's nothing new :blink: