Mid-Atlantic (and beyond) MilAir 2026

[Tech792]

1349L- C-130J TEAL 58 (97-5304) up this way out of Keesler AFB, currently heading NE over southern NJ.

 

[mdmonitor]

1410- Salty Dog 201 (T-45 VX-23 PAX) w/ZDC Richmond (285.55). Inbound to PAX (281.8)

 

[mdmonitor]

1635- Steeljaw 01 (E-2D VX-20) w/Bay Watch (354.8) advising he's clearing out of area and heading for Wallops Island.

 

[Mark]

2135 AF-1 #25-3300 off the deck in Vegas for home I assume.

 

[RaleighGuy]

2135 AF-1 #25-3300 off the deck in Vegas for home I assume.

Yes, at 4:21 pm the plane was taxiing. Flight to JBA is roughly 4 hours.

 

[Mark]

Possible VIP travel expected this weekend per FAA Safety Team Notices

Expect VIP movement Aug 07-09, 2026 in the vicinity of Bedminster, NJ for POTUS

Resources - Notices - FAA - FAASTeam - FAASafety.gov

Expect VIP movement Aug 07-16, 2026 in the vicinity of Thurmont, MD for VPOTUS

Resources - Notices - FAA - FAASTeam - FAASafety.gov

FAA VIP Notams out tonight show Bedminster,Morristown 7th thru the 9th. Joysey it is.
Gonna be a hot steamy weekend wx wise maybe with aircraft dodging occasional storms.

E-4B #74-0787 Eastbound from Tucson also tonight.. West Coast Potus protection.
Looks like headed to Florida.

 

[KC4PSR]

President Donald Trump has directed contractors to redo weeks of work on his planned White House helipad, frustrated with its appearance and questioning whether the slope of the White House lawn needs to be changed, according to two people who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss his private comments.


Trump has made the helipad a priority, ordering that work begun in June be completed by a state visit in September, but was dissatisfied with the results, the people said. The White House’s South Lawn, where the helipad is being built, slants downward. Trump has expressed a desire for a landing pad that sits level with the horizon, prompting contractors to disassemble their work and consider whether to start by changing the lawn itself, the people said.

From Washington Post Firewall article

Uhhh, maybe I'm uninformed, but wouldn't you normally construct a helipad to be level with the horizon? You know, like a house foundation or almost any other significant structure WTF does the slope of the south lawn have to do with anything?

 

[Mark]

VMFA-115 Silver Eagles back in business later this year.. Popular callsign for them was BLADE.

USMC VMFA-115 Sets Stage for Reactivation with First F-35C Flight

After being disbanded in November 2023 following the last flight with legacy F/A-18C/D Hornets, VMFA-115 is preparing for the reactivation later this year

theaviationist.com

 

[WatnNY]

Sometimes you get lucky and see a fighter jet on ADS-b Exchange. Here's "Joker" 169743 from VFA-34, supposed to be an F/A-18E, who took off from NAS Key West, and left his thing-a-majig on the whole way to NAS Oceana, where he laned a few minutes ago.

 

[paradiver]

Word on X (@thenewarea51) is that ZMP Minneapolis Center went ATC Zero.

Thenewarea51 (@thenewarea51) on X

Here you can see a lot of aircraft starting to circumnavigate MINNEAPOLIS CENTER airspace due to the ATC zero situation Via @ADSBex

x.com

The National Airspace Status site is down

National Airspace System

The Federal Aviation Administration's National Airspace System (NAS) dashboard

nasstatus.faa.gov

Atlas Air doing a go around

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[jetcrafter]

1349L- C-130J TEAL 58 (97-5304) up this way out of Keesler AFB, currently heading NE over southern NJ.

TEAL 58 came up to Portland, ME yesterday. Caught her on recordings today working Portland A/D on 269.350 as she was heading up along the coastline at low level then around Acadia National Park on her way to do some approaches at Bangor. She then returned to Portland where it's still parked on the MAC Jets ramp where my son works. Looks like a sight seeing/lobster run to me!

 

[nodak1crdet3]

08-06-26
BANJO 81 x 2 (B-2A's WM)
341.750 A/A, 04:52pm. Departed area heading for Erie, Syracuse, Albany, 05:18pm.
336.400 MN.C. 04:42pm.
256.600 ABSOLUTE,04:46pm.

Chuck in Detroit / NODAK 1

 

[Eugene]

Interesting.....went to the National Airspace System Dashboard....nasstatus.faa.gov.....Website unavailable. They're experiencing "technical difficulties" wonder if there's any relation to the ATC zero in Minneapolis or just system overload....or ???hack..... Curious.

Eugene Hileman KG4AVE

 

[TerryPavlick]

08-06-26
BANJO 81 x 2 (B-2A's WM)
341.750 A/A, 04:52pm. Departed area heading for Erie, Syracuse, Albany, 05:18pm.
336.400 MN.C. 04:42pm.
256.600 ABSOLUTE,04:46pm.

Chuck in Detroit / NODAK 1

Maybe staging for refueling ?

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[Mark]

Maybe staging for refueling ?

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There is a Res up on AR-80NE at 0030z 7:30pm local till 0130z FL-180-280.
May be for the BANJO guys?
Tanker KECK-29 #17-46037 departing off Pease.Acars has them going to KIAB when done I assume.
KECK-30 #17-46038 departing Pease as well both seem to be heading towards Vermont area.

 

[AirScan]

BANJO 81 x 2 (B-2A's WM)

Checking the ZBW LiveATC archives they were routing over SYR direct BTV but then around 1830 EDT requested a flightplan change to RTB back to KSZL. Clearance was (SYR area) via direct ERI THS HAR direct KSZL. Skyvector Route !? LiveATC Audio

 

[Mark]

There is a Res up on AR-80NE at 0030z 7:30pm local till 0130z FL-180-280.
May be for the BANJO guys?
Tanker KECK-29 #17-46037 departing off Pease.Acars has them going to KIAB when done I assume.
KECK-30 #17-46038 departing Pease as well both seem to be heading towards Vermont area.

Both KECK tankers belong to 22 ARW so maybe just headed home now seems A/R got cancelled.
Probably most of the 22 ARW are B-2 certified

 

[jbella]

Apparently there were some F-15s doing low level passes over Leominster MA this afternoon. I heard chatter L&C on 259.9 a Barnes button freq.

 

[diggold2018]

Did anyone catch the callsign/acft type of these two flights that landed at McGuire?



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First one landed at 5:42pm
Second one landed at 7:45pm

 

[Radar412]

Banjo's now talking on 322.4 about rejoining with Seal? 11 & 12, heading east to Harrisburg then turning back to the AR IP