Mid-Atlantic MilAir 2023

[mdmonitor]

Guys

Posted on another list. Indications of possible Skymaster exercise tomorrow.


active early Wednesday morning (Jan 11) for 12 to 13 hours:

Pacific: 9 PM - 9 AM/10 AM
Eastern: Midnight-Noon/1 PM
Zulu: 0500Z-1700Z/1801Z

The west coast closing time is one hour later than the east coast time, for some reason.

 

[mdmonitor]

1118- Salty Dog 121 (F-18 VX-23) working GK (238.1) for entry into the test track.

1120- Navy JA525 (SH-60 # 166522 VX-1) working Bay Watch (250.85)

 

[RichardKramer]

German A400M; GAF112 SW of Reading Pa heading SW.

 

[mdmonitor]

VIP Movement Summary (does not include POTUS, VPOTUS, FLOTUS travel)

DATE: 9 Jan

SAM 972 (C-40 # 02-0042) MacDill-ADW
SAM 966 (C-32 # 99-0003) Mexico City-ADW
SAM 914 (C-37 # 18-1947) ADW-Miami
SAM 890 (C-37 # 09-0525) ADW-Colorado or West Coast??
SAM 936 (C-37 # 99-0404) ADW-Nellis AFB NV-ADW
SAM 023 (C-37 # 99-0402) ADW-Augusta GA-ADW-MacDill-Scott AFB IL-ADW

 

[AirScan]

Anyone able to catch the Boom Freq TIGER 45 is using in W107 ?

 

[Frequency1]

Anyone able to catch the Boom Freq TIGER 45 is using in W107 ?

288.0 refueling
378.85 tanker-tanker

 

[AirScan]

288.0 refuelig 378.85 tanker-tanker

Thanks.

 

[mdmonitor]

1150- Terra 97 (C-32 150th SOS NJ ANG) landing at ADW (378.1 & 118.4). Normally, they show on ADS-B but not this time.

 

[mdmonitor]

Guys

Posted on another list


An interesting story:

Will SSB Radio Return To The US Naval Academy?

 

[mdmonitor]

1240- Axeman flt (A-10Cs 104th MD ANG) working Bay Watch at PAX (256.5/305.2-flt lead is female pilot). At same time Raven flt (MD ANG) working DOV approach (282.325/257.875)

 

[Tank67]

Saudi A330 coming in from Jeddah, about to enter the airspace over Massachusetts. Flightradar has the arrival airport as Dover AFB

 

[Frequency1]

1320- Warren Grove Range MD A10 Ravens
“40 minutes of playtime”
271.4 a/a
283.1 range

 

[mdmonitor]

1330- Nighthawk 3 (HMX-1) working Wash Helo (134.35) advising he is approaching the White House. NH14 also working Wash Helo.

 

[frank3si]

Approx 1430 an interesting visitor over New Castle, an EC-130J Commando Solo, returning to Harrisburg from a couple of hours flying around the Atlantic City area. Lots of bulges and appendages on the body and tail of this aircraft. As Lockheed Martin describes, "The EC-130J Commando Solo is designed to conduct information operations, psychological operations and civil affairs broadcasts in AM, FM, HF, TV and military communications bands. The U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command's 193rd Special Operations Wing, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania., operates the EC-130J and conducts Special Operations Forces missions and psychological operations leaflet drops." You can get a good profile look at this unique aircraft here: EC-130J Commando Solo

 

[Mark]

Guys
Posted on another list
An interesting story:

Will SSB Radio Return To The US Naval Academy?

We get quite a few new Hams who take and pass tests in the area but few are ever heard again on the local radios.
I think some young ones use test to add to their job resume and applications as Licensed Ham radio Ops.

 

[Mark]

Approx 1430 an interesting visitor over New Castle, an EC-130J Commando Solo, returning to Harrisburg from a couple of hours flying around the Atlantic City area. Lots of bulges and appendages on the body and tail of this aircraft. As Lockheed Martin describes, "The EC-130J Commando Solo is designed to conduct information operations, psychological operations and civil affairs broadcasts in AM, FM, HF, TV and military communications bands. The U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command's 193rd Special Operations Wing, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania., operates the EC-130J and conducts Special Operations Forces missions and psychological operations leaflet drops." You can get a good profile look at this unique aircraft here: EC-130J Commando Solo

Nice! But their days are limited as Harrisburg supposed to be getting regular MC-130J types to replace the EC-130J radio tails.
Last article I saw late last year said over the next two years replacing them. I heard a BATON-54 calling Base ops 395.100 just a while ago.
I bet that was the one in your picture.
DVIDS - News - 193rd Special Operations Wing preps for mission conversion (dvidshub.net)

 

[frank3si]

Nice! But their days are limited as Harrisburg supposed to be getting regular MC-130J types to replace the EC-130J radio tails.
Last article I saw late last year said over the next two years replacing them. I heard a BATON-54 calling Base ops 395.100 just a while ago.
I bet that was the one in your picture.
DVIDS - News - 193rd Special Operations Wing preps for mission conversion (dvidshub.net)

Thanks for that info. Glad I got to see it while realizing just what it was. Lots of 130 traffic around here but sometimes it pays dividends to check!

 

[skthomp]

DECOY-99 C-17 about to start engines at KMRB for night T&G using NVG. Runways darkened for the occasion. With KMRB tower and Command Post.

 

[john8436]

Currently receiving a lot of traffic on Noble A2A 293.3000 and 294.725. W106/107/386 all with traffic since this morning.

 

[skthomp]

DECOY-99 C-17 about to start engines at KMRB for night T&G using NVG. Runways darkened for the occasion. With KMRB tower and Command Post.

Very cool watching the Air Force’s heavy metal work the pattern, land and taxi in total darkness. Now they are practicing backing up on the taxiway, another trick that C-17s can perform. It’s a one-plane air show.