Sticky Thread For Mid-Atlantic MilAir 2020

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Offutt's 55th Wing redundant aircraft are taken out of service

Offutt's 55th Wing redundant aircraft are taken out of service As the 55th Wing prepares to temporary operate out of Lincoln Airport starting early next year, while Offutt Air Forc...

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This one is a follow on to Mark's post the other day. It has the tail numbers of all the KC-46s and their units.

• EIGHTH AND NINTH PEGASUS FOR 133RD AIR REFUELING SQUADRON

PUBLISHED: 08 NOVEMBER 2020 LAST UPDATED: 08 NOVEMBER 2020 HITS: 317

Eighth and ninth Pegasus for 133rd Air Refueling Squadron
On the evening of 6 November 2020, two newly assigned Boeing KC-46A tankers, 16-46013 and 18-46053, arrived at Pease Air National Guard Base near Portsmouth (NH).
The delivery of the first Pegasus to New Hampshire ANG's 133rd Air Refueling Squadron Live Free or Die, part of the 157th Air Refueling Wing, was on 8 August 2019.
Since then, deliveries to Pease ANGB have continued steadily. With this latest KC-46As delivered, it is expected that the 133rd ARS/157th ARW soon will have their full complement of tanker aircraft.
The latest Pegasus arrivals will also receive the tail flash graphics, being a blue tailband with the white text "New Hampshire" in it.
The number of KC-46s delivered to operational units has increased to 39. Four units, of which one Air National Guard and one Air Force Reserve Command unit, are operating the new tankers or are in the process of replacing the KC-135R Stratotanker with the new tanker.
22nd ARW (AMC) at McConnell AFB (KS)
15-46009, 16-46016, 16-46017, 16-46022, 16-46023, 17-46026, 17-46030, 17-46031, 17-46035, 17-46036, 17-46037, 17-46038, 18-46039, 18-46040, 18-46042, 18-46043, 18-46044, 18-46045, 18-46048
56th ARS / 97th AMW (AETC) at Altus AFB (OK)
17-46025, 17-46027, 17-46028, 17-46032, 17-46033, 18-46041, 18-46049
133rd ARS NH ANG Live Free or Die / 157th ARW (ANG) at Portsmouth/Pease Intl Tradeport (NH)
16-46013, 16-46015, 16-46018, 16-46019, 17-46029, 17-46034, 18-46047, 18-46050, 18-46053
77th ARS The Totin' Tigers / 916th ARW (AFRC) at Seymour Johnson AFB (NC)
15-46011, 16-46014, 17-46024, 18-46052

 

[AirScan]

Twelve A-10s should be departing from Lajes to KPSM (Pease ANGB or Portsmouth International at Pease as it
is called these days apparently ..... ) at 1000Z/1030Z as TREND 41 and TREND 51 flight.

Shortly after formation breakup TREND 45 declared an emergency due "flight control issues". Continued to PSM and apparently landed without any further problems.

TREND 45 Emergency

Listen to TREND 45 Emergency by Tanker Tracker #np on #SoundCloud

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[Mark]

Short head's up for tomorrow, Sunday November 8.
Twelve A-10s should be departing from Lajes to KPSM (Pease ANGB or Portsmouth International at Pease as it
is called these days apparently ..... ) at 1000Z/1030Z as TREND 41 and TREND 51 flight. They will stay overnight
at Pease and then depart on Monday at 1500Z/1530Z to Boise ANGB. They are under Coronet East 008.

René.

1915z See a BLUE 1 inbound NH area off the Ocean KC-10 86-0032.. 2nd Wave?

 

[Mark]

Odd route inbound Andrews for RCH842T from McGuire.. Spun him up North at FL2k.
Probably got some attention from ground folks in College Park area

1640 local RCH 842T C-17 #03-3125 climbing up back North from Fort Myers area down Florida..

 

[TopGunPhoto]

The IFE for TREND 45 was a stuck aileron, landed without incident.

 

[RaleighGuy]

GOLD79, 62-3578 AE07BE K35R headed north along coast just about at Connecticut

GOLD68, 58-0067, AE0842, headed east over Michigan

 

[BM82557]

GOLD79, 62-3578 AE07BE K35R headed north along coast just about at Connecticut

GOLD68, 58-0067, AE0842, headed east over Michigan

GOLD 79 just landed at Bangor

 

[Mark]

GOLD79, 62-3578 AE07BE K35R headed north along coast just about at Connecticut
GOLD68, 58-0067, AE0842, headed east over Michigan

Nice catches.. so far have
GOLD 67 62-3498 6thAMW MacDill coming North
GOLD 68 58-0067 185AW Iowa ANG into Bangor.
GOLD 69 62-3519 92ARW Fairchild coming East
GOLD 79 62-3578 108Wg NJ ANG
All seem to be staging so far at Bangor..

 

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0900- Infrequent visitor up this way. ADS-B showing Phenom 02 (E-8 JSTARS #92-3289 AE148A GA ANG Warner Robins GA) transiting area at FL270 heading northeast. Went as far as MD/DE line over Eastern Shore then turned around and is orbiting over the PAX restricted areas. Working Bay Watch (270.8).

 

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0935- Brave 1 (F-16 121st FS DC ANG) working Bay Watch (270.8). Brave callsign usually indicates intercept training w/Civil Air Patrol acft. No CAP acft visible on ADS-B so maybe the Braves are working w/JSTARS. At 0955 Brave flt working Bay Watch (270.8) requesting RTB ADW after work with Phenom 02.

0958- Phenom 02 w/Bay Watch (305.2 & 354.8) requesting back to flt plan route after working w/Braves. At 1005 breaks out of orbits & starts heading south at FL270. Working ZDC Salisbury (120.975). Probably heading back to GA.

0959- SAM 141 (C-37 # 99-0402 AE0406) off ADW heading northeast.

 

[mdmonitor]

VX-20, Pax SAR teams assist in rescue of downed Hawkeye crew

Two aircraft crews from NAS Patuxent River played pivotal roles in the rescue of an E-2C Hawkeye crew who had to bail out along the Atlantic Coast recently.

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USNTPS conducts first flight of UH-72A with pitot-static trailing device

The Pitot-Static Evaluation Exercise is one of the first flight exercises conducted as part of the rotary wing syllabus at the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School. The purpose of the

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[mdmonitor]

1008- Salty Dog 511 (F-18 VX-23) working ZDC Patuxent (281.4).

1011- Phenom 02 working ZDC Salisbury (257.7) requesting VHF freq. Given 120.975. Cleared to Dixon NC.

1014- SAM 911 (C-40 # 02-0042 AE11F8) off ADW heading southwest.

 

[AirScan]

Nice catches.. so far have ... All seem to be staging so far at Bangor..

GOLD 67 went all the way to the UK, and at 11:00 EDT there is GOLD 78 out if MEI heading towards BGR.

So far GOLD 67-68-69 and 78-79. Is there going to be a 77 to even it out ?

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[freqhopping]

BULLY flight entering the Quantico range now. 346.25 > 323.7

 

[Mark]

Boxer 98 just flew overhead after KILG
practice approaches.. Guess getting ready.

 

[mdmonitor]

1200- Blue 91 (KC-10 # 87-0121 AE0223) over Harrisburg PA, working Brickyard CP (134.1). Right behind him is Blue 01 (KC-10 # 86-0032 AE022A). Both are coming into WRI from Pease NH taking the long way around (Pease to Buffalo NY area then turning over Harrisburg to WRI).

1208- Salty Dog 527 (F-18 # 169143 AE5B38 VX-23) working in PAX restricted areas.

 

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U.S. Air Force receives first HH-60W Jolly Green II helicopters

The U.S. Air Force received the first two HH-60W Jolly Green II Combat Rescue helicopters, according to a recent service news release. The 23d Wing and 347th Rescue Group leadership received the Air Force’s newest Combat Rescue aircraft on 5 November. The delivery of the new model is significant...

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[mdmonitor]

1330- Glare 12 (MC-11 # 91-00516 AE120B SNC) off Hagerstown working unid ground control (267.35).

1330- Ascot 6652 (C-17 ZZ174 RAF 109th Sqdn Brize Norton UK) working ZNY Harrisburg (133.475) & ZOB Imperial (132.125). Heading southwest.

1335- Hoser 12 (KC-135R # 63-8029 AE05AC 108th ARW NJ ANG) working ZNY Harrisburg (133.475) advising they are not going to WRI but have route change to go to Sea Isle then off the coast.

1340- SAM 122 (C-37 # 18-1947 AE6962) off ADW heading northwest.

1345- Terra 58 (C-32 # 02-4452 AE0449 150th SOS NJ ANG WRI) passing over Harrisburg (133.475) enroute to WRI.

 

[mdmonitor]

1400- Eager 46 (E-6B # 163920 AE0412 VQ-4 Det) off PAX heading southwest.

 

[freqhopping]

1st FW T-38s on 373.1 MIG and BARON flights. BARON seems to be a new callsign.