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11:45 EST EGY1104 C130 Hex 010079 inbound to Dover - descending down from 43K heading towards me.

Actual altitude displayed on my screen is 16K

Make that not Dover - perhaps KBWI

I had them at 47,400 then descending to 250 feet in about 5 seconds o_O - quite a ride! I guess they're glad to be on the ground at BWI after that ;)
 

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Might be the reason we're seeing a string of RC-12s coming into BWI recently.

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December 13/17: Contracts-Life Cycle Services The US Army has awarded Northrop Grumman a $750 million contract
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for life cycle services on the service’s Special Electronic Mission Aircraft fleet. 75 fixed-wing airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance planes will be covered under the agreement, including RC-12X Guardrail, the Enhanced Medium Altitude Reconnaissance Surveillance System and Airborne Reconnaissance Low variants. The period of performance is one year, with eight one-year options, and work to be carried out includes program management, systems engineering and modification, supply chain management, and aircraft modifications and elective upgrades. King Aerospace, Inc. and M1 Support Service will also participate in work under the contract.
Except were getting MC-12s not the RC-12Xs at BWI.

The MC-12's have been coming from Hunter AAF in Savannah c/s Shady, and Biggs AAF, TX c/s Decoy. They're also based at Siera Vista AAF, in AZ c/s Rebel/Rail.

The RC-12Xs are the ones floating through HGR with Sierra Nevada.
 

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HOBO19 59-1470 circling the Ukraine/Poland border, a couple years ago that plane was linked to the buffs, meanwhile 99-0003 repositioning headed east out of Germany.

 

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Except were getting MC-12s not the RC-12Xs at BWI.

The MC-12's have been coming from Hunter AAF in Savannah c/s Shady, and Biggs AAF, TX c/s Decoy. They're also based at Siera Vista AAF, in AZ c/s Rebel/Rail.

The RC-12Xs are the ones floating through HGR with Sierra Nevada.
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They could also be stopping in to work with the Guardrail folks at NSA.
 

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Story of the trip to Ukraine slowly coming out, Washington Post pooler (one of only two who traveled with AF1) posted the account of here trip about an hour ago. It was a long email from her, so have broken it into screenshots below.

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NOTE: Screenshots provided to remove identifying info of myself and pooler.
 
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Story of the trip to Ukraine slowly coming out, Washington Post pooler (one of only two who traveled with AF1) posted the account of here trip about an hour ago. It was a long email from her, so have broken it into screenshots below.

Fascinating stuff - thanks so much for sharing this with us!
 

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RQ-4 hanging off the east coast of Jacksonville right now, callsign VVPE171, hanging around its usual FL40,000. Last seen doing exercises in a similar square pattern around the same area, previously was flying over PAX area on the 14th

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1110- One of the Pittsburgh KC-135s (# 62-3552) in AR 218 (274.45) doing AR training w/Pitt 58 (C-17 # 00-0184 )911th AW/758th AS AFRC, PITTSBURGH PA)

1140- Sierra Nevada guys busy this morning. Crook 23 (MC-12 # 11-00287) getting ready to lift off Hagerstown. Glare 08 (RC-12 # 89-00274) & Glare 25 (RC-12 # 93-0698) are working off the NJ coast east of Lakehurst. Some A2A on SNC discrete (123.3625)

1145- Viper-21 working Burner ATCCA discrete (327.6) coordinating rendezvous w/Trident (p-8 NAS Jacksonville FL) over Wilmington NC.
 
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