Sticky Thread For Mid-Atlantic MilAir 2020

[mdmonitor]

1100 EST-- SAM 400 (C-37B # 97-0400 AE10D) departed ADW & is heading west. Everyone getting out of town and heading west for the POTUS west coast swing.

 

[mdmonitor]

1150 EST--United Arab Emirates C-17 # 1224 (896C2C) passing over Wash DC at FL330 and heading northeast.

 

[mdmonitor]

1240 EST--Belgian AF C-130 CH07 (44F427) departed ADW & heading west.

1310 EST--SAM 296 (C-32A # 98-001 ADFEB7) landing at ADW.

 

[mdmonitor]

1439 EST--Reach 200T (C-17 # 06-6158 AE145C) landing at ADW.

 

[mdmonitor]

1745 EST-- ADS-B shows C-17 # 07-7170 (AE036F) coming from the west and landing at MCAF Quantico.

 

[Mark]

Fairly new Navy tail mode s thru here today to St Johns at FL370 1950z
(AE638D) #169792 CNV4501 C-40/B737 based in Hawaii I think for VR-51 Windjammers.
Rare on East Coast.

 

[MilAirNJ]

Does anyone have any idea what type of plane this is? Possibly a drone? Slow speeds and low altitude. ICAO is ~E052D4. Took off around McGuire and did a loop around KACY then headed back to McGuire area
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[ra7850]

Does anyone have any idea what type of plane this is? Possibly a drone? Slow speeds and low altitude. ICAO is ~E052D4. Took off around McGuire and did a loop around KACY then headed back to McGuire area
View attachment 80625 .

Ill take a look at my logs and see if I can find it.

Robert

 

[Tech792]

Probably a helicopter Sometimes they only show the generic plane symbol.

 

[ra7850]

Ill take a look at my logs and see if I can find it.

Robert

Couldn't find it in my logs here.

Robert

 

[krokus]

Couldn't find it in my logs here.

Robert

Anyone able to check the archive on liveatc.net?

 

[Mark]

Nothing here ever but that E05 is allocated in Argentina mode s range..

Maybe Navy testing out a P-3C for Argentina?

Argentina Is Getting Four Ex-U.S. Navy P-3C Patrol Planes

The U.S. State Department has signed off on Argentina’s proposed purchase of four ex-U.S. Navy P-3C patrol planes. The $78-million acquisition, should Buenos Aires follow through on it, would continue the slow regeneration of Argentina’s air power. The P-3C deal, which the State Department...

nationalinterest.org

 

[mdmonitor]

1440 EST- ADS-B showing AF1 (VC-25 # 82-8000) departed Andrews followed by VC-25 # 92-9000 as back up. Both heading west.

 

[rjsincs]

1440 EST- ADS-B showing AF1 (VC-25 # 82-8000) departed Andrews followed by VC-25 # 92-9000 as back up. Both heading west.

I have noticed he takes 2 with him quite often anymore. Is that in response to something new? I don't remember seeing it domestically until recently.

 

[RaleighGuy]

I have noticed he takes 2 with him quite often anymore. Is that in response to something new? I don't remember seeing it domestically until recently.

Used to see 09-0015 and 09-0016 as BUs/Decoys whereever POTUS was, but haven't seen that pair lately (did see 09-0015 heading back from Daytona. But the pairing of 82-8000 and 92-9000 has been relatively new, I believe.

 

[krokus]

I have noticed he takes 2 with him quite often anymore. Is that in response to something new? I don't remember seeing it domestically until recently.

One for the ego?

 

[mdmonitor]

1715 EST- ADS-B showing EC-130J # 99-1833 (AE04A0) from PA ANG (193rd SOS) in Harrisburg doing low level (6,000ft) orbits over Delaware in the vicinity of DOV. Looks like he's headed back to Harrisburg maybe passing right over Mark's house.

1725 EST--E6B TACAMO # 164782 (callsign Binge 06--AE040D) arriving at Pax River from the south.

1732 EST-- Medusa 01 (KC-46 Pegasus # 17-04631 (AE5E0C) landing at ADW.

 

[mdmonitor]

1917 EST--E6B TACAMO # 164782 (callsign Vine 07) is off again. Heading out northeast over the Atlantic.

1925 EST--DeeCee 01 (KC-135R # 62-3556) doing pattern work in ADW area. 01 is usually sqdn cmdr's callsign. At 1942 EST DeeCee 01 heading south west into VA.

Looks like busy night for local flying in our are. In addition to the DeeCee there are several MD ArNG UH-72 flitting about in Edgewood/Aberdeen area and a 436th AMW C-17 (Royal 50) in local area work at DOV.

1937 EST-- Jumbo 71 (C-5M # 85-0003 AE0561) calling on AR primary (274.45). Currently at FL190 passing just north of Hagerstown heading northwest.

 

[mdmonitor]

2018 EST-- Reach 205 (C-17 # 95-0105 AE07EB) land at DOV.

2021 EST-- EC-130J # 99-1933 (193rd SOS AE04A0) pattern work at Harrisburg then heading south east towards Philly.

 

[Mark]

I have noticed he takes 2 with him quite often anymore. Is that in response to something new? I don't remember seeing it domestically until recently.

Actually in older days there was always both of the big VC-25's up domestically but in past few years each of the VC-25 tails
were down for long periods for overhaul upgrades one at a time so they turned to the C-32A's a lot more often for backups.
Now more back the way it was till we get the new B747-800 monsters someday... Will make current 747's look smaller

Boeing mock up image of new AF-1 747-800 design and stats.

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