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Air Force

The Royal Air Force ground services are provided via the DHFCS. All frequencies mentioned on this page are on the upper sideband.

Voice

UK

  • 3146
  • 4742
  • 6733
  • 9031
  • 11205
  • 13257

Cyprus

  • 3146
  • 4742
  • 6733
  • 9016
  • 15031

Ascension Island

  • 3146
  • 4742
  • 6733
  • 11247

Falkland Islands

  • 3146
  • 4742
  • 6733
  • 9016
  • 11247

On the voice channels, the ground control uses the callsign Tazcomm (regardless of the region), while most aircraft identify as Ascot ####.

ALE

UK

  • 3086
  • 4706
  • 6706
  • 9019
  • 11217

Cyprus

  • 3095
  • 4703
  • 6691
  • 9022
  • 11208
  • 15040

Ascension Island

  • 3065
  • 4715
  • 6694
  • 8980
  • 11223

Falkland Islands

  • 3128
  • 4733
  • 6703
  • 9028
  • 11241

The ALE channels are used for text messaging with the 2G ALE Automatic Message Display (AMD) feature. The addresses heard include:

  • XSS: Ground control (regardless of the region)
  • UKE30#: Boeing E-3D Sentry AEW.1; the last digit is taken from the tail number (between 1 and 7 inclusive)
  • 2#####: Boeing C-17A Globemaster III; the digits are taken from the last digits of the tail number
  • MEF: Unknown

On each frequency, XSS emits an ALE sounding every 30 minutes.

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