Mid-Atlantic MilAir 2023

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Sounds like intercept practice on 122.75. There are a couple of CAP flights over/near the bay.

Weak DC ANG A>A on 238.175


2044- BLACKJACK1 outbound for training. 3 POB 141.55 P25

2058- BLACKJACK1 with HUNTRESS 228.9 pushing to another freq.
 
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Off topic Boeing ready for Paris airshow next week..First airshow there in 4 years.
Problem these days with Boeing and Airbus is not new factory orders for these new planes and along with the military
but factories,manpower and parts to make all the orders.. Orders backlog is going to be so long that Airlines are making huge orders for years down the road.. The folks are flying around the World like crazy...Sounds like a stock buying tip :)
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My wife, who thankfully likes military aircraft as much as I do, was in Elizabeth City, NC for work this morning. Caught an E2 running the pattern.

Unfortunately she didn’t have time to stick around to grab some photos of the Coast Guard aircraft that were also in the area.
Is there a preferred place to spot from? Gonna be heading down there at some point.
 

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A few items/questions from the 6/7 recordings:
1 - Can't find a callsign SCOOTER in any of my stuff, but he ID's as an A-4 and appears to mostly working W122. Navy or Marine adversary?


73/Allen (N4JRI)

Here are some Aggressor A-4's that are at Kinston NC Airport. No idea on callsigns or freqs.

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Is there a preferred place to spot from? Gonna be heading down there at some point.
I was down there in November, and never found anyplace I thought was that good. There's a convenience store at the intersection of Weeksville Rd & Consolidated Road, and there's a small parking lot at the airport terminal but your view will be obstructed by a chainlink fence. While you're down there, you can see the Weeksville Dirigible Hangar just a couple miles away. Set your GPS to take you to Airship Drive.

I didn't catch much, but it was also Thanksgiving weekend. YMMV

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

DATE: 12 Jun

SAM 053 (C-40 # 01-0015) ADW-Netherlands
SAM 970 (C-37 # 97-0402) ADW-Louisiana
SAM 087 (C-37 # 11-0550) North Carolina-Miami


DATE: 13 Jun

SAM 244 (C-40 # 01-0040) Atlanta-ADW
SAM 124 (C-37 # 18-1942) Offutt AFB-MacDill-ADW
 
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I was down there in November, and never found anyplace I thought was that good. There's a convenience store at the intersection of Weeksville Rd & Consolidated Road, and there's a small parking lot at the airport terminal but your view will be obstructed by a chainlink fence. While you're down there, you can see the Weeksville Dirigible Hangar just a couple miles away. Set your GPS to take you to Airship Drive.

I didn't catch much, but it was also Thanksgiving weekend. YMMV

73/Allen (N4JRI)
Thanks for the info. I might try some of the road pulloffs on Davis Bay. The dirigible hangar is definitely interesting - on ADSB as of 0830 local. Do you know what TCOM tests with the balloons there?
 

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Pair of Lakota’s at 5500 in Bravo orbiting over Edison NJ. Something has their interest.
Lifted from Colts Neck.
They were lingering for quite a long time (hours) over South Edison - didn't hear anything on the radio but looked like they stopped off at Old Bridge Airport to refuel.

Trying to catch the Gujarati Henry Hill?
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See a BLUE-83 #18-46049 departed Wichita then down towards Texas Ark border now Northeast towards Lake Erie at fl260.. assume dragging someone on delivery.
1135 - Has RETRO 31 flight (F-35) in tow, up on boom 378.200. Expecting another F-35 to depart KBTV and join the flight for the Atlantic crossing.
1145 - BLUE 81 now airborne out of Pease.
1150 - RETRO's up on 246.800 Air/Air
1200 - Now switched to 246.900 Air/Air
 
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Thanks for the info. I might try some of the road pulloffs on Davis Bay. The dirigible hangar is definitely interesting - on ADSB as of 0830 local. Do you know what TCOM tests with the balloons there?
I saw nothing resembling active or current there. One thing to be careful of is that my GPS took me initially down TCOM's private road. They're building a pretty high-end looking community down there, and there's better and legal access via that. I looked up the approach patterns for Runway 10, and the ILS IP appears to be near an island in the Chowan river 5 or 6 miles north of Arrowhead Beach. Please share if you find any good spots!

73/Allen (N4JRI)
 
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