Comments funny here as once again mil chopper MUSL playing around airport departure areas.
This happened on May 26 at KPHL. Pilot needs to learn difference between Northbound and Northeast bound.
Mid-Atlantic (and beyond) MilAir 2026
- Thread starter KevinC
- Start date
This happened on May 26 at KPHL. Pilot needs to learn difference between Northbound and Northeast bound.
Looks like a low pattern for some reason. I do not see anything special about the area of the pattern. But the 52 did fly over Arlington.DRAGO51 | B-52H | 60-0044 south east of KADW, pretty rare seeing BUFF’s over here.
ADS-B Exchange - track aircraft live
ADS-B Exchange - track aircraft live - aircraft flight historyglobe.adsbexchange.com
Last edited:
MAGIC-01 Del ANG #93-1563 inbound KILG from PR.Shows as TREK-01 but on Castle Ops 343.000
as MAGIC-01.
Andrews has reactivated 89th MXM Maint squadron course my question is who was doing the SAM work before?
Ignore the 1969 date on article (DVIDS error) as was last week.
www.dvidshub.net
Couple Connecticut Yankee 103 AW C-130's coming down the coast.Like the Delaware ANG use newer upgraded C-130H models.
www.dvidshub.net
YANKE 48 #93-1457
YANKE 49 #93-1459
as MAGIC-01.
Andrews has reactivated 89th MXM Maint squadron course my question is who was doing the SAM work before?
Ignore the 1969 date on article (DVIDS error) as was last week.
89th Airlift Wing Activates New Maintenance Squadron
The 89th Airlift Wing reactivated the 89th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron during a ceremony at Joint Base Andrews on May 21, 2026, linking a new generation of maintainers to a lineage stretching back 79 years.
Couple Connecticut Yankee 103 AW C-130's coming down the coast.Like the Delaware ANG use newer upgraded C-130H models.
103rd Airlift Wing Completes Major C-130 Fleet Modernization
The 103rd Airlift Wing completed a major modernization of its C-130 Hercules fleet in 2025, upgrading aircraft with T-56 Series 3.5 engines and NP2000 eight-blade propellers. The effort required months of coordination across operations and maintenance and was executed alongside increased...
YANKE 48 #93-1457
YANKE 49 #93-1459
Last edited:
mdmonitor
Member
1630- C102 (C-37 CG #02) off ADW heading southwest. Maybe taking DHS Sec home to Oklahoma for long weekend?
MarkVid of Del ANG #93-1563 into PR callsign MAGIC01. The 166AW has been gettting
more missions since switching to later model upgraded C-130H's Into Florida yesterday as TREK-01.
They waited on the vid for a follow me vehicle.
Also mystery? Gulfstream N450GA Lease not trackable on Flightaware.
PR PD Chopper N255PD is fairly new 2024 model Bell-429.
N450GA is still owned by Gulfstream Aerospace
Off Topic --
Not milair but impressive fireworks ---
Blue Origin New Glenn rocket explodes on launch pad in Florida
Blue Origin, which is owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, was gearing up for a June launch to put a batch of Amazon "Leo" internet satellites into orbit.www.cbsnews.com
I don't know if I'd call it impressive...sad maybe but when a rocket blows up I wouldn't use the word impressive.
Rocket science is not easy
ACY Air Show Friday May 30
Air Boss 118.275
Discrete 123.425
Heritage Flight 122.125
F-35B 326.70
F-22 277.70
NJ F-16 298.60
Air Boss 118.275
Discrete 123.425
Heritage Flight 122.125
F-35B 326.70
F-22 277.70
NJ F-16 298.60
Interesting Air Boss freq .... surprised no one complained about the AWOS from KWWD (Cape May County Airport) on the same frequency, Distance is only 40 miles
Yeah am sure Space X engineers are saying we told you so Blue Origin with their highly powerful but explosive
liquid Methane and LOX mix.. On paper a good powerful system that doesn't need as many engines etc
compared to Space X Kerosene and LOX..
Setback for sure but that was impressive fireball like a atomic bomb. yikes! Glad nobody hurt.
BE-4 - Wikipedia
India AF Delaware modded B-737 departs Dover tomorrow for first leg on way home..
IFC53 Indian Air Force Flight Tracking and History 30-May-2026 (KDOV-BCN / LEBL) - FlightAware
Track Indian Air Force #53 flight from Dover Air Force Base to Barcelona Int'l
www.flightaware.com
Last edited:
Thanks Rene! Caught the second cell this morning as well. Here's my logs from recordings:Excellent log with timings and frequencies, much appreciated this kind of details Ed ....
CUBE 41-44 departed from Burlington around 0940zs and were working Boston center on 135.700 at 0943z and
I lost them a few minutes later ...... Picked up BOBBY 91, a flight of six with Moncton center on 123.900 at 1023z.
0944z 228.300 CUBE 41-44 A-A from BTV entering Maine. CUBE 43 and 44 will split off freq to their own A-A later in log.
0951z 371.150 BOBBY 91 and 92 A-A discussing boom freqs, altitudes, speed, direction, and changes in freq assignments.
0958z 378.200 BOBBY 92 and CUBE 41 coordinating rendezvous with tankers and pointing out 373.550 will be Primary Boom freq.
1001z 373.550 BOBBY 91,92 and CUBE 41-44 on Boom, Coordinating tanker and chick pairing, freq, and fuel status. BOBBY 91 will start AR with CUBE 41 and 42. Their AR started around 1010z.
1009z 373.550 BOBBY 92 and CUBE 43, 44 BOBBY tells CUBE to switch over to secondary boom freq 286..600
1009z 286.600 BOBBY 92 and CUBE 43, 44 on Boom freq. Set up AR, get BuNo's (only heard 43s number of 170577), 43 begins his first AR at 1014z.
1010z 258.900 CUBE 43 and 44 A-A
All comms faded out around 1025z from my location. That's all I had. No ATC comms which Rene had posted were VHF freqs I don't record.
Caught another flight today on recordings...
1043 AM local EDT:
279.700 THORN 12, 14, 16, 18 A-A Flight of four MC-130s on their climb out from Bangor, ME. New freq for me. MC-130Js heading to Hulburt Field KHRT (from BGR Clearance LiveATC). Gotta love the SDR!!
globe.adsbexchange.com
1043 AM local EDT:
279.700 THORN 12, 14, 16, 18 A-A Flight of four MC-130s on their climb out from Bangor, ME. New freq for me. MC-130Js heading to Hulburt Field KHRT (from BGR Clearance LiveATC). Gotta love the SDR!!
ADS-B Exchange - track aircraft live
ADS-B Exchange - track aircraft live - aircraft flight history
globe.adsbexchange.com
Nice Ed.. got to get me one of those SDR's..Caught another flight today on recordings...
1043 AM local EDT:
279.700 THORN 12, 14, 16, 18 A-A Flight of four MC-130s on their climb out from Bangor, ME. New freq for me. MC-130Js heading to Hulburt Field KHRT (from BGR Clearance LiveATC). Gotta love the SDR!!
ADS-B Exchange - track aircraft live
ADS-B Exchange - track aircraft live - aircraft flight history
Rewind ADSBX at 10:55am today one showed as #13-5770 which comes back to MC-130J 9th SOS Cannon New Mexico.
"Thorn" is a good callsign for those guys having walked around Northern New Mexico/Southern Colorado myself years ago.. Lots of sharp ground cactus thorns thru my sneaker soles on idiot me ..Now know why they wear hard sole hiking shoes out there
Last edited:
Dutchmil
Member
Thanks Mark! Ouch! through the sneaker? Damn! I saw that on Scramble but wasn't sure if it was accurate. Thanks for the confirmation.Nice Ed.. got to get me one of those SDR's..
Rewind ADSBX at 10:55am today one showed as #13-5770 which comes back to 9th SOS Cannon New Mexico.
"Thorn" is a good sign for those guys having walked around Northern New Mexico/Southern Colorado myself years ago.. Lots of sharp ground cactus thorns thru my sneakers idiot me
View attachment 201972
As a matter of fact, I have another MC-130 (11-5733) that just passed over my area (heard him) right now. Got ATC running both V and U but nothing yet.
ADS-B Exchange - track aircraft live
ADS-B Exchange - track aircraft live - aircraft flight history
globe.adsbexchange.com
Same thing, this guy comes back to 9th SOS out of Cannon too.
Update:
Didn't catch him on ATC but I did play BGR departure on LiveATC. Callsign was KNIFE 11 He was a single ship. After BGR, he went to ZBW 120.250
Last edited:
SAM-676 B752 #99-0004 looks inbound Miami area (Homestead?) from Andrews. Future Cuba mission?
Saw on news tonight for first time some Cubans and Yank Mil folks met in person just outside Gitmo.
Maybe sending some higher ups down there soon?
Just think how much aviation gas US mil could save in the future not having to skirt around that huge Island if
they get normal down there,
TEAM-75,76 KC-46's back inbound McGuire A/A 378.850
Saw on news tonight for first time some Cubans and Yank Mil folks met in person just outside Gitmo.
Maybe sending some higher ups down there soon?
Just think how much aviation gas US mil could save in the future not having to skirt around that huge Island if
they get normal down there,
TEAM-75,76 KC-46's back inbound McGuire A/A 378.850
Last edited:
Around 2200L, upstairs from my 910MHz relay; heard a TEAM unit saying one TEAM is rtb McGuire from Harrisburg; we're splitting up. I'm assuming it was on 237.150 Brickyard CP.
Thanks for the AC post Dan. Good to hear you're back on RR.
Thanks for the AC post Dan. Good to hear you're back on RR.
mdmonitor
Member
277.7 is Langley 71st FS freq
mdmonitor
Member
Similar threads
