Mid-Atlantic (and beyond) MilAir 2025

[RaleighGuy]

Wednesday, September 3, 2025, Vice President JD Vance and Second Lady Usha Vance will visit Minneapolis, Minnesota

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[Bmacs]

Blue Angels headed for Montreal already or Pease stop? Fat Albert is NE Bound from Branson Missouri and
PACK-21 KC-135 did loop to Indianapolis and back.
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BERT10 Flight Tracking and History - FlightAware

Track BERT10 flight from Salinas Muni to Sherman Field

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USS Iwo Jima sailing into the Carib with lots of AV-8B's aboard.
USS Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) Sails In Formation

U.S. Marines Conduct Aircraft Maintenance

CARIBBEAN SEA (Aug. 28, 2025) U.S. Marines, assigned to the “Thunder Chickens” of Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 263 (Reinforced), conduct maintenance on an AV-8B Harrier on the flight deck of the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7). Iwo Jima is the flagship of the...

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Blue Angels Diamond heard on arrival to Pease - 12:45 local - 284.25

Bill

 

[Mark]

Overnight couple tankers met up at Nantucket at 0600z.
SKATER-10 #16-46020 from Pease and SKATER-08 #20-46082 from McGuire.
They took whoever on up to AR-20 Eastbound.. Both tankers did rtb later.

AR-5002 near Atlantic City has half hour Res this morning at 1340z-1420z.

 

[Mark]

Overnight couple tankers met up at Nantucket at 0600z.
SKATER-10 #16-46020 from Pease and SKATER-08 #20-46082 from McGuire.
They took whoever on up to AR-20 Eastbound.. Both tankers did rtb later.

AR-5002 near Atlantic City has half hour Res this morning at 1340z-1420z.

Odd was that SKATER-10 recovered at KACY airport at 0930z..
Maybe going again later tonight?

 

[john8436]

Odd was that SKATER-10 recovered at KACY airport at 0930z..
Maybe going again later tonight?

The 177th is having night flights starting tonight, maybe involved with what they are doing or going. That aircraft was at McGuire on 08/28/25 for the day also.

 

[mdmonitor]

Interesting historical article about actual D-Day comms

 

[mdmonitor]

0930- Some DC ANG F-16s off ADW (270.275). A2A is 238.175 & 319.175. Working ZDC Baltimore (360.7). Maybe heading to W107. ADS-B showing a PA ANG KC-135 heading that way.

 

[mdmonitor]

1000- Score 11 (prob E-2D VX-20) on VX-20 test discrete (313.7)

1010- DeeCee 31 (KC-135) w/Liberator CP (351.2) orbiting south of ADW troubleshooting issue.

1015- Pudgy 93 (KC-46) w/Brickyard CP (237.15) reporting some malfunction and advising they will have to RTB McGuire and try to fix it so they can make the second half of the AR in AR636. Pudgy 93 op has distinctive Aussie accent.

1025- AF2 C-32 # 98-0001) off ADW heading west.

 

[Mark]

1015- Pudgy 93 (KC-46) w/Brickyard CP (237.15) reporting some malfunction and advising they will have to RTB McGuire and try to fix it so they can make the second half of the AR in AR636. Pudgy 93 op has distinctive Aussie accent.

Rgr Ron just was listening on tape and no doubt an Aussie pilot aboard..
Prob a RAAF to USAF exchange pilot.
Something about a left engine bleed limiting our refueling missions.

TERRA-58 B752 #02-4452 westbound looking for tanker on 274.455.
A KC-135 coming East from Pittsburgh.

 

[somdspotter]

4x F-35's launched out of KADW, presumably for the White House flyover scheduled here around 11! Anyone catch their callsigns?

 

[mdmonitor]

1035- Terra 58 (C-32B # 02-4452) calling on 274.45.

1040- Drago 51 checking in on 279.575.

1042- Pudgy 93 check in w/Giantkiller (118.125) for entry to AR 636 at FL221-230. Will working w/Bank, Rogue and Hobey flts.

 

[BM82557]

4x F-35's launched out of KADW, presumably for the White House flyover scheduled here around 11! Anyone catch their callsigns?

This appears to be them --

 

[CYUL]

Heading back to BGR. Reported boom malfunction on 348.9

 

[Mark]

Heading back to BGR. Reported boom malfunction on 348.9

Funny down my way heard some brief coms on 348.900
Sometimes when conditions are good can copy up into NY State a bit.

Looks like USCG HC-130J #2013 headed towards Niagara Falls today.

 

[RaleighGuy]

4x F-35's launched out of KADW, presumably for the White House flyover scheduled here around 11! Anyone catch their callsigns?

F-16s DRAGO61, F-35s DRAGO51

 

[Mark]

F-16s DRAGO61, F-35s DRAGO51

MSN

 

[mdmonitor]

MSN

1120- Drago 61 on 279.575

 

[Tech792]

1140L- Weak T-Bird transmissions on 149.65

 

[mdmonitor]

1200- Score 90 (MQ-4) off PAX. Telemetry on 225.1.

 

[mdmonitor]

Coast Guard to get first MQ-9 drones

Current and former officials are heralding the move as a game-changer in the fight against smuggling.

www.militarytimes.com