Mid-Atlantic MilAir 2024

[john8436]

1045 Local: C32B TERRA58 00-9001 meeting KC-135 STEEL62 58-0084 for AR on AR218, 274.4500.

 

[mdmonitor]

1055- Flt of 4 DC ANG F-16s off ADW. A2A is 238.175.

1110- Sentry 03 (E-3TF # 82-0006) showing just south of Richmond heading east at FL310. Maybe going to W386?

1130- via LiveATC--Sentry 03 check in w/Giantkiller. Advises they are going to AW701 at FL310.

 

[wickedjane]

Seems Maryland ANG A-10's still keeping busy over there.. A real Shame to retire these effective aircraft.
Classic style attack in first vid clip as A-10 twists and turns and zig zags to target and use of flares on egress.
US Launches Airstrikes, A-10s Overfly Syria amid Civil War

Can't agree more, we need the BRRRRRRRRT for immediate action when our soldiers and our allies are in greater danger. The A-10 has been upgraded constantly to fight today and tomorrow.

There are currently 3 A-10 squadrons in the middle east, 104th EFS, 107th EFS, and the Moody Warthogs. A part from the Maryland A-10's returned from their deployment, a part of the A-10's from Maryland remained in the CENTCOM AOR. This looks like a "Rainbow Team" like in OIF, at that time multiple squadrons of one platform were flying daily ATO's from their deployment location/base.

Recently I also noticed a rapid increase in tanker flights, a lot of PYTHON's (340th EARS KC-135's) and MOJO's (the new established KC-46 squadron) flying from AUAB into Iraq for refueling different aircraft such as A-10's, F-16's, F-15's, F/A-18's, F-22's, MC-130J's, AC-130J's, B-52's, C-17's, RC-135's, P-8's and other allied aircraft. MQ-9's also cover the airspace there 24/7. A detachment from the 160th SOAR is there too, aircraft carriers are present aswell.

 

[wickedjane]

Seems Maryland ANG A-10's still keeping busy over there.. A real Shame to retire these effective aircraft.
Classic style attack in first vid clip as A-10 twists and turns and zig zags to target and use of flares on egress.
US Launches Airstrikes, A-10s Overfly Syria amid Civil War

To sum up:

In total the US response caused 50+ enemies KIA, dozens of enemy vehicles and multiple enemy FOB's destroyed.

In one video clip you can see one A-10 from Moody AFB (video quality was bad, but the Hog was close enough to spot the typical Moody Warthog noseart applied on the acft front) with one large fueltank attached on it's centerline, the right wing was empty, there were no JDAM's attached. The B-52 was sent to provide more firepower with JDAM's in case they were needed. Airstrikes were conducted in waves. Other platforms such as F-15's, F-16's and other fighter aircraft were looking out for hostile drones, therefore they were fitted with their proper anti-drone/anti-aircraft loadout. A couple of UK Eurofighter Typhoons and one KC2 Voyager refueling aircraft were close to the area aswell.

However the situation around the "7 villages" seems to be evolving.

 

[listen13579]

ENERGY 15 back at it over DC. Maybe getting some baseline readings before Santa's arrival.

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[wickedjane]

PYTHON 13, a KC-135R assigned to the 340th EARS reg. 63-8887, refueled multiple A-10's near Syria couple of hours ago. Depending on what the Hogs will do, this might be big on the news tonight!

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The PYTHON 13 call occurs at 3:20.

And PYTHON 13 returning now from the combat sortie, 2020 UTC.

Flight track can be seen on social media.

https://archive.liveatc.net/okbk/OKBK2-Dec-04-2024-2000Z.mp3

PYTHON 13 returning, other PYTHON's are taking over.

 

[john8436]

1545 Local: KC46's (305th's) FIST71 & FIST72 from KSKA, short AR orbit west of Olympia WA now heading down the coast. Their arriving airport is listed as PHNL. Any Ideas of who they are taking over? Maybe F-15's from Oregon ANG?

 

[Mark]

Portuguese Air Force AFP-42 E-390 #26902 SW bound from Rhode Island stop enroute Alabama.
Maybe working way back to Brazil Embraer factory for some warranty work.

AFP42 Portuguese Air Force Flight Tracking and History - FlightAware

Track Portuguese Air Force #42 flight from Rhode Island T. F. Green International Airport to Dothan Rgnl

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[Mark]

1545 Local: KC46's (305th's) FIST71 & FIST72 from KSKA, short AR orbit west of Olympia WA now heading down the coast. Their arriving airport is listed as PHNL. Any Ideas of who they are taking over? Maybe F-15's from Oregon ANG?

Doubt Oregon F-15C's as they are rebuilding as F-15EX unit now and some of their F-15C's are old leftover Kadena tails.
Maybe some Alaskan F-35's or F-22's staged out of Wash State for trip across to Hawaii? Just a WAG.

Devil 11 pair enroute R-4006 down on Ches Bay A/A 298.600 and now Bay Watch 305.200. NJ ANG F-16's I would assume.

 

[mdmonitor]

1705- Devil 11 flt (NJ ANG F-16s) working ZDC Sea Isle (285.4). Also working PAX approach (281.8) & Bay Watch (305.2). A2A is 298.6. Been awhile since the Jersey boys have been down this way. They used to be regular users of the PAX areas. They must be at low level since they are fading in & out.

1720- MD ArNG UH-72 Raven 6 working pattern at Weide AAF (126.2)

 

[RaleighGuy]

Looks like POTUS staying in DC for the weekend, Thursday is Christmas Tree Lighting, Friday is an event remembering the 83rd anniversary of Pearl Harbor attack, and Sunday is Kennedy Center Honors.

 

[john8436]

1900 hrs Local: STEEL01 58-0060 refueling ZIPPO71 21-5973 Boom 296.8000. ZIPPO71 no showing at all on ADSb.

3 McGuire KC46's BLOKE55 21-46087, BLOKE56 20-46080 and BLOKE57 20-46082 look to be heading out to AR608.

 

[dmi]

NAS PAX area hits last night and today

123.225 - Northrop-Grumman Test Facility, KBWI: "Ops SCAN-99 in the blind... we're RTB..." Could this be N99NG with Ops at KBWI?
261.300 - Unknown PAX area freq: "... 92 is airborne.." "SCORE-92"
285.200 - VX-20 SCORE Ops: "..five oh two.." - Probably SCORE-92 (E-2D #166502)
313.700 - VX-20 discrete/RDT&E Support

 

[Mark]

NAS PAX area hits last night and today

123.225 - Northrop-Grumman Test Facility, KBWI: "Ops SCAN-99 in the blind... we're RTB..." Could this be N99NG with Ops at KBWI?
261.300 - Unknown PAX area freq: "... 92 is airborne.." "SCORE-92"
285.200 - VX-20 SCORE Ops: "..five oh two.." - Probably SCORE-92 (E-2D #166502)
313.700 - VX-20 discrete/RDT&E Support

Use search function on this board for freqs and you will get answers often. Yes it is Northrop Base discrete.

Search results for query: 123.225

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[Mark]

ENERGY 15 back at it over DC. Maybe getting some baseline readings before Santa's arrival.

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P-6 on his latest video at the end says ENERGY-15 will be doing this for the next 10 days.

 

[mdmonitor]

1155- AF1 (VC-25 # 92-9000) land at ADW (118.4). SAM 46 (VC-25 # 82-8000) not too far behind.

 

[dmi]

Use search function on this board for freqs and you will get answers often. Yes it is Northrop Base discrete.

Search results for query: 123.225

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[RaleighGuy]

Use search function on this board for freqs and you will get answers often. Yes it is Northrop Base discrete.

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I think @dmi was sharing what he heard with us, not asking what those freqs were.

But, for all reading this, the search is a great place to start before asking who a frequency belongs to. Search is in the top right corner, as shown below.

 

[freqhopping]

It looks like SAM588 may be having an issue with high crosswinds trying to get into ADW.

C-17 RCH4528 now landing at Dulles. 134.425

0935- SAM588 now inbound for Dulles.

0939- C-17 RCH4163 advises they will be diverting to Dulles. 378.1

 

[mdmonitor]

0950- Hearing some Langley T-38s (Maul) & F-22s (Sabre) out in W386. Freqs: 227.2/228.45/236.825/238.1/238.825/274.2/350.05. Odd, but T-38s aren't showing on ADS-B as they normally do. A2A chat indicates that the windy conditions are affecting these guys as well.

1005- Some MD ANG A-10s (Colt) up today braving the windy wx. A2A is 271.4. Also working Harrisburg A/D (281.525) so heading to the Gap.

1015- Second batch of A-10s off Martin State. A2A is 266.6.