Originally Posted by
Grumble
Tony are you speaking from first hand knowledge? Very few military a/c are limited to only UHF.
Yes, from the ATC side of the mike. We certainly dealt with more than one type that only had UHF (or UHF/HF) back "in the day".
Never talked to an SR71 on anything but the discreet UHF frequency assigned to each ATC center specifically for this use.
Of course, Guard is monitored. In UHF, VHF, or both.