Mid-Atlantic MilAir 2023

[Mark]

Potus hanging out near Andrews tomorrow afternoon for a few hours.

3/9484 NOTAM Details

The A/C 177th FW is deploying soon overseas too... Seems most of the deployed ANG F-16's got to Doha Qatar.

9/11 Attacks Remembered during 177th Fighter Wing Memorial Dedication and Deployer Send-off

The 177th Fighter Wing held a ceremony on Sept. 11, 2023, to dedicate a memorial erected in remembrance of the 9/11 tragedy, sacrifice, and heroism of that day 22 years ago and to recognize Airmen preparing to deploy to Southwest Asia. The ceremony consisted of the official unveiling of the...

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[Larry51]

Can you confirm for sure that 264.150 is TAPROOM and 262.500 is LION? I have them differently. This is from the base IFG a couple years back:

SFWSL
266.700 DEVIL Base
261.400 DEVIL Tac

VFA-11 (CVW-1)
343.050 RIPPER Base
240.550 RIPPER Tac 1
265.750 RIPPER Tac 2

VFA-31 (CVW-8)
265.150 FELIX Base???
245.650 FELIX Tac 1
271.400 FELIX Tac 2

VFA-32 (CVW-3)
353.400 GYPSY Base
281.000 GYPSY Tac 1
353.450 GYPSY Tac 2

VFA-34 (CVW-11)
251.750 JOKER Base???
353.400 JOKER Tac 1
274.050 JOKER Tac 2

VFA-37 (CVW-8)
311.400 RAGIN Base
275.550 RAGIN Tac 1
243.600 RAGIN Tac 2

VFA-81 (CVW-1)
275.300 INFERNO Base
285.750 INFERNO Tac 1
342.900 INFERNO Tac 2

VFA-83 (CVW-3)
306.800 RAM Base
298.300 RAM Tac 1
258.200 RAM Tac 2

VFA-87 (CVW-8)
361.100 PARTY Base???
311.950 PARTY Tac 1
341.900 PARTY Tac 2

VFA-103 (CVW-7)
299.250 VICTORY Base
257.500 VICTORY Tac 1
263.450 VICTORY Tac 2

VFA-105 (CVW-3)
340.350 CANYON Base
255.125 CANYON Tac 1
274.100 CANYON Tac 2

VFA-106
349.900 ROMAN Base
343.300 ROMAN Tac 1
346.450 ROMAN Tac 2
277.900 ROMAN Tac 3
265.775 ROMAN Tac 4
234.650 ROMAN Tac 5
233.650 ROMAN Tac 6
225.300 ROMAN Tac 7
237.800 ROMAN Tac
250.600 ROMAN Tac
273.700 ROMAN Tac
299.350 ROMAN Tac
337.100 ROMAN Tac
356.775 ROMAN Tac
383.700 ROMAN Tac

VFA-131 (CVW-3)
264.350 WILDCAT Base
235.400 WILDCAT Tac 1
237.750 WILDCAT Tac 2

VFA-143 (CVW-7)
263.500 TAPROOM Base??? (or 264.150?)
268.500 TAPROOM Tac 1
314.300 TAPROOM Tac 2

VFA-211 (CVW-11)
384.450 NICKEL Base???
273.750 NICKEL Tac 1
228.300 NICKEL Tac 2

VFA-213 (CVW-8)
262.750 LION Base??? (or 262.500?)
342.950 LION Tac 1
379.700 LION Tac 2

VFC-12
301.300 AMBUSH Base???
308.400 AMBUSH Tac 1
299.500 AMBUSH Tac 2
234.500 AMBUSH Tac 3
374.300 AMBUSH Tac 4

Of all the NAS Oceana frequencies I listed, those two are the only ones that I haven't been able to confirm either through your spreadsheet, Ron's list or through RR generally. According to my notes I got them from a web site in 2021 but was never able to confirm them. Those two squadrons are still at Oceana, so maybe the frequencies are from years gone by.

I also show 264.15 as being used by NAS Patuxent River which is a bit further from me than Oceana, so it's possible the traffic I heard was from up there.

 

[jsoergel]

Of all the NAS Oceana frequencies I listed, those two are the only ones that I haven't been able to confirm either through your spreadsheet, Ron's list or through RR generally. According to my notes I got them from a web site in 2021 but was never able to confirm them. Those two squadrons are still at Oceana, so maybe the frequencies are from years gone by.

I also show 264.15 as being used by NAS Patuxent River which is a bit further from me than Oceana, so it's possible the traffic I heard was from up there.

Okay. The reason I ask is because CVW-8 is on cruise at the moment, so LION may be someone else. Might be worth setting up an Airspy to find their base freq if you have one on hand.

 

[mdmonitor]

1520- Hance 77 (E-6B # 164387) off PAX heading southwest.

 

[RaleighGuy]

Potus hanging out near Andrews tomorrow afternoon for a few hours.

3/9484 NOTAM Details

Speech in Largo MD

 

[RaleighGuy]

NC ANG out in the Apache Helos ZEUS22 (AE74D6) and 24 (AE74E7) near Raleigh chatting on 230.175

 

[CYUL]

High altitude balloon off the New Jersey coast at 66200 feet.....

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Showing HBAL659 Moving east over Buffalo

 

[mdmonitor]

AOL

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[CYUL]

KC46 FLAM12 Working up near CYBG

 

[RaleighGuy]

New FAA Safety Notice issued for the weekend...

Notice Date: Wednesday, September 13, 2023
Notice Number: NOTC3196
VIP Movement Notification - Wilmington DE
This posting will be removed on Monday, September 18, 2023

September 15-17, 2023
Wilmington, DE
28/12 NMR - 17,999' MSL

 

[Mark]

KC46 FLAM12 Working up near CYBG

FLAM-11,12 both rtb from AR-62E area tonight.Maybe for B-2's? There was no posted AR-62 Res online.
FLAM-11 #18-46051
FLAM-12 #18-46047

 

[hrspotter]

2138 - USCG MH-60 and HH-130 coming back from offshore, possibly rescue. MH-60 landed at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital.

 

[Bmacs]

FLAM-11,12 both rtb from AR-62E area tonight.Maybe for B-2's? There was no posted AR-62 Res online.
FLAM-11 #18-46051
FLAM-12 #18-46047
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They were on 242.05... not that anyone could listen to them up there!!! I heard them as they were headed north.

 

[Mark]

Pease AFB has been working RAAF Tanker visitor the last few days from there.
ASY-540 KC-30A #A39-006 came West from Sydney last week to Pease. Long haul..
Has run a couple local flights the last two days to Midwest and back...

ASY540 Royal Australian Air Force Flight Tracking and History 13-Sep-2023 (KPSM-KPSM) - FlightAware

Track Royal Australian Air Force #540 flight from Portsmouth Intl At Pease to Portsmouth Intl At Pease

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RCH-099 KC-10 #86-0032 shows Lajes to Mildenhall today.. Not sure what they are dragging.
Usually the RAF sends its own tankers for F-35B deliveries so maybe just a tanker stop for someone else.

 

[RaleighGuy]

DAILY GUIDANCE FOR THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

At 10:15 am ET, the Vice President will depart from Washington, DC en route to Hampton, VA.
At 10:55 am ET, the Vice President will arrive at Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport.

At 2:30 pm ET, the Vice President will depart from Newport News, VA en route to New York, NY.

At 3:35 pm ET, the Vice President will arrive at LaGuardia Airport.
At 7:55 pm ET, the Vice President will depart from New York, NY en route to Washington, DC.
At 8:55 pm ET, the Vice President will arrive at Joint Base Andrews.

 

[Frequency1]

Two NOTAMs have been posted for ZNY’s RCAG at Ship Bottom, NJ. 257.725 is out of service since yesterday afternoon until 2359L on September 10. And the same freq will be out of service on September 12 from 1400L until 2000L.

257.725 does not appear in the RRDB for ZNY at any RCAG.

Confirmed…
353.5 is the UHF pair for 128.3 ZNY Ship Bottom, and RRDB already reflects this.
But not sure about 257.725. Spare?

 

[N4TX]

The Leesburg (VA) air show is September 30. So far I haven't found any milair there but given the proximity to Washington, seems to me like there should be some.

Leesburg Airshow | Town of Leesburg, Virginia

 

[mdmonitor]

0950- AF1 (VC-25 # 92-9000) off ADW. Showing as AF1 but probably is Venus 02. Looks to be doing some maintenance checks/pilot proficiency stuff. Yep, checked LiveATC and he's using Venus 02.

 

[mdmonitor]

US Air Force receives first new Compass Call electronic warfare plane

 

[Tech792]

1030- NARLY 61 (an E-2D) passed over my work doing the Hudson River run, a little too high for a phone camera photo. Heard on 126.475 KWRI approach.
1050- He's now coming back south by the Verrazzano Bridge heading for Sandy Hook and the NJ coast.