Mid-Atlantic MilAir 2025

[Mark]

1715 local RCH-296 C-17 #10-0215 30 min inbound call from Germany with message for Andrews.
33 SOB with 19 aeromed patients,req Customs,Fork lift for baggage pallet,etc.
Rare you see late model Charleston C-17 doing med evac mission.
Normally a Friday mission and lately was being done by Tennessee ANG C-17's.

 

[TerryPavlick]

I live in this county, people are overwhemled with concern about why they were so low, and shock of the military flying airplanes, as if they never seen that happen before. Did anyone happen to get callsigns or hear them?

would have been CASTL62 flight (they generally do air/air on 343.000)

 

[RaleighGuy]

Correct - its the immigration portion that may need paying attention to considering the current issues. I am not sure how they will transport immigration prisoners (from the Federal system) since the normal deportation aircraft do not have the accommodations like the JPATS aircraft are equipped with.....

OT - Appears the first deportation flight is scheduled to leave tonight from KBIF to MGGT (Guatemala City, Guatemala) aboard 06-6163 a C-17 being used by DHS/ICE.

 

[RaleighGuy]

POTUS TFR issued for Miami Jan 25 @ 1800 to Jan 28 @ 2000

5/6252 NOTAM Details

 

[Mark]

OT - Appears the first deportation flight is scheduled to leave tonight from KBIF to MGGT (Guatemala City, Guatemala) aboard 06-6163 a C-17 being used by DHS/ICE.

Noticed his Acars mission code changed from 101BP Border Patrol to 101RP which I assume is Repatriate flight code.
Earlier saw BBQ flight from Arizona to Mexico City.

Speaking of low flyers in Pennsylvania Harrisburg Pa ANG has 3 of their MC-130J's up tonight inbound from the North.
Heard some weak inbound coms on their 395.100 CP.
08-6206
21-5973
21-5965

 

[Mark]

OT: PR KBQN airport MQ-9 Reaper.. Don't see many of these on vids but this one recently down in the PR
taxied out N917LG DHS drone and did engine runup but then departed runway back to the barn.. Large wingspan on these birds.
Strange to see for sure.. Assume fuel tank hanging down underneath? I can just hear tower say taxi down runway and exit on Bravo.
Noisy prop bird for sure