Mid-Atlantic (and beyond) MilAir 2025

[mdmonitor]

Article out today says this is the last Honor flight after 20 years?

Operation Honor Culminates in Historic Final Flight

Mark,

Allegiant Airways runs Honor Flights a couple of times per year. They usually fly from Florida to BWI in the morning. The vets and their caretakers then tour the DC area for the day then return to BWI later in the evening for the flight back home. We have friends in FL involved with these flights.

They leave Orlando very early in the AM and return to Orlando late in the evening. Quite a spectacle. Large crowds of well-wishers waving flags and cheering meet them at BWI. usually lots of folks in BWI waiting to board flts are also cheering these folks. They then take buses escorted by a local veteran's motorcycle club down to DC. Very emotional for the Vets and those greeting them. I have done this a couple of times and it's very special, especially when WWII vets are part of the flight.

BTW: the other day in our local Bob Evans I met a 99-yr old WWII vet. He was using a cane but otherwise was in great shape. Served on the USS Bonhomme Richard in 1944-46.

 

[mdmonitor]

1435- Nighthawk on 143.825 (FM) advises they are at the US Naval Academy.

1500- Greyhawk 04 (E-2C/D, VAW-120 NAS Chambers VA) patterns at DOV (125.9).

 

[Mark]

1155- Bora 61 (KC-46) land at DOV (132.425/126.35)

Ron was this one tail 16-46021 showing as PUDGY-95 into Dover same time as you posted BORA-61?
Departed Dover now Southbound at FL-240 down the coast.

Rgr on those Honor flights Ron as maybe the USAF will stop them but maybe private airline
folks can still run them

 

[IQ_imbalance]

Seeing PAT07 and PAT24 out of Fort Belvoir up flying the circle of the capital beltway.

Has anyone picked up traffic from these PAT flights? They’re in the air quite a bit.

 

[MUTNAV]

I'm guessing that the Big Brass will be coming into ADW then taking UH-1 choppers (Mussel) down to Quantico.

I'm thinking that they may use any extra aircraft from Ft Belvoir also.... The plane tracking flights should be interesting to monitor.

 

[frank3si]

I'm thinking that they may use any extra aircraft from Ft Belvoir also.... The plane tracking flights should be interesting to monitor.

The logistics of all this will be demanding - to say the least! I would think we'll start seeing activity any time now, considering the distances some of these people will need to travel.

 

[Mark]

Ship enroute AR-631 up North prob the B-752 C-32B #00-9001 on 295.800 says eta to IP is at 0009z.
Maine tanker #58-0098 coming SW so maybe for him... This is that Maine tanker with the pine tree tail

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SAM-992 B737 coming East from Colorado Springs assume some USAF Brass aboard.. Space Force?
HOBEY-11 flight along with HOBEY-13 coming West fairly low A/A 378.850
HOBEY-13 flight reported not getting auto reply function from ATC so HOBEY-11 says switch your mode to IFF

 

[Mark]

Langley FF Demo F-22's (RAPTOR-1) had bad time at this past weekend's Miramar airshow.
On two days ended up cutting demo short and towing them back. Friday show never got off the ground.
Maybe the old demos are getting tired and use some newer F-22's?
Their next show isn't till Oct 11 in Louisiana so got time to get back here and fix them

 

[mdmonitor]

I'm thinking that they may use any extra aircraft from Ft Belvoir also.... The plane tracking flights should be interesting to monitor.

2015- Looks like overseas brass on C-37 SPAR 17 inbound to ADW

 

[john8436]

2020 Local: N747EF AA0CF5 over Lake Erie from Dayton. This is one of the new 747-8's for the E-4 replacement airframes.

OSPRY73 166949 from PAX River touch and go at Cape May County Airport.

 

[Hbright]

Ship enroute AR-631 up North prob the B-752 C-32B #00-9001 on 295.800 says eta to IP is at 0009z.
Maine tanker #58-0098 coming SW so maybe for him... This is that Maine tanker with the pine tree tail

What’s “IP?”

 

[Mark]

What’s “IP?”

From the acronym dictionary..
When they do stadium flyovers they call it TOT.. Time over Target but calculated down to the seconds.

"IP in Air Force commonly refers to Initial Point, a designated location used as a reference for navigation or mission planning. This term is essential in military operations to ensure accurate positioning and coordination during flight missions. It's mostly used in Military and Aviation contexts."

 

[Hbright]

Could today’s YANKEE CAP be the last mission for the OK ANG F-16s? No POTUS travel scheduled between today and Weds (1Oct).

We haven’t heard the OK F-16s RTB to KTUL yet, have we? I wonder if they’ll be up in a CAP for Quantico tomorrow morning?

 

[Mark]

Seems tanker moves mentioned here last night got folks attention in UK tabloid anyway..

Mystery fleet of US Air Force tankers crossing Atlantic stirs war fear

As President Trump prepares to meet generals and admirals at a shadowy meeting tomorrow, verified X accounts are reporting deployment of US air tankers to Europe, citing flight tracking data.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[RaleighGuy]

POTUS travel for Tuesday...While I haven't heard anything about the announcement, the timing makes me wonder if it is about the meeting with the generals.

8:10 AM THE PRESIDENT departs The White House en route Quantico, VA
9:00 AM THE PRESIDENT delivers remarks to the Department of War in Quantico, VA
10:40 AM THE PRESIDENT arrives The White House
11:00 AM THE PRESIDENT delivers an announcement

 

[listen13579]

SPAR65 finally able to land after the ramp freeze for Netanyahu departing ADW

 

[RichardKramer]

@0345L LATTE92 tearing up the skies in SE PA this am for several hours now and still going strong now.
FL400 - 420 with comms on various ZNY/ZDC during their travels through the different sectors.

 

[RichardKramer]

 

[mdmonitor]

0630- PAT 10 (UH-60) land at Quantico

0635- Bora 61 (KC-46 # 20-46080) off DOV heading northeast

 

[mdmonitor]

0705- PAT 11 & 21 heading for Quantico on 121.275 & 226.3. One PAT has 28 "Eagles" onboard. Bet there are some "interesting" conversations going on over the coffee and donuts