Mid-Air Refueling over Nova Scotia

[looknlisten]

I am so pissed....there had better be clear skies tomorrow! Excellent shot! No sign of them here
btw...What freqs were active? At least I may have caught some interesting comms.

[NE1C4NSC4N]

Originally Posted by looknlisten

I am so pissed....there had better be clear skies tomorrow! Excellent shot! No sign of them here

Thanks man.. Bummer you didn't see them, and now that I think about it, they were heading pretty far southwest compared to AR20, so I'm thinking they would have been out over the ocean or maybe to the mainland by the time they got to your area. Hopefully the next flight comes down your way a bit further.

The weather said sunny for tomorrow last I checked.

[Mark]

Great pic! Looks like one fighter on the hose right side and you can clearly
see boom hose on the left wing.Rare 4 engine fuselage VC-10 as well in action.
Funny mode s only had these guys as far as upstate New York or Mass area.
Possible they stopped at Westover or went way offshore down South?

[Mark]

5 more RAF GR4's into St Johns from Lajes today 2100z
Was listening on St John Canda feed on ATC net
Tanker was Tristar Ascot 9211

Should head out for next stop Wright Pat Sunday or Monday.

[NE1C4NSC4N]

Originally Posted by Mark

Great pic! Looks like one fighter on the hose right side and you can clearly
see boom hose on the left wing.Rare 4 engine fuselage VC-10 as well in action.
Funny mode s only had these guys as far as upstate New York or Mass area.
Possible they stopped at Westover or went way offshore down South?

Thanks Mark. I actually got 1 or 2 shots(my last few) of both of them on the boom's, but my antenna and roof was intruding on the picture, so I didn't post it. They were headed WSW by what I could tell, so I would say they stayed inland if anything.

Thanks for the heads up on the second wave too, hopefully the weather clears out by the time they get moving again.

[looknlisten]

Early morning transit of 5 Spangdahlem F-16s returning back to Europe after a divert to Atlantic City.
Picked up the tanker on Mode-S as OPEC 28(KC10 79-0434).
Used the following freqs; 297.900mhz, 314.100mhz and 297.900mhz.
96-0080 F-16 CUBE 51
91-0343 F-16 CUBE 52
90-0827 F-16 CUBE 53
91-0360 F-16 CUBE 54
91-0417 F-16 CUBE 55

Audioboo / CUBE Flight near YQI Feb 16th, 2013

[Mark]

Originally Posted by Mark

5 more RAF GR4's into St Johns from Lajes today 2100z
Was listening on St John Canda feed on ATC net
Tanker was Tristar Ascot 9211

Should head out for next stop Wright Pat Sunday or Monday.

All the RAF ASCOTS left St Johns today and went to Wright-Pat late this afternoon.

[NE1C4NSC4N]

Originally Posted by looknlisten

Early morning transit of 5 Spangdahlem F-16s returning back to Europe after a divert to Atlantic City.
Picked up the tanker on Mode-S as OPEC 28(KC10 79-0434).
Used the following freqs; 297.900mhz, 314.100mhz and 297.900mhz.
96-0080 F-16 CUBE 51
91-0343 F-16 CUBE 52
90-0827 F-16 CUBE 53
91-0360 F-16 CUBE 54
91-0417 F-16 CUBE 55

Audioboo / CUBE Flight near YQI Feb 16th, 2013

Nice catch Look! Thanks for sharing

I forgot to post this audio Friday, its from the Tornado flight :

Audioboo / RAF Tornado's refueling over YHZ - 15-02-2013

Originally Posted by Mark

All the RAF ASCOTS left St Johns today and went to Wright-Pat late this afternoon.

Dang, I didn't hear a peep here. Oh well, hopefully they come back this way.

[darrylcn]

Traffic on 228.125, have it as B-2 A-A, not sure if its accurate though.

[NE1C4NSC4N]

Originally Posted by darrylcn

Traffic on 228.125, have it as B-2 A-A, not sure if its accurate though.

I thought I heard some chatter, was away from the radios, but heard it from the other room, was short whatever it was. There was a KC in the area around that time according to the box.

[Mark]

0425z SHUCK 80 E-3B 75-0556 headed for AR-20 with ETHYL L1
from NJ ANG.
Mentions waypoint DENDU for later.
openNav :: DENDU - waypoint

I see snow at St Johns..

[looknlisten]

Originally Posted by Mark

0425z SHUCK 80 E-3B 75-0556 headed for AR-20 with ETHYL L1
from NJ ANG.
..

Here is the audio from this morning's AR. Over an hour from start to finish, but, through the magic of editing...
Part 1- Audioboo / SHUCK80 & ETHYL-l1 refuel on AR20, Feb 22nd, 0501Z
Part 2- Audioboo / SHUCK80 & ETHYL-l1 refuel on AR20, Feb 22nd, 0501Z(Part2)

[Mark]

Nice audio log.. Glad you caught that..

Could be more this weekend..Yesterday BLUE 52 58-0125 6thAMW went up to Pease and
BLUE 51 58-0038 916ARW went to Spain two days ago so assume they will be bringing
someone westbound..

[looknlisten]

Thanks Mark. I finally will be off for a few days after tonight and am hoping for clear skies and some interesting traffic in my area. I'll be on the lookout for the Blue Flight.

[Mark]

Originally Posted by looknlisten

Thanks Mark. I finally will be off for a few days after tonight and am hoping for clear skies and some interesting traffic in my area. I'll be on the lookout for the Blue Flight.

Also maybe this weekend some Dutch F-16's that have been working out
in Arizona for a while will be heading East to Lajes.
NAF-41 KDC-10 tanker T-235 went to Phoenix area last night 0245z.
8-10 Dutch F-16's I think using callsign Retro.
Prob will use a US tanker for support also.. BLUE 32 showing back up St Johns today.

[looknlisten]

Awesome...I'll keep my fingers crossed. Thanks.

[looknlisten]

Originally Posted by Mark

...
BLUE 51 58-0038 916ARW went to Spain two days ago so assume they will be bringing
someone westbound..

UK group is pretty sure that BLUE51 will be dragging A-10s back with them to the US. Should be 82-0650, 81-0962 & 81-098 from Spangdahlem (via Lajes).

[Mark]

OK Thanks.. Spang A-10's retiring for now to desert at Davis Monthan as that unit draws down.

BLUE 21 61-0300 ILL ANG to Arizona yesterday so think this one will take one group of the Dutch
F-16's east.
No other moves logged yesterday..They should be coming East later today.

[Mark]

First group Retro 71 flight of 6 F-16's with BLUE 21 made Shaw AFB this afternoon.
Fighters were using VHF for ATC coms as well.
Second group Retro 81 with NAF-41 enroute should be there in a couple hours.
Not sure how far North these guys will go before turning East to Lajes tommorow.

[looknlisten]

Thanks again Mark...Just updated my station today and will be on the lookout for the RETRO/BLUE flights.