TRACON APCH CTLR CONCERNED ABOUT OBSERVED SIT. CTLR XFERRED CTL OF SMA TO ZJX WHEN CONFLICT ALERT ACTIVATED WITH OTHER ALLEGED MIL T34 ACFT; JUST ZJX CTL AREA. CTLR SUGGESTS MIL MOVE TRAINING OPS TO ANOTHER AREA. ALSO; ALLEGES FACILITY MGMNT REFUSES TO CORRECT THE PROB.

Date: 1998-08 · Aircraft: Skylane 182/RG Turbo Skylane/RG

Anomalies: conflict-airborne-conflict|other-unspecified

Synopsis

TRACON APCH CTLR CONCERNED ABOUT OBSERVED SIT. CTLR XFERRED CTL OF SMA TO ZJX WHEN CONFLICT ALERT ACTIVATED WITH OTHER ALLEGED MIL T34 ACFT; JUST ZJX CTL AREA. CTLR SUGGESTS MIL MOVE TRAINING OPS TO ANOTHER AREA. ALSO; ALLEGES FACILITY MGMNT REFUSES TO CORRECT THE PROB.

Narrative

ACFT #1 WAS AT 7000 FT DIRECT RMG. THE ON COURSE RTE TOOK HIM THROUGH THE DEP GATE TO ZJX. I HAD SWITCHED HIM TO ZJX FREQ 6 MI PRIOR TO THE AIRSPACE BOUNDARY. AT THE BOUNDARY I OBSERVED A VFR TARGET INDICATING 8500 FT MSL. THE NEXT TIME I SCANNED THE TFC THE TARGETS WERE ABOUT TO MERGE WITH THE VFR TARGET NOW INDICATING 7500 FT MSL. THE CONFLICT ALERT ACTIVATED AND THE MODE C'S WERE NO LONGER INDICATED DUE TO PROX. AFTER THEY PASSED I CHKED THE VFR TARGET'S BEACON CODE. IT WAS XXXX; WHICH INDICATES A MIL T34 (ACFT #2) CONDUCTING AEROBATIC MANEUVERS. NEITHER ACFT WAS ON MY FREQ AND I DON'T KNOW IF ZJX OBSERVED THE TFC. PNS APCH CTL HAS 6 DEP GATES WITH BORDERING RADAR FACILITIES AVERAGING 6 MI ACROSS. AT ANY GIVEN TIME; THERE CAN BE UP TO 4 T34'S CONDUCTING AEROBATIC MANEUVERS IN ANY OF THESE AREAS. THESE ACFT ARE NOT ON APCH FREQ. I FEEL THESE ACTIVITIES IN OUR DEP AREAS ARE UNSAFE AND THE MIL NEEDS TO CONDUCT THEM IN A REMOTE AREA AWAY FROM OUR CROWDED AIRSPACE. FAA MGMNT IS AWARE OF THIS ONGOING PRACTICE AND REFUSES TO CORRECT THE PROB. THEY CLAIM THEY CANNOT INFLUENCE MIL PROCS. THIS CONTINUING PRACTICE IS AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN.

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