Mid-Atlantic (and beyond) MilAir 2025

[n4jri]

0910- Hover flt (3 X T-38s Langley) w/ZDC Richmond (285.55) on way back from Evers MOA. A2A is 238.825.

NOTE: on way back they QSY'ed to a Norfolk freq. Only caught the last part 0.6. Can't find a .6 freq listed for Norfolk. Anyone know what it is?

Most likely 360.600. It's a western 'outer' freq for Norfolk Approach. Have been hearing a fair amount of Langley-bound traffic on it this week.

73/Allen (N4JRI)

 

[mdmonitor]

Most likely 360.600. It's a western 'outer' freq for Norfolk Approach. Have been hearing a fair amount of Langley-bound traffic on it this week.

73/Allen (N4JRI)

Allen

Thanks. Will plug it in

 

[frank3si]

Coast Guard Will Get A New MH-60 Variant To Replace MH-65 Helicopters

New MH-60R Seahawk-based helicopters will give the Coast Guard a boost in capability over its smaller and aging MH-65s.

www.twz.com

We see MH-65s around this Delaware area quite often. I'll miss them but on the other hand, that article notes the replacement process will be ongoing through the early 2040s - so it will be a long goodbye

 

[mdmonitor]

1500- Club 22 (E-4B # 74-0787) over Harrisonburg VA heading to ADW.

 

[KO4RJX]

USCG C-130 doing a possible SAR case in North Carolina.

That’s a fairly common training location for them.

 

[RaleighGuy]

Sure about that Ramstein stop? I checked the Sleep option overnight and just found them over Greece. But there is a media report this morning that they're going to stop in Qatar for fuel and a brief meeting with the Emir.

They stopped at Ramstein, landing at 0615 ET, before going to Qatar and then Malayasia, and left Ramstein at 0737 ET.

0737 ET, AF1 is wheels up at 1:35 to Qatar. Flight time is approx 6 hours.
1305 ET, AF1 is wheels down 8:04pm local time. POTUS is expected to meet with the Emir and Prime Minister of Qatar on the plane as we refuel.
1505 ET, AF1 is wheels up at 10:04pm to Malaysia. Flight time is just under seven hours.

 

[paradiver]

Don't hold your breath on the USS Ford group anytime soon as now in Eastern Med on duty.
They might have to swing by Norfolk NAS base on way South for supplies and crew logistics etc.

Supercarrier USS Ford Being Pulled From Europe And Ordered To Caribbean

Canforce 1 the A-332 already headed for Asia with Hawaii stop..
Potus will depart later tonight 10:40 PM local according to posts here..
I'm sure he will say to Canada Prime Min. Now about that Reagan commercial 🤣🤣
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Copernicus

 

[Mark]

Copernicus

Yeah hopefully that Hurricane down there will clear out to Northeast before carrier gets there.
Imagine ships down there now are staying clear so not good for any boats to be out in those waves

E-6 departed Andrews this morning orbiting on MD/PA State line at 19k.

 

[mdmonitor]

0915- Strange acft AF07D0 doing long racetrack orbits at FL190 in area or Hagerstown. Acft left from ADW.

Oops, didn't see Mark's post before I hit my button

 

[spanner]

Yeah hopefully that Hurricane down there will clear out to Northeast before carrier gets there.
Imagine ships down there now are staying clear so not good for any boats to be out in those waves

E-6 departed Andrews this morning orbiting on MD/PA State line at 19k.

Looks like he is doing laps around Site-R.

 

[mdmonitor]

Looks like he is doing laps around Site-R.

Very strange acty for a TACAMO. Also, they usually fly at FL260, so FL190 is fairly low for them. Been trying to catch him on ZDC Hagerstown (134.15) and ZNY Big Flat (133.375) but so far nothing heard.

 

[freqhopping]

Very strange acty for a TACAMO. Also, they usually fly at FL260, so FL190 is fairly low for them. Been trying to catch him on ZDC Hagerstown (134.15) and ZNY Big Flat (133.375) but so far nothing heard.

Callsign sounded like VISA28 when they departed ADW.

 

[N4TX]

Just a theory regarding the TACAMO circling Site R at lower-than-usual altitude: Back in the olden days...the various continuity of government (and retaliation) aircraft reportedly had a "loss of comms" plan to circle over Site R and the other ground locations. If they saw only a large hole where the installation was supposed to be, they took that as confirmation that the problem was more serious than a comms loss. So if any of that is true, it would make sense to have the crews get a familiarization with the local terrain from time to time.

But, hey--we're talking 1950s stuff here and I'd like to think the COG system is a bit more sophisticated now. Luckily, my radio receivers are, too.

 

[NEET]

SKYMASTER traffic on 11175 kHz today

 

[IQ_imbalance]

Just a theory regarding the TACAMO circling Site R at lower-than-usual altitude: Back in the olden days...the various continuity of government (and retaliation) aircraft reportedly had a "loss of comms" plan to circle over Site R and the other ground locations. If they saw only a large hole where the installation was supposed to be, they took that as confirmation that the problem was more serious than a comms loss. So if any of that is true, it would make sense to have the crews get a familiarization with the local terrain from time to time.

But, hey--we're talking 1950s stuff here and I'd like to think the COG system is a bit more sophisticated now. Luckily, my radio receivers are, too.

i wonder if they're balancing an altitude to keep ATC happy vs. minimizing line of sight on their airborne transmissions.

 

[jetcrafter]

1707z
Three 171st ARW PA tankers inbound from Spain chatting on 293.700 right now.

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[jetcrafter]

1731z
Some VT F-35s playing in the MOA for the next hour. Comms so far:
226.300
226.800
314.400

 

[Saint01]

1738z RCH 835 (McChord C17) westbound out of Pease 121.375 zau > 126.275 zau

 

[jaymatt1978]

1339L Coast Guard 6502 helicopter crossing Ocean City, NJ airport 122.7

 

[Saint01]

FIST 62 (N H K46) this morning while I was out chasing critters through the swamp, and not paying enough attention to ads-b