Michigan Military Activity

[robert16627]

He'll depart usually 12 hours after he lands, so in the early hours of 5/19. Go to Flightaware and search up "ADB322F", Once they have a flightplan filed, a departure time will show up and also that'll be his callsign when he departs out of here.

Update: There has been no flight plan filed as of 9:00am, Not sure when its supposed to depart.

 

[robert16627]

180th FW is set to head North this afternoon/evening as apart of the late night exercise.

 

[nodak1crdet3]

Any idea when they might depart?

Just departed DTW as ADB312F. He passed nearby me before turning east bound for Leipzig.

Cellphone shot from DTW yesterday.


Chuck in Detroit

 

[robert16627]

Has anyone been able to hear who is on the receiving ends of the AR-109H,109L and AR-603 Aerial Refueling tracks with the Out of Town KC-10's and KC-135's? I've got a feeling it's out of town vipers and hogs that are stationing out of Volk, but I'm not 100% sure.

 

[Mark]

Speaking of Vipers..
Hyper-Realistic Training Event Simulated The Crash Of A Fighter Jet Over Wisconsin (Updated) (thedrive.com)

 

[Mark]

Interesting article on AF-1 recent visit to Detroit.. Like the Ford F-350 truck.. its different for sure. A lot of lugnuts

A Close Look at Air Force One’s Visit to Detroit and the Presidential Motorcade. - The Aviationist

 

[robert16627]

Interesting article on AF-1 recent visit to Detroit.. Like the Ford F-350 truck.. its different for sure. A lot of lugnuts

A Close Look at Air Force One’s Visit to Detroit and the Presidential Motorcade. - The Aviationist

I had the chance of meeting Tom that day, He definitely changes the game of Aviation Photography. Has mostly the same setup as me but his photos are phenomenal!

 

[PMSCAN]

Sounds like some fighter exercise near the Steelhead MOA. Several tankers holding near the Thumb per ADSB.
Black Talon check in pushing them to discrete freq of 225.300 AM

 

[PMSCAN]

"Block" call signs ???

 

[robert16627]

"Block" call signs ???

Vipers?

 

[PMSCAN]

Sting was active earlier on 357.100 but the " Block" guy sounds different ... my SWAG is possible Bomber.

 

[nodak1crdet3]

Vipers?

A-10's. They asked the tanker to slow down. I've got a couple tail #. GLOCK 2, 80-670. GLOCK 4, 81-983. Refueling with HERC 11 KC-135. GLOCK flight will go to Alpena after refueling on 338.800.
143.725 A/A.

333.800 AR Prime.
282.700 AR Secondary were also used.
260.300 BREWTOWN.

BULLET 1 x 5 landed MTC 11:30am. Also A-10's.
138.950 A/A, 1 & 2.
137.225 A/A, 3, 4, & 5.

MTC A-10's launching.
RASTA 11 x 2
391.900 MTC dep, 12:56pm.
273.250 A/A, 12:57pm.

Chuck in Detroit / NODAK1

 

[RaleighGuy]

On Thursday, May 27, First Lady Jill Biden will travel to Grand Rapids, Michigan and Kansas City, Missouri.

At 12:00 PM ET (subject to change), the First Lady will arrive at Gerald R. Ford International Airport in Kent County, Michigan.

 

[robert16627]

1 KC-10, 1 KC-46 and C-17 are up in the air near the thumb right now.

 

[nodak1crdet3]

05-27-21
UNK A-10's
235.250 A/A, 03:50pm.

Chuck in his car Sterling Heights / NODAK1

 

[nodak1crdet3]

05-27-21
UNK A-10's
235.250 A/A, 03:50pm.

Chuck in his car Sterling Heights / NODAK1

This wasn't A-10's. It was the Thunderbirds!
They were probably following SNAP 51 back to Lost Wages.
I didn't have that freq Alfa Tagged in the car scanner. I knew it looked familiar.


Chuck

 

[robert16627]

This wasn't A-10's. It was the Thunderbirds!
They were probably following SNAP 51 back to Lost Wages.
I didn't have that freq Alfa Tagged in the car scanner. I knew it looked familiar.

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Chuck

Looks like they have a airshow in New York this weekend, Not sure if/why they are headed back to Nellis.

 

[nodak1crdet3]

Looks like they have a airshow in New York this weekend, Not sure if/why they are headed back to Nellis.

That makes more sense that they were heading for NY. SNAP probably gave them one last refuel before turning around & heading home. Thanks for the info Robert.

At 05:17pm the same day T-BIRD 14 was eastbound also.


Chuck in Detroit / NODAK1

 

[Mark]

T-Birds rained out all weekend at Long Island but will stick around till Monday with better wx forecast
and do a show..

McGuire KC-10 refueling Michigan A-10's at night vid.. pretty cool looking.. Very tricky.
DVIDS - Video - Exercise Mobility Guardian 2021: KC-10 Extender AR with A-10 Thunderbolt II (dvidshub.net)

 

[nodak1crdet3]

That makes more sense that they were heading for NY. SNAP probably gave them one last refuel before turning around & heading home. Thanks for the info Robert.

At 05:17pm the same day T-BIRD 14 was eastbound also.
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Chuck in Detroit / NODAK1

SNAP 51 came out of Sioux City (The BATS). Forgot that I could look up previous flights.



Chuck.