Mid-Atlantic (and beyond) MilAir 2025

[mattcawby]

PACK-44 KC-46 #18-46047 landing Dover kind of unexpectedly.
Looking for covert lighting on runway 32 so guess training.
Mentions taxing in and for brake cooling will wait about 30 minutes before IFR.
Never heard a KC-46 talking about cooling the brakes down.Says will park here engines running to cool brakes down.

When the USAF departs Boeing Field on an acceptance flight with a Boeing Company KC-46A for refueling, they leave the gear extended for 15 minutes for "brake cooling". I haven't read anything about this but heard it on the radio many times.

 

[RaleighGuy]

POTUS takes Marine 1 to JBA for golfing tomorrow...

11:35 AM THE PRESIDENT departs the White House en route Joint Base Andrews
12:00 PM THE PRESIDENT visits The Courses at Andrews
2:40 PM THE PRESIDENT arrives The White House

 

[Mark]

POTUS Thanksgiving FDC NOTAM 5/0709 has been issued for the West Palm Beach, FL area on November 25-30, 2025.

View the TFR NOTAM text on the FAA TFR page

Guessing during that long stay a possible surprise Mil Holiday visit elsewhere? Popular week for past Presidents to do that..
Maybe short trip to MacDill or Key West NAS or Puerto Rico?

Rare location SAM departure this morning.. SAM-178 B737 #02-0042 departing Grenada not far from Venezuela.

 

[Mark]

Couple RCAF Hornets along with Canada C-130 Oiler-40 working out of MacDill.

 

[mdmonitor]

Guessing during that long stay a possible surprise Mil Holiday visit elsewhere? Popular week for past Presidents to do that..
Maybe short trip to MacDill or Key West NAS or Puerto Rico?

Rare location SAM departure this morning.. SAM-178 B737 #02-0042 departing Grenada not far from Venezuela.
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Maybe talking to Grenada about setting up forward operating location?

 

[Mark]

Fuzzy long distance photo of mine of that MH-47G callsign BH-09 from Boeing bouncing around yesterday.
May see more of these the next few years around here.

Boeing lands new contract for special ops MH-47G helicopters

The U.S. Special Operations Command has placed an $877 million order with Boeing for additional MH-47G Chinook helicopters to support its rotary-wing operations through 2030. The Boeing Company, based in Ridley Park, Pennsylvania, has been awarded a firm-fixed-price delivery order

defence-blog.com

 

[Mark]

Maybe talking to Grenada about setting up forward operating location?

Waypoints on Acars has it headed West thru Texas into New Mexico next..
I think it did stop at TTZP airport in Trinidad and Tobago.Prob just showed climbing up near Grenada.Hard to tell.
No more invasions at St Georges Med school in Grenada 🤣

 

[RaleighGuy]

White House gave a good weather call for Marine 1 to JBA/ADW, departure about 11:50am arrival 12:00

Per WH, POTUS and Jack Nicklaus are doing an aerial tour of ADW Golf Courses in Marine 1.

 

[jaymatt1978]

13:24L Coast guard 101 came up on ZOB 61 IMPERIAL 132.1250

 

[Mark]

Waypoints on Acars has it headed West thru Texas into New Mexico next..
I think it did stop at TTZP airport in Trinidad and Tobago.Prob just showed climbing up near Grenada.Hard to tell.
No more invasions at St Georges Med school in Grenada 🤣

Seems a change of plans for SAM-178 #02-0042 now seems rtb Andrews..
E-4B #74-0787 into MacDill.. Seems a bit early

 

[Saint01]

ZEUS01 @ 20,0 over my house a few minutes ago....never heard him on the box

 

[RaleighGuy]

Seems a change of plans for SAM-178 #02-0042 now seems rtb Andrews..
E-4B #74-0787 into MacDill.. Seems a bit early

ACARS shows it going from KESP to ADW

 

[Mark]

ACARS shows it going from KESP to ADW

There is no KESP that I can find.. Does show final waypoint as VUDOO.
VUDOO waypoint | OpenNav

 

[RaleighGuy]

There is no KESP that I can find.. Does show final waypoint as VUDOO.
VUDOO waypoint | OpenNav

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[RaleighGuy]

POTUS takes Marine 1 to JBA for golfing tomorrow...

11:35 AM THE PRESIDENT departs the White House en route Joint Base Andrews
12:00 PM THE PRESIDENT visits The Courses at Andrews
2:40 PM THE PRESIDENT arrives The White House

Just curious @kc2asb what is so funny about POTUS schedule and the update post on weather update confirming he was using M1?

 

[Mark]

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Thats a little private airport that on google and Airnav searches do not even show... Maybe not open anymore.
Not likely SAM flight originated from there having only 3k foot runway
Acars messages seem goofy on SAM flights. Maybe was supposed to be KISP that makes more sense.

 

[spacellamaman]

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Groucho Marx?


Gonzo from the Muppets? Ala Snoz?




Either way the creativity is taking things up a notch.

 

[Hbright]

Rare location SAM departure this morning.. SAM-178 B737 #02-0042 departing Grenada not far from Venezuela.
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FR24 showed flight was ADW-TER-GND-ADW.

 

[Mark]

FR24 showed flight was ADW-TER-GND-ADW.

Ok I see now Lajes IATA symbol is TER.. Usually they use ICAO LPLA
Yeah this tail had a busy day.. Grenada it is! My brother drove a Ford Granada too back in the Day🤣
SAM178 Special Air Mission Flight Tracking and History - FlightAware

 

[Mark]

Couple SAM departures tonight for Geneva LSGG it seems.
SAM-494 #01-0041
SAM-492 #99-0004 in trail prob Sec of State.

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