Mid-Atlantic (and beyond) MilAir 2025

[jetcrafter]

1953 Local EDT:
KING 39 off Portland, ME in the climb to meet MAINE 87 & 88 in AR-616
283.900 KING 39 coordinating with MAINE 87 flight for their rendezvous.

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[apex31]

2030 - MAXIE44 flt off McGuire on 378.85. "Due to our late takeoff we'll have to cancel buddy AR."

Activity on 228.9 between ZOMBIE-1 and HUNTRESS. C6506 is working intercept training with C8501 over OCNJ.

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[jetcrafter]

Caught some of the CLEAN / TABOR flights inbound to Langley and Barnes today on recordings.

1606z 285.150 TABOR 61 flight A-A "we're over the US now!' Talking about routing to Barnes and runway 20.
1607z 286.600 (No ID heard) A-A about routing to EMJAY and climbing up to FL320.
1610z 269.300 TABOR 51 working ZBW.
1616z 290.300 TABOR 51 chk in with ZBW, FL340.
1629z 263.050 TABOR 61 flight chk in with ZBW, non-standard six miles front to back, FL320 descending to FL290.
1636z 269.475 TABOR 61 flight chk in with ZBW, non-standard six miles front to back with you at 240.
1644z 258.000 CLEAN 24 and TABOR 71 flight on Boom talking about separation and routing back to Langley AFB. At 1707z heard final refueling comms between them.
1648z 320.650 TABOR 71 flight A-A.
1708z 269.300 TABOR 71 chk in with ZBW.
1710z 290.300 TABOR 71 chk in with ZBW.


Unrelated to the Coronet flight... at 1211z, a couple Langley T-38s took off from Pease earlier in the morning. MIG 01 flight working Pease departure and ZBW. They were using 315.850 A-A on the climb headed South.

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[Mark]

2030 - MAXIE44 flt off McGuire on 378.85. "Due to our late takeoff we'll have to cancel buddy AR."

Activity on 228.9 between ZOMBIE-1 and HUNTRESS. C6506 is working intercept training with C8501 over OCNJ.

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MAXIE-44,45 up A/A 378.850 headed slightly Southwest mention boom checks. "45 is cleared to stern".
Don't know about you guys but my UHF coms in this pea soup humidity has not been very good this past week.
Then you get some sporadic strong L+C coms at times when you least expect it..

 

[jetcrafter]

Ooops, messed up a couple things from transcribing my notes. Corrections with * and italics:

Caught some of the CLEAN / TABOR flights inbound to Langley and Barnes today on recordings.

*1604z 315.850 TABOR 51 flight A-A.
1606z 285.150 TABOR 61 flight A-A "we're over the US now!' Talking about routing to Barnes and runway 20.
1607z 286.600 (No ID heard) A-A about routing to EMJAY and climbing up to FL320.
1610z 269.300 TABOR 51 working ZBW.
1616z 290.300 TABOR 51 chk in with ZBW, FL340.
*1624z 305.600 TABOR (no flight ID, possibly 51 flight) on Langley SOF freq.
1629z 263.050 TABOR 61 flight chk in with ZBW, non-standard six miles front to back, FL320 descending to FL290.
1636z 269.475 TABOR 61 flight chk in with ZBW, non-standard six miles front to back with you at 240.
1644z 258.000 CLEAN 24 and TABOR 71 flight on Boom talking about separation and routing back to Langley AFB. At 1707z heard final refueling comms between them.
1648z 320.650 TABOR 71 flight A-A.
1708z 269.300 TABOR 71 chk in with ZBW.
1710z 290.300 TABOR 71 chk in with ZBW.


Unrelated to the Coronet flight... at 1211z, a couple Langley T-38s took off from Pease earlier in the morning. MIG 01 flight working Pease departure and ZBW. *Did not get them A-A. mis-read time stamp from notes.

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[Mark]

Ooops, messed up a couple things from transcribing my notes. Corrections with * and italics:

Caught some of the CLEAN / TABOR flights inbound to Langley and Barnes today on recordings.
1648z 320.650 TABOR 71 flight A-A.
1708z 269.300 TABOR 71 chk in with ZBW.
1710z 290.300 TABOR 71 chk in with ZBW.


Unrelated to the Coronet flight... at 1211z, a couple Langley T-38s took off from Pease earlier in the morning. MIG 01 flight working Pease departure and ZBW. *Did not get them A-A. mis-read time stamp from notes.
That's all from here.

That 320.650 is new A/A freq for me on Langley guys.. Maybe down range freq or just a new one?
Anyway thanks Ed and added to my rotation
Sometimes when they work overseas in Europe etc they add new tac A/A freqs that we will never hear again Stateside.

 

[jsoergel]

MAXIE-44,45 up A/A 378.850 headed slightly Southwest mention boom checks. "45 is cleared to stern".
Don't know about you guys but my UHF coms in this pea soup humidity has not been very good this past week.
Then you get some sporadic strong L+C coms at times when you least expect it..

MAXIE 44/45 conducting AR with WAGES 15 (E-6B, 163920) on AR-455; 291.900 secondary, then 336.100 primary.

 

[reconrider8]

That 320.650 is new A/A freq for me on Langley guys.. Maybe down range freq or just a new one?
Anyway thanks Ed and added to my rotation
Sometimes when they work overseas in Europe etc they add new tac A/A freqs that we will never hear again Stateside.

That's the exact reason the older generation taught me to search vs scan. The problem i have is there's so many conversations when it drops one it picks up the next and you miss the next part of the first conversation. My question how do you guys search and catch conversations? I'm thinking I may grab 2 or 3 more airspy r2's to break it up and hear more conversations.

 

[jetcrafter]

That 320.650 is new A/A freq for me on Langley guys.. Maybe down range freq or just a new one?
Anyway thanks Ed and added to my rotation
Sometimes when they work overseas in Europe etc they add new tac A/A freqs that we will never hear again Stateside.

Mark, I originally caught that with the SDR while in VA beach last September. Ron confirmed it for me.

Here's the original post.

Mid-Atlantic MilAir 2024

Ed It's gotta be SESEF Shipboard Electronic Systems Evaluation Facility They do all the RF/EW/Comms systems & comms testing for USN vessels. Thank you Ron, much appreciated!

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[AJSpotsNJ]

Kind of a close call but

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[mdmonitor]

0900- Scan 04 (CRJ-7 N804X) w/Speilberg (mobile entity) on 123.225 warning of possible severe wx buildup.

 

[Mark]

Here is article for Ed in Maine... Maybe catch an Army PAT C-12 to Iceland someday..
I would still prefer a fast moving jet though

Maine Army Aviation to Provide Transatlantic Flight Training

Operational Support Airlift Command of the Maine Army National Guard recently conducted a training flight to Iceland in preparation to train other Army fixed wing units all aspects of transatlantic flight requirements.

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[mdmonitor]

0945- BACN05 (E-11A # 21-9045) transiting our area at FL410 heading northeast. Now just south of Richmond.

 

[Mark]

War Dog-1 flight f two A-10's A/A 266.600 headed North on ZNY 322.400.
Chatting about how any future flights to DM no tankers for support etc. Not happy campers
about how the end of the squad is coming at Martin State.

 

[Tech792]

1007L- Hear some A/A on 266.6 (MD RAVENS) lots of foul language this morning. One pilot don't sound very happy.
Edit: Just saw Mark's post after hitting the button. Getting closer to me so they're moving north.

 

[mdmonitor]

1005- Some A2A on ZDC Lawrence (290.425)>ZDC Flat Rock (235.625). Cleared to block FL250-270.

1020- Scan 05 (CRJ-7 N805X) check in w/Giantkiller (118.125) for entry into W386A.

 

[mdmonitor]

1040- Terra 97 (C-32 NJ ANG) w/PA ANG KC-135 on AR 218 (274.45)

1043- More (different) A2A on ZDC Cape Charles (236.825).

1105- Viper 11 flt (NJ ANG F-16s) w/ZNY Millville (323.3). A2A is 298.6.

1106- Steeljaw (E-2D) & Hammerhead (unid) on PAX test (365.7) working w/Dominion (Test control).

 

[mdmonitor]

1120- ????-11 (unid) check in at FL410 w/ZDC Buena Vista (269.375).

 

[mdmonitor]

Some A-10 Warthogs may dodge retirement under proposed Senate bill

The DOD's fiscal 2026 budget calls for the Air Force to retire its remaining 162 A-10 attack planes. The Senate's version would have the service keep 103.

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[mdmonitor]

1155- Hammerhead on 246.9 ref waiting for Blue fighters to start the war. Also w/?Bitron? (unid). Hammerhead sounds like an E-2

1203- AF2 (C-32 # 99-0004) of ADW (118.4/125.65)