Mid-Atlantic MilAir 2023

[RichardKramer]

@1100L F22's lima/charlie here on 233.525.

 

[GriffissSpotter]

1030- GRITTY 01 cleared into Viper
1046- ZAPPER 11 cleared into Viper
1048- GRITTY 01 cleared RTB to KLFI via HNK.VILLS.SBY.JAMIE, to ZBW 273.55 (1052)
1057- ZBW calls SNAKE 01 (MQ-9) on guard to advise them F-18s (x2) in their airspace without clearance. F-18 callsign maybe MISTY 13?
1059- CANYON 11 cleared into Viper

MISTY 13 just got the phone number…someone’s going to be in some trouble.

 

[RichardKramer]

@1110L check in ZDC 363.0 sec19 Woodstown.

 

[AirScan]

MISTY 13 just got the phone number…someone’s going to be in some trouble.

My mistake, callsign is GYPSY 13 (Oceana F-18), corrected my earlier post.

 

[AirScan]

1124- unid cleared in Viper and Lightning 1-2-3.
1129- ZAPPER 11 cleared from Viper to Misty, to ZOB 346.350 (1136).
1130- CANYON 11 emergency divert to KGTB, to 307.125 Wheeler-Sack Approach.
1138- GYPSY 13 cleared from Viper to Misty for AR then RTB to Oceana, to ZOB 346.350 (1145).

 

[GriffissSpotter]

1130- CANYON 11 emergency divert to KGTB, to 307.125 Wheeler-Sack Approach.

Second diversion into KGTB today, GRITTY 4 diverted into Wheeler-Sack this morning with some sort of maintenance issue.

 

[RichardKramer]

@1215L sounded like Vader 13 flt of 2 on ZNY 285.5 sec35 Huguenaot low;
also chatter on a/a 377.0 & 258.2.
Snapper or Zapper 11 w/ZNY 270.3 sec10 Harr. hi.

 

[RichardKramer]

@1230L a/a 237.75

 

[mdmonitor]

1235- Capex 995 (C-130T # 164995 VR-53) working Bay Watch (270.8/305.2). Wants to use PAX area for 2 hrs before RTB ADW.

1242- Vader 13 working ZDC Leesburg (307.025).

1247- Gypsy 13 (id as flt of 2) working ZNY Flint Hill (270.3)>ZNY Modena (335.6)

 

[RichardKramer]

@1240L Unid 306.2 ZNY sec73 Phillipsburg Hi; a/a 281.0.

 

[mdmonitor]

@1240L Unid 306.2 ZNY sec73 Phillipsburg Hi; a/a 281.0.

Rich

Maybe the Gypsy flt? Phillipsburg is logical handoff to 270.3.

 

[GriffissSpotter]

1124- unid cleared in Viper and Lightning 1-2-3.
1129- ZAPPER 11 cleared from Viper to Misty, to ZOB 346.350 (1136).
1130- CANYON 11 emergency divert to KGTB, to 307.125 Wheeler-Sack Approach.
1138- GYPSY 13 cleared from Viper to Misty for AR then RTB to Oceana, to ZOB 346.350 (1145).

A buddy of mine caught the VAQ-209 CAG “Vader” at Burlington Airport (KBTV) today. He said the hornets and growlers were in and out of KBTV.

He says 4 hornets and 4 growlers. Growlers got cleared to KSAV.

 

[mdmonitor]

1400- Got a couple of MacDill KC-135s coming through our area. Drew 26 left Bangor and flew down over Cape Cod, did a few orbits near Joint Base Cape Cod and is now heading south through our area. Drew 27 also left Bangor and is heading straight south through our area.

 

[JetWash]

NOTAM for KSSC Shaw AFB posted yesterday morning that we might hear during the holiday weekend CAP:

RAPCON UHF FREQUENCY 318.1 UNSERVICEABLE. USE UHF FREQUENCY 372.8 effective until 1959L on September 30

 

[mdmonitor]

1420- Canyon 11 (id as flt of 2 F-18E VFA-105, CVW-3 NAS OCEANA VA) 11 working ZNY 270.3 at FL270 requesting direct destination if available. Then working ZNY Modena (335.6)>ZDC Baltimore (360.7)>ZDC Lexington (281.4>ZDC Snow Hill (236.825).

 

[jsoergel]

Try these for the Oceana participants:

255.125 CANYON Tac 1
274.100 CANYON Tac 2
281.000 GYPSY Tac 1
353.450 GYPSY Tac 2

Looks like a large CVW-3 workup. 258.200 is RAM and 237.750 is WILDCAT.

 

[Mark]

Checking tape from this morning 0905 local had GRITTY-1 self id as flight of 4 F-22's out of Langley coming North at FL390.
0923 local Mentioned again as F-22's and "we are 15 minutes out and we keep our engines running for hot pit procedures"
Then heard them again doing rtb Langley at 11:15 local ZDC 293.225 want to stretch out in trail 5 miles.

0949 local CANYON-11 ZDC UHF coming North with ZNY push 270.300..
I missed a busy morning

May be a busy Winter coming up at RAF Lakenheath..

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[freqhopping]

0933- Drago 51 working flyby discrete (279.575).

This was F-16(s?) from Shaw coming from Oceana for Col Jerry Hoblit.

 

[mdmonitor]

1510- Hearing some intermittent A2A chat on 235.4. I have that listed as a Langley NASA freq. Couple of acft travelling together. Mention wx & active runway 5 at destination

 

[Larry51]

1510- Hearing some intermittent A2A chat on 235.4. I have that listed as a Langley NASA freq.

I have 235.4 listed as NAS Norfolk - VAW-123 & VFA-131 air-air