Sticky Thread For Mid-Atlantic MilAir 2020

[Mark]

2010 local A CASTLE 13 flight of two C-130J's off KILG came West out of KILG and turned Southeast over Cecil county
easily visible at FL 2100 feet going to 2,700 feet. Gave ETA on their Ops and missed it on 343.000
84-0212 and 84-0213

 

[Dutchmil]

Good evening,

RCH081 and RCH082 were passing through Boston airspace this afternoon with three Norwegian F-35s.
The tankers were up with Boston center on 128.200, but I never heard the fighters. Did anyone pick them up ?

Map of their routing:

 

[rjsincs]

Grifn15 P8 Posieden doing touch and go's at KAVP 8pm local.

 

[Mark]

Good evening,

RCH081 and RCH082 were passing through Boston airspace this afternoon with three Norwegian F-35s.
The tankers were up with Boston center on 128.200, but I never heard the fighters. Did anyone pick them up ?

Map of their routing:

View attachment 85576

Yeah watched them this morning Rene but no coms here.. Must have been up North of us here staging.
They were playing tag with each other up over and out of Maine.
Also saw a ROMA 02 KC-10 79-0434 into UK shortly after from Mcguire.

 

[Mark]

2010 local A CASTLE 13 flight of two C-130J's off KILG came West out of KILG and turned Southeast over Cecil county
easily visible at FL 2100 feet going to 2,700 feet. Gave ETA on their Ops and missed it on 343.000
84-0212 and 84-0213

Castle flights seem to be headed to Atlantic City..

 

[Dutchmil]

Yeah watched them this morning Rene but no coms here.. Must have been up North of us here staging.
They were playing tag with each other up over and out of Maine.
Also saw a ROMA 02 KC-10 79-0434 into UK shortly after from Mcguire.

Yes, they were routing via Albany to Bangor. The ROMAs are supporting the return of the Mountain Home
F-15s to CONUS over the next few days, should be good listening .... take care.

 

[Mark]

Yes, they were routing via Albany to Bangor. The ROMAs are supporting the return of the Mountain Home
F-15s to CONUS over the next few days, should be good listening .... take care.

Thanks..Maybe will get lucky and MT Home guys will route thru SJ but probably will stay
way North of us this time of year.. They usually do Bangor then loop Northwest for home but fingers crossed.
Dont get many F-15 Altravs ever since Langley traded them in for F-22's.

 

[mdmonitor]

Today's logs

((Times are EST))

((Some acft idents from ADS-B Exchange website Some logs taken from LiveATC feeds))

ADW: ((A/D 118.95/257.2, 125.65/348.725, tower 118.4/349.0))

0838- Venus 91 (C-32 # 98-0001 ADFEB7 1st AS) off ADW heading northeast.

0900- Reach 344T (C-17 # 97-0047 AE07F9 437th AMW Charleston AFB SC) off ADW heading south.

1045- Reach 347T (C-17 # 00-0181 AE0817 62nd AW McChord AFB WA) off ADW heading south east. Worked ZDC Montebello (121.675)

1135- Mussel 11 flt ( 2 X UH-1s 1st Helo Sqdn) off ADW for low level flt along Potomac River to Brandywine Comms Site.

1550- Wild flt (2 X F-16s 121st FS DC ANG) land at ADW.

1635- SAM 764 (C-37 # 97-0400 AE010D 89th AS) off ADW heading south Maybe VIP for launch tomorrow?

1650- Mussel 12 (UH-1 1st Helo Sqdn) w.1st Helo Ops (293.6) requesting ILS patterns at ADW.

1750- Boxer 41 (C-40 # 02-0202 AE1167 201st AS DC ANG) land at ADW. Came in from MCAS Beaufort SC.

1810- Reach 210 (C-17 # 00-0184 AE08BE 62nd AW McChord AFB WA ) off of ADW heading west.

1815- Reach 706 (C-17 # 10-0221 AE4F15 ) off of ADW heading east.

2045- SAM 780 (C-37 # 97-0400 AE010D 89th AS) land at ADW. Came in from Patrick AFB FL



PAX: ((A/D 120.05/121.0/250.3/281.8/314.0 Bay Watch 119.275/256.5/270.8/305.2/354.8/355.8))

0955- Score 50 (C-38 # 94-1570 AE0110 VX-20) off PAX up to Harrisburg (124.1) for local ops.

1530- Score 60 (KC-130 # 162310 AE03C4 VX-20) local ops. RTB PAX 1705.

2015- Chuff 67 (E-6B TACAMO # 162784 AE040F VQ-4 Tinker AFB OK) land at PAX. Came in from Tinker via detour to Gulf Coast off southern FL then up to PAX. An 8 hour mission.

2015- Score 01 (KC-130J # 166381 AE08DC VX-20) off PAX heading west.



DOV: ((A/D 132.425/257.875 tower 126.35/279.625 CP 349.4))

0925- Reach 113 (C-17 # 96-0005 AE07EF ) land at DOV. Depart DOV at 1045 heading northeast.

0947- Royal 50 (C-17 # 07-7176 AE146E 3rd AS) off of DOV heading east over the Atlantic. Then came back to WRI & ACY for local ops before RTB DOV

1130- Hagar 88 (C-5M # 85-0007 AE0564 9th AS) of DOV heading northeast.

1130- Pitt 50 (C-17 # 93-0601 AE07DB 758th AS AFRC Pittsburgh) local ops at DOV.

1605- Reach 210 (C-17 # 00-0184 AE08BE 62nd AW McChord AFB WA) land at DOV. Came in from Ramstein GE.

1945- Jumbo 71 (C-5M # 83-1285 AE0559 9th AS) local ops then headed out over Atlantic inW107/108 to meet up with Topcat 8 (KC-135R # 62-3508 AE05A5 108th AMW WRI) for probably some AAR training.





GIANTKILLER: ((W107/108 135.725/255.0 W386 118.125/238.1/249.8))

1150- Wild flt (2 X F-16s 121st FS DC ANG ) & Scary flt (2 X F-16s) working in W107/108 (339.725). RTB ADW at 1235.

1200- Score 79 (P-8 # 167954 AE0222F VX-20) off PAX heading east over the Atlantic. Worked ZDC Cape Charles (132.55). Check in w/GK (249.8 & 312.2) advised will be working w/Score 73. Tried to contact Score 73 (320.45) but no joy. Working w/Score 70 at FL400.

1212- Score 70 (E-6B # 164410 AE041C VX-20) off PAX heading east out to W386. Works in W386 & Atlantic Test Track most of the afternoon. RTB PAX at 1700.



OTHER:

0743- Reach 347T (C-17 # 00-0181 AE0817 167th AS WVA ANG Martinsburg) off Martinsburg heading east. for landing at ADW. Worked Griffin CP (378.1) reporting missed approach due to fog & will go around and try again.

0905- Coast Guard 101 (C-37 # 101 CGAS Wash DCA) off DCA heading southwest. Worked ZDC Montebello (121.675)

0930- Toxic 62 (C-12 # 96-00112 ADFF00 Army Chemical & Biological Cmd APG MD) off Phillips AAF heading south.

1030- Raven Flt (2 X A-10Cs (104th FS MD ANG Martin State) & Colt flt (2 X A10cs) off Martin State & working Raven Ops (275.7) w/PIREP & discretes (266.6 & 293.3). Return to Martin State at 1150.

1130- Decoy 99 (C-17 # 94-0069 AE07EC 167th AS WVA ANG Martinsburg) off Martinsburg to Harrisburg for local ops.

1145- Baton 54 (EC-130J # 00-1934 AE067E 93rd SOG PA ANG Harrisburg) off Harrisburg heading east over the Atlantic in W107/108 & W386. Worked ZDC Woodstown (125.45) cleared to FL230. RTB Harrisburg 1525.

1950- Baton 20 (EC-130J # 97-1931 AE0252 93rd SOG PA ANG Harrisburg PA) local ops at ACY.

1955 Tiger 19 (P-8 VP-8 NAS Jacksonville FL) working ZNY Harrisburg (132.2) then QSY to Harrisburg (124.1) for local ops before RTB NAS Jacksonville. Not showing on ADS-B.

2000- Griffin 15 (P-8 AE67CD VP-16 NAS Jacksonville FL) local ops at Scranton/Wilkes-Barre

2000- COTAM 4205 (French AF A-400 # 0095 3B7763) off Dulles heading northeast. Worked ZDC Woodstown (125.45). QSY'ed to ZNY Kennedy (125.325)

 

[freqhopping]

Just noticing this new FBI GLF5 tonight. N708JH as JENA626 inbound for Manassas from DCA.

166381 C-130 showing as SCORE01 is actually SCORE59 on 126.1

 

[Tech792]

2050 local- DH8C (15-00338) out of Manassas doing the usual patterns around Lakehurst NAS. No comms noted yet.

 

[ra7850]

View attachment 85577View attachment 85578 Grifn15 P8 Posieden doing touch and go's at KAVP 8pm local.

From my FlightAware.

Robert

 

[BM82557]

Ron, I had it on the way north as AE686A ---

1955 Tiger 19 (P-8 VP-8 NAS Jacksonville FL) working ZNY Harrisburg (132.2) then QSY to Harrisburg (124.1) for local ops before RTB NAS Jacksonville. Not showing on ADS-B.

Oops!!! Sorry Travis, I missed your post #2039 about this

 

[Mark]

Good evening,

RCH081 and RCH082 were passing through Boston airspace this afternoon with three Norwegian F-35s.
The tankers were up with Boston center on 128.200, but I never heard the fighters. Did anyone pick them up ?

Map of their routing:

View attachment 85576

10 hour flight for the F-35's.. They fly direct from Texas?

Norway receives three newest F-35 stealth fighters

The three new F-35A multi-role aircraft of the Royal Norwegian Air Force (RoNAF) landed at Orland Air Force Station in central Norway on 26 May after more than 10 hours in the air from the United States. “The three newest editions to Norways increasing fleet of F-35 fighter aircraft arrived at...

defence-blog.com

 

[brianmanig]

10 hour flight for the F-35's.. They fly direct from Texas?

Norway receives three newest F-35 stealth fighters

The three new F-35A multi-role aircraft of the Royal Norwegian Air Force (RoNAF) landed at Orland Air Force Station in central Norway on 26 May after more than 10 hours in the air from the United States. “The three newest editions to Norways increasing fleet of F-35 fighter aircraft arrived at...

defence-blog.com

Yes it appears they flew direct from TX. Think it was just over 9 hour flight. That’s a long one!

 

[NYAirOne]

I use to have a Tram 1410 and then I swapped it out for an Antenna Specialists MON-58 ground plane since I always used AS antennas over the years. At the same height on the mast. The Tram performed better. I'm thinking of switching it back. I also had the Scantenna years ago which did very well but the elements would break after a while.

Anyone on here using a DPD OmniX milair antenna? Been thinking of getting one for awhile but can never find anyone with real world comparison. I have a Radio Shack ST4 now at about 30ft. Figure if I get a 5ft roof tripod and 10ft mast I could bring it up to about 45ft. I have the good Davis bury flex coax on the ST4.

 

[freqhopping]

AF1 92-9000 and 09-0015 are currently enroute to FL. AF2 98-0002 went down there several hours ago.

 

[BM82557]

MUSEL16 out and about this afternoon -

 

[Mark]

Any locals remember these guys formerly based at Andrews?
Long way from Andrews now.
(

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1265311779019722755

)

 

[jsoergel]

Mark I see him too. But Tiger17 is working Harrisburg A/D on 124.1 and Griffin 15 is up near Allentown. Tigers are VP-8 & Griffins are VP-16 from Jacksonville.

Griffins are actually the parent wing at Jacksonville, CPRW-11.

 

[mdmonitor]

Any locals remember these guys formerly based at Andrews?
Long way from Andrews now.
(

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1265311779019722755

)

Mark

I remember them. Had several Star Wars related calls they used (Vader, etc).