Mid-Atlantic MilAir 2023

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NOBLE-11,12 F-16's in the Beach CAP dropping down with BOUNCER to chase someone.
Com on 121.500 "Rock your wing"

Couple McGuire KC-46's to Mildenhall overnight.
ROMA-61 #20-46072
ROMA-71 #20-46073

Odd com on 245.450 aircraft says Left downwind to runway35. Don't have that freq.KPHL airport?
Mark

254.45 is first harmonic of 122.75. Does that make sense? Lately I've been getting chat on 238.8 which is first harmonic of 119.4 BWI tower which is only 5 miles away.
 

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See the Sec of Def departed today on TITAN-25 same tail #73-1676
Two tankers hit it up on AR-20 FLAM-11,12 over Nova Scotia.

BLUE-22 KC-135 #61-0321 coming West from UK with 3 F-15E's RETROs for depot work.

Looks like the SECDEF (Titan25) is on the way back, oceanic route
1414Z
AES:ADFEB3 GES:C5 2 .31676L /PIKCLYA.OC1/CLX 1414 230121 EGGX
CLRNCE 921
TITAN25 CLRD TO KADW
VIA BEDRA
RANDOM ROUTE
49N020W 49N030W 49N040W
49N050W JOOPY
FM BEDRA/1502 MNTN F300
M085
END OF MESSAGE96EB
 

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Looks like the SECDEF (Titan25) is on the way back, oceanic route
1414Z
Rgr see there is AR-20SW Res today 1700z-2100z. Seems the E-4B's are mostly only ones who
get 4 hour Res like that.Guess hit tankers anyways even being inbound Andrews.
There is a WIDE-21 KC-135 #58-0079 coming Northeast from Miss. Not sure who that is for.
 

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NOBLE-11,12 F-16's in the Beach CAP dropping down with BOUNCER to chase someone.
Com on 121.500 "Rock your wing"

Couple McGuire KC-46's to Mildenhall overnight.
ROMA-61 #20-46072
ROMA-71 #20-46073

Odd com on 245.450 aircraft says Left downwind to runway35. Don't have that freq.KPHL airport?

Any idea what the ROMA tankers from McGuire are for? Can't think of any stateside-based fighter units currently in Europe.
 

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Looks like the SECDEF (Titan25) is on the way back, oceanic route
1414Z
AES:ADFEB3 GES:C5 2 .31676L /PIKCLYA.OC1/CLX 1414 230121 EGGX
CLRNCE 921
TITAN25 CLRD TO KADW
VIA BEDRA
RANDOM ROUTE
49N020W 49N030W 49N040W
49N050W JOOPY
FM BEDRA/1502 MNTN F300
M085
END OF MESSAGE96EB

Looking at ACARS, looks like the route (1226Z) with oceanic is:
TOLEY TOMPI MONCE GIVOR EPL LUVAL MELKO ROTSI AMODO RESMI TABOV PIGOP DITAL GALBO LARLA RATKA BEDRA 4920N 4930N 4940N 4950N JOOPY TAGRA SCUPP BOS PVD TRAIT PARCH HTO RIFLE GEDIC EMJAY YAZUU ZIZZI LAFLN BILIT PREZZ
 

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Maybe one to watch RCH-81 KC-135 #59-1459 coming Northeast FL250 from Cecil Fla.
Did some loops around Brunswick Ga before coming back Northeast.Maybe picked up somebody.
Those tanker Reach two digit callsigns are rare.

RCH81 with chicks in tow. Shot from the house (Benson, NC)
 

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Now RCH82 and 83 off Bangor headed southwest
Getting weak coms on Coronet 373.550.Looks like RCH 82,83 holding at ACK.
Tanker boom contacts on 373.550 getting stronger.
1115 local RCH-81 on ZDC 133.125. Small topoffs taking only about 1.5 in fuel. F-16's I assume.
All 5 topped off. RCH-81 says direct HTO. HTO : HAMPTON navaid | OpenNav
 
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1113- Couple of short xmission on 373.55 Coronet D1

OOPS, sorry Mark I posted before I saw yours.

NOTE: If I'm hearing the the guys over Nantucket, that's about 300 miles from my QTH. Not bad for antennas in the attic :)
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Belay that last post. I now see that Reach 81 is heading north just above ACY so that's probably who I'm hearing. Makes more sense.
 
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They are on 292.1 I think
EDIT: confirmed
I confirm that as well. On my recordings, I had REACH 82 & 83 talking A-A on their way down from Bangor to the hold over ACK. Since the exchange of the flight, I've had no more comms on A-A or Coronet freqs. I think they are just too far out of my range, especially with a snow covered antenna! Comms recorded were between 1030-1148 AM local time.
 
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