Sticky Thread For Mid-Atlantic MilAir 2017

[mdmonitor]

Guys

ABC & CBS are saying cruise missiles have struck a Syrian airbase. No details yet

Ron
Maryland

 

[SOSull66]

Hearing 50-60 tomahawks targeting the air base that the plane who dropped the chemical weapons came from. Launched from 2 Navy destroyers. Certainly makes a statement.

Prayers for all our service members during this dangerous business.

 

[SOSull66]

USS Porter. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Porter_(DDG-78)

USS Ross.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Ross_(DDG-71)

 

[SOSull66]

Just had a pair of F-16's go over the house. Not fast, just sort of cruising...
Loaded for bear, drop tanks, lots of missiles.
Perhaps doing CAP duty over NY.
Unusual to see them...I am east of McGuire/Lakehurst and I see cargo and tanker aircraft all the time.
Usually don't see fighters. Those usually fly out of Atlantic City and meet the McGuire tankers out over the ocean.

 

[mdmonitor]

Logs are from WebSDRs: TW (Univ of Twente), SW (Sweden),FN (Finland), NH (New Hampshire), OH

(Ohio),ID (Idaho), WA (Washington), FL (Florida), TX (Texas), KS (Kansas), NZ (New Zealand), JA

(Japan), CN (Canada)

((Times UTC, Freqs KHz))


11175.0 0001Z Reach 394 (C-17 # #04-4130 305th AMW 6th AS Joint Base McGuire NJ) USB calling

Mainsail. At 0050Z ADS-B shows Reach 394 departing McGuire and heading west. (CN)

11175.0 0004Z Reach 392 (C-17 # 07-7178 305th AMW 6th AS Joint Base McGuire NJ) USB calling

Mainsail. (CN)

09025.0 0039Z West Coast USB w/Mobil 61 (KC-10 Coronet tanker) in pp w/unid stn advising they are

testing HF ALE pp through MCC (McClellan). Mobile 61 advises they are enroute to the AR point. (CN)

08983.0 0054Z Travis AFB USB R/Cs w/ComDet Kodiak (CGAS Kodiak AK). (CN)

11336.0 1238Z Gander USB w/Reach 532 (C-17 # 98-0053 62nd AMW McChord AFB WA) w/selcal check. (NH)

07457.0 1323Z AFS04NC (NCS) USB w/net check-ins: AFE4TN, AFA4TX, AFA4RJ, AFR4T, AFA4AE. (NH)

11175.0 1438Z West Coast USB R/Cs w/Ruff 69 (unid). (NH)

11232.0 1511Z Trenton Military USB R/Cs (in English & French) w/????-36 (not heard). (KS)

11175.0 1525Z Andrews USB R/Cs w/Red River Maintenance. (OH)

11175.0 1558Z King 35 (HC-130J # 11-5765 23 Wing/71RQS Moody AFB GA) USB calling Mainsail. Answered by Andrews. King 35 advises they are 35nms north of Winslow-Lindbergh Regional Airport Winslow, AZ & requests pp (then fades out). (KS)

11175.0 1611Z West Coast USB R/Cs w/acft 506. (CN)

11175.0 1614Z Andrews USB R/Cs w/acft 0219. (CN)

11175.0 1616Z Ofutt USB R/Cs w/acft 175. (CN)

11175.0 1828Z Pure Gold (HF-GCS) USB w/Offhand (TACAMO/ABNCP) w/authentication procedures for

entering the net. (ID)

11282.0 1905Z San Francisco USB w/Dixie 91 (KC-135R 117TH ARW AL ANG BIRMINGHAM AL--not heard) w/selcal check. (CN)

11282.0 1907Z San Francisco USB w/Yanky 71 (KC-130T # 165316 USMCR VMGR-452 Stewart ANGB NY) reporting ops normal. (CN)

11282.0 1908Z San Francisco USB w/Elvis 61 (C-17 # 93-0601 155th AS, TN ANG, Memphis TN) w/selcal check (CQ-DH). (CN)

11282.0 1918Z San Francisco USB w/Copper 04 (KC-135R # 62-3516 161st ARG, AZ ANG Phoenix AZ) check in & position report. Selcal check (JS-EK). (CN)

11282.0 1919Z San Francisco USB w/Malibu 58 (C-130J CA ANG 146AW/115AS NAS Point Mugu CA)

w/position report. (CN)

11282.0 1927Z San Francisco USB w/***** 91 (KC-10 #85-0003 60th AMW Travis AFB CA) w/selcal check (HL-CR). (CN)

11282.0 1937Z San Francisco USB calling Ruler 43 (C-17 # 02-1112 MS ANG 172AW/183AS Jackson MS) w/no response. (CN)

11232.0 1954Z Trenton Military w/Canforce 2526 (CC-130J 8th Wing CFB Trenton ON) reporting

departure from Petersen AFB CO at 1915Z and ETA CFB Trenton 2330Z & selcal check (GH-BF). CFC 2526 advises acft will be unserviceable upon landing. (CN)

 

[shortwaver]

Possible P-3 Orion Flyover

A friend may have spotted a P-3 flying over Rhode Island a few hours ago.

 

[Mark]

As posted before but some French KC-135's into Langley today #470 #472
Guess they dragged along some Rafales from Lajes to Atlantic Trident 2017.

JBLE hosts Atlantic Trident 2017 > Air Combat Command > Article Display

 

[Mark]

(194E97) TU-154M RF-85655 appears inbound Andrews from Iceland 2045z
Guess Open Skies US tour coming up.

 

[mdmonitor]

As posted before but some French KC-135's into Langley today #470 #472
Guess they dragged along some Rafales from Lajes to Atlantic Trident 2017.

JBLE hosts Atlantic Trident 2017 > Air Combat Command > Article Display

Guys,

Last year they used:

238.1 GK
249.8 GK
257.075--used by Frenchies as A-A
228.45
238.525
285.5

No guarantee they will use these this year but a good place to start.

 

[BM82557]

As posted before but some French KC-135's into Langley today #470 #472
Guess they dragged along some Rafales from Lajes to Atlantic Trident 2017.

JBLE hosts Atlantic Trident 2017 > Air Combat Command > Article Display

French KC-135 FAF4040 #470 3B7780 currently near Nantucket heading 256° towards Long Island

 

[BM82557]

French KC-135 FAF4040 #470 3B7780 currently near Nantucket heading 256° towards Long Island

In the pattern at Langley -

 

[freqhopping]

Global Hawk with mode-s 000006 off the coast in the FL600 range.

 

[Mark]

Global Hawk with mode-s 000006 off the coast in the FL600 range.

Yeah just noticed 000006 showing UAVGH6 here at times today..
Also at same time have 000004 on way down from 59k to 18k so maybe two of them or same UAV broadcasting 2 modes.

 

[mdmonitor]

USS Gerald Ford

Posted from another list:

https://sofrep.com/79205/watch-uss-gerald-ford-cvn-78-leaves-port-begins-sea-trials/

 

[mdmonitor]

Guys,

About 30 mins ago on ADS-B I noticed three KC-10s (Hoist 90, 91, & 92) out of McGuire in close formation heading south.

Wonder if they are going to support the Joint Exercise at Langley?

False Alarm. At 1030 EST they are over West Virginia.

 

[mdmonitor]

Guys,

This was posted on the Scan-DC list this morning:

Hurricane Hunters will visit DCA

2017 Hurricane Hunters to visit DCA airport

 

[mdmonitor]

Seen at Georgetown DE

 

[Mark]

2040z CUBE 71 flight of 6 F-16's into Andrews from Lajes.
These are Homestead FM birds on way home from deployment.
Guess will make Florida tomorrow.

 

[Mark]

BTW some Hill AFB F-35's will make hop to Europe this weekend..
Prob to RAF Lakenheath but nobody is 100% sure about that.

US Air Force F-35s making first operational deployment to Europe this weekend

 

[Mark]

F-35 doing early polar hop from Utah to Europe.
Tankers were KC-135's RCH 077,078,079
Last heard Gander Ctr 0850z way up North.