Mid-Atlantic MilAir 2024

[RaleighGuy]

POTUS week ahead released...

On Tuesday, the President will depart the White House en route to Wilmington, Delaware, to participate in a campaign event. After, the President will return to the White House.

On Friday, the President and the First Lady will depart the White House en route to Wilmington, Delaware.

 

[apex31]

0210 local - KC-46s SCOOB01 (19-46071) & SCOOB02 (21-46087) inbound McGuire working 378.85 after participating in a two week long West-coast exercise where they operated out of Travis AFB.

0221 local - SCOOB02 with a missed approach.

 

[BM82557]

Some interesting cargo being moved from PAX to Lakehurst yesterday. "Yesterday, a CH-53K King Stallion operated by (VMX-1) transported an F-35C Lightning II from NAWCAD Patuxent River to its site at Lakehurst. The inoperable aircraft arrived to our Prototype, Manufacturing and Test Department for use in future tests of emergency recovery systems." -Quote and photos courtesy NAWCAD Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/MyNAWCAD/posts/pfbid02mf3aQXVFVoMK4kCmwxoERsZVeU6bFbw5dCY61X1rpFYXfJSWN1oQFsGYXz5YuBFcl

A video of the helo being refueling during that flight --

Check Out This Marine CH-53K Carrying An F-35C While Refueling From A KC-130T

The new CH-53K is the most powerful helicopter in the Pentagon's inventory and it provides a critical long-range, heavy-lift capability.

www.twz.com

 

[BM82557]

E-4B replacement contract --

Job Of Building The Air Force's Next Doomsday Planes Falls To Sierra Nevada Corp. (Updated)

The Survivable Airborne Operations Center aircraft will replace the USAF's highly specialized 747-based E-4B strategic command post jets.

www.twz.com

 

[Mark]

E-4B replacement contract --

Job Of Building The Air Force's Next Doomsday Planes Falls To Sierra Nevada Corp. (Updated)

The Survivable Airborne Operations Center aircraft will replace the USAF's highly specialized 747-based E-4B strategic command post jets.

www.twz.com

No hurry though. First one won't go to 2036 and that will probably change.. Probably have a Moon base by then.

The SJ F-15E's made it to the Desert to join the Maryland A-10's for an exercise.
First time I heard USAF confirm that the F-15E's used 20mm gatling style gun recently to take out drones..

F-15E 20mm Gatling Gun System

The F-15 20mm Gatling Gun is a lightweight linear linkless ammunition feed system, which offers configuration flexibility and improved efficiency.

www.gd-ots.com

F-15Es and A-10s Join Red Flag-Like Exercise on Arabian Peninsula

 

[mdmonitor]

0858- Rare visitor. Freight Train 15 (CH-47F 159th Avn Regt Joint Base Eustis/Langley VA) working Potomac (119.7) & Martin Sate (121.30). Looks to be heading to Muir AAF PA.

0905- Bartok 08 (Hungarian AF C-17) off DOV heading west. Passing right over my house working Potomac (119.7). Cloud cover too low for a visual.

 

[RichardKramer]

0858- Rare visitor. Freight Train 15 (CH-47F 159th Avn Regt Joint Base Eustis/Langley VA) working Potomac (119.7) & Martin Sate (121.30). Looks to be heading to Muir AAF PA.

Ron, @ 1010L Freight Train 6 & 15 coming down the Susquehanna River just NW of Harrisburg Intl. Looking for a/a.
Looks like they just landed at Harrisburg.

 

[mdmonitor]

1010- Score 04 (P-8 # 169333 VX-20) off PAX (121.0/135.625). Rare weekend activity at PAX.

1015- Blue 83 (KC-46 # 20-46084) off McGuire heading east.

 

[mdmonitor]

Ron, @ 1010L Freight Train 6 & 15 coming down the Susquehanna River just NW of Harrisburg Intl. Looking for a/a.

Rich

Probably heading back to Ft. Eustis.

 

[mdmonitor]

1050- HC-130J CG 2008 working SAR off the NC coast.

 

[Mark]

Looks like more Tornado/storm evacs coming East from Kansas callsign LOOM KC-46's and KC-135's.
Maybe why the other day those Wylie tankers went to North Carolina.
Couple E-3's bailing out of Tulsa as well.

Couple Rawhide C-2's inbound offshore NC area off a carrier i assume.
The USS George Washington just set sail for South America yesterday.
Maybe collecting and evacing more folks.

 

[mdmonitor]

1125- E-4B # 73-1677 off ADW.

 

[Mark]

1125- E-4B # 73-1677 off ADW.

Ron those LOOM evacs headed right for you.. BWI have some extra room?
The evac KC-135's are all headed Southeast towards Richmond area. The 5 LOOM KC-46's headed now more NE.
Maybe going to Pease?

Odd flight of 4 over my house in diamond formation..On radio with KILG tower BEEZLE flight of 4.
They are all Socata TB30 types.. requesting overhead at KILG and left break to land runway 14.
Thats where they came out of. Local flying club?

That E-4B headed South. Not going back to tornado alley for now.

 

[mdmonitor]

Ron those LOOM evacs headed right for you.. BWI have some extra room?

Odd flight of 4 over my house in diamond formation..On radio with KILG tower BEEZLE flight of 4.
They are all Socata TB30 types.. requesting overhead at KILG and left break to land runway 14.
Thats where they came out of. Local flying club?

Mark

If they come my way there's some room over in the cargo area where the Atlas, FedEx & UPS planes hang out or over at Signature exec area.

 

[apex31]

12x ANG F-16s to return to CONUS from “the sandpit” this upcoming week. You can expect 4x AC jets, 4x CO jets, and 4x DC jets.

 

[freqhopping]

Yesterday in a news video on YouTube they were showing all the Altus jets that evac'd to McClellan in Sacramento because of lots of parking space.


This was the CH-53K flight.

 

[mdmonitor]

1230- Loom 02 working Brickyard CP (237.15) w/inbound msg. Loom 02 is KC-135 while Loom 01 & 03 are KC-46s heading to Pease.

1250- Loom 04 calling Pack Ops (323.8)

 

[mdmonitor]

1305- Loom 04 (KC-135) now working Brickyard (237.15) w/inbound msg.

Looks like a couple more Looms heading our way. A KC-135 is over Culpepper VA and a KC-46 (Loom 05) is over Elkins WVA. Looks like both are heading to McGuire.

1325- Loom 06 (KC-135) working Brickyard (237.15) w/inbound msg.

 

[paradiver]

1305- Loom 04 (KC-135) now working Brickyard (237.15) w/inbound msg.

Looks like a couple more Looms heading our way. A KC-135 is over Culpepper VA and a KC-46 (Loom 05) is over Elkins WVA.

look like they are lining up for McGuire. All the tankers are going to tanker bases, Pease and McGuire are all set up for these types. would be hard to come to BWI where there is a lack of security and no infrastructure.

 

[Mark]

McGuire getting even # flights so far LOOM,02,04,06.. All req 50 to 90k fuel and follow me vehicles.
Guess McGuire still has services for KC-135's so probably the reason. LOOM-02 had a alpha-2 writeup.
1350 local LOOM-08 calling into McGuire inbound only wants 25k of fuel.