Mid-Atlantic (and beyond) MilAir 2025

[jbella]

Ft Drum would be at the edge of my range for someone at high altitude. Getting some bits and pieces of comms, although someone may have just come up. Haven't caught the freqs yet

 

[dmi]

Confirmed Badger flight of 5 F35's (115th Fighter Wing) RTB KMSN (Madison/Dane County) at approximately 2:00 CST.

@Ron will have to update his callsign list for the 176th FS from F-16 to F-35A

Scramble.NL is showing 5 active F-35As

F-16C/D (1993–2022)
On 5 October 2022, the 176th's last two F-16s (87-0278 and 88-0150) departed Truax Field ANGB in preparation to convert to the F-35A.

F-35A (2023–present)
On 25 April 2023, the first three of an eventual 20 F-35As arrived at Truax Field ANGB.

176th Fighter Squadron - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[apex31]

1530 - COSMIC and GUNNER-11 flts working low approaches and SABRE HIGH at KACY. GUNNER must be another one of the 177th's new callsigns, theres quite a few adding up now.

 

[Frequency1]

Another couple of MD A10's at Warren Grove since approx 1505hrs. Heard AXMAN1 callsign. Exiting range now at 1547hrs
283.1
293.3

 

[mdmonitor]

1625- DeeCee 80 (KC-135) landing at ADW. Departed from Tinker AFB OK.

 

[MUTNAV]

Odd the tabloid Daily Mail UK picked up on Midwest E-6's.. Looks routine to me or local base exercise..
Maybe why Tinker tankers are working too? Tabloid said Trump was ill?.. LOL Where did that come from? 😜
I think they just like the term Doomsday plane 😊
11175 HF is active with some EAM's. Nothing new there.

Navy's 'Doomsday plane' spotted circling Midwest nuclear command base

The US Navy's 'Doomsday plane' took off from Oklahoma Monday and circled parts of Nebraska during a mysterious mission.

www.dailymail.co.uk

McGuire based NATION-42 joined in on your list as well seems to have went West at A/R alttiudes to Arizona
then rtb now McGuire.


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They like "Doomsday plane", It killed me on the news one day when I heard a military person refer to it's predecessor as "knee-cap", which drew a shocked response from the reporter, like it was a threatening name, vs a short way of saying "National Airborne Emergency Command Post".

Thanks
Joel

 

[mdmonitor]

1710- KC 46s Wayne 42 & 43 w/Brickyard Ops (237.15) w/inbound msgs & write-ups.

 

[MUTNAV]

Tanker anyway headed to San Fran.. Don't see that destination often. Maybe Hawaii trip?

MMF32 NATO Support and Procurement Agency Flight Tracking and History - FlightAware

Track NATO Support and Procurement Agency #32 flight from Portsmouth Intl At Pease to San Francisco Int'l

www.flightaware.com

San Fran isn't a good jumping off point for Hawaii, have to head more north for a shorter distance.
Thanks
Joel

 

[Mark]

VENUS-02 is #92-9000. Was doing approaches at KMDT Harrisburg

1315 EDT
226.675 ZDC Elkins Low - BADGER-15 flight: "We're currently a six ship given our last top-off and our ALTRV." Dropping down into EVERS MOA FL240 to FL260 for Exercise Misty (Dawn?)

EVERS MOA Active until 1430 EDT today
Possibly tanker of BADGER-15 flight?:

ADS-B Exchange - track aircraft live

ADS-B Exchange - track aircraft live - aircraft flight history

globe.adsbexchange.com

Very nice catch on Badgers! Judging by tanker track seems they all did rtb back to Wisconsin?

PELICAN-12 P-8A (VP-45) inbound Dover with appch 132.425 req to do more approaches at Atlantic City
following this approach.
VP-45 spent 6 months last year deployed down range.

Patrol Squadron 45 to return to NAS Jacksonville after 6-month deployment

Patrol Squadron (VP) 45, known as “The World Famous Pelicans,” is returning to Naval Air Station Jacksonville after a six-month deployment to the 6th Fleet area of responsibility (AOR).

www.yahoo.com

 

[Mark]

San Fran isn't a good jumping off point for Hawaii, have to head more north for a shorter distance.
Thanks
Joel

Head more North? Various Mils use all kinds of West Coast starting points to Hawaii.
Travis East of San Fran has no problems to Hawaii and the French tankers for some reason.
prefer Vancouver BC fuel to go to Hawaii and back.
The Aussies usually transit thru San Diego/LA sector to and from Hawaii. Odd though tankers didn't stop at Travis.
Maybe just not enough room for this mission.

There go the Saudi C-130's back home for now from Dover #3208 followed by tail #486.

 

[RaleighGuy]

On 12-14 March 2025, the NATO Secretary General, Mr. Mark Rutte, will visit Washington D.C.
On 13 March the Secretary General will meet with the President of the United States, Mr. Donald J. Trump, at the White House.
During his visit he will also meet with senior Administration officials and with the United States Congress.

 

[Mark]

Pioneer 33? P-8A #169333 on AR-777 315.900 talking to tanker out there DEECEE-23 squawking 3377 at FL-330.
That P-8A dove fairly quickly to down to FL-210.. Hang on in the back folks

JUMBO-01 C-5M #85-0002 Dover wants tanker work offshore mentioned AR-631.
Couple of PACK KC-46's hanging around up that way.

 

[Frequency1]

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2042- NJ ANG (probably in W107)

294.725
298.6
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