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[Mark]

OT: Space X Starship Texas launch had good/bad day.. Booster landed ok back at launch pad but main rocket disintegrated over Caribbean.
caused Airline diverts and course changes.. Cool vid of debris fireballs.Sure sounds like American tourists watching

Flights Diverted as SpaceX Starship Self-Destructs Over Caribbean

Multiple flights in the Caribbean region have been forced to divert or hold as SpaceX’s Starship was destroyed during a test flight.

aviationsourcenews.com

 

[TerryPavlick]

OT: Space X Starship Texas launch had good/bad day.. Booster landed ok back at launch pad but main rocket disintegrated over Caribbean.
caused Airline diverts and course changes.. Cool vid of debris fireballs.Sure sounds like American tourists watching

Flights Diverted as SpaceX Starship Self-Destructs Over Caribbean

Multiple flights in the Caribbean region have been forced to divert or hold as SpaceX’s Starship was destroyed during a test flight.

aviationsourcenews.com

Yep that is why they call it flight testing......

 

[RaleighGuy]

And it's a magical mystery tour helicopter ride to ADW and back to the WH for POTUS and FLOTUS tomorrow, my guess is a farewell to AF1 pilots and crews, but no word why...

2:30 PM THE PRESIDENT and THE FIRST LADY depart the White House en route to Joint Base Andrews
South Lawn

4:00 PM THE PRESIDENT and THE FIRST LADY depart Joint Base Andrews en route to the South Lawn
Joint Base Andrews

4:10 PM THE PRESIDENT and THE FIRST LADY arrive to the South Lawn
South Lawn

 

[frank3si]

OT, but I thought commitments might keep me from being able to photograph the departure of the supercarrier USS John F. Kennedy today from Philadelphia’s Navy Yard and down the Delaware River past New Castle. But instead, circumstances all worked out and I had the opportunity to photograph it in three different locations. I’m too tired tonight after a long day of multiple activities and a lot of driving to really sort through my images of the ship, but this one – as darkness fell over New Castle and the ship silently glided by - caught my eye, capturing the scale of this massive vessel. The fact this this was taken just four blocks from our house? Well, that’s pretty amazing, too! If nobody minds, I might post another one tomorrow after I have time to sort through things...

 

[mdmonitor]

O.T.

Video of HFGCS operations at Grand Forks ND


A Call Heard Around the World: 319 RW High Frequency Global Communication System Mission

 

[TerryPavlick]

O.T.

Video of HFGCS operations at Grand Forks ND


A Call Heard Around the World: 319 RW High Frequency Global Communication System Mission

very interesting - wonder how they are different than the operations at Andrews.

 

[Mark]

Ron dug up some more info I think on that BRADY callsign.
That Pitt C-17 on Acars showed going to Rosencrans Missouri KSTJ home of Advanced Airlift Tactical Training Center.(AATTC)

Advanced Airlift Tactics Training Center - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

They also do KC-130J types and of course C-130 types.. Noticed recently some Marine Corp KC-130 types using BRADY.
"The flying training consists of two primary phases, The Eastern Phase (Missouri) and the Western Phase (Arizona)"

There is WW2 Missouri US Army Air Corp Sgt who got the Silver Star.Maybe course named after him.
John Brady

BRADY-11 C-17 #02-1099 Pittsburgh coming out of Libby AAF in Arizona. Must be in the Western phase of AATTC training.
Rosencrans Mo stop must have been 1 day classroom school stop before moving onto Arizona.

BRADY11 Flight Tracking and History - FlightAware

Track BRADY11 flight from Sierra Vista Municipal

www.flightaware.com

 

[Tech792]

1145L- PACKs off the NJ coast A/A 235.85

 

[carbineone]

1152L Joker11 A/A with Ironcross 229.200

 

[RaleighGuy]

From another thread, appears NG units headed to DC are using the callsigns ending in 61/62/63/etc.
BATT 61/62, ELVIS 61/62, RHODY 61/62, etc