Mid-Atlantic MilAir 2023

[freqhopping]

GASMAN02 is just under 10k from bingo. Can loiter for another hour but wouldn't be able to offload any. SWATH13 still a ways out. 260.9

0040- 231.625 for AR. NOBLE21 flight, two to the boom and 1 to the left wing.

0043- Hearing a fighter jet overhead, see flashing lights heading SE bound. No commercial flights match on ADS-B. Matches with GD CAP track.

There is also some other aircraft around 3-5000ft 10-15miles east of me that is not on flight tracking.

 

[Hbright]

GASMAN02 is just under 10k from bingo. Can loiter for another hour but wouldn't be able to offload any. SWATH13 still a ways out. 260.9

SWATH13 should be headed for the Guard Dog CAP to replace SWATH99.

 

[freqhopping]

NOBLE21 flight are RTB Shaw as SWATH13 checks into Guarddog.

SWATH99 is going to take some gas from 13. Sounds like no more fighters and they'll be going home.

 

[RaleighGuy]

Lots of hot areas just went active

 

[Hbright]

Langley NOTAM issued, usually closed at 2200, but not tonight

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Confirm that this NOTAM was later updated again to reflect that LFI TWR is open all night?

 

[Mark]

Seems as posted CAP up this way has called it a night.. Tankers all headed home.
COSMIC-01,02 inbound A/C 01:15 local and heard NOBLE-21 getting departure home via BRV. BRV : BROOKE navaid | OpenNav
I figure sooner or later NORAD will issue a statement but nothing seen yet.

 

[Tech792]

E-3C, SNTRY60, 80-0137 appears to be headed towards Langley now.

0500- SNTRY 60 did a racetrack pattern off of the NC coast. Now heading back westbound.

 

[Mark]

There is a SANTA-01 Army C-27J up and about just South of Raleigh over Fort Liberty.
Now a second C-27J Santa-02.. 82nd Airborne Santa's Helpers doing some jumps?

 

[TerryPavlick]

While I do not think it is an exercise I disagree with your thought it is related to recent bomb threats, those were ground based threats in Oregon, Texas and Baltimore and this doesn't seem to be protecting any of those areas. Also can't see them activating air support for a ground threat. But you never know, just my worthless opinion.

Well unless something official is presented or leaks out....all we can do is guess or give opinions. 99.999 % of the time the folks in the aircraft (in this instance) know what they are doing and that is all that is important. So all we can hope is that whatever it is / was - presumably it did not happen (or happen yet) and they are doing what they can to prevent it. That way all of our service men and women can be safe and in some cases home with their families.

 

[CORN]

0940L: unk, sounds like F-35 audio skirting up the coast w/ORF App 360.6>ZDC 290.425

 

[jsoergel]

There is a SANTA-01 Army C-27J up and about just South of Raleigh over Fort Liberty.
Now a second C-27J Santa-02.. 82nd Airborne Santa's Helpers doing some jumps?

This time in December is when many units host family days with “Santa’s arrival.” Some tow an aircraft while he sits in it, some have him dropped off by helicopter, and some jump out of a perfectly good airplane!

 

[freqhopping]

Hearing some fighter sounding types using 246.9 for A>A. Starting to get weaker.

 

[mdmonitor]

1015- Angry 21 (DC ANG) working ZDC Lawrence (290.425).

1020- MD ANG A-10Cs (Axeman) working PAX approach (281.8) & ZDC Lexington (281.4). A2A is 293.3.

 

[RichardKramer]

@1022L Sounded like 1258 cllng ADW Torch Cntrl 251.200; asking about practice or cactus? Radio was very muffled and they asked Torch to repeat their message several times.
???58/Torch Cntrl @ 1040L.
@1040L MD A10s a/a 271.4; Kiowa range 233.45; sounds like their time on the range is up.

 

[RichardKramer]

@1048L ??258 on 311.000, too muffled to understand, could be the Beech 200 King Air over NJ 10-00258 Wing31.

 

[john8436]

1205 Local, Pudgy 32 KC-46A 19-46007 again operating from Charleston AFB in AR202 off the North/South Carolia Coast.

 

[Mark]

CanForce Tanker CFC3313 came South to Raleigh and circled a bit and now Northbound towards just west of DC maybe dragging a Hornet or two.Probably returning from Key West.

 

[n4jri]

Been listening to all the action on 260.9 with a number of Langley mentions. Also heard some kind of chugging sound on 228.8, sounds a lot like what I've heard in the past on 359.4 at Yorktown NWS.

73/Allen (N4JRI)

UPDATE on 228.8 - Heard some a2a in the clear around 1:30a--sounded like pilots discussing their respective sleep status and home security systems. VERY strong in Richmond while 260.9 was breaking up. (TRX-1 with stock ducky on my end table)

73/Allen (N4JRI)

 

[dmi]

UPDATE on 228.8 - Heard some a2a in the clear around 1:30a--sounded like pilots discussing their respective sleep status and home security systems. VERY strong in Richmond while 260.9 was breaking up. (TRX-1 with stock ducky on my end table)

73/Allen (N4JRI)

228.800 - 55th FS Shaw - AUX 11

 

[CYUL]

RC135 OLIVE42 SW Through Vermont // USCG C37 C102 in focus at FL12 heading South