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Ground units at the end of runway 01L at Dulles. Anything happening?
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Today's MD and Oceana flights from my recordings. Flights took off from Portland, ME (KPWM)
The MD A-10s bugged out and headed home today. Most of the comms were about the weather and layers of "poop" in their climb. Time of their departure was 1603z.
Freqs heard on the climbout were:
139.600 A-A
266.600 A-A
A flight of four Oceana F-18s dropped into Portland and gassed up at the Northeast Air FBO. They headed home from here. Fortunately, I had one of their A-A freqs in the scanner for another reason but caught one pair using it. My son works at the airport and watched them take off during his 2:00 break time! He just showed me the video on the TV. His response to the flight..."this makes me so look forward to being at Oceana in September!".
Logs:
1814z 263.050 GYPSY 11 flight of two check in with ZBW passing 9,000 for 10,000 heading 240 request FL270 for the climb.
1815z 263.050 GYPSY 21 flight of two check in with ZBW passing 9 for 10 request FL220 for weather.
1818z 353.450 GYPSYs A-A discussing weather and avoidance during the climb. Not sure if this was 11 or 21 flight A-A but hey, I got lucky I had it on recording! This is a confirmed VFA-32 freq which I also had logged hearing GYPSYs on during my last visit to Virginia Beach in 2021. Can't wait to return in Sept!
As far as where the F-18s came from? Well, my guess would be they were up in Canada working with the CF-18s in Bagotville for a little bit.
The MD A-10s bugged out and headed home today. Most of the comms were about the weather and layers of "poop" in their climb. Time of their departure was 1603z.
Freqs heard on the climbout were:
139.600 A-A
266.600 A-A
A flight of four Oceana F-18s dropped into Portland and gassed up at the Northeast Air FBO. They headed home from here. Fortunately, I had one of their A-A freqs in the scanner for another reason but caught one pair using it. My son works at the airport and watched them take off during his 2:00 break time! He just showed me the video on the TV. His response to the flight..."this makes me so look forward to being at Oceana in September!".
Logs:
1814z 263.050 GYPSY 11 flight of two check in with ZBW passing 9,000 for 10,000 heading 240 request FL270 for the climb.
1815z 263.050 GYPSY 21 flight of two check in with ZBW passing 9 for 10 request FL220 for weather.
1818z 353.450 GYPSYs A-A discussing weather and avoidance during the climb. Not sure if this was 11 or 21 flight A-A but hey, I got lucky I had it on recording! This is a confirmed VFA-32 freq which I also had logged hearing GYPSYs on during my last visit to Virginia Beach in 2021. Can't wait to return in Sept!
As far as where the F-18s came from? Well, my guess would be they were up in Canada working with the CF-18s in Bagotville for a little bit.
Oceana F-18s VFA-32 (my son watched them take off from Portland today)
Biden is scheduled to depart the United States to New Delhi, India on September 7 and return to the United States on September 10.
Possible as I missed them inbound and outbound.. Heard NOBLE-31 take two topoffs of 9k and tanker
said that was 18k total for those two offloads.. Maybe longer trips between tankings and they had their extra fuel tanks on.
NOBLE-42 just topped off with 7k fuel. Normally you hear topoffs of 3k-4k or less.
Was hoping someone else had their ears on. They are keeping eye on small storm cells to the Northwest.
KMRB has C-17 #94-0070 RCH-234 Friday afternoon Reserve flight to MZBZ Belize.
Something a bit different.. Been better in January though..
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ACARS message has them later departing East then South thru Costa Rica.
AES:AE07E4 GES:02 2 .40070A - #MDFTX/ID40070A,RCH234,DB1420901216/MR2,/FXPER DA
O BELIZE PLEASE PASS TO INDIVIDUAL WHO GREETS YOU IN BELIZE NAME ANGEL ALGUCHE (
AL-GOOCH-A) THAT YOUR NEW EXIT POINT WILL BE DELVI... WE COULD NOT GET HONDURAS
RECOORDIN- #MDATED SO YOU WILL EXIT BELIZE TO OVERFLY COSTA RICA.94C5
DELVI waypoint | OpenNav then Waypoint AMUBI. AMUBI waypoint | OpenNav
freqhopping
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I don't think so. Probably training, they've been out there since the morning.
That happens a lot. 1L, while fully functional, is the least-used runway. Tends to be brought into play for VIP or military operations where security or privacy is needed.
Check my USMC-USN list before your Virginia trip. I think a few of the squadrons have switched freqs but most of them should still be good.
Will do. Thanks for the heads up Jared. Much appreciated!
Was watching one of those visiting U Tube aviation live stream video feeds a couple months back and KIAD was surprisingly boring slow airport.
I don't think they will be back again.. They had more fun at DCA.
KDCA is a wild place. Three runways crossing, only one tower freq to monitor, jets a few hundred feet right over your head as you stand in the observation area. All the flights, however, are domestic, so no interesting foreign livery. Very few military flights and most are executive transport. Dulles was for a long time known as “the dullest international airport in the world.” Now there’s a lot of interesting stuff but there are few good observation points.
Yeah KIAD was mostly United Airline flights with rare occasional foreign trip heavies.. No wonder they were against expansion
of DCA flights.Still running those old elevator pax carriers etc. Airport hasn't been upgraded in years.
of DCA flights.Still running those old elevator pax carriers etc. Airport hasn't been upgraded in years.
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Couple Travis KC-10's westbound from UK this morning dragging somebody.
Maybe those Texas ANG F-16's? Should be in area around lunch time.
GOLD-11 #84-0186 to McGuire
GOLD-12 #86-0030 to Pease.
Maybe those Texas ANG F-16's? Should be in area around lunch time.
GOLD-11 #84-0186 to McGuire
GOLD-12 #86-0030 to Pease.
mdmonitor
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0850- Yoga 28 (E-6B # 164405) inbound to PAX from Tinker. Doing some low level orbits over PAX---crew familiarization?
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0855- Had 2 Blackhawks pass me out of Lakehurst going north A/A 242.4, only 1 showing on ADSB
1045- A T-38 (68-8154) out of Langly just went up the NJ coast FL260 showing as SM 01, no comms noted.
He's now up over CT going NE.
He's now up over CT going NE.
mdmonitor
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He was on ZDC Snow Hill (238.625)>ZDC Atlantic City (281.45) then lost him after that. I never did catch his callsign. Probably heading up to Pease.
john8436
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After this was delivered I went back and looked over my records. 60th AMW at Travis now has 2 KC-46A assigned to them. They had KC-46A, 11-46058 (ex 19-46058) transferred to them from the 77th ARS. and 20-46081.
Callsign was SCREAM 01. Now playing up in the YANKEE MOA. Seems like a lot of new callsigns with Langley T-38s lately.
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