Sticky Thread For Mid-Atlantic MilAir 2019

[Mark]

Good article on latest Mil ADS-B aircraft status..

Military to Have 2,936 Aircraft with ADS-B (Out) by Jan. 1, Air Force Says - Aviation Today

The Pentagon will have 2,936 aircraft equipped with Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (Out) by the FAA-mandated deadline of Jan. 1, according to the U.S. Air Force, the military service in charge of the effort. That number is just 21 percent of DoD’s total aircraft inventory, but...

www.aviationtoday.com

 

[Mark]

1357 local SKULL 33 with Atlantic City appch 327.125 at FL8k decending to 5k
then later departing Southbound ZDC UHF 1410 local FL210 going to FL 240.
Sounded like a Barksdale Buff visitor on Airshow flyby.

MD ANG A-10's sure been flying a lot over the last 24 hours.. Off to ranges in A/C,Pa
and Pax river. Callsigns COLT,RAVEN and WARDOG.

 

[TerryPavlick]

1357 local SKULL 33 with Atlantic City appch 327.125 at FL8k decending to 5k
then later departing Southbound ZDC UHF 1410 local FL210 going to FL 240.
Sounded like a Barksdale Buff visitor on Airshow flyby.

MD ANG A-10's sure been flying a lot over the last 24 hours.. Off to ranges in A/C,Pa
and Pax river. Callsigns COLT,RAVEN and WARDOG.

Skull 33 passed by here over Sea Isle on the way to Atlantic City. Did a fly by of the air show based on comms on 135.650 Air Boss freq then departed for home going outbound on same routing. Used 127.700 for Washington Center on climb out and then moved to UHF ATC for the next handoff 360.700

Terry

 

[Mark]

0835am local RAPTOR 01 flight of 2 on ZDC high 353.950 no joy so push
ZDC Sea Isle 281.450 at FL390. I guess F-22 Demo team enroute their next show in Rochester NY.
RAPTOR 2 pilot has UK accent? The 94th FS at Langley does have a RAF exchange pilot.
0854am RAPTOR 1 on ZDC Boston 290.350 says destination Rochester NY eta 1305z
leaving FL330 to FL200.

 

[TerryPavlick]

Had Tester 1 at 5500 feet in route to McGuire on 314.00 Pax River to 257.875 Dover to 327.125 ACY to 363.800 McGuire
Code AE68FD self id as T38 aircraft

Thunderbird 1 on McGuire approach 124.15 at 12:52Z

Now a second T38 .... Duster 2 so perhaps Tester 1 was really Duster 1 The controller at Atlantic City makes it easier to understand since you can hear both sides of the conversation.

 

[Mark]

0920am local UHF really carrying down here well this morning.
BULLY 01 flight going to Watertown ZNY Phillipsburg 306.200
GUNNY flight on ZNY Bigfoot 270.300 enroute Syracuse.
BULLY flight push 273.600 ZNY Mtn High from 270.300
9:33am BULLY 1 will be working "Viper West" on ZNY 353.925

 

[Tech792]

May be related to your activity this morning:

24 military jets conduct military flyover over Hudson River

NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- 24 military jets will be conducting a military flyover on the Hudson River towards the Statue of Liberty Thursday morning.

1010wins.radio.com

 

[Mark]

May be related to your activity this morning

Rgr Tech didn't copy any of those guys as too far and low for me.
Too bad they didn't wait till Friday as some Summer haze clearly over the area.
Looks like small jet (Red Arrow spare?) chasing combined group for photos I assume and two F-22's and two F-35B's
in the mix?

 

[Mark]

Seems the very last C-17 white tail owned by Boeing finally enroute to India today.
Was down Texas recently getting fitted as BOEING 72. Logged here today I think into Dover mode s.
(A2B02D) N272ZD #14-0003 C-17 showing IFC3719 1750z down to 5k. Maybe will go with India mode s upon departure.

Final C-17 Heavy Jet Joins Indian Air Force In Q3 2019

The Indian Air Force will receive its last hard-fought C-17 transport aircraft in September 2019.

www.livefistdefence.com

 

[Mark]

Rgr Tech didn't copy any of those guys as too far and low for me.
Too bad they didn't wait till Friday as some Summer haze clearly over the area.
Looks like small jet (Red Arrow spare?) chasing combined group for photos I assume and two F-22's and two F-35B's
in the mix?

Just noticed the Blue Angels scratched this flight.. Something about Operational issues elsewhere.
The F-22's filled in fine though..
That was the spare Red Arrow that took pics... Copyright Crown Pics.

Check Out These Stunning Images Of The Rare NYC Flyover Featuring the Thunderbirds, the Red Arrows, F-22s and F-35s

What a flypast over Hudson River. History was made on Aug. 22, 2019, as the U.S. Air Force's Thunderbirds, the RAF's Red Arrows (the Royal Air Force

theaviationist.com

 

[TerryPavlick]

LEROY 11 (flight of 3 helos 11 - 12 -13) headed to Hudson River route
VFR at about 10K
Working Washington Center on 127.700 AM....on to 307.800 AM NY Center - flight descending to 3K and now on 124.600 ACY approach
Air/Air on 227.525 AM

 

[Mark]

LEROY 11 (flight of 3 helos 11 - 12 -13) headed to Hudson River route
VFR at about 10K
Working Washington Center on 127.700 AM....on to 307.800 AM NY Center - flight descending to 3K and now on 124.600 ACY approach
Air/Air on 227.525 AM

Nice catch! Ron's list has LEROY as
LEROY MH-60, 160 SOAR, Ft Campbell KY
I guess with cloud/rain deck being up at 10k in the clear but hard to believe they were VFR in those conditions.
I guess go back to IFR when back down into the soup.

 

[Tech792]

I notice, the Hudson River seems to be a popular destination here in the NE

 

[Mark]

Seems an Eastbound Altrav coming soon up the East Coast...
ROMA 82 58-0072 171ARW to Dover this evening.
ROMA 72 61-0264 Ohio ANG also to Dover.
ROMA 61,81 McGuire KC-10's to Bangor Maine.. ROMA 71 KC-10 missing so far.
The KC-135's will prob just do the topoffs up the East Coast and the KC-10's for the crossing.

 

[Mark]

All 3 KC-10's ROMA 61,71,81 into UK today..
Heard first wave of TREND11 flight of 4 with Tanker ROMA 62 early this morning before work
on 396.200.
Report was F-15's from 492nd returning to Lakenheath UK.

 

[Mark]

8:00pm local AF-1 92-9000 showing mode s dropping down to 15k.

 

[Mark]

2:30PM local a MYTEE 51 B-52 showing off from Barksdale.
Rumor has enroute Fairford UK so may be thru here.
Already at least 3 B-2's at Fairford for Ample Strike 2019 Aug 29 thru Sept 20.
AR-20 Has Res 2015z-2115z FL230-260 today.

 

[mdmonitor]

0935 EDT-- Venus 41 (C-37 # 97-0401 89th AS ADW) doing pattern work at DOV (132.425).

0950 EDT-- Northrop Grumman CRJ-7 N805X working on Northrop discrete (123.225)

 

[BM82557]

94-0260 RC-26 (520278/Allied 1 on ads-b) has been in the MRB area this afternoon

 

[Mark]

Army Choppers on the move.. Maybe headed to McGuire or a Sea Port somewhere?

HANOVER TWP., Pa. (WPVI) -- If you see groups of military helicopters transiting the skies of the Lehigh Valley today don't be alarmed.
A spokesperson for the Lehigh Valley International Airport has put out the word that 23 choppers belonging to the 10th Mountain Division Combat Aviation Brigade out of Fort Drum New York will be flying in the area today.
The helicopters are to land at the airport, refuel and then depart.
The group includes AH-64 Apache Attack helicopters and CH-47 Chinook transport helicopters.
The crews and machines are reportedly being deployed to Afghanistan as part of a counter-terrorism mission