Mid-Atlantic MilAir 2023

[mdmonitor]

Checked LiveATC and acft are using clear voice with Langley tower. So, appears only tac freqs may be encrypted.

 

[RichardKramer]

@1110L chatter on 235.1 AR206.
UH-60 G20909 @KRDG 125.15 motoring around the area.
UH-60 20906 motoring around Muir AAF 126.2 twr.

 

[mdmonitor]

1205- Hearing unis acft report "off the deck" on 305.5 which I have listed as Blue Angels Fat Albert freq. Nothing showing on ADS-B. Futher chat sounds like it being some sort of test freq, maybe PAX?

1210- Titan 25 (E-4B # 73-1676) off ADW.

 

[CYUL]

JAG59 and 25 Heading west through CZUL

 

[RaleighGuy]

TITAN25 and P8 headed north (Sec'y Def)

 

[RichardKramer]

@1235L chatter on 305.5 AR219.

 

[Dutchmil]

Overnight around 1 am local a couple tankers eastbound to ROTA.
CAFE-61 KC-46 out of SJ in NC and CAFE-62 KC-46 out of McGuire..
Nothing else heard here but who knows..

They dragged HURON 11-14 from Shaw AFB to Aviano airbase, Italy. F-16s from 4 different units, probably for rework.

 

[ems55]

Great cover story, they'd never fly them for intel or targeting reasons.

No, never........

 

[Dutchmil]

48FW F-35s to the Dubai airshow, will upload a short soundclip later ....

 

[Mark]

Maryland ANG folks are #1 in mission readiness MC rate for the A-10's among others as well.
Got some smart aviation mechanics..

Maryland Air National Guard maintenance and operations Airmen maintain effectiveness

In keeping with years of mission success, Airmen from the Maryland Air National Guard assigned to the 175th Maintenance Group and 104th Fighter Squadrons were recognized as the most mission capable A-10 fleet within the entire Air National Guard throughout fiscal year 2023. The Airmen, which...

www.dvidshub.net

 

[CORN]

I am receiving what appears to be data on 292.3. Is that a data channel?

That was the good ole screech and rush sound of encrypted comms between AWACs and and their players. Fortunately the regular aux channels used for a/a were in the clear. I never wrote them all down. Moving from a Milair dud are to a haven makes my head spin with all the overload lol.

 

[mdmonitor]

For those of you with HF monitoring capability the following was posted on another list. It's a list of freqs used by transports & tankers for HF A-A & special acty comms.


04442000 USB, USAF - HFGCS (discrete)
07933000 USB, USAF - HFGCS (discrete) Sigonella
08047000 USB, USAF - HFGCS (discrete) Sigonella
11056000 USB, USAF - HFGCS (discrete)
11059000 USB, USAF - HFGCS (discrete)
11156000 USB, USAF - HFGCS (discrete) West Coast
11159000 USB, USAF - HFGCS (discrete)
11466000 USB, USAF - HFGCS (discrete)
12058000 USB, USAF - HFGCS (discrete)
12103000 USB, USAF - HFGCS (discrete)

 

[thedutydoctor]

For those of you with HF monitoring capability the following was posted on another list. It's a list of freqs used by transports & tankers for HF A-A & special acty comms.


04442000 USB, USAF - HFGCS (discrete)
07933000 USB, USAF - HFGCS (discrete) Sigonella
08047000 USB, USAF - HFGCS (discrete) Sigonella
11056000 USB, USAF - HFGCS (discrete)
11059000 USB, USAF - HFGCS (discrete)
11156000 USB, USAF - HFGCS (discrete) West Coast
11159000 USB, USAF - HFGCS (discrete)
11466000 USB, USAF - HFGCS (discrete)
12058000 USB, USAF - HFGCS (discrete)
12103000 USB, USAF - HFGCS (discrete)

mdmonitor - jumping on between work meetings, thanks for these.. I noted on ADS-B we seem to have a lot of heavies up, assuming just mid-week equipment moves/shuffles..

..

 

[AirScan]

Moving from a Milair dud are to a haven makes my head spin with all the overload lol.

Just out of curiosity are you able to hear any of the Giant Killer controllers from your location ?

W386 Entry/Exit - 238.100, 249.800, 118.125
W386 Common - 312.200, 350.050, 346.600
W72 Entry/Exit - 361.300, 125.375
W72 Common - 253.300, 271.500, 289.900, 291.200, 343.225, 356.100, 357.400

 

[CORN]

Just out of curiosity are you able to hear any of the Giant Killer controllers from your location ?

W386 Entry/Exit - 238.100, 249.800, 118.125
W386 Common - 312.200, 350.050, 346.600
W72 Entry/Exit - 361.300, 125.375
W72 Common - 253.300, 271.500, 289.900, 291.200, 343.225, 356.100, 357.400

With my current setup (3 handhelds w/RH-77 duckies) I can not hear the ground side. Depending on WX conditions I can hear LangleyTower ground side occasionally. Hopefully within the next month I’ll get my discone setup on my balcony.

 

[CORN]

C-5M, Reach 835, inbound to Langley messing up the Dude’s (T-38s) mojo. Their comms on 238.825

 

[N4TX]

Fox reports a U.S. MQ-9 Reaper has been shot down off Yemen. Says DOD confirms it.

 

[hrspotter]

1633L - N745AS Super Skymaster owned by A2G International circling over VB waterfront and offshore in a pattern similar to that of an E-6 with a trailing wire antenna. No naval assets showing on AIS in the area.

 

[MUTNAV]

No, never........

Since the beginning of aviation (as in the U.S. Civil War with balloons, biplanes in WW1, everything in WW2 and on,.. the collection of information is a collateral function of aircraft.

Even to the point of absurdity , like a jet fighter on final approach to an aircraft carrier radio-ing in that a submarine is surfacing 5 miles behind it.

https://www.warhistoryonline.com/history/chinese-submarine-appeared-in-the-middle-of-a-carrier-battle-group.html

although not in the report, an aircraft on final approach to the carrier was the first one to see it.

Even in an aviation manual (an old one) states that any aircraft seeing a surfaced submarine in U.S. waters was to report it. (I think it was called Cervis or Servis or some derivation of that)

of course I can't find the reference for it anywhere.

Thanks
Joel

 

[hrspotter]

1633L - N745AS Super Skymaster owned by A2G International circling over VB waterfront and offshore in a pattern similar to that of an E-6 with a trailing wire antenna. No naval assets showing on AIS in the area.

1720L - MC-12S ELVIS22 joining the Cessna offshore.