Mid-Atlantic MilAir 2024

[wickedjane]

Spent today listening to hours of Live ATC archive feeds in order to find something more on the B-2 raid.
Unfortunately the tankers and B-2s in Los Angeles ZLA airspace were handed over to LA center frequency
307.150. This is a special use mil frequency and is not carried by any Live ATC feed.

So I only found some flights just before or after the hand-off to this frequency. Tankers departing from
CONUS were using ARBLE and TONGS callsigns, tankers from Australia were using ADAPT and COACH
callsigns and tankers from Diego Garcia were using IGLOO and possible DOZE.

The B-2s were SARGE 11-14 and I think SARGE 14 returned to Whiteman AFB, the second flight was
SARGE 21, but I only heard SARGE 22 with LA center. I think they made their run and then landed at
Diego Garcia. This could have meant 40 plus hours flight time ......

If anyone has more info or insight from monitoring or the US media, I would be interested to hear it.

Thanks !!

Hey Dutchmil thanks for the useful info you gathered. This one will be an OT from me I'll keep it short. Did you check Brisbane Center on 129.000? If that feed doesn't have anything I would suggest 128.6. Callsign SARGE 14 is confirmed. 909th ARS birds were forward deployed to Diego. And a couple from HI ANG went to Darwin.

thenewarea51 made a post on X regarding the B-2 airstrikes.

Let's hope the DOD will upload some cool pics of the B-2's soon.

 

[wickedjane]

Hey Dutchmil thanks for the useful info you gathered. This one will be an OT from me I'll keep it short. Did you check Brisbane Center on 129.000? If that feed doesn't have anything I would suggest 128.6. Callsign SARGE 14 is confirmed. 909th ARS birds were forward deployed to Diego. And a couple from HI ANG went to Darwin.

thenewarea51 made a post on X regarding the B-2 airstrikes.

Let's hope the DOD will upload some cool pics of the B-2's soon.

P.S. Quick math calculation: airspares are SARGE 11 and SARGE 14, while SARGE 21 flt carried out the strikes. Flt's are afaik the ones that knock the door.

 

[jsoergel]

MC-130j 08-6206 193rd SOS on a long flight today with a AR with a STEEL tanker and than T&G out to Wright-Patterson AFB. After they departed Wright-Pat MC-130J 22-5989 departed Wright-PAT in the same flight path as 08-6206.

I am betting that MC-130j 22-5989 AE6D88 is the 193rd SOS's new airframe!!!

This was the airframe that got dropped off
last week. Probably spent some time undergoing acceptance and sensor fittings.

 

[Dutchmil]

SARGE 11 and SARGE 21 flight working Brisbane center: SARGE 11 Flight - 16 Oktober 2024

I think this *may* have been their routing from Whiteman AFB to Diego Garcia.

 

[BM82557]

0714 local 260.9 NOBLE-11 asking where WIDE-23 is, (23 not on adsb but WIDE-31 KC135 60-0323 out of Pease shows as passing SW offshore of Long Island)

Lots of chatter on 259.9

WIDE-31 over Philly at 0726 local

 

[Mark]

When I was out doing some work I saw one of the two Rafales fly over. Not the best pic but it’s better than nothing. View attachment 171176

https://www.wavy.com/news/local-news/french-rafale-jets-to-flyover-yorktown-alongside-langley-f-22/

 

[RaleighGuy]

VP travel schedule to Philly...

At 3:10 PM ET, the Vice President will depart Atlanta, GA en route to Philadelphia, PA.
At 5:00 PM ET, the Vice President will arrive in Philadelphia, PA. This arrival will be at Philadelphia International Airport.

 

[mdmonitor]

When I was out doing some work I saw one of the two Rafales fly over. Not the best pic but it’s better than nothing. View attachment 171176

That explains the French I heard on 238.9 while the A-330 was out in AR 636. I only heard the A-330 speaking French to some unheard acft.

 

[mdmonitor]

0920- Vis KiwiSDR--Fire Ant (HF-GCS) w/30 Character EAM (P5VFRB) for Alpha Force

 

[mdmonitor]

1000- Flt of 4 DC ANG F-16s (Wild 11) off ADW. A2A is 238.175. Wild 11 check in w/Giantkiller (255.0). NOTE: Good conditions this morning. I heard Giantkiller check these guys in.

1005- Cowboy 11 flt (id as 2 X F-18s) working Potomac (257.2)>ZDC Linden (322.55). Cowboy call used by F-18A VMFA-112, NAS/JRB Ft Worth TX. Mispronunciation of fixes during departure indicates that these guys weren't local.

 

[AJSpotsNJ]

HF 11175 sounds like Zimbalist awaiting traffic then goes into long EAM..

Couple more NOBLES 21,22 enroute CAP A/A 326.375 and ZNY 322.400 now some A/A 259.900
and Potomac CAP freq 269.500

Today's Navy game flyover..
3:21:30 pm - National Anthem, followed by a flyover
• Saturday's fly-over will feature 2 F-35B Lightning II's from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 542 out of Cherry Point, N.C. and 2 F/A-18 Foxtrot Super Hornets from Navy Strike Fighter Squadron 32, the Fighting Swordsmen, out of NAS Oceana in Virginia Beach, Va. Flying in the lead F-35 will be Maj. Scott "Humpty" Aquino, celebrating his 10-year reunion as a member of the Naval Academy Class of 2014. In the second F-35, flying in the "dash-2" position, will be Capt. Matthew "Low-T" Hundt, Class of 2018. Piloting the F/A-18 in the "Dash 3" position will be Lt. Isabelle "T-PAIN" Babb, Class of 2018, with the Commanding Officer of VFA-32, Cmdr. Jason "IAD…S" Hoch, in the back seat. Finally, in the F/A-18 in the "Dash 4" position will be Lt. Brittany "Hot Wheels" Kramer, Class of 2018 and Lt. Cmdr. Aaron Robinson.

There will be a Navy game at Metlife (Navy vs Notre Dame) on Friday, is there any info about the flyover or if there will be a flyover? (if there are any freqs mentions that would be nice too)

 

[mdmonitor]

1033- Tiger 11 flt (unid) working ZDC Lexington (281.4).

1040- Hearing A2A chat on 238.2 which I have as a ME ANG (Maine) freq. No Maine acft showing in our area though.

 

[Mark]

Tanker WIDE-31 earlier on A/R says yeah we are from Beale and nice to be out here for a change.

AR-20 Eastbound is hot late tonight 0315z-0615z FL-150-270.
Those parameters suggest a BTF Global Thunder mission. Just a WAG says they go to North Sea area
and do photo op flying over the USS Harry Truman with NATO fighter/Navy escorts... A nice wish anyway.
Prob Barksdale Buffs but overdue for some Dyess B-1's. Keep ear tonight on 341.750

 

[xtremey]

1033- Tiger 11 flt (unid) working ZDC Lexington (281.4).

1040- Hearing A2A chat on 238.2 which I have as a ME ANG (Maine) freq. No Maine acft showing in our area though.

TIGER-11 is a flight of two VMFA-542 F-35Bs, TIGER-21 single ship departed ADW a couple minutes before the two ship did. All 3 went back down to Cherry Point this morning after doing yesterday’s USNA flyover.

 

[mdmonitor]

Taken by a friend at Georgetown the other day. Corsair is my favorite USN prop plane. Mean looking. My uncle flew a F-4U in WWII.

 

[BM82557]

1239 local on HMX1 freq 277.175 saying "we are 6 and 1/2 half miles from our gladiators"
1309 local on HMX1 freq 277.175 saying '"they have me on Potomac 127.325"

maybe this guy? --

 

[JetWash]

NOTAM posted Sunday morning for KLFI Langley AFB…

Effective today at 1343L thru January 10 2025:
633 COMMAND POST UHF FREQ 251.25 OTS (out to service)

 

[mdmonitor]

NOTAM posted Sunday morning for KLFI Langley AFB…

Effective today at 1343L thru January 10 2025:
633 COMMAND POST UHF FREQ 251.25 OTS (out to service)

Jet,

Just (1430L) had PAT 112 calling 251.25 w/no response

 

[Mark]

Camp CAP end early? Notice tanker WIDE-32 doing racetrack over Conn. Mass. border.
Burning off some fuel before rtb?

 

[mdmonitor]

1239 local on HMX1 freq 277.175 saying "we are 6 and 1/2 half miles from our gladiators"
1309 local on HMX1 freq 277.175 saying '"they have me on Potomac 127.325"

maybe this guy? --

View attachment 171236

Is 127.325 a valid Potomac freq?