Sticky Thread For Mid-Atlantic MilAir 2018

[mdmonitor]

Guys,

Article about the Skymaster Exercise this past Tuesday

Last Night We Heard What It Sounds Like Just Before A B-52 Begins The End Of The World - The Drive

 

[vocoder]

Great mil excercise must read
Thanks for sharing

 

[freqhopping]

Northrop Grumman's new testbed is active over WV. N805X but still using old hex 3C4E11.

 

[Mark]

Logged (AE13EC) C-130T 164763 the old Blue Angels Fat Albert plane today 1750z
Last logged Colorado 8/17 when Marine Corp grounded all their 12 C-130T types dues to crash.
Wasn't showing usual BERT4763 but Blue Angels in Traverse City Michigan this coming weekend
Maybe back in service?

 

[freqhopping]

Logged (AE13EC) C-130T 164763 the old Blue Angels Fat Albert plane today 1750z
Last logged Colorado 8/17 when Marine Corp grounded all their 12 C-130T types dues to crash.
Wasn't showing usual BERT4763 but Blue Angels in Traverse City Michigan this coming weekend
Maybe back in service?

Noticed it northbound earlier today. Looks like a stop at Albany. Just watched it pass by me at 20k.

 

[Mark]

Nice tie-up Hop. Guess Fat Albert is back in service but haven't seen
any stories on it.. Navy/Marines were looking at buying a mothballed C-130J shorty from the RAF to replace it.

5pm local a flight of 4 aircraft Wardog CAP 11? holding for flyover of Naval Academy VFR.
Induction day at the Academy for Class of 2022.

 

[mdmonitor]

1748Z ADS-B showing Cave 17 & Cave 72 doing tight orbits north of Hagerstown, just over the PA border at around 5500 ft.

 

[freqhopping]

1748Z ADS-B showing Cave 17 & Cave 72 doing tight orbits north of Hagerstown, just over the PA border at around 5500 ft.

I was watching those things too. At one point 72 had climbed up to 11k I think it was. They were active yesterday too. Rate of climb of 72 seems to indicate fixed wing.

Something else I noticed today was N948PH S-92A that had come up to DC from the Pax area. Flew through DC, up to Cabin John then around the Beltway back down 295/Anacostia, crossed the river at the WWB, then eventually down I95 past Quantico. Eventually it worked its way back towards Pax. Callsign was DOUBLEDOWN667 displaying DBDN667.

Maybe it's one they're using for testing prior to receiving VH-92s?
Supposedly they've got two S-92s they're testing.

Turns out N948PH has a recent history out of Pax. https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N948PH/history
Started using that callsign on 6/20. Been there since at least March.

 

[Mark]

NASA 524 Falcon 20 or Hu-25A Guardian doing some interesting
race track laps today.. History log shows they have been doing this since 6/18.

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/NASA524/history/20180630/1130Z/KLFI/KCEF

 

[radiolan]

NJ CAP Today ?

Anyone seen / heard anything yesterday or today on the pres. visit to NJ other than the NOTAM ?

I have not ?

 

[Mark]

Anyone seen / heard anything yesterday or today on the pres. visit to NJ other than the NOTAM ?

I have not ?

Not a peep here on radio or mode s..
Guess using standby ground alert fighter CAP if needed.
Sort of unusual.

 

[Tech792]

Anyone seen / heard anything yesterday or today on the pres. visit to NJ other than the NOTAM ?

I have not ?

Only a helicopter was used to chase violators (BOUNCER 1) on 260.9 yesterday.
I pretty sure it was a US Coast Guard helo. No fighters or tankers were ever airborne. I heard them chasing down a Cessna that wouldn't acknowledge the warning on 121.5

 

[Mark]

I guess a CG MH-65D with door gunner could make a mess out of a Cessna
if ordered to.

 

[Mark]

Earlier today had NATION 98 McGuire KC-10 up 1830z headed Southwest
looking for SENTRY ## E-3 type.
Potus was in Greenbrier WV and not much radar coverage in them thar hills.
NATION 98 KC-10 back home McGuire 2135z

 

[freqhopping]

Just had the Netherlands AF KDC-10 over my roof at 2000ft inbound to Dulles. Why's it always have to be dark when the good stuff is right over top of me?

 

[Mark]

2220z VELCRO 04 inbound Andrews from overseas..
This is USAF E-11A Bombardier Glex # 11-9355..
First time mode s logging this one,spends long times hopping mountains overseas for coms.

 

[maus92]

2220z VELCRO 04 inbound Andrews from overseas..
This is USAF E-11A Bombardier Glex # 11-9355..
First time mode s logging this one,spends long times hopping mountains overseas for coms.

Or translating / rebroadcasting incompatible waveforms / dataforms.

 

[freqhopping]

Couple USMC C-130s heading north, working their way through the weather. Hear them on 246.9
2000- Just got a good view of OTIS53/54 passing by at 16k. Heard them with PCT mentioning picking up VR704. Heading toward SLT VOR.
Not doing VR704 today, passed their time block. Maybe tomorrow, someone needs to get some low level work.

 

[Mark]

Or translating / rebroadcasting incompatible waveforms / dataforms.

Yeah google E-11A.. Mainly hangs over mountains in Afghanistan as repeater
so to say relaying coms between the hills.. Interesting aircraft..
Prob will depart later to Texas down with the L-3 crews like the last one did.
Prob ready for a tuneup.

 

[Mark]

Couple USMC C-130s heading north, working their way through the weather. Hear them on 246.9

OTIS 53,54 KC-130J's showing on mode s.Wouldn't surprise me if they work
there way to Europe as 8 Nighthawk MV-22B's HMX-1 went to Lajes the other day with
a couple of McGuire KC-10's.Potus in Europe next week.