Mid-Atlantic (and beyond) MilAir 2025

[dmi]

DRAGO-51 (MV-22B #168335) HMX-1 off Quantico. Orbiting SE of KADW

After Arlington National Cemetary Flyover:

13:18 local: 127.050 - DRAGO-51 X3 w/ Quantico APP - Change callsign to NIGHTHAWK-31 X2 with NH32 splitting off from the group to land at Quantico Range and the other 2 MV-22B (NH-31 X2) going to DEMO MOA

273.950 - DRAGO-51/NH A-A
323.700 - NH32 MV-22B #168701 (single) w/ Quantico Range Control

Note: ADSB-Ex link still showing DRAGO-51 but switched c/s as shown above:

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DEECEE-11 (KC-135R #61-0307) 756th ARS - Approaches at KADW

 

[TerryPavlick]

1350 EST Turkish Air Force tankers airborne

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So far lots of comms on 277.200 Air Air - not in English

Just realized my iPhone has an app I downloaded for language translation....frequency is 124.550 and heading is 270 degrees LOL

corrected the frequency,,,,,,even had my glasses on ---- duh

 

[CYUL]

OLIVE47 RC-135U Combat Sentinal 64-4047 Westbound ZBW

 

[mdmonitor]

1430- E-4B # 75-0125, in our area earlier then back to Offutt, is now looking inbound to ADW. Sec Def going out of town?

 

[TerryPavlick]

1430 EST hearing air to air on 341.900 (English).....presume this might be as reported in previous years as

VFA-87

Terry

 

[mdmonitor]

W386 Activity 3 Mar


Calls:

Marlin T-39 7th FS
Croc T-38 7th FTS
Wire F-22 27th FS
Vivi 31 KC-46
Ratch T-38 7th FTS
Reef F-22 27th FS
Jedi F-22 27th FS
Greedy F-22 27th FS
Billa T-38 7th FTS
Kanga T-38 7th FTS
Mig T-38 7th FTS
Conan F-22 27th FS
Rumble F-22 27th FS

Freqs:

228.45 27th FS
233.225 71st FS
233.525 27th FS
236.825 ZDC Cape Charles
238.1 Giantkiller
238.825 7th FTS
238.9 AR 636
255.65 7th FTS
257.075 27th FS
262.025 27th FS

 

[TerryPavlick]

1130 EST 268.300 active with Air/Air comms - fighters on this one

263.200 as well (maybe tanker)

UAE Air Force 1305 and 1306 on 263.200 air / air

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Both headed to Charleston AFB

Possible on 374.100 unless that is local based USA fighters ... maybe E2 aircraft unrelated to UAE aircraft

On with Washington Center 132.550 (from 133.125)

Just a follow-up on this - it appears the fighters Callsign was DAGGER - if my language translator was accurate off radio.

 

[RaleighGuy]

The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating after several airliners on approach to land at Washington Reagan National Airport Saturday morning received what appear to be false alarms from their onboard Traffic Collision Avoidance System.

Flights to D.C. airport receive false collision alerts while landing - WTOP News

The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating after several airliners on approach to land at Washington Reagan National Airport Saturday morning received what appear to be false alarms from their onboard Traffic Collision Avoidance System.

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[AirScan]

2115 EST- HOBEY 37 Flight calling the Fort Drum Range, BARKEATER on 244.500, trouble shooting some sort of network/receiver issue.

 

[RaleighGuy]

JD Vance, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard visit America’s Southern Border at Laughlin AFB & Eagle Pass, Texas on Wednesday, March 5, 2025 // 11:45 AM CT Air Force Two arrival.

 

[Mark]

The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating after several airliners on approach to land at Washington Reagan National Airport Saturday morning received what appear to be false alarms from their onboard Traffic Collision Avoidance System.

Flights to D.C. airport receive false collision alerts while landing - WTOP News

The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating after several airliners on approach to land at Washington Reagan National Airport Saturday morning received what appear to be false alarms from their onboard Traffic Collision Avoidance System.

wtop.com

Imagine all the radio interference in that area with antenna farms and towers on all those govt buildings,embassies etc.
Prob no other city in US with all that squeezed in that small area.. Airlines also want to reroute those choppers near DCA.
Makes sense..

Seems a pause on Ukraine mil aide. Maybe last Dover 747 cargo flight over there for a while earlier today.
Back to the normal Ramstein cargo flights

CMB402 U.S. Transportation Command Flight Tracking and History 03-Mar-2025 (KDOV-RZE / EPRZ) - FlightAware

Track U.S. Transportation Command #402 flight from Dover Air Force Base to Rzeszow/Jasionka

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Here come the new unmanned test fighter jets! I guess as fighter pilot unmanned wingmen jets would be nice as say
a SAM missile or more start coming up at you so you press button and unmanned jets takes them on while others take
out the launch sites Ukraine war has proved unmanned flying weapons are the future.

America’s First Unmanned Fighters Are Here: YFQ-42 and YFQ-44

The Air Force’s first Collaborative Combat Aircraft are fighters, the YFQ-42A and YFQ-44, the first uncrewed aircraft with such a designation.

www.airandspaceforces.com

 

[RaleighGuy]

Did anyone catch the Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó's plane today (or over the weekend? He is at State in the morning.