Sticky Thread For Mid-Atlantic MilAir 2020

[Mark]

1307 EST- ADS-B showing E-6B TACAMO # 164410 overflying Pax River at low alt probably getting ready to land.

This E-6B tail 164410 has been showing SCORE72 since last September. Wonder when the regular Navy will get her back?

 

[mdmonitor]

This E-6B tail 164410 has been showing SCORE72 since last September. Wonder when the regular Navy will get her back?

Mark

That explains the odd flt pattern. Probably testing some new system.

 

[mdmonitor]

1650 EST--ADS-B showing EC-130J # 98-1392 (93rd SOG PA ANG Harrisburg ) departing Harrisburg & heading out to the Atlantic Test Track off the NJ/DEcoast.

1712 EST- Pioneer 08 (P-8 # 169542 VX-1) departing Pax River (135.625) & heading southwest towards Richmond.

 

[mdmonitor]

1725 EST-- Air Force 2 (C-32A # 98-0001) departing ADW & heading northwest. VPOTUS maybe going home to Indiana.

 

[mdmonitor]

Mystic 61 very active this evening doing repeated orbits over the Wash DC area at FL120.

 

[radiolan]

0420 local no call sign but:
mode s: 15-00338 / AE5C8F / flt. # R50338 / Army DH8C-RO/6A passing through area after 5 hour flight out of / into Manassas.
Spent 3 hours over Toms River with increasing then decreasing distance from LH doing parallel tracks SE of and perpendicular to Lakehurst.
Heard on 230.875 initially on return to Manassas with radio check. Indicated that if comms were not good, will switch to 223.000 FM.
Indicated reading 5x5, how me on 230.875 ? One minute later comes up on 223.000 FM and indicates 'resetting mini-router'.
Then, (sounds like) 'APG338 up in pigeon' ??
Is 223.000 FM common for anything ?

 

[mdmonitor]

0420 local no call sign but:
mode s: 15-00338 / AE5C8F / flt. # R50338 / Army DH8C-RO/6A passing through area after 5 hour flight out of / into Manassas.
Spent 3 hours over Toms River with increasing then decreasing distance from LH doing parallel tracks SE of and perpendicular to Lakehurst.
Heard on 230.875 initially on return to Manassas with radio check. Indicated that if comms were not good, will switch to 223.000 FM.
Indicated reading 5x5, how me on 230.875 ? One minute later comes up on 223.000 FM and indicates 'resetting mini-router'.
Then, (sounds like) 'APG338 up in pigeon' ??
Is 223.000 FM common for anything ?

Jack

I'm guessing that APG is Aberdeen Proving Ground in northern MD.

 

[mdmonitor]

1202 EST- Drago 51 flt (2 acft) w/ZDC Calvert (281.4). Also on discrete (236.55)

 

[mdmonitor]

1245 EST--ADS-B showing KC-46A # 16-4609 (Pack 41) from NH ANG at Pease doing some low level activity at Atlantic City & McGuire.

 

[mdmonitor]

1410 EST-- ADS-B showing both 82-8000 & 92-9000 having departed ADW both carrying callsign AF1. 82-8000 is heading northwest & 92-9000 heading southwest.

 

[krokus]

1410 EST-- ADS-B showing both 82-8000 & 92-9000 having departed ADW both carrying callsign AF1. 82-8000 is heading northwest & 92-9000 heading southwest.

They are heading to the Detroit area, scheduled to land at Selfridge ANGB.

 

[Tech792]

0420 local no call sign but:
mode s: 15-00338 / AE5C8F / flt. # R50338 / Army DH8C-RO/6A passing through area after 5 hour flight out of / into Manassas.
Spent 3 hours over Toms River with increasing then decreasing distance from LH doing parallel tracks SE of and perpendicular to Lakehurst.
Heard on 230.875 initially on return to Manassas with radio check. Indicated that if comms were not good, will switch to 223.000 FM.
Indicated reading 5x5, how me on 230.875 ? One minute later comes up on 223.000 FM and indicates 'resetting mini-router'.
Then, (sounds like) 'APG338 up in pigeon' ??
Is 223.000 FM common for anything ?

Thats odd. 220 MHz to 225 MHz is the 1.25 cm ham band
That testing goes on almost daily. It's usually the DH8C's or the RC-12 variants

 

[radiolan]

Jack

I'm guessing that APG is Aberdeen Proving Ground in northern MD.

Thanks Ron, makes sense.

 

[radiolan]

Thats odd. 220 MHz to 225 MHz is the 1.25 cm ham band
That testing goes on almost daily. It's usually the DH8C's or the RC-12 variants

I agree. It is odd. That whole 5 Mhz segment is not all ham. I believe that 220-222 is allocated outside of amateur use. FedX as well as others have digital data transfers below the hams. Still, 223.000 ?

 

[freqhopping]

1720- Now have orderwire on 338.95 that must be E-6B 163920 TERSE76. I could make out that it's heading to home station.

 

[mdmonitor]

Thanks Ron, makes sense.

Was able find out that Army 338 belongs to Leidos (DOD contractor) flying the Northrop Grumman Vader pod.

 

[TerryPavlick]

1720- Now have orderwire on 338.95 that must be E-6B 163920 TERSE76. I could make out that it's heading to home station.

At 22:50 Z I started picking up a pulsing sound on 337.400 (sounds like someone opening and closing my squelch in FM really fast.

Terry

 

[radiolan]

Was able find out that Army 338 belongs to Leidos (DOD contractor) flying the Northrop Grumman Vader pod.

wow ! that's big. THANKS Terry ! Will pursue this tomorrow as this is my bedtime. Getting older but due to rise at ~ 2am.

 

[TerryPavlick]

wow ! that's big. THANKS Terry ! Will pursue this tomorrow as this is my bedtime. Getting older but due to rise at ~ 2am.

Jack - credit goes to Ron on that discovery.

Terry

 

[mdmonitor]

Jack - credit goes to Ron on that discovery.

Terry

Guys,

If I remember correctly awhile ago (over the last year or so) I heard some Northrop Grumman acft operating over the Eastern Shore & Delaware (Georgetown). The acft were working with a callsign Speilberg who was definitely on the ground and appeared to be moving to different locations so the acft could track him.

I'd be willing to bet my house that that activity was related to the development of the Vader pod.

Story on the Vader Pod

VADER radar to thwart roadside bombers

U.S. forces will soon have another tool to add to their growing arsenal of counter-improvised explosive device technologies with the introduction of recently developed man-hunting radar, reports William Matthews at Defense News.

defensesystems.com