Mid-Atlantic MilAir 2024

[hrspotter]

1516L - PARAFFIN calling TRANSFIX on 11175 requesting phone patch. Siren noise in background of PARAFFIN is pretty obnoxious and sounds much different. QSY to 11059 for patch, number with 866 area code. Third party did not pick up.

 

[RaleighGuy]

No snow on the ground down there.. Lucky you!
At very end looks like chopper or drone hovering in background.

https://www.reddit.com/r/aviation/comments/199ymxd

No snow, SHP helo (Huntsman) in the back ground you can see it in one of these photos, earlier post was from cell, finally got home and got camera pics. AF1 departure soon, motorcade arriving at airport shortly.

 

[hrspotter]

1712L 2212Z- PARAFFIN checking out of the HFGCS net.

 

[TerryPavlick]

1712L 2212Z- PARAFFIN checking out of the HFGCS net.

FILCH04 is descending over Florida....perhaps they are the ones

 

[frank3si]

No snow, SHP helo (Huntsman) in the back ground you can see it in one of these photos, earlier post was from cell, finally got home and got camera pics. AF1 departure soon, motorcade arriving at airport shortly.

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Love these photos, both cell and camera.

 

[hrspotter]

1733L - TRANSFIX breaks in over another AS-series EAM being read with DCA2WJ for ANTEP04. Disregards once, then accidentally says callsign as ANTEP, then transmits original message again.

 

[hrspotter]

1733L - TRANSFIX breaks in over another AS-series EAM being read with DCA2WJ for ANTEP04. Disregards once, then accidentally says callsign as ANTEP, then transmits original message again.

Station being stepped on was TRAPEZOID with ASU4HP. Also heard a station calling MAINSAIL some time later, sounded like "LIMA QUEBEC," no reply and did not repeat.


1821L - Copied traffic on 9031 TACAMO CE, weak and barely readable. Heard GONZO6A conducting phone patch with PIPELINE.

 

[Mark]

RAVEN-01 flight of two Maryland A-10's will be holding at Swann and calculating fuel before Bingo and
we have to land at BWI.. A/A 266.600 and Potomac apch 317.425. "Maybe 45 minutes".
"All 6 A-10's will be landing at BWI". Will be using Signature Services..
Report of stuck or disabled aircraft on Martin State runway..

SWANN waypoint | OpenNav

Maps and information about SWANN aviation waypoint △ Rock Hall, MD US • Lat: 39° 09' 05.280" N Lon: 76° 13' 43.940" W • Click here to find more.

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WARDOG-01 flight of two is second group..

1845 local seems Martin State back open and RAVEN-01 landing first followed by WARDOG-01 flight.
Hearing Wardogs on Martin Tower 121.300. Last pair Axman flight inbound A/A 293.200 reports 30 knot crosswind
on runway 33.

 

[Mark]

SPAR-24 C-40/B737 #05-0730 Eastbound from Andrews after Savannah stop the other day also a Scott AFB tail.
Kind of rare tail around here.Seems the 89th AW a bit short of aircraft.

SPAR24 Flight Tracking and History - FlightAware

Track SPAR24 flight from Joint Base Andrews

www.flightaware.com

 

[RaleighGuy]

Just looked at the map...looks busy out there tonight.

 

[N4TX]

From the Daily Mail:

NATO is planning to mobilise 90,000 troops in its largest military manoeuvre since the Cold War in a bid to deter Vladimir Putin.

The alliance announced the exercise would begin next week, and will test allies' ability over months to engage in a conflict with an adversary as capable as Russia.

'Steadfast Defender' will run until late May and involve units from all 31 NATO member countries plus candidate-member Sweden, NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Europe, US General Christopher Cavoli, told journalists.

 

[RaleighGuy]

Weekend at Bernie's....I mean the beach....starts tomorrow

5:45 PM THE PRESIDENT departs the White House en route to Rehoboth Beach, Delaware
6:40 PM THE PRESIDENT arrives in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware

 

[Mark]

RCH-823 C-17 #00-0181 inbound Andrews on CP 378.100 from Germany.
Reports 9 litter patients and couldn't hear the rest.. Med Evac flight for sure.

 

[Mark]

Weekend at Bernie's....I mean the beach....starts tomorrow

5:45 PM THE PRESIDENT departs the White House en route to Rehoboth Beach, Delaware
6:40 PM THE PRESIDENT arrives in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware

Looks like with the snowy wx gonna be motorcade time? Sunday afternoon stop added at Wilmington.

Boeing still tweaking the KC-46 so it can work with the A-10 etc..

Inside Boeing's plans to fix its troubled KC-46A tanker - Breaking Defense

Breaking Defense toured Boeing’s Seattle-area facilities where the KC-46A is built, and company officials explained fixes in the works for six critical issues, from new cameras to better seals on fuel lines.

breakingdefense.com

 

[mdmonitor]

1108- Pack 81 & 82 working in AR 636 (238.9). Couple of Backys out there as well.

1115- Cody 02 working First Ops (349.4) & DOV approach (132.425). Cody callsign used to be a standard AFRC call.

1130- Some F-22s out in W386 (285.15/238.1)

 

[mdmonitor]

Looks like with the snowy wx gonna be motorcade time? Sunday afternoon stop added at Wilmington.

Boeing still tweaking the KC-46 so it can work with the A-10 etc..

Inside Boeing's plans to fix its troubled KC-46A tanker - Breaking Defense

Breaking Defense toured Boeing’s Seattle-area facilities where the KC-46A is built, and company officials explained fixes in the works for six critical issues, from new cameras to better seals on fuel lines.

breakingdefense.com

Fixing KC-46s to work with A-10s seems a waste of time. Not too long & there'll be no A-10s in the USAF.

 

[Justmescanneruser]

A few "related" observations. (I sometimes look for non-military aircraft that are in unusual places.)

ADS-B Exchange - track aircraft live N707GF - An AIRCRAFT ENDEAVORS LLC tanker actually owned by Omega Aerial Refueling that does contract aerial refueling for the military and
ADS-B Exchange - track aircraft live N974VV another of their planes were both off the east coast earlier this morning.
This article gives some background on Omega and another company doing the same thing.

 

[hrspotter]

1138L - —LIVEWIRE with message DCZQAY on HFGCS simulcast, assume ground net control. Airborne command post station is AROMATIC.

 

[Justmescanneruser]

Along similar lines as my last post, ADS-B Exchange - track aircraft live these are 2 IAI Kfir fighters, N402AX and N403AX in the air now, flown by AIRBORNE TACTICAL ADVANTAGE CO LLC, (ATAC) that does adversary training for the military.

 

[hrspotter]

1247L - TURNPIKE has called LIVEWIRE a total of 5 times on 11175 with one acknowledgement of loud and clear, no response from TURNPIKE.