Mid-Atlantic MilAir 2024

[apex31]

1645 local - RC-135V Rivet Joint (64-14841) inbound McGuire from Mildenhall.

 

[frank3si]

Wow, you gotta yell at us like that with bold and large font

Exactly as received. I take no chances over being blamed for "lost in translation"

 

[hrspotter]

1716L 2116Z 7501 kHz USB - Q6O with message BQPBKK of 34 characters. First time I've seen this frequency in use.

Coast Guard 6018 (MH-60T) and 2015 (HC-130J) together heading offshore from AIRSTA Elizabeth City.

 

[mdmonitor]

1530- Some sort of SAR going on? CG 2015 (HC-130J) & CG 6018 (MH-60J) information at low level (1,300 ft) offshore near Elizabeth City NC.

OOPs, I posted before your post popped up

 

[mdmonitor]

1716L 2116Z 7501 kHz USB - Q6O with message BQPBKK of 34 characters. First time I've seen this frequency in use.

Coast Guard 6018 (MH-60T) and 2015 (HC-130J) together heading offshore from AIRSTA Elizabeth City.

HR

7501 KHz is probably part of the ongoing SKYMASTER Exercise. The trigraph callsign is indicative of exercise acty. Other freqs have posted:
9883.0
10183.0
12084.0

Calls:

Q6O
NXX
K1G

 

[Mark]

Notice Wx C-130J's TEAL-81 thru 84 are all inbound Travis AFB today. Expecting some wx out there?

 

[hrspotter]

1406L - Was at Fentress watching RAWHIDE 71 work on landing quals and the LSO was playing Money For Nothing over the ops channel 269.8.

 

[VbSpotter]

NATO 75th Anniversary:

277.7 F-22 Demo Team heard loud and clear on the first set, not much in the way of comms on the second time around.
Nothing for the one-ship F/A-18 demo. Could barely hear him calling KNTU Tower due to the buildings.
Three-ship T-6/T-38 x2 out of Sheppard AFB ENJJPT also got no hits.
Frecci Tricolori were super active on 259.45.View attachment 167916
Not part of the show, but an F/A-18F of VFA-32 Fighting Swordsmen passed over 15 minutes after start. Carrying two ELGTRs.

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The F-22 demo didn't drop as many flares as I was hoping for, only about 6-7 in total for the show.

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Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training three-ship from Sheppard AFB rocking the cool paint jobs.

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Lastly, the Frecci Tricolori. Quite an interesting show. I even got a few shots of them with one of the DDGs coming back to Norfolk.View attachment 167921

Good to see my national team and the Rhino and F22 demo team.

 

[NYAirOne]

NJ guys in Duke MOA right now. AR with Steel tanker. AR-301.600, NJ A-A 298.600

 

[Mark]

Interesting new A/A for pair of Del Army ANG UH-60's Det 1,C Company,126th AVN northbound from Smyrna area A/A 233.850.
Ron list has as Pax River discrete but these guys were nowhere near Pax River.. Plugged it in for future coms.Seems to be old A/A common too.
Pays sometimes to always keep that UHF search function going on at least one of your scanners

 

[hrspotter]

2121L - 910th AW C-130H circling over Portsmouth VA at 700 ft. No comms

 

[Mark]

2121L - 910th AW AC-130H circling over Portsmouth VA at 700 ft. No comms

I don't think the Vaders of Ohio have AC-130 types. Seems regular C130H type but is unusual pattern down there.
Maybe working with low level special ops jumpers out of Langley.

Notice TABOO-32 KC-135 #59-1450 rtb Ohio from Lake Michigan/Chicago area.
They have air CAP today?

 

[hrspotter]

I don't think the Vaders of Ohio have AC-130 types. Seems regular C130H type but is unusual pattern down there.

Whoops, good catch. C-130.net - The ultimate C-130 Hercules reference

 

[apex31]

Looks like a McConnell KC-46 had pretty severe problems with their refueling boom while refueling F-22s on the west coast. The post doesn’t provide many details, but based on the Raptors on the flight line at Travis AFB, must’ve been during Bamboo Eagle a few weeks ago?

Air Force amn/nco/snco

From the Inbox: KC-46 from McConnell *landed at Travis with boom down. It happened mid flight while refueling (I believe they were refueling F-22s). Boom just came apart. Sounds like it is a Boeing...

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[jsoergel]

Whoops, good catch. C-130.net - The ultimate C-130 Hercules reference

They perform spray missions. Could be the reason.

 

[hrspotter]

They perform spray missions. Could be the reason.

I could see Craney Island being a target, but not the city.

 

[hrspotter]

1716L 2116Z 7501 kHz USB - Q6O with message BQPBKK of 34 characters. First time I've seen this frequency in use.

Coast Guard 6018 (MH-60T) and 2015 (HC-130J) together heading offshore from AIRSTA Elizabeth City.

C6018 dropped off a patient at Sentara Norfolk General at 1915 local.

Is there any particular reason the HC-130s follow the helos on missions like these?

 

[mdmonitor]

0820- Brave 1 flt (2 X DC ANG F-16s) off ADW heading to PAX areas setting up for weekly Falcon Virgo exercise. Freq: 281.4/305.2

 

[Justmescanneruser]

OT, but I saw a lot of airplanes going in "odd" directions so took a look at their flight paths, guessing they were delayed by weather down south?
These are the planes if anyone wants to rewind and take a look, my pic is from about 8:30 am local, 12:30 UTC.

 

[Justmescanneruser]

I could see Craney Island being a target, but not the city.

If they were spraying, probably for the US Coast Guard Base Portsmouth and surrounding areas looking at some of the altitudes.