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Here are recieving frequencies for various airshow teams. Date indicates the last time that frequency was verified at an airshow:

U.S. Teams

Blue Angels

238.150 - Showline Center    (NAS Pensacola 11/13/93)
246.400 - Solo/2-Team
251.600 - ?		     Reported at McGuire '94
251.600 - solo planes	     NAS Pensacola, 11/13/93, San Fran., 10/8/94)
	    Angels 5,6,7	  
263.350 - Alt. All Aircraft, (NAS Dallas, 11/6/93, San Fran., 10/8/94)
	    Maintenance
275.350 - diamond formation   NAS Pensacola, 11/13/93, San Fran., 10/8/94) 		  
          Angels 1-4
302.150 - All aircraft 	     (Whole Unit or whoever is currently performing a
          maneuver before the crowd, San Fran., 10/8/94)
307.700 - Alt All Aircraft   (NAS Dallas, 11/6/93, San Fran., 10/8/94)
319.800 - ?		     Reported at Clevland '93
399.000 - Angels 1-6 	     showline (11/11/92)

Other possible frequencies include: (Note: Maybe outdated)
118.100, 118.200, 
121.900 		     (Ground Support)
140.050
141.560(Charlie),	     ((am) maintenance)
142.000(Alpha),		     ((am) maintenance, repeats on A-A Channel)
142.025(Delta)		     ((am) maintenance, repeats to 142.625)
142.260, 142.2625, 142.265
143.000(Bravo),		     ((am) maintenance, repeats on A-A Channel)
143.600(Ch. 10) 	     (maintenance) 
241.400, 245.900, 250.800, 251.600, 251.800, 256.250, 263.500(air-to-air)
318.900, 345.900, 348.600, 360.400, 362.600, 382.500, 384.400,
391.100, 391.900, 395.100, 395.900(air-to-air)

U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds:

123.475			air-to-ground (Dayton 7/94)
140.400 		(air-to-air tactical, Thunderbird 7)   
			Confirmed Symnra, TN 9/18/93		
141.850			(team leader)  Confirmed Symnra, TN 9/18/93		
322.950			(used before and during flight) Denver, Co 09/25/93
413.025, 413.075(nb FM) (ground support, Maintainence 2)    
			Confirmed Symnra, TN 9/18/93		
Other Possible Freqs... (Note: Maybe outdated)
114.950, 116.200, 118.100,
120.450(operations), 121.700, 123.400, 123.450, 124.950, 126.200, 139.700,140.000, 
141.050, 141.400, 143.850, 148.550, 236.550, 236.600(air-to-air), 235.250, 236.550, 
241.400, 250.850, 250.850(team leader), 253.500, 273.500, 292.100, 281.400, 283.500,
294.700(air-to-air), 295.700, 322.300, 322.600(air-to-air), 336.400, 343.600, 
372.000, 382.900, 394.000(air-to-air), 413.000, 413.100, 413.025, 413.075


Parachute Teams

U. S. Army Golden Knights (Parachute Team)

032.300, 032.400 	(Operations)
042.350, 045.350	(Primary)
123.000			(Air to ground support)
123.400			(Air Coordination)
123.450, 123.475	(Air to ground support Willow Run '93)
123.500, 124.000	(Air to ground )

U.S. Military Academy Cadet Parachute Team

49.75			(Air to ground jump coordination)
151.625			(On ground coordination)

Falcons RAF Parachute Display Team

255.100


International Teams

Aquilla Spanish team (Casa 101's)

130.50, 252.500 (7/93)

Asas de Portugal Portugal team (T-37's)

262.15 (7/93)

Brazillian Air Force Team

130.5500, 130.6550, 132.2500 (7/93)

British Red Arrows

242.20, 242.050,
243.450 air to air (New Orleans, La 10/16/93)
253.450

Canadian Snowbirds

245.750			(used before and during flight) Denver, Co 09/25/93	
275.800			Channel 1
295.600			Channel 2
310.800			Channel 3
Other Possible Freqs.... (Note: Maybe outdated)
227.600, 236.600, 239.800, 240.500, 243.400, 245.000, 
245.700, 263.800, 266.300, 283.900, 289.400, 294.500, 294.600, 
316.500, 322.800, 344.500, 356.600, 363.800, 378.500 

Frecce Tricolori Italian Airteam (10 MB339's)

307.800, 381.000 (7/93)(Spoken in Italian)

Grasshoppers Dutch Helicopter team (Allouette's))

281.100 (7/93)

Patrouille De France French team (Alpha jets))

143.85, 242.65 (7/93)

Patrouille De Suisse Swiss team (Hunter aircraft))

288.85 (7/93)


Civilian Teams

Budlight Microjet

122.925 Confirmed NAS Pensacola 11/13/93
123.470 Confirmed Symnra, TN 9/18/93

Coors Microjet

122.925 Coors Microjet
123.360 Coors Silver Bullets

French Connection

122.920 (Willow Run "93)
122.970 Voiceover (Willow Run "93)

Goodyear Blimp

123.0500, 161.4000 Goodyear Blimp
123.2500 Goodyear Blimp Wingfoot Lake Facility
151.6250 Goodyear Blimp ground crew to airship
153.2900 Goodyear Blimp Liason
161.7000 Goodyear Blimp to TV Network
450.8000 Goodyear Blimp Liason
465.9625 BLIMP OPS
465.9125, 465.9375 Blimp OPS

Parachute & Skydiving

122.750, 123.4000, 123.4500, 123.5000

Ray Ban Gold Aerobatics Team

122.9200, 122.9250

Royal Albanians Flight Team

123.450, 123.4750

Sean Tucker

122.950
122.970 Willow Run '93

Skyhawks Jump Team

294.700

Silver Eagles

030.500 Air to Ground Comms
149.800 Air to Ground Support
304.700 Air to Ground Support

Soviet Reunion Team

122.750 (Huntsville PAPA 10/8/94)
118.750 Backup (Huntsville PAPA 10/8/94)

Team America Flight Team

123.4750

T6 Group

122.925 Confirmed NAS Pensacola 11/13/93

Common civilian airshow teams

122.925, 124.300

Common civilian airshow tower and show control frequencies

120.000 123.400, 123.450, 123.475, 123.750,
126.200, 126.400, 126.250, 128.250

Common Airshow support staff channels

151.625, 154.570, etc.

349.400		 	(USAF Military towers)
126.20, 340.200, 	(Military air tower Pensacola NAS (Sherman Field)(11/13/93)
142.025 	 	(Ground Traffic Pensacola NAS (Sherman Field) 11/13/93)
138.525, 138.165 	(Security Pensacola NAS (Sherman Field) 11/13/93)
122.745  	 	Airshow Airboss (Show control) at Symnra, TN 9/18/93

112.680, 121.770, 122.690, 	(Courtland, AL Airshow 11/05/92)
122.700, 			(Courtland, AL Airshow 11/05/92)
118.450  			Airshow Airboss (Show control) at Courtland, AL 
118.150 			Maxwell AFB tower,Montgomery, AL
118.500, 118.750, 125.600	Huntsville App & Dept.
119.700				Huntsville Tower
119.900				BHM tower,Birmingham, AL
124.500, 132.000 		Approach, Birmingham, AL
125.525, 306.250, 316.100 377.150 (Alabama ANG tower,Birmingham, AL)	

403.000-415.000			U.S. UHF Government Trunking System 
				(Maybe some good stuff here...)
Modes on most frequencies are AM.

This list was compiled by airshow/scanner fanatics from all over the world! If any of the information you see or hear on this list is wrong let me know. Please send corrections and updates to:
Skip Pennington, KD4IWW
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