Mid-Atlantic MilAir 2023

[Mark]

Friday POTUS travel...
5:55 PM THE PRESIDENT departs Hiroshima Heliport Landing Zone, en route to Miyajima Island, Japan
6:20 PM THE PRESIDENT departs Miyajima Island Landing Zone en route to Itsukushima Shrine
9:40 PM THE PRESIDENT departs Miyajima Island Landing Zone, Japan en route to Hiroshima, Japan
10:00 PM THE PRESIDENT arrives Hiroshima Heliport Landing Zone in Hiroshima, Japan

TFR issued for return from Alaska Sunday, looks like about 2pm AKDT departs for ADW

Effective Date(s): From May 21, 2023 at 1900 UTC (May 21, 2023 at 1100 AKDT)
To May 21, 2023 at 2215 UTC (May 21, 2023 at 1415 AKDT)

3/8785 NOTAM Details

Something funny going on.. Why shorten trip when staff is already negotiating for you?
Supposed phony deadline is prob later than June 1 anyway and two weeks away than Treasury Sec says..
This sudden rtb USA trip smells and looks bad... just my 2 cents.

 

[RaleighGuy]

DAILY GUIDANCE FOR THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR FRIDAY, MAY 19, 2023

At 10:30 AM ET, the Vice President and Second Gentleman will depart Joint Base Andrews en route to Los Angeles International Airport.

At 1:15 PM PT, the Vice President and Second Gentleman will arrive at Los Angeles International Airport.

 

[Dutchmil]

Trying to find AF1 from Andrews to Japan the other day, only heard brief comms with Anchorage center ....
It looks like it, that it flew KADW to RJOI non-stop, without the scheduled stop at Elmendorf AFB, can anyone confirm this ?

Thanks !

 

[Mark]

Army Golden Knights DH8C GKA610 dodging wx on the way to McGuire.
Still flying Civ Reg N489SN (A60BA5) that shows cancelled in FAA Reg.

GKA610 U S Army Parachute Team Flight Tracking and History 19-May-2023 (KPOB-KWRI) - FlightAware

Track U S Army Parachute Team #610 flight from Pope Aaf to Mc Guire Fld (Joint Base Mc Guire Dix Lakehurst)

flightaware.com

Finally the B-2's will get off the ground soon..

B-2 'Safety Pause' Lifted, Flights Set to Resume Within Days

The B-2 Spirit is returning to the skies, USAF officials said. The aircraft is projected to take off May 22 after a safety pause was lifted.

www.airandspaceforces.com

 

[Mark]

Assume the USS Gerald Ford is in the English Channel somewhere..
Couple of Navy SH-60 choppers aloft there.

 

[mdmonitor]

Something funny going on.. Why shorten trip when staff is already negotiating for you?
Supposed phony deadline is prob later than June 1 anyway and two weeks away than Treasury Sec says..
This sudden rtb USA trip smells and looks bad... just my 2 cents.

Maybe a well choreographed operation. The situation will be settled by staffers, Then POTUS can rush back and hold a well-publicized "meeting" and Lo & Behold a solution will arise make POTUS look like the "Hero" who got the thing done. Makes him look "Presidential" & makes a nice addition to resume for 2024 campaign.

 

[screenersam]

the C130 is still @ SBY.
Delaware ANG out of NewCastle I believe.

 

[morfis]

Assume the USS Gerald Ford is in the English Channel somewhere..
Couple of Navy SH-60 choppers aloft there.

For several hours there was also a P8 (AE6788) operating in that area. Came down from KEF and eventually went up the East side of the UK when it got bored of looking at boatloads of illegal immigrants.

Your flat top has been plotting:

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[jsoergel]

Unrelated: Might be a long shot on this thread, but does anyone here have experience with setting up Trunk Recorder on Rasberry Pi? I am trying to start feeding to Broadcastify Calls but I’m stuck. No luck on the BCFY Admin forum so far.

 

[mdmonitor]

0955- Getting some A2A chat on 226.8 which I have as VT ANG freq. No calls noted.

 

[mdmonitor]

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

DATE: 18 May

SAM 836 (C-37 # 11-0550) West Coast??-ADW
SAM 872 (C-37 # 18-1947) Europe??-NYC-ADW-Florida/Caribbean??
SAM 913 (C-37 # 99-0404) ADW-San Antonio-ADW
SAM 033 (C37 # 99-0402) Anchorage??-ADW

 

[mdmonitor]

1000- Pack 51 (KC-46 # 18-46051 NH ANG) working Giantkiller (118.125) setting up in W386/AR 636. Advises that today's boom freq is 271.5. At 1032 Pack 51 working couple of unid ftrs on 271.5.

1010- Raven flt (4 X MD ANG A-10Cs) working Bay Watch (256.5/305.2) for work in PAX restricted areas. A2A is 266.6

 

[Tank67]

Keep an ear out for MA ANG F-15s possibly going to MDL today

 

[mdmonitor]

1042- Sounds like Pack 51 is doing AAR with the unid acft on 228.6. Ftrs just counted out on 271.5. 4-ship flt. Ftrs also working on 234.8.

 

[Tank67]

0955- Getting some A2A chat on 226.8 which I have as VT ANG freq. No calls noted.

I'm hearing this now as well

 

[RaleighGuy]

Trying to find AF1 from Andrews to Japan the other day, only heard brief comms with Anchorage center ....
It looks like it, that it flew KADW to RJOI non-stop, without the scheduled stop at Elmendorf AFB, can anyone confirm this ?

Thanks !

It did stop in Elmendorf, however it appears tracking stopped over Michigan at 17:05 as shown below. AF1 was wheels down in Anchorage at 2:24 pm local time for a refuel stop.

 

[Tank67]

Someone just came over 282.3. Didn't catch the callsign.

Edit: Seems to be VT ANG. Picking up their A/A with 5 bars of reception now

 

[Tech792]

Missed that also Tank. Was in another room. I am hearing A/A on 234.6, unknown if related. I have this as KILLER A/A
1056- KHONA 234 (newer FBI call) setting up for landing runway 15 at Lakehurst 127.775

 

[RaleighGuy]

Unrelated: Might be a long shot on this thread, but does anyone here have experience with setting up Trunk Recorder on Rasberry Pi? I am trying to start feeding to Broadcastify Calls but I’m stuck. No luck on the BCFY Admin forum so far.

I originally tried that as well, unsuccessfully, finally gave up and run my regular feed on the pi and the calls feed on my laptop. I too got very little help when trying to do it.

 

[Tank67]

Missed that also Tank. Was in another room. I am hearing A/A on 234.6, unknown if related. I have this as KILLER A/A
1056- KHONA 234 setting up for landing runway 15 at Lakehurst

Went outside and thought “yeah no way I’m seeing them I’m not going to bother with the camera”….they went right over. Very hard to see though.

Looks like a flight of 3, heading north. Best I could do is their contrails with my phone lol. Could hear the engines from way down here