Mid-Atlantic (and beyond) MilAir 2025

[Mark]

Stratcom Global Thunder 26 kicks off today.. Usually takes a couple days before we see bombers flying.
Did have DEED-12 KC-46 McGuire go to Pease the other day so assume will see some action up off the Northeast.

STRATCOM Kicks Off Global Thunder 26 Nuclear Command & Control Exercise

U.S. Strategic Command has begun this year's edition of the annual nuclear command & control exercise known as Global Thunder. As we mentioned in last

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https://www.stratcom.mil/Media/News/News-Article-View/Article/4324963/us-strategic-command-opens-exercise-global-thunder-26/

1901 local Mainsail doing radio check on 11175.

 

[RichardKramer]

@1855L on 395.100 Harr CP; aircraft calls POPS; PennOps this is Bo(w)72 landing with 17K fuel, Alpha 2 for left external tank, need parking and 10min out. There was a C-130J flying around on adsb in the area with an empty callsign - maybe that was him?

 

[Mark]

@1855L on 395.100 Harr CP; aircraft calls POPS; PennOps this is Bo(w)72 landing with 17K fuel, Alpha 2 for left external tank, need parking and 10min out. There was a C-130J flying around on adsb in the area with an empty callsign - maybe that was him?

Rgr was ZIPPO-72 MC-130J #17-5875 callsign heard down here on their CP 395.100

Now inbound Dover here is KING-73 HC-130J #16-5873 from Long Island Gabreski with full stop parking C-2
on Dover CP 349.400 and Dover approach 132.425.. They don't stop at Dover very often...Rare visit.

Interesting just a bit earlier 1820 local CONGA-11 MH-47G #08-03779 made trip down to Boeing in Del County and back.
Maybe Boeing factory doing some tweaking?

There is an E-6B out of Pax river that has been doing racetrack circuit for several hours now
down Va Beach ways tonight.. Heard some weak coms on 311.000.. Above Stratcom Global-26 exercise?

 

[Mark]

Canada tanker dragging some CFC Hornets to Lajes after NATO exercise in Latvia.
View attachment 191385

Like this recent Lajes Cam site as excellent for for Mil aircraft loggings...
Nasty crosswind as watch CFC tanker land.. Good pilot! Very smooth in that wind!
Seems flight of 4 CFC Hornets into Lajes
One Poster says 4 more tomorrow.

 

[RadioFreq]

Had interesting flight today. Late in the morning a C-17 (# 01-0187 Java 21) took off from Westover AFB flew down the coast turned in Richmond area then fle northwest past Pittsburgh. After Pittsburgh he flew eastward and is now (1530 EDT) looking like he's headed back to Westover.
I didn't know Westover had C-17s. According to my list #01-0187 is listed as 62ndAMW at McChord AFB. Are they getting out of the C-5 business?

Guys,

A wrap-up f this weekend's CAP in FL from a FL listener

This list was a collective effort!
This covered the start on Friday through the end on Sunday.

As far as we know the 121st is still in Savannah.

WINK 13
WINK 21
WINK 22
WINK 23
WINK 31
WINK 32
WINK 99
18-46047, KC-46A

NOBLE 01-02
NOBLE 11-12
NOBLE 21-22
NOBLE 31-32

126.950/293.225 ZMA - Vero Beach Low
143.600 121st FS NOBLE air-air
228.900 NORAD - HUNTRESS
231.625 AR boom
86-0276 F-16C, 121st FS
86-0340 F-16C, 121st FS
87-0277 F-16C, 121st FS
91-0388 F-16C, 121st FS

239.250 ZMA - West Palm Low
251.250 125th FW Det-1 Homestead ARB, SWAMP OPS
253.200 Savannah ADC - 121st CAPTIAL OPS
254.250 ZMA - Vero Beach Low
256.875 ZJX - Keystone Ultra High
260.900 NORAD - HUNTRESS
269.225 PBI App/Dep
273.550 ZJX - St Johns Low
282.200 ZJX - Jekyll Low
285.650 ZJX - States High
288.400 NORAD / Savannah ADC discrete - NOBLE ## air-air
290.325 MIA App/Dep
293.600 NORAD / Savannah ADC discrete - NOBLE ## air-air
297.525 CONR3 uplink, secure
307.100 ZMA - Pahokee Low
307.250 ZJX - St Augustine Low
319.000 ZMA - Vero Beach High
324.000 NORAD - NOBLE ## air-air
348.700 ZMA - Melbourne High
353.775 Savannah Intl TRACON
353.900 ZMA - Bimini Low
370.900 ZMA - Vero Beach Low

A fine compilation. Thanks to all who contributed.

 

[Mark]

T-38 out of Dover showing CN-01 on radio is CRIMSON-01 headed back to Langley.

Odd AN-124 flight this morning Pease to Mountain Home.. Carrying Leftover F-15E or A-10?

ADB5393 Antonov Design Bureau Flight Tracking and History 22-Oct-2025 (KPSM-KMUO) - FlightAware

Track Antonov Design Bureau #5393 flight from Portsmouth Intl At Pease to Mountain Home Afb

www.flightaware.com

 

[mdmonitor]

T-38 out of Dover showing CN-01 on radio is CRIMSON-01 headed back to Langley.

Odd AN-124 flight this morning Pease to Mountain Home.. Carrying Leftover F-15E or A-10?

ADB5393 Antonov Design Bureau Flight Tracking and History 22-Oct-2025 (KPSM-KMUO) - FlightAware

Track Antonov Design Bureau #5393 flight from Portsmouth Intl At Pease to Mountain Home Afb

www.flightaware.com

Mark

Thanks for callsign tie-up. Saw him om ADS-B but didn't hear him on radio.

 

[RichardKramer]

Last December's drone mystery solved????

Source of 'UFO' panic, drone mystery claims responsibility for frenzy: report

An unnamed company reportedly revealed at an Army summit that their 20-foot aircraft was behind the New Jersey UFO scare that sparked fear among residents last year.

www.foxnews.com

 

[Mark]

Mark

Thanks for callsign tie-up. Saw him om ADS-B but didn't hear him on radio.

Rgr Ron it was UHF all the way as Dover tower 279.625 then odd rare Dover departure 323.000
which I have mislabled as ZDC Norfolk. Then ZDC 354.150 to ZDC 236.825.
From Airnav website for Dover.

DOVER DEPARTURE:​

132.425 257.875 323.0

VENUS-03 B748 Atlas Air USAF working Dover again today on nice long runway 32

VENUS03 Flight Tracking and History 22-Oct-2025 (KDOV - FlightAware

Track VENUS03 flight from Dover Air Force Base

www.flightaware.com

 

[Mark]

Boeing plant near Philly will stay busy for a while longer

$461 Million: Boeing Receives Order For 9 Chinook Helicopters From The US Army

New Chinook helicopters are coming for the US Army. Here's why this is important for Boeing, and what does the Chinook do for the Army?

simpleflying.com

 

[RaleighGuy]

Australia Prime Min departing Washington.. Long ride.
View attachment 191396
non-stop to Hawaii.. Those pax/tanker A-330's have quite the range.

ASY343 Royal Australian Air Force Flight Tracking and History 21-Oct-2025 (KADW-PHNL) - FlightAware

Track Royal Australian Air Force #343 flight from Joint Base Andrews to Daniel K Inouye Intl

www.flightaware.com

We missed the emergency landing, due to injured crew member, it made shortly after leaving ADW.

Australian prime minister's plane makes emergency landing in St Louis after leaving Washington

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's plane makes emergency landing in St. Louis after crew member injured by falling luggage, suffers concussion.

www.foxnews.com

 

[Tech792]

1234L- Looks like the same UAV from yesterday flying around the Warren Grove range again

 

[Mark]

1234L- Looks like the same UAV from yesterday flying around the Warren Grove range again

I'm not seeing that. Is there a certain hex showing?

Also Pax Warlok working Shore? on 122.225 Air to ground? Very strong here.
Couple VVHX choppers up and about but come back to HX-21 Blackjacks.

 

[Mark]

Andrews #09-0016 approaching Dover apch 132.425 as VENUS-96.. Guess doing some practice work.

Seems Colombia Mil busy today flying various pax aircraft around the Caribbean.

 

[spanner]

Anyone have any good Air to Air Freqs for this event starting tonight?

I also asked in another forum here.

V/r,
Carl

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[CYUL]

Italian AF M346 working north of CYOW

 

[RaleighGuy]

Anyone have any good Air to Air Freqs for this event starting tonight?

I also asked in another forum here.

V/r,
Carl

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It's a lot easier if you tell us the event rather than make us search an app we may or may not use.

 

[mdmonitor]

Just wondering if we'll see any Russian mil acft (TU-160s etc) come down to Venezuela like they did a couple of years ago?

 

[mdmonitor]

1525- DHS acft (call is 800) calling Base on 136.275.

 

[BM82557]

Think he is talking about this --

https://ndw.cnic.navy.mil/Installations/NAS-Patuxent-River/Operations-and-Management/Administrative-Services/NAS-Public-Affairs-Office/Citizen-Concerns/ModuleID/97547/ItemID/4010/mctl/EventDetails/