Mid-Atlantic MilAir 2023

[Mark]

Speaking of myself making wild guesses I see a couple ROMA KC-46A tankers prepositioning.
ROMA-32 #16-46020 Pease to Dover.
ROMA-42 #16-46017 Eastbound from 22ARW Kansas.

McGuire Space A has two flights unknown type to Dyess Tx the next two days.
Last week McGuire had 4 KC-46A's working close formation off near AR-777.
Been many years but Dyess B-1's can make offshore NJ/NY before hitting tankers on the way to the Northeast and UK.
On Altravs they can add 1-2 Aux fuel tanks in the empty bomb bays.They used to use callsign DARK- ##
Various cargo flights from Dyess already into RAF Fairford these past few weeks.I think they are getting ready.
Hopefully 4 or more of them make the trip Prob will work the upcoming Defender 23 exercises thru June 23.

 

[Tank67]

Here he was this past Sat. at Barnes airshow with 2 chicks in tow (104th F-15C's) .

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If this airshow at JBMDL has good weather (unlike what's being forecasted now) maybe we will see something similar. They recently added F-15s to the show.

 

[Mark]

If this airshow at JBMDL has good weather (unlike what's being forecasted now) maybe we will see something similar. They recently added F-15s to the show.

They need additions for Power in the Pines. Seems earlier the F-16 demo is the only advertised featured go fast performer
The Marine MAG-49 demos are always cool there...2018 was last airshow at McGuire.

 

[Tank67]

They need additions for Power in the Pines. Seems earlier the F-16 demo is the only advertised featured go fast performer

I agree, but the other demo teams already have their schedules together

 

[Mark]

Last night CROWN-03 C-17 departing Dover 2145 local radios in a bird strike on aircraft nose
and returns Dover... No worries.
ROMA-42 #16-46017 KC-46 arriving Dover 2240 local ..req follow me vehicle.. crew of 6.
ROMA-33 KC-135 #62-3517 from MacDill to Dover 0340z....Dover becoming a temp tanker base.

Another cargo bird from Dyess enroute RAF Fairford today.

K4411 (CKS411) Kalitta Air Flight Tracking and History 15-May-2023 (KDYS-FFD / EGVA) - FlightAware

Track Kalitta Air (K4) #411 flight from Dyess Afb to RAF Fairford

flightaware.com

 

[rjsincs]

KAVP currently has their runway 22 closed do to a plane with a flat tire.

 

[TerryPavlick]

Does anyone have a link or know of a document that has the mission codes used by milair?

These codes ?

Mid-Atlantic MilAir 2023

JUMBO09 out of Dover just flew over the house. Things had been slow in the New Castle skies - was happy to see this aircraft :) He's heading northwest as I type, perhaps for some approach practice at Harrisburg... This C-5 got almost to Harrisburg, but then banked left and has now arrived...

forums.radioreference.com

 

[RaleighGuy]

These codes ?

Mid-Atlantic MilAir 2023

JUMBO09 out of Dover just flew over the house. Things had been slow in the New Castle skies - was happy to see this aircraft :) He's heading northwest as I type, perhaps for some approach practice at Harrisburg... This C-5 got almost to Harrisburg, but then banked left and has now arrived...

forums.radioreference.com

Not sure, I'll look at the manual, thanks. The photo below is what I am looking at understanding...

 

[rjsincs]

KAVP currently has their runway 22 closed do to a plane with a flat tire.

Appears to be open now.

 

[Mark]

CFC-2547 C-130J #130610 Ottawa to Andrews around 8am local.
CFC-2547 departed Andrews 1340 local up to CFB Trenton.

Offutt gets their second nuke sniffer tail.

Second WC-135R arrives at Offutt

Team Offutt officially welcomed it second WC-135R Constant Phoenix aircraft to its fleet as tail number 64-14831 arrived May 11, 2023. The first WC-135R, tail number 64-14836, was delivered in July. This is the second of three the 55th Wing will receive as the Air Force modifies KC-135R...

www.dvidshub.net

 

[frank3si]

They need additions for Power in the Pines. Seems earlier the F-16 demo is the only advertised featured go fast performer
The Marine MAG-49 demos are always cool there...2018 was last airshow at McGuire.

Here is the Power in the Pines latest schedule. 11:47 looks interesting...

 

[freqhopping]

The DRAGO51 4-ship I saw yesterday were F-15s from Seymour-Johnson.

 

[Tank67]

Here is the Power in the Pines latest schedule. 11:47 looks interesting...

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Hope the weather gets a little more compliant!

 

[screenersam]

C130 hanging out @ SBY. flat tire I heard?

 

[frank3si]

C130 hanging out @ SBY. flat tire I heard?

Someone who works in maintaining C-130s told me a tire and wheel assembly weighs just over 500 pounds.

 

[TerryPavlick]

Someone who works in maintaining C-130s told me a tire and wheel assembly weighs just over 500 pounds.

that seems a bit heavy.......checking for actual......I have the tire application chart around here somewhere from work days

 

[freqhopping]

that seems a bit heavy.......checking for actual......I have the tire application chart around here somewhere from work days

This site says 227.5kg, so 501.5lbs. Aircraft Mainwheel & Tyre - Lockheed C-130 Hercules, 1974

Seems reasonable to me, a humvee wheel+tire is 142lbs.

 

[TerryPavlick]

This site says 227.5kg, so 501.5lbs. Aircraft Mainwheel & Tyre - Lockheed C-130 Hercules, 1974

Seems reasonable to me, a humvee wheel+tire is 142lbs.

I think the difference I am wondering about is the new radial tire and boltless wheel assemblies used on the C130 versus the older wheel assemblies. Still checking - yes I saw that page but I think that is bias ply and older main wheel style.

 

[RaleighGuy]

COMPREHENSIVE TRIP GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FOR
WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, 2023 – SUNDAY, MAY 21, 2023

11:45 AM THE PRESIDENT departs Joint Base Andrews en route to Anchorage, Alaska

AKDT
2:25 PM THE PRESIDENT arrives Elmendorf Air Force Base, Anchorage, Alaska
3:55 PM THE PRESIDENT departs Elmendorf Air Force Base, Anchorage, Alaska en route to Hiroshima, Japan

Thursday, May 18, 2023
The President will arrive in Hiroshima, Japan.

Sunday, May 21, 2023
The President will depart Hiroshima, Japan en route to Anchorage, Alaska for a brief refueling stop. He will depart Anchorage, Alaska en route to Washington, DC and will arrive in Washington, DC.

Secretary Blinken joins President Biden on travel to Japan.

Also,
On Monday, May 22, the Vice President will travel to Sunnyvale, California

 

[BM82557]

KC-10 ROMA 22 AE022E 86-0037 heading up the coast over eastern NC , F-16 TREND 71 showed on adsb for a while, KC-46 ROMA 32 16-46020 AE5BC5 and KC-35 62-3517 AE068D heading south in NC, 12:02 Z --