Mid-Atlantic (and beyond) MilAir 2025

[Mark]

Couple KC-135's departed LEMO Spain this morning 0945z-1000z westbound for KDOV
according to Acars.Assume dragging someone.
BLUE-63 #63-8025 from 92ARW Fairchild.
BLUE-53 #63-8874 also from KSKA.
Should be here just after lunch time today.

 

[Mark]

USS Ford must be around Gibraltar area as here come some Navy assets from Sardinia.
Couple of C-2's and 2 KC-130J from VMGR-252 dragging at least 4 Ospreys all seem inbound Rota NAS.

 

[TristanC910]

Couple KC-135's departed LEMO Spain this morning 0945z-1000z westbound for KDOV
according to Acars.Assume dragging someone.
BLUE-63 #63-8025 from 92ARW Fairchild.
BLUE-53 #63-8874 also from KSKA.
Should be here just after lunch time today.

Appearing on adsb now east of Hailfax
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[paradiver]

USS Ford must be around Gibraltar area as here come some Navy assets from Sardinia.
Couple of C-2's and 2 KC-130J from VMGR-252 dragging at least 4 Ospreys all seem inbound Rota NAS.
View attachment 191908

95 km NE of Malta per the satellite image 11/1

by that wake looks like they got the peddle to the metal

 

[paradiver]

95 km NE of Malta per the satellite image 11/1

by that wake looks like they got the peddle to the metal

View attachment 191914

I was a little off 36.33622 15.32374 still NE of Malta.

If you zoom out you will see the wake from the screws disturbing the water as far as 10 km back. Just the whitewater is nearly 1km itself. Quite impressive.

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[Mark]

Appearing on adsb now east of Hailfax
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BLUE-53 on ZBW cleared to Manta at FL-380. Not seeing it on screen but BLUE-63 #63-8015 showing.
I don't think they are dragging anyone it seems. Maybe just repositioning for home eventually.
Both flying high now for Dover it seems.

 

[Mark]

Odd that 2 Northwest US based tankers would stop at Dover rather than Pease.Makes for longer trip
home unless tomorrow there gonna drag whoever came in the other day back West?
McGuire's longest runway 6/24 is OTS till mid December so maybe for a full fuel load they chose Dover.
McGuire's other runway 18/36 is only 7.1k feet long.Notice you don't see many loaded up planes lately departing Mcguire.
Just a WAG.

Lot of staffing issues today at FAA.. Seems worse on the weekends than weekdays.

OIS

 

[Mark]

OMNI-Air B763 was chartered to Jamaica the other day OAE3819 N423X.
Loaded up at Dulles airport.. At end of vid clip.. Good Dog!

U.S. Department of State’s DART Team board Charter Flight

U.S. Department of State’s DART Team along with VA-TF1 of Fairfax, VA board a charter flight to Kingston, Jamaica on October 30, 2025.

www.dvidshub.net

OY3819 (OAE3819) Omni Air International Flight Tracking and History 30-Oct-2025 (KMIA-KIN / MKJP) - FlightAware

Track Omni Air International (OY) #3819 flight from Miami Intl to Norman Manley Int'l

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[RaleighGuy]

Watch for flights and equipment heading towards Nigeria, Sec'y of War says "The Department of War is preparing for action."

https://x.com/PeteHegseth/status/1984751436102791607?t=w0rjOeOo7lJLZs5ZE8_FFQ&s=09

 

[RichardKramer]

@1945L; Not very chatty; but bunch of helos at the Gap traversing around, a2a 141.500; Tower 126.200.

 

[Dutchmil]

VMFA-211 is returning from their six month deployment to Japan.
They should be departing from Andersen, Guam to Honolulu later today.

 

[mdmonitor]

From a FL listener about the weekend CAP

Sat, Nov 1 at 2:47 PM


So far they are using the same NORAD frequencies as last time for air-air.
253.200 CRTC Ops
288.400
293.600
324.000

 

[AdinsonThom]

Air defense flights continued today in West Palm Beach, with three KC-135s (171 ARW ZOMBIES 21, 22, and 23) and F-16s (482 FW LUCKY21) in the morning and other F-16s from a different unit in the afternoon. November 1, 2025

 

[AdinsonThom]

Since yesterday, air operations continued with NORAD (Noble Eagle at Mar-a-Lago, West Palm Beach, Florida). In the morning, F-16 482FW, callsign LUCKY-21, operated. In the afternoon, another air unit, whose details I don't have, operated. Three KC-135 171 ARW, callsigns ZOMBIE21, 22, and 23, also operated; all returned to Navy Jacksonville.

 

[Saint01]

1935z DUCE 22 (KC-46) out of Pease 120.325 zob > 132.425 zmp

 

[Mark]

Potus touring his old plane before Florida departure..

 

[Saint01]

2150z RCH 4157 (McChord C17) out of Dover 133.525 zob > 125.975 zau

 

[RaleighGuy]

1730 - AF1 departed WPB for ADW

 

[RaleighGuy]

1730 - AF1 departed WPB for ADW

1859 - AF1 wheels down ADW

 

[Mark]

Couple Grissom Indiana KC-135's headed overseas to EGUN stop.
RCH-640 #60-0314
RCH-641 #60-0364

Also a couple E-3G types currently rtb to Tinker after Alaska stop from Japan.
NOVA-01 #75-0558
NOVA-02 #77-0356
Guess they didn't always trust local ATC over there on Potus visits.

Those 2 BLUE KC-135's from Fairchild Wash State departed Dover today dragging nobody straight home at FL-350
Sure seems like waste of fuel but thats how the USAF operates.

Toronto lost World series with only 2 outs remaining in 9th inning... Was rooting for them