Yeah busy morning so far thanks to New Orleans incident. Washington Center just advised SAM46 of 1700 EST departure time.
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11:34 EST Washington Center asks all units in CAP to switch to 363.000 for ATC comms
11:40 EST SAM46 rtb to Andrews
11:42 EST AF1 airborne 118.35 to 125.525 to 126.100 to 120.300 HGR Tower
11:40 EST SAM46 rtb to Andrews
11:42 EST AF1 airborne 118.35 to 125.525 to 126.100 to 120.300 HGR Tower
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mdmonitor
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1147- #09-0018 heading back to ADW
mdmonitor
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1235- Nighthawk 50 (prob VH-92) off ILG heading south. Working Potomac (124.55125.65).
1250-ADS-B showing E-4B # 73-1677 coming into our area from the south. Currently just south of Richmond VA. He departed from Patrick AFB FL.
1250-ADS-B showing E-4B # 73-1677 coming into our area from the south. Currently just south of Richmond VA. He departed from Patrick AFB FL.
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mdmonitor
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Do any of you guys up in MD/PA/WVA triangle area ever hear what freq the Nighthawks use when going to/coming from Camp David? I've seen 375.0 listed but I've never heard it being used.
mdmonitor
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1305- E-4B, at FL330 heading northeast, working ZDC Cape Charles (120.975). Didn't catch callsign. Turned over Dover and heading west. At 1317 check in w/ZNY Big Flat (133.475) Call is ???-99. Maybe Titan?? At 1328 check in w/ZOB Indian Head (132.125) requesting FL340. Still can't get call clearly.
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1345L-NOBLE 31 checking in with ZNY 282.3, then over to ZNY 290.2, flight of 2
Happy New Year all
Happy New Year all
Ron
Does not sound like Titan but then again I cannot figure out what the callsign is besides 99
Terry
WOODEN 72 (KC-135R, 60-0367) appears to have been dragging Toledo F-16s back from CAP duty. Appears they are recovering at KDAY, unsure of the reason.
BM82557
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I checked my logs for the last 4 years and had copied 32 HMX-1 transmissions on 375.0 with 23 of those being on one day, 10/05/2024. 277.175 has been copied a lot more when to/from Camp David.
Not TITAN. Sounded like SERENE 99 with ZID.
Yeah something like that - just could not spell it out.
BM82557
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Barnes A2A 259.0 in use for the last hour or so
RCH-4615 C-17 307-7181 inbound Andrews from St Croix with 4 rolling stock and 12 pax.
Must be good size rolling stock or the leftovers
Looks like the big plane JENA-01 enroute New Orleans...
N874TW Flight Tracking and History - FlightAware
Must be good size rolling stock or the leftovers
Looks like the big plane JENA-01 enroute New Orleans...
N874TW Flight Tracking and History - FlightAware
OT: Overheard NOBLE asking tanker "What no thrust reversers on that aircraft?
Op says "unfortunately no".
They also did away with thrust reversers during the upgraded KC-135 engine program.
Saves weight and mechanical problems and money but you do need longer runways at times.
The KC-46A was not designed for sub par shorter runways though has improved brakes.
Maybe one reason we hear KC-46's on radio saying often they really need to use up more fuel before we can land.
Op says "unfortunately no".
They also did away with thrust reversers during the upgraded KC-135 engine program.
Saves weight and mechanical problems and money but you do need longer runways at times.
The KC-46A was not designed for sub par shorter runways though has improved brakes.
Maybe one reason we hear KC-46's on radio saying often they really need to use up more fuel before we can land.
Yeah there is a whole discussion on various other sites about the reason the KC46 does not have thrust reversers. Basically they were not included in the contract to save weight (and money). The Honeywell carbon brake installed on the main gear of the KC46 (and the commerical Boeing 767-300ER) is a very reliable brake. The brakes in combination with the wing devices used to land are more than enough to slow down the aircraft. Each aircraft has one of these mounted with its accompanying main wheel assembly.
Dutchmil
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Thanks, don't know either why the KC-135R went to Dayton.
The F-16s as FEUD 21 flight arrived at Toledo, landing at runway 25.
169181 VH-92 departed ILG 27 @ 12:21 local, perhaps it's what you heard here.
WOODN71 is still at CUR, AFAIK.
FWIW, WOODN72 didn’t drag the Falcons on the way down, interesting that they dragged them back.
End-of-year Stratotanker — A SPOTTER ABROAD
POTUS-related movements once again. On December 23rd, Curaçao received another USAF visitor in the form of a KC-135R Stratotanker. Using the callsign WOODN 71, serial 63-8003, arrived from Rickenbacker ANGB in Ohio having provided tanker support to 4 F-16s (FEUD 21 flight from the 112th Fighter Squ
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Apparently this was a FLT of 3x and they landed in Columbus, GA.
