Mid-Atlantic MilAir 2023

[Mark]

RCH-307 C-5M #86-0019 inbound Dover from Kelly req extra fuel upload of 160k..
Thirsty C-5M .. Im sure will be getting some uploads as well.

 

[RaleighGuy]

It's Friday tomorrow and POTUS heads back to the beach...

7:30 PM THE PRESIDENT and THE FIRST LADY depart Joint Base Andrews en route to Dover, Delaware
8:15 PM THE PRESIDENT and THE FIRST LADY depart Dover Air Force Base, Dover, Delaware en route to Rehoboth Beach, Delaware
8:35 PM THE PRESIDENT and THE FIRST LADY arrive in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware

 

[Frequency1]

1248L- air/air hits on 314.4 (i have it as VT F-35s). Sounds like they are northbound passing thru NYC area.

 

[xtremey]

1334L - WILD11 flight of 4 off ADW enroute Evers MOA.

 

[Mark]

Here comes PUDGY-16 KC-46A #20-46082 delivery from Boeing to McGuire.
Guess they skipped over PUDGY-15 for now. PUDGY-14 delivery was back on August 18 so been a while.

 

[Mark]

Thursday...
Interesting AR-20 Eastbound Res this evening 2245z-0045z FL150-170. Sort of A-10 altitude Res.

I think there was a tanking last night up on AR-20E but mode s were turned off.We were understandably not invited
Given the altitude would say MC-130J type. There was oddball tanker out of McGuire MOTIF-56 up that way and a KC-135 SOUR-69.
MOTIF-56 only showed later when back inbound McGuire.

 

[john8436]

Here comes PUDGY-16 KC-46A #20-46082 delivery from Boeing to McGuire.
Guess they skipped over PUDGY-15 for now. PUDGY-14 delivery was back on August 18 so been a while.

They delivered 2 KC-46a to McGuire and 1 to Travis today.

767-2C, USAF United States Air Force, 20-46079 (MSN ?/1271)​

Activity
Delivered BFI-WRI
Airline

USAF United States Air Force
Registration
20-46079
Callsign
PUDGY15
Hex
AE63BB
Date & Time
Departed BFI Oct 20 2023 18:22 UTC

767-2C, USAF United States Air Force, 20-46082 (MSN 41901/1277)​

Activity
Delivered BFI-WRI
Airline

USAF United States Air Force
Registration
20-46082
Callsign
PUDGY16
Hex
AE63BE
Date & Time
Departed BFI Oct 20 2023 16:10 UTC

767-2C, USAF United States Air Force, 21-46085 (MSN 41904/1284)​

Activity
Delivered BFI-SUU
Airline

USAF United States Air Force
Registration
21-46085
Callsign
GOLDN03
Hex
AE63C1
Date & Time
Departed BFI Oct 20 2023 15:33 UTC

 

[Mark]

Here comes PUDGY-16 KC-46A #20-46082 delivery from Boeing to McGuire.
Guess they skipped over PUDGY-15 for now. PUDGY-14 delivery was back on August 18 so been a while.

Here comes PUDGY-15 #20-46079 on delivery over Ohio now. Was wondering about it..
Maybe a couple more before end of the year..

 

[Mark]

Here comes PUDGY-15 #20-46079 on delivery over Ohio now. Was wondering about it..
Maybe a couple more before end of the year..

PUDGY-15 inbound McGuire 1815 local reports alpha-2 with one writeup. sounded like "alpha-mode 5 inop".
Even brand new things go wrong..

RCH-659 now inbound Dover C-5M #87-0036 reports alpha 3 for "right forward main gear indicates in Transit".
2157 local RCH-659 lands ok and warned about ramp freeze coming up.

Looks like Potus to take C-32 to Dover tonight then motorcade on down to beach.
2150 local AF-1 off Andrews 09-0016 enroute Dover

OT Cool looking new ship to the British Navy.. Underwater cable sniffer.. Looks nose heavy.
Wasn't that name of ship from Fantastic Voyage movie? LOL

This weird-looking British ship will keep an eye out for sabotage beneath the surface

The Proteus, which was converted from a civilian vessel, has tools to conduct surveillance and make repairs to infrastructure underwater.

www.popsci.com

 

[Yocuz]

1248L- air/air hits on 314.4 (i have it as VT F-35s). Sounds like they are northbound passing thru NYC area.

From my logs,

1237L - JAWS21 came up on KZDC59 SEI-HI heading north. Was passed off to what I think was 253.25

 

[Mark]

Challenge Airlines B744 inbound Dover later tonight as flight # IHN300 tail #4X-ICAA...
Been a week or so since last here as seems to run a lot out of its Belgium Hub.
Dover Hot Cargo pad parking spots have been busy lately.

4X-ICA Flight Tracking and History - FlightAware

Track 4X-ICA flight from Ben Gurion Int'l

www.flightaware.com

 

[Mark]

Blue Claw CAP up this morning. Tanker is SWATH-21 #63-7976 from Pittsburgh.
Fighters are NOBLE-11,12 assume from 55th FS at Shaw AFB.
Adjusting altitudes as icing conditions in some areas till all this rain clears out. Usual freqs Huntress 260.900 and A/R 231.625
NOBLE-11,12 push Aux-11 A/A 228.800 still having icing problems.

 

[CORN]

Blue Claw CAP up this morning. Tanker is SWATH-21 #63-7976 from Pittsburgh.
Fighters are NOBLE-11,12 assume from 55th FS at Shaw AFB.
Adjusting altitudes as icing conditions in some areas till all this rain clears out. Usual freqs Huntress 260.900 and A/R 231.625
NOBLE-11,12 push Aux-11 A/A 228.800 still having icing problems.

Thanks for the info. Gottem down here in Norfolk.

 

[N4ANJ]

Eight C-130J's headed West from Fort Liberty (Fort Bragg) NC at 20,000 ft led by PUMA 10 #10-5728 approaching Asheville at 1430 UTC

 

[CORN]

Eight C-130J's headed West from Fort Liberty (Fort Bragg) NC at 20,000 ft led by PUMA 10 #10-5728 approaching Asheville at 1430 UTC

Anyone in the range of those guys if no joy on UHF for interplane be sure to search the VHF band as well. When I was near Maxwell AFB in AL the LRF birds loved that 140.xxx range.

 

[jetcrafter]

1520z 11175 kHz USB
OTIS 04 calling MAINSAIL at Andrews for radio check. Looking at ADSBx, he is currently off the coast of NC at 10,000 ft. Signal loud and clear here in Maine using a Countycomm GP-7/SSB with an MLA-30+ loop outside.

ADS-B Exchange - track aircraft live

ADS-B Exchange - track aircraft live - aircraft flight history

globe.adsbexchange.com

 

[Mark]

Eight C-130J's headed West from Fort Liberty (Fort Bragg) NC at 20,000 ft led by PUMA 10 #10-5728 approaching Asheville at 1430 UTC

Couple more C-130J Puma types coming East from JFTB (Joint Forces Training Base) Los Alamitos AAF KSLI in California.
Large mostly US Army Reserve base.Not sure if related,
Two more Puma types trailing that first group of 8 out of Ft Liberty.Flying a bit higher and faster maybe to catch up.
Should make an impressive mass jump somewhere today

 

[DaveC1952]

Couple more C-130J Puma types coming East from JFTB (Joint Forces Training Base) Los Alamitos KSLI in California.
Large mostly US Army Reserve base.Not sure if related,
Two more Puma types trailing that first group of 8 out of Ft Liberty.Flying a bit higher and faster maybe to catch up.

C-130J's PUMA10 10-5728, 14-5804, 14-3791, PUMA 12 05-3145, 07-4637, 14-5788, 10-5771, PUMA 10 06-8612 plus trailing XXXX 08-5691, PUMA 45 07-8613

 

[xtremey]

DRAGO51 flight of 4 F-35s (two 33rd FW and two VFA-125) just completed a USNA flyover over Annapolis, should be recovering to KADW any second now if not already.

 

[CORN]

Anyone got some good ZDC freqs that these Nobles would be using too and fro their base? Still new to the area and in crunch time would rather ask than search. Too lazy 😂😂