Sticky Thread For Mid-Atlantic MilAir 2019

[Mark]

Quake KC-10's today mode s logged.. From McGuire 4 KC-10's to Ellsworth SD
QUAKE 81-84. Some showed on flightaware..
QUAKE81 Live Flight Tracking and History (Owner: Unknown Owner) ✈ 02-Apr-2019 ✈ KWRI - KRCA ✈ FlightAware
From Travis AFB Cal Quake 72-74..
Sounds like big exercise with the Ellsworth B-1's? Usually QUAKE is a Western or Pacific tac exercise callsign.

A bunch of those KC-10's ( 9 reported) at Elsworth went up overnight as GRIMM flights to refuel
B-2's and Barksdale BUFFS in large exercise Neptune Falcon 2019.
Six KC-135's out of Moses Lake Washington also went up.
A couple of GRIMM KC-10's showed on flightaware.
Buff callsigns were SWORD 61-64.B-2's were DEATH 11-15 flights, possibly 9 B-2's went up.

flightaware.com/live/flight/GRIMM71
flightaware.com/live/flight/GRIMM81

 

[FIREBOX2914]

A bunch of those KC-10's ( 9 reported) at Elsworth went up overnight as GRIMM flights to refuel
B-2's and Barksdale BUFFS in large exercise Neptune Falcon 2019.
Six KC-135's out of Moses Lake Washington also went up.
A couple of GRIMM KC-10's showed on flightaware.
Buff callsigns were SWORD 61-64.B-2's were DEATH 11-15 flights, possibly 9 B-2's went up.

flightaware.com/live/flight/GRIMM71
flightaware.com/live/flight/GRIMM81

A Bunch of KC135s went up out of PHX and returned to PHX early this morning too, not sure if this was also related?

 

[FIREBOX2914]

15


1510z GOLDs showing straight for Gibraltar still tracking FL260.
Guessing tails are going into NS Rota near there.

It was likely the AV-8s from Yuma (must of RON at Cherry Point)

 

[Mark]

Thanks Fire on the AV-8B's.. No wonder they had so many Travis KC-10's..

Last 24 hours some CLEAN Tankers staging up near Maine.
CLEAN 31 85-0028 McGuire
CLEAN 41 84-0189 McGuire
CLEAN 23 64-14839 Il ANG
CLEAN 22 93ARW 58-1470 to North Carolina area.
Could be for some SJ's early Sunday or Monday?

 

[Mark]

Looks like next launch of bombers/tankers for Neptune Falcon is early Tuesday morning.
Under Salt Lake City KZLC notams in two different areas Neptune and Batman.
Less civ air traffic to deal with in the early hours

04/045 (A0096/19) - AIRSPACE DCC NEPTUNE 19A NTTR UTTR BRIDGE STNR ALT
RESERVATION WI AN AREA DEFINED AS 4000N11243W TO 3754N11342W TO
3814N11500W TO 3814N11619W TO 3923N11449W TO 3923N11319W TO POINT OF
ORIGIN FL180-FL260. 09 APR 07:00 2019 UNTIL 09 APR 13:00 2019. CREATED: 06 APR
09:44 2019
04/044 (A0095/19) - AIRSPACE DCC NEPTUNE 19A NTTR UTTR BRIDGE STNR ALT
RESERVATION WI AN AREA DEFINED AS 4000N11243W TO 3754N11342W TO
3814N11500W TO 3814N11619W TO 3923N11449W TO 3923N11319W TO POINT OF
ORIGIN FL290-FL310. 09 APR 07:00 2019 UNTIL 09 APR 13:00 2019. CREATED: 06 APR
09:43 2019
04/043 (A0094/19) - AIRSPACE DCC NEPTUNE 19A NTTR UTTR BRIDGE STNR ALT
RESERVATION WI AN AREA DEFINED AS 4000N11243W TO 3754N11342W TO
3814N11500W TO 3814N11619W TO 3923N11449W TO 3923N11319W TO POINT OF
ORIGIN FL390-FL600. 09 APR 07:00 2019 UNTIL 09 APR 13:00 2019. CREATED: 06 APR
04/048 (A0098/19) - AIRSPACE DCC BATMAN STNR ALT RESERVATION WI AN AREA
DEFINED AS 4835N11100W TO 4835N10000W TO 4700N10000W TO 4700N11100W
TO POINT OF ORIGIN FL200-FL270. 09 APR 11:30 2019 UNTIL 09 APR 14:35 2019. CREATED:
06 APR 09:50 2019
04/046 (A0097/19) - AIRSPACE DCC BATMAN STNR ALT RESERVATION WI AN AREA
DEFINED AS 4835N11100W TO 4835N10000W TO 4700N10000W TO 4700N11100W
TO POINT OF ORIGIN FL200-FL270. 09 APR 05:00 2019 UNTIL 09 APR 09:30 2019. CREATED:
06 APR 09:46 2019

 

[Mark]

Thanks Fire on the AV-8B's.. No wonder they had so many Travis KC-10's..

Last 24 hours some CLEAN Tankers staging up near Maine.
CLEAN 31 85-0028 McGuire
CLEAN 41 84-0189 McGuire
CLEAN 23 64-14839 Il ANG
CLEAN 22 93ARW 58-1470 to North Carolina area.
Could be for some SJ's early Sunday or Monday?

0545 local CLEAN 22 with TABOR 81-86 flight coming North Boom freq 254.600
CLEAN 23 showing up from Pease.
One tail heard 486 which could be 89-0486 F-15E 335th FS SJ.

 

[mdmonitor]

Civilian on Fly-Along Accidentally Ejected from Fighter Jet

https://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/c...ce=foxtrotalpha_twitter&utm_campaign=sharebar

 

[Mark]

Seems Neptune-Falcon exercise over for the KC-10's anyway as back to McGuire this morn from a week
in the Dakotas. at 1000z
GRIMM 81 84-0186
GRIMM 74 85-0030
GRIMM 71 79-1712
GRIMM 76 87-0120 in last at 1305z

 

[freqhopping]

Last of Doolittle's Raiders has passed.

A legend passes: Dick Cole, last of the Doolittle Raiders, dies at 103


Japanese F-35 has gone missing
ASDF jet disappears over the sea off Aomori- News - NHK WORLD - English

 

[Mark]

CLEAN 32 83-0080 KC-10 went McGuire to NC area early this am 0930z
Seemed to circle down that way a while then landed.Assume TABOR flight scratched or
staging for tomorrow morning.

1245z EGY-01 A342 SU-GGG (010024) Egypt Govt eastbound from DC.
Assume headed home after PM visit yesterday.

(A70F83) N554NR OH-58A Kiowa Maryland DNR in area this morning 9am local.

 

[TerryPavlick]

Mark

Managed to snag a few pictures of EGY 01 s it headed over the Delaware Bay and then offshore.



Currently have activity on 225.850 AM with aircraft working ground station and Salty Dog aircraft. Found it tied to a listed for Eglin AFB.
Talking about weapons and targeting. 1700Z 4/11/2019

225.850 58 FS ACM

Eglin is an Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) base serving as the focal point for all Air Force armaments. Eglin is responsible for the development, acquisition, testing, deployment and sustainment of all air-delivered non-nuclear weapons.

Updated - looks like P8A was the callsign 333 I kept hearing. They mentioned they were heading off shore since Station 10 was active and sure enough the P8A headed off-shore as shown below.

 

[Mark]

Nice catch on the EGY-01 A342,A big ship for sure.Was watching him come due East on mode s
just like a SAA airline flight from DC to South Africa,unusual routing

Seems the other 12 SJ F-15E's TABORS made it to Lakenheath today a late start here at 9am local
and I wasn't monitoring.Into Lakenheath at around 2100z early evening there.
The tankers CLEAN 32 etc didn't show here so they must have went aways offshore.

A Vid of TABOR 81-86 SJ flight heard here a few days ago here into Lakenheath.

 

[Mark]

Bit off topic for Chopper fans this afternoon mode s logged N505YY (A64EC0)
Bell 505 Jet Ranger X at 1635z FL1200 feet,ground speed 116 knots.
Sort of a poor mans small Bell Jet Ranger at about only $1 Mil but still can seat 5.
N505YY | Bell 505 Jet Ranger X | Bell Helicopter Textron | Agustin Anaya | JetPhotos
Making the rounds for sales I assume at Heli events.
Bell 505 Jet Ranger X - Wikipedia

 

[Mark]

NASA Wallops Island making plans for Antares rocket launch late Weds afternoon on the 17th of April at 4:46PM local.
Rain Date Thursday 4 PM local.
9/8721 NOTAM Details
NASA TV Coverage Set for April 17 Cygnus Launch to Space Station
Cygnus Rocket is called the SS Roger Chafee.
Roger B. Chaffee - Wikipedia
Hopefully with clear skies we can get a visual up this way.Saw a night launch clearly up
this way a while back from Wallops.Long range wx forecast looks good for the 17th.

 

[Mark]

Seems the other 12 SJ F-15E's TABORS made it to Lakenheath today a late start here at 9am local
and I wasn't monitoring.Into Lakenheath at around 2100z early evening there.
The tankers CLEAN 32 etc didn't show here so they must have went aways offshore.

The last 4 Tabors did land at night at Lakenheath...

 

[screenersam]

Sikorsky S-92A
not military but I thought interesting
@ SBY today

 

[screenersam]

SBY to get drone outfit

Drone Facility Proposed at Salisbury Airport

"Drone education is taking flight at the Salisbury Regional Airport.
Construction for a $1.5 million drone testing facility is expected to start this spring. Airport Manager Dawn Veatch says the facility will teach people how to fly the unmanned aircraft and allow businesses to test products with drones.
"The big thing is we're providing a safe environment for people to operate in where its controlled," Veatch explains. "It's being used in an air traffic control environment so that we can help further the integration of drones into the national airspace."
The new drone facility is being funded by a public-private partnership and is expected to bring in $1.6 million dollars per year to Wicomico County.
Authorities expect construction to be complete by the end of 2019."

 

[screenersam]

SBY to host another Wings & Wheels 05/18/19
(last year's canceled weather)
Wings & Wheels | Salisbury Regional Airport

lists 'WWII Bomber rides', presumably Panchito

 

[Mark]

View attachment 70346
Sikorsky S-92A
not military but I thought interesting
@ SBY today

Maybe was State Dept govt type at one time searching on this 2010 tail recently sold.
Logged Afghanistan a few years back.Looks damaged in this pic on right side engine housing minus the rotor blades.
N851AR | Sikorsky S-92A Helibus | Private | Carlos Barcelo | JetPhotos

Came North from North Carolina.Maybe working way back to Penn S-92 factory?
N851AR Live Flight Tracking and History (S92 owned by BANK OF UTAH TRUSTEE) ✈ FlightAware

 

[mdmonitor]

State Police Aviation Crew Performs Aerial Hoist Of Patient From Cargo Ship “Capri” In The Chesapeake Bay

State Police Aviation Crew Performs Aerial Hoist Of Patient From Cargo Ship “Capri” In The Chesapeake Bay