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1119L: Think they are on their way... not showing callsign on ADSB but two KC-135's out of Gowen (#62-3577 & # 58-0061) heading East. 3577 keeps popping on and off radar.
Here come CLEAN-01,02 Eastbound at FL-210.. A-10 level.
This late time of day guess will be stopping up on East Coast.
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Maybe dropped A-10's in MIchigan? as CLEAN-01 bugging out to East at high altitude or
have enough fuel to make it the rest of the way.Prob carrying their extra travel fuel tanks.
Maybe A-10's could make Martin State 😊😊
 
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226.900 A/A x 6, 02:50pm. Glad were not going to Selfridge, 02:55pm. (HEY!! What's wrong with Selfridge?) Mentioned Detroit & Windsor. That's the Windsor River down there. NOT!!!! Looking for the grow houses by Lemington Ontario. Wondering if marijuana is legal in Michigan. They didn't think so. Wrong, it's legal for medical and recreational in Michigan. Asked what the password for the tablet was. A10hog was the answer. I'm still hearing them 03:19pm. 2 to 1. Going to take my helmet off for a minute, 03:22pm. Lost them around 03:30pm.

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So are those callsigns mission related? Seems like it could be confusing if different units start using the same callsigns.

Thanks
Joel
Duplicate Training/mission callsigns in USAF are common but they differentiate with the numbers.
I goofed thinking bombers possibly today but bombers always use a 2 digit suffix along with callsign say MISTY-11,21 etc.
Jets this morning were using single digit ID numbers.. MISTY-1 and GRIM-1.
Couple examples callsign TREK used by Del ANG C-130's but always TREK-01 or 02.
McChord C-17's use TREK but always with 3 digits and some other C-130 operators with different 2 digits.
TOPCAT is popular and again McGuire tankers use that but again always with single digits.example TOPCAT-7.
The RC-135's from Offutt uses TOPCAT for training but always same two digits between 29-46.. Odd.

Looks like the two CLEAN tankers went into Pease.. Maybe A-10's not far behind them.
 

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CADS-515 C-17 #07-7189 437th tail inbound McGuire from Louisiana with 27 pax,2 rolling stock etc.
Get the feeling was Fort Dix Army folks training down there along with the Canadians etc.

CH-11 Balt according to A-10 pilots was filming at Martin State about A-10 but today entire half hour news was dedicated
to Patapsco Bridge ship crash collapse 1 year ago today.. Hard to believe 1 year already.

CLEAN-12 KC-135 #63-8879 going from MacDill to Pease.. Guess more A-10 help.
 
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Parade of DC bound aircraft inbound from Tucson Az funeral of popular old politician out there Rep. Raúl Grijalva
House scheduled no votes today so mostly Dem House members could attend.
BOXER-48,49 B737's and FORGE-63 Army GLF5. I didn't see any mention of this on the news here.

CADS-518 C-17 #07-7178 inbound from La to McGuire.
 

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USS Nimitz CVN-68 departs San Diego on final deployment to Western Pacific and ever.
Made quick San Diego stop after departing Bremerton Wa.
Seems only back in 1975 was the lead Nimitz nuclear powered class carrier. Getting old here :)
Will spend a few days gathering their Airwing offshore. It once travelled back in time in 1980 in "The Final Countdown" movie LOL
 
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1234L- Just caught tail end of a transmission, heard "direct Langley" ZDC 281.45
Seems like its the second day in a row that Langley F-22s have been further north, yesterday being GRIM and today COBRA indicating that its the 27th FS. Yesterday there was a PITT KC-135 out in W-105, today it was a -135 out of Niagra in the same track. ADS-B Exchange - track aircraft live
 
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