Mid-Atlantic (and beyond) MilAir 2026

[Mark]

Maybe Langley T-38's will be back soon after mystery inspections.

Air Force Lifts Pause on T-38 Flights, Jets to Fly After Inspections

The Air Force has officially lifted an operational pause of its T-38 fleet and the first jets will start flying again after inspections.

www.airandspaceforces.com

 

[Mark]

USS Nimitz in the Carib keeping busy with tours etc.
Rawhide 47 from PR to boat then over to Jamaica this morning.

Nimitz Hosts Caribbean Leaders During Southern Seas 2026 Deployment

Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) hosted several delegations from Caribbean nations during the latest leg of U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command (USNAVSOUTH)/U.S. 4th Fleet’s Southern Seas 2026 deployment in the Atlantic Ocean, from the end of May into the beginning of June.

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[mdmonitor]

1005- C-17 Rhino 90 check in w/Brickyard CP (237.15)

 

[TerryPavlick]

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

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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

Mark

Blue Origin's BE-4 engine for the New Glenn and SpaceX's Raptor engine for Starship/Booster both use liquid methane and liquid oxygen for fuel.

Falcon 9 uses RP-1 (highly refined kerosene) and liquid oxygen.

Terry

 

[RichardKramer]

@1310L AC F16s, a2a 298.600; ZNY 322.400 Sec27 Low, talk about contacting HUNTRESS.
I just got in the radio room when I heard them L/C; may have come from Kiowa range R5802.

 

[Mark]

@1310L AC F16s, a2a 298.600; ZNY 322.400 Sec27 Low, talk about contacting HUNTRESS.
I just got in the radio room when I heard them L/C; may have come from Kiowa range R5802.

Rgr VIPER-11 flight on way back to A/C from range up there.
Mentions direct Smyrna etc on ZDC 363.000>285.400>327.125.
Says on A/A that ZDC sure doesn't like us very much

 

[mdmonitor]

US General meets with Cubans at Guantanamo

MSN

 

[Mark]

1830 local Here comes those Conn Yankee C-130's north from Pope. Maybe someone can find a A/A for them?
Haven't had any luck with them so far.

 

[jsoergel]

1830 local Here comes those Conn Yankee C-130's north from Pope. Maybe someone can find a A/A for them?
Haven't had any luck with them so far.

Try 250.250, 138.550, 349.700.

 

[Mark]

Try 250.250, 138.550, 349.700.

Thanks Jared. Yeah had those 2 UHF freqs already in my rotation but not the VHF freq.
They seem busier now with their upgraded C-130 planes and rarely come down this way but that may change now
with more mission capable aircraft.They used to have early/mid 1970's tails there for a long while.
In fact Yanke 48,49 now shooting up thru Maine tonight.

 

[Mark]

OT UAL-236 B-764 rtb Newark from original Spain flight squawking 7700..
Online utube says Pax with Blue Tooth messing with system or refusing attendants orders?

2200 local plane on ground and Security etc meeting flight at Newark parked on taxiway shutting down engines.

 

[jetcrafter]

Thanks Jared. Yeah had those 2 UHF freqs already in my rotation but not the VHF freq.
They seem busier now with their upgraded C-130 planes and rarely come down this way but that may change now
with more mission capable aircraft.They used to have early/mid 1970's tails there for a long while.
In fact Yanke 48,49 now shooting up thru Maine tonight.

Missed them passing through Mark. Just checked radios, had nothing from them here. One of them literally went right over my area which would have definitely been heard by the SDR if they were chatting at that time. Weird how they tracked up the eastern seaboard. Together, but not too close to each other.

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[Mark]

TITAN-29 E-4B #73-1676 inbound Western near Oregon US Sec Def from Singapore.
Couple KC-135's showing on Acars FIAT-25,26 out of KSKA for rtb so maybe for him.

 

[Mark]

Another battle scarred KC-135 #63-8028 RCH-133 into Bangor yesterday afternoon from UK around 1525 local.
Assume will also be headed to Tinker for repairs...

New Photos Offer Clearest View Yet Of Temporary Repairs On Another KC-135 Damaged During Iran War

The battle-damaged Alaskan ANG KC-135R departed RAF Mildenhall on its way home from Operation Epic Fury, showing the massive temporary repairs performed

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[Mark]

Couple Navy P-8A's inbound US from Lajes it seems at FL-340/360 headed towards NJ shore.
May catch them chatting A/A.. 3rd P-8A also inbound from the ocean at Halifax prob also rotating out to Jacksonville.

Reach-133 off Bangor westbound assume to Tinker.

 

[Dutchmil]

The CO and NJ ANG Vipers are returning from Japan to CONUS next week. The first
cell arrived today at Honolulu as PINE 11, the second cell should be arriving tomorrow.

 

[Mark]

Couple Navy P-8A's inbound US from Lajes it seems at FL-340/360 headed towards NJ shore.
May catch them chatting A/A.. 3rd P-8A also inbound from the ocean at Halifax prob also rotating out to Jacksonville.

Reach-133 off Bangor westbound assume to Tinker.

Just heard some weak coms on 303.000 not sure who..

 

[TerryPavlick]

Just heard some weak coms on 303.000 not sure who..

only hearing one side of the conversation on that one....

 

[jetcrafter]

1222 Local EDT:

1222 119.750 OLIVE 32 (64-14848) working Portland App/Dep passing 11,000 for the RNAV runway 34 at Pease. Inbound from the Mildenhall.
1228 125.050 working Pease Approach for final runway 34.

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[jetcrafter]

only hearing one side of the conversation on that one....

Terry, Mark,
Had comms on 303.000 here as well a little earlier (0953-1016 local). Heard two pilots A-A talking about weather and "wall of clouds" ahead of them. Looked at that time slot on ADSBx and the only "flight" in my listening range was the P-8s. Comms were a little weak but readable as most of my comms over Nantucket are on other flights. I'd say it was a good bet it was them. Nice catch!

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