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The forecast for McConnell is clear and sunny for the next week. Seems a bit suspicious to me too, usually weather evac flights start heading back not long after the weather clears. Both using HALL callsigns, HALL 29 and HALL 27. That's 10 now in DOV.
Plus 58-0092, 62-3573 and 60-0343 are on the ground at KDOV
 

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Plus 58-0092, 62-3573 and 60-0343 are on the ground at KDOV
Another one inbound? #58-0018 from McConnell. Seems all the weather has cleared off to the East from McConnell.
Also why did the topoff GOLD tankers rtb Dover and Pease instead of their own bases unless they are moving more F-22's tomorrow?

HALL-27 better hurry up.. wx coming Dover way soon.. Hearing some thunder rumbling here now.
 
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That's HALL 27 so assuming landing in DOV, that will bring it to these 13 in DOV.
1520- Hall 27 calling First Ops (349.4).

1533- Hall 27 w/Potomac (135.625) & DOV A/D (132.425) on way into DOV. Still calling on 349.4 w/no response. 5 mins out and they finally get First Ops (134.1).

1540- Unid ftr (call missed) w/ZDC Flat Rock (235.626)>ZDC Green Bay (351.9). Advises they are MARSA w/Kang flt about 50 miles behind. Probably Langley T-38s.
 
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SWA505. Strange how it's moving around between Indiana/Ohio and the DC area ? Some sort of adsb-x glitch ? There is a SWA505 but it's not scheduled to depart LGA for MDW until 1535 EDT.
Yeah saw this too this morning and was confused. Created an account here just to mention it because it looked so...interesting...

callsign: SWA505 | hex: AF3E27
Hex code isn't coming up anywhere I can find it...so no idea what kind of airframe.

And at around the same time this C-32B Gatekeeper (FEST and other major incident response) was up in the air. It appeared to connect with a tanker over PA and then flew back home.

This could all be a complete coincidence, but those paths look a lot like the interior perimeter/center of our most dense nuclear reactor cluster. Map of Power Reactor Sites

Someone mentioned COG exercises...think this could a related exercise preparing for some sort of infrastructure threat?
 

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0835- Langley F-22s heading for the sandpit. Tabor 51 flt (id'ed as 4) acft w/ZDC Cape Charles (236.825). Flt lead asking on status of Gold 01. Tabor flt also on 314.1 (Coronet 51 E) w/Gold 01 (KC-135 # 62-3573). Gold 01 departed from DOV. Getting some short xmissions on 364.15 & 315.85--both are 94th FS freqs.
Gold13 coming up on Shannon
Just popped up coming to shore

Live at RAF Lakenheath. The first 4 landed at about -40.29 into the live feed
 

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Gold13 coming up on Shannon
Just popped up coming to shore

Live at RAF Lakenheath. The first 4 landed at about -40.29 into the live feed

Gold23 change to Scottish 282.63

Gold24 break flight single ship to FL310
 

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Gold13 coming up on Shannon
Just popped up coming to shore

Live at RAF Lakenheath. The first 4 landed at about -40.29 into the live feed
F-22's always look odd with those ER fuel tanks hanging underneath :)
Not stealthy but gets them across the Pond. Will remove them when they get into theatre.
Second wave landing in a few minutes and assume more tomorrow.

Only 8 F-22's landed RAF Lakenheath so assume TABOR-65 today was airspare...
8 F-22's won't do.. More tomorrow :)

HAGAR-91 C-5M #86-0021 Dover to Dayton airport for airshow I assume.
 
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POTUS TFRs up for Friday to Monday in New Jersey

DateNOTAMFacilityStateTypeDescription
06/18/2025 5/6157ZDCNJVIPNewark, NJ, Monday, June 23, 2025 Local New
06/18/2025 5/6154ZBWNJVIPNewark, NJ, Monday, June 23, 2025 Local New
06/18/2025 5/6153ZNYNJVIPNewark, NJ, Monday, June 23, 2025 Local New
06/18/2025 5/6148ZDCNJVIPBedminster, NJ, Friday, June 20, 2025 through Monday, June 23, 2025 Local New
06/18/2025 5/6146ZNYNJVIPBedminster, NJ, Friday, June 20, 2025 through Monday, June 23, 2025 Local New
06/18/2025 5/6126ZBWNJVIPMorristown, NJ, Friday, June 20, 2025 Local New
06/18/2025 5/6144ZNYNJVIPMorristown, NJ, Friday, June 20, 2025 Local New
 

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POTUS TFRs up for Friday to Monday in New Jersey

DateNOTAMFacilityStateTypeDescription
06/18/2025 5/6157ZDCNJVIPNewark, NJ, Monday, June 23, 2025 Local New
06/18/2025 5/6154ZBWNJVIPNewark, NJ, Monday, June 23, 2025 Local New
06/18/2025 5/6153ZNYNJVIPNewark, NJ, Monday, June 23, 2025 Local New
06/18/2025 5/6148ZDCNJVIPBedminster, NJ, Friday, June 20, 2025 through Monday, June 23, 2025 Local New
06/18/2025 5/6146ZNYNJVIPBedminster, NJ, Friday, June 20, 2025 through Monday, June 23, 2025 Local New
06/18/2025 5/6126ZBWNJVIPMorristown, NJ, Friday, June 20, 2025 Local New
06/18/2025 5/6144ZNYNJVIPMorristown, NJ, Friday, June 20, 2025 Local New
They should put asterisks * on this schedule.. subject to change again 😉
Extra Hot and Sunny week coming up though.
 

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Yeah saw this too this morning and was confused. Created an account here just to mention it because it looked so...interesting...

callsign: SWA505 | hex: AF3E27
Hex code isn't coming up anywhere I can find it...so no idea what kind of airframe.

And at around the same time this C-32B Gatekeeper (FEST and other major incident response) was up in the air. It appeared to connect with a tanker over PA and then flew back home.

This could all be a complete coincidence, but those paths look a lot like the interior perimeter/center of our most dense nuclear reactor cluster. Map of Power Reactor Sites

Someone mentioned COG exercises...think this could a related exercise preparing for some sort of infrastructure threat?
On the C32B - that is the usual refueling practice route. Out to western PA to meet a tanker usually out of Pittsburgh and back home

Today it was a tanker KC-135 from Michigan


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Yeah saw this too this morning and was confused. Created an account here just to mention it because it looked so...interesting...

callsign: SWA505 | hex: AF3E27
Hex code isn't coming up anywhere I can find it...so no idea what kind of airframe.

And at around the same time this C-32B Gatekeeper (FEST and other major incident response) was up in the air. It appeared to connect with a tanker over PA and then flew back home.

This could all be a complete coincidence, but those paths look a lot like the interior perimeter/center of our most dense nuclear reactor cluster. Map of Power Reactor Sites

Someone mentioned COG exercises...think this could a related exercise preparing for some sort of infrastructure threat?
The SWA was either a glitch or a software test being run in the system. Speeds up to 1407 Kts over PA at below 30K would have been in the news for sure.

At a similar time there was Alaska Airlines .... ASA944 Hex AE23B3

British Airways BAW845 Hex ADFC56


Alaska Airlines ASA356 Hex AF9315


Testing went from 1200 UTC to 1500 UTC aka normal business hours - they probably stopped for lunch and then discussed their testing afterwards.
 
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Yeah saw this too this morning and was confused. Created an account here just to mention it because it looked so...interesting...

callsign: SWA505 | hex: AF3E27
Hex code isn't coming up anywhere I can find it...so no idea what kind of airframe.

And at around the same time this C-32B Gatekeeper (FEST and other major incident response) was up in the air. It appeared to connect with a tanker over PA and then flew back home.

This could all be a complete coincidence, but those paths look a lot like the interior perimeter/center of our most dense nuclear reactor cluster. Map of Power Reactor Sites

Someone mentioned COG exercises...think this could a related exercise preparing for some sort of infrastructure threat?
Thanks for posting, Infrastructure threats are one of the more interesting things I see on Radio Reference ( I feel they are heavily moderated since they diverge from radios and airplanes pretty quickly ).

Didn't even consider the density of power plant distribution with aircraft movements.

Thanks

Joel
 

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All twelve arrived as TABOR 51-54, TABOR 61-64 and TABOR 71-74.
They are on Coronet East 083, departing to the Gulf on Friday.
Yeah I didn't stick around and watch 3rd wave land at Lakenheaath which was about 22:10 local there.
Only heard parts of TABOR-51 and 61 flights here. Ron had TABOR-71 guys.
Maybe more tomorrow anyway.Sure got late start today.In the past seemed like Langley f-22's always departed overseas
like 4am local.
Interesting KC-135 coming East now.. HIFI-88 #62-3503 out of Beale.That callsign is usually a Stratcom tanker callsign.
See where it stages.
 
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Only got back a while ago from the hour drive home from Lakenheath. Has only been 12 deployed in recent times so not sure if they’ll be anymore F22’s coming over?
Yeah I'm not sure either but most of the topoff GOLD tankers today Stateside all came back to Dover and Pease
instead of their home bases so thought maybe some more tomorrow.. Just a WAG. Maybe they have other plans.
Dover has gaggle of McConnell KC-135's supposedly on wx divert but shall see.

The UK VIP plane A321 KRH647 after Calgary trip back to UK is back now Westbound it seems inbound US.
 
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12:55 EDT Local activity on 260.600

low speed flights almost sounds like a demo team. Confirmed frequency is accurate using the ICOM.

Checking for any bleed over possiblity

could have been these two banner planes - they may have been using a different frequency than normal.

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I've heard the banner planes while in AC on vacation using130.3 for advisories flying up the coast.
260.6 is 2nd harmonic of 130.300.
 
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