Mid-Atlantic MilAir 2024

[Mark]

NATION-89 KC-135 #63-7995 enroute Pease. Assume for CAP duty coming up mentioned above.
RCH-824 McGuire KC-46 #21-46061 enroute Ramstein.
VENUS-51 #99-0003 off to Northeast like on a mission.Acars has as MC9641.Someone forgot
to redo callsign on ADSB.

 

[Mark]

NATION-89 KC-135 #63-7995 enroute Pease. Assume for CAP duty coming up mentioned above.
RCH-824 McGuire KC-46 #21-46061 enroute Ramstein.
VENUS-51 #99-0003 off to Northeast like on a mission.Acars has as MC9641.Someone forgot
to redo callsign on ADSB.

Overnight VENUS-51 turned to SAM-641 and landed in Oslo Norway.

 

[Mark]

OT: Neat story as follow up to all those official aircraft we saw going to Luxembourg last week..
Best part is the tossing of the Nuts! LOL

The Battle of the Bulge - 80th commemoration

Dec. 16, 1944, as the snow fell mercilessly and the temperatures dropped below freezing, Germany launched their last major counteroffensive of World War II, The Battle of the Bulge. For the next forty-one days, the U.S. suffered over 80,000 casualties but still managed to push the Germans back...

www.dvidshub.net

 

[RaleighGuy]

POTUS travel for Tuesday, it's a Marine One kinda night...

9:10 PM THE PRESIDENT and THE FIRST LADY depart the White House en route Wilmington, Delaware, South Lawn
10:00 PM THE PRESIDENT and THE FIRST LADY arrive in Wilmington, Delaware Delaware Air National Guard Base

 

[wickedjane]

B-52s in Europe Head Home, Bombers in Middle East to Follow

U.S. Air Force B-52s deployed to Europe for a bomber task force deployment have returned home, and more in the Middle East are set to go.

www.airandspaceforces.com

All B-52's will return soon.


I won't be able to listen to them, but here's an update for you folks!


Edit: An F-15E squadron will be heading home aswell. The statement did not further specify which squadron that would be, it's almost no secret, it will be the 389th (E)FS, the Thunderbolts out of Mountain Home AFB, ID. Callsigns will be as usual TABOR and/or a mix with MAZDA.

 

[Mark]

B-52s in Europe Head Home, Bombers in Middle East to Follow

U.S. Air Force B-52s deployed to Europe for a bomber task force deployment have returned home, and more in the Middle East are set to go.

www.airandspaceforces.com

All B-52's will return soon.

Edit: An F-15E squadron will be heading home aswell. The statement did not further specify which squadron that would be, it's almost no secret, it will be the 389th (E)FS, the Thunderbolts out of Mountain Home AFB, ID. Callsigns will be as usual TABOR and/or a mix with MAZDA.

Noticed a couple McGuire KC-46's that went East thru the Med for pickups.
BLUE-01 #20-46080 and BLUE-11 #15-46070.

 

[jaymatt1978]

1245 local RCH-289 #09-9211 with radio check for RCH-3258 #10-0216 both recently departed Dover for home McChord.
Odd was 5x5 radio check was on 243.000 the old emergency freq

Why did you call 243.000 an "old emergency freq"?

 

[mdmonitor]

1000- A2A on 239.4 which I have as 756th ARS freq. ADS-B showing DeeCee 21 & 22 off ADW and heading over Baltimore on way north. Call themselves Tiger Flight.

1013- Some MD ANG A-10s up. A2A is 271.4 & 293.3. At 1020 Colt 1 working PAX Approach (281.8) for entry into R-4006.

1020- Wild 11 flt (DC ANG F-16s) off ADW (257.2). A2A is 285.225.

 

[TerryPavlick]

Why did you call 243.000 an "old emergency freq"?

121.500 and 243.000 (which is a harmonic of 121.5) are not longer actively monitored by satellites for emergency distress. 121.500 is still incorporate in the ELT but only for short range low power homing in on a crashed aircraft.

While 121.500 and 243.000 are still monitored for voice calls - and warning civilian aircraft of areas to avoid or lost radio contact for ATC etc all of the newer ELTs in relationship to aircraft (since we mostly talk about aircraft here) transmit on 406.000 (COSPAS-SARSAT 406 MHz Distress Beacons).

 

[Mark]

Why did you call 243.000 an "old emergency freq"?

Rarely used anymore and were reports that it was no longer used and 121.500 was the go to emerg freq.. Surprised me when it popped up.

 

[BM82557]

V22 airborne this morning, I thought they were grounded again --

 

[wickedjane]

Noticed a couple McGuire KC-46's that went East thru the Med for pickups.
BLUE-01 #20-46080 and BLUE-11 #15-46070.

I had 2 tankers, one was a McConnell KC-46 Pegasus, reg. 17-46026, flying as RCH843, crossing the Atlantic with squawk 2157. The Pegasus was not alone, a MacDill KC-135 Stratotanker was ahead, reg. 61-0321 had no callsign shown on ads-b. It squawked 1470. This was almost 2 days ago.

 

[RaleighGuy]

RCH826 95-0104 AE07E7 returning from Ramstein AFB on medevac run, stopping at ADW before heading to SFO, likely transport for Speaker Pelosi, currently headed southwest towards the US Coast

 

[mdmonitor]

1135- Wild 21 flt working ZDC Lexington (281.4). A2A is 238.175.

1145- Angry flt off ADW (257.2)

 

[wickedjane]

READY TO TAKE ON IRAN

MIDDLE EAST TENSIONS // US DEPLOYMENTS Babak Taghvaee details...

www.key.aero

Found this interesting article. Seems to have all current fighter aircraft deployed in the middle east (well some squadrons returned). This article is more or less actual but does not include the recent Syria events.

 

[RaleighGuy]

READY TO TAKE ON IRAN

MIDDLE EAST TENSIONS // US DEPLOYMENTS Babak Taghvaee details...

www.key.aero

Found this interesting article. Seems to have all current fighter aircraft deployed in the middle east (well some squadrons returned). This article is more or less actual but does not include the recent Syria events.

As a request, please mark your posts that are not from the Mid-Atlantic as OFF TOPIC, as this thread deals with aircraft along the east coast (and we have been allowed to expand "mid-atlantic" to include most of the east coast) but Syria and the middle east is a stretch unless the aircraft is actually transiting the east coast during the post. Just my opinion, others may feel different, but ...

 

[mdmonitor]

Did I miss a NOTAM? Usually the DC ANG F-16s use Potomac 348.725 when they depart. Lately they're using 257.2.

 

[wickedjane]

As a request, please mark your posts that are not from the Mid-Atlantic as OFF TOPIC, as this thread deals with aircraft along the east coast (and we have been allowed to expand "mid-atlantic" to include most of the east coast) but Syria and the middle east is a stretch unless the aircraft is actually transiting the east coast during the post. Just my opinion, others may feel different, but ...

You are absolutely right RaleighGuy my bad,


I apologize for violating the thread guidelines. I also did them in a hurry.

From now on I will have an O/T checklist, prior to posting something in this thread.

 

[dmi]

Did I miss a NOTAM? Usually the DC ANG F-16s use Potomac 348.725 when they depart. Lately they're using 257.2.

It probably had to do with the direction they were departing

I have listed the following:

257.200 Potomac TRACON (KDCA) - West Approach/Departure (Paired with 118.95)
348.725 Potomac TRACON (KDCA) - East Approach/Departure - 121st FS DC ANG #5 (Paired with 125.65)

 

[apex31]

Noticed a couple McGuire KC-46's that went East thru the Med for pickups.
BLUE-01 #20-46080 and BLUE-11 #15-46070.

Pretty sure these guys brought some LN Strike Eagles home in the early hours of this morning. The six jets all were decorated with nose art inspired by Greek mythology which was applied during their time in CENTCOM.