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I saw the two C-130s too- they had a bunch of other Italian Air Force members on board.
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German Tornados going to Bangor.
Seems Potus has another vacation coming up for a rest from the Cal vacation.
No vacation for the Shaw F-16's though..
4/4717 NOTAM Details
Nice wx seems 4 A/C F-16's Devil-11 rtb VFR to A/C on Philly Apch 319.150>317.550.A/C apch 327.125 after Sea Isle run then
back up the coast..
Checking out the ballparks A/A 298.600
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Sometimes I wonder...Does the Army really need their own fleet of high flying snoop jets?
Army's HADES Surveillance Bizjet Program Moves Forward With Sierra Nevada Corp. Deal
The HADES jets will pack radars and other sensors and fly faster, further, and higher than the Army's existing turboprop intel planes.www.twz.com
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They were German Air Force W61 when they flew over the Netherlands earlier this day.
They are enroute to Edwards AFB and they were air-to air on <389.600>.
Both aircraft are from the German Air Force Test Wing WTD 61 at Manching airbase.
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And to add; the R5802 Kiowa range control call was "Beeswax".Mark
Those were the good old days out of Willow Grove. Also used callsign Sandy and were great users of the LVHF (30-50 MHz) band. Those were good days, I miss them
Recent vid clip from RAF F-35B pilot (XVII Test and Evaluation Squadron) interview doing some training at Edwards and now with VMX-1
at Luke AFB.. He talks about the 5k trip to Edwards flight of two and the short hop to Luke.
Was wondering why Edwards and Luke and pilot gets grin talking that we can fly supersonic
I guess the GAF test guys will do some of that too...
Wiki says VMX-1 moved their F-35B operations from Edwards to Luke in 2019.
Marines with VMX-1 conduct maintenance training with UK allies (Interviews)
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I was more unhappy about the referenced article calling the sensor suite
(rapidly configurable to any configuration) RAPCON-X.
RAPCON is already used by something aviation related (Radar Approach Control).
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See the comment on theaviationist site by Bill? He doesn't know what he's talking about.
KC-46 and F-15E Damaged After Air Refueling Mishap
The KC-46 was refueling F-15Es which were enforcing a Presidential Temporary Flight Restriction, with both aircraft involved in the mishap performing
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So...See the comment on theaviationist site by Bill? He doesn't know what he's talking about.
KC-46 and F-15E Damaged After Air Refueling Mishap
The KC-46 was refueling F-15Es which were enforcing a Presidential Temporary Flight Restriction, with both aircraft involved in the mishap performing
there were also two unrelated problems?. A hydraulic problem on an F-15E, and a Boom problem on the KC-46. I'm not seeing how they could have been related.
and yes, the one comment was just very ignorant.
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POTUS heads back from vacation, and he's ready for another vacation starting Sunday
Sunday, August 25, 2024
PDT
10:35 AM THE PRESIDENT and THE FIRST LADY depart Santa Ynez en route to the Santa Ynez Landing Zone
11:00 AM THE PRESIDENT and THE FIRST LADY depart Santa Ynez Landing Zone en route to Vandenberg Space Force Base
11:25 AM THE PRESIDENT and THE FIRST LADY depart Vandenberg Space Force Base en route to Dover Air Force Base
EDT
7:05 PM THE PRESIDENT and THE FIRST LADY arrive at Dover Air Force Base
7:35 PM THE PRESIDENT and THE FIRST LADY arrive at Rehoboth Beach, Delaware
Sunday, August 25, 2024
PDT
10:35 AM THE PRESIDENT and THE FIRST LADY depart Santa Ynez en route to the Santa Ynez Landing Zone
11:00 AM THE PRESIDENT and THE FIRST LADY depart Santa Ynez Landing Zone en route to Vandenberg Space Force Base
11:25 AM THE PRESIDENT and THE FIRST LADY depart Vandenberg Space Force Base en route to Dover Air Force Base
EDT
7:05 PM THE PRESIDENT and THE FIRST LADY arrive at Dover Air Force Base
7:35 PM THE PRESIDENT and THE FIRST LADY arrive at Rehoboth Beach, Delaware
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Hydraulic failure on the boom led to a loss of control of the boom and it got ripped out of the F-15 causing its hydraulics to be damaged.
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A Hurricane Hunter navigator was a guest with Mover and Gonky this week.
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USAF Cal ANG 144th FW is sad current affair in California.. March AFB lost their F-16's and Fresno has a few beat up F-15-C's.See the comment on theaviationist site by Bill? He doesn't know what he's talking about.
KC-46 and F-15E Damaged After Air Refueling Mishap
The KC-46 was refueling F-15Es which were enforcing a Presidential Temporary Flight Restriction, with both aircraft involved in the mishap performing
Imagine having to drag down thirsty F-15E's from Idaho to do CAP work.
US Navy/Marines still doing good out there though for now but they don't do Norad CAP work,
No wonder USAF was in no hurry to get Travis new KC-46 tankers.
Seems we have a RQ-4 in the UK today.. RAF Fairford is a U-2 base so makes sense.
In a First, USAF RQ-4 Global Hawk to Operate from UK
An RQ-4 Global Hawk drone has deployed to RAF Fairford, marking the first time the autonomous aircraft has operated from the United Kingdom.
www.airandspaceforces.com
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They should probably hold onto those last two KC-10s a bit longer than next month.
Off Topic but cool vid of how to fly the Quick Silver P-51 Mustang. Looks really cool on high res TV or computer screen.
Kind of surprised they use masks at such low altitudes. He sure has the preflight check list memorized.
Course in 1943 it didn't have an ADSB screen
Kind of surprised they use masks at such low altitudes. He sure has the preflight check list memorized.
Course in 1943 it didn't have an ADSB screen
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Ron, I have to check, I believe it was 237.200.
The primary freq was 237.2; b/u was 232.700. Back in the 80's I was at a Willow Grove air show where the guys had an A37 Dragonfly on display. I asked the 2 guys standing there who Beeswax was (even though I knew). One pilot took his sunglasses off and asked if I was a Russian spy. I said no, just a radio hobbyist that liked to listen to their comms. He told me he never heard of that name and if he did it would be classified info. Later in the day, I was prepared to ask a few more questions of them and when they saw me coming they walked away into one of the buildings.
They also used 46.75/46.85/51.500. My ham radio friends and I were at our ham shack on a Sat aft monitoring and heard them come up on 51.5; my friend called them and asked for a radio check - crickets. We know they heard us as we were using a 3 element 6m beam at 100w pointed toward the Gap. Never heard them again on 51.500.
At a Reading air show in the mid 90's the Blues were performing there. I was walking around and climbed up into an atc truck with the booth elevated which was from the Gap. One of the guys saw my scanners and said you must know the freqs for the Blues; could you give them to us so we could listen in? I said sure, if you give me your freqs that you guys use at the Gap. He got a pad and pen and sat me down at one of the consoles and gave me several known freqs. I gave them the Blues freqs and they were happy as a lark. They told me to stop back at the end of the show. I did and they were really happy that they could hear the Blues and thanked me again for the freqs.
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It's a Blue Saturday. Got two KC-135s out of Pease. Blue 71 heading west over Upstate NY, Blue 72 over NYC heading southwest and 3rd KC-135 Blue 73 off of Pittsburgh heading west.
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