Callsign Dragnet

[2000flyer]

Coming across the Gulf of Mexico today I heard Houston Center talking to "Dragnet." No number associated, just Dragnet. They were either on a shared freq or UHF. Anyone know who they are?

 

[YourNameHere]

Coming across the Gulf of Mexico today I heard Houston Center talking to "Dragnet." No number associated, just Dragnet. They were either on a shared freq or UHF. Anyone know who they are?

Air Force out of Tinker AFB, OK

 

[mattpilot]

Tanker?

Guessing, since a tanker would "drag" other aircraft.

 

[SKC]

The AWACS are based in Tinker.

 

[C601]

[FONT=verdana, helvetica, arial]It was USAF E-3B AWACS based from Tinker AFB, most likely the 966th AWACS Div

http://www2.acc.af.mil/gallery/images/aircraft/awacs/fi/AWACS.htm
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[2000flyer]

If it was an AWACs, I'm curious why center was giving it the position of another aircraft via radial/distance. Seems that big dish on top would give them the info without asking!

Oh well, thanks for the information folks!

 

[landlover]

If it was an AWACs, I'm curious why center was giving it the position of another aircraft via radial/distance. Seems that big dish on top would give them the info without asking!

Oh well, thanks for the information folks!

nah that dish is allocated to recieving espn.