Sticky Thread For Mid-Atlantic MilAir 2020

[Mark]

50 more C-130J types on the way over the next 5 years,mainly the Special Ops types.

Lockheed announces newest mega-contract for 50 Super Hercules aircraft

Pentagon’s No.1 weapons supplier Lockheed Martin Corp announced on Monday that it will deliver 50 C-130J Super Hercules tactical airlifts to the U.S. government through a C-130J Multiyear III award, which was finalized by the U.S. government on Dec. 27, 2019. The award comes as a delivery order...

defence-blog.com

 

[WA3CSX]

Anyone have a list of the most active MD ANG frequencies?

 

[mdmonitor]

Anyone have a list of the most active MD ANG frequencies?

The ones I hear the most are:

266.6 (A-A)
271.4 (A-A)
275.7 (Raven Ops)
293.3 (A-A)

 

[rjsincs]

The ones I hear the most are:

266.6 (A-A)
271.4 (A-A)
275.7 (Raven Ops)
293.3 (A-A)

What kind of range would you expect these to have? I would guess 50-100 miles? I'm in northeast PA and never hear anything. I'm assuming I am way too far.

 

[mdmonitor]

What kind of range would you expect these to have? I would guess 50-100 miles? I'm in northeast PA and never hear anything. I'm assuming I am way too far.

I hear them within a 100 mile radius of Baltimore---all depending on at what altitude they are flying. I hear then well when they go to the Kiowa range at Ft Indiantown Gap PA (near Hershey) but seldom hear them when they go to the Warren Grove range (NJ Pinelands).

They also sometimes go up to the Duke MOA in NY but that's too far away for me to hear them.

 

[Tech792]

I miss the good old days when the A10s (Martin, Barnes and Bradley) would chit chat on the handful of low band channels while going back and forth between the various ranges.

 

[mdmonitor]

I miss the good old days when the A10s (Martin, Barnes and Bradley) would chit chat on the handful of low band channels while going back and forth between the various ranges.

Yea,

The MD ANG guys used a coupe of LVHF freqs in the 39-41 MHz range.

 

[freqhopping]

I just had a VH-92 fly past me heading towards Mt Weather. NIGHTHAWK-13

Also hearing the 'JTAC' freq for the Quantico Range with AXEMAN A-10s. 326.4

A-10 playtime is up. Pilot (female) says they can wrap with a show of force. Also on 346.25 Quantico SUA.
Debrief in 1.5 hours after they land.

 

[freqhopping]

RO-6A 15-00577 has just come out of Manassas and heading towards Hagerstown.

 

[Mark]

2145 local ASCOT 4512 A400 ZM407 inbound Dover AFB runway 1 appch 132.425
I'm sure at night time after long flight from St Johns via UK that 200 foot wide concrete runway looks good
Don't get many RAF A400's into Dover.
Red Flag 2020 coming up Jan 27. May get some RAF F-35B's and Typhoons thru here on the way depending
on route they take.. Usually Winter they try and stay South sometimes thru Bermuda.

 

[rjsincs]

I hear them within a 100 mile radius of Baltimore---all depending on at what altitude they are flying. I hear then well when they go to the Kiowa range at Ft Indiantown Gap PA (near Hershey) but seldom hear them when they go to the Warren Grove range (NJ Pinelands).

They also sometimes go up to the Duke MOA in NY but that's too far away for me to hear them.

I frequently go into the Lehigh Valley for work so maybe I would pick something up while I'm down there. Thanks!

 

[Mark]

2145 local ASCOT 4512 A400 ZM407 inbound Dover AFB runway 1 appch 132.425
I'm sure at night time after long flight from St Johns via UK that 200 foot wide concrete runway looks good.

Correction came in from Gander CYQX. Bet a bit warmer down this way.
That A400 prop type not a speedy plane at 400mph as took almost 4 hours down to here and over 6 hours on previous hop.
A cross between a C-17 and C-130

RRR4512 UK Royal Air Force Transport Flight Tracking and History 15-Jan-2020 (CYQX-KDOV) - FlightAware

Track UK Royal Air Force Transport #4512 flight from Gander Int'l to Dover Air Force Base

flightaware.com

 

[mdmonitor]

I just had a VH-92 fly past me heading towards Mt Weather. NIGHTHAWK-13

Also hearing the 'JTAC' freq for the Quantico Range with AXEMAN A-10s. 326.4

A-10 playtime is up. Pilot (female) says they can wrap with a show of force. Also on 346.25 Quantico SUA.
Debrief in 1.5 hours after they land.

Travis

Nice catch. Didn't know the MD ANGs A-10s went down to that range.

Will plug those freqs in but I think I'm too far away to catch them at low altitude.

And thanks for the two freqs. Will add them to my Mid Atlantic Milair list.

 

[freqhopping]

Travis

Nice catch. Didn't know the MD ANGs A-10s went down to that range.

Will plug those freqs in but I think I'm too far away to catch them at low altitude.

And thanks for the two freqs. Will add them to my Mid Atlantic Milair list.

Yeah, first time and last time (?) I heard 326.4 used was when the MD A-10s came down to play for TBS training a few years ago.

 

[Mark]

Three New Textron Beech B350 types for National Nuclear Security Admin (NNSA) delivered recently at Andrews.
Logged one mode s here yesterday..
(A20F84) N2317 B350 showing callsign ENRGY17
The other 2 new ones are
N2316 and N2319 seen in video below.Seems they are retiring the old Beech 200 types.
https://www.defensenews.com/video/2019/12/20/meet-the-nnsas-new-aircraft-defense-news-weekly-extra/

 

[mdmonitor]

1004 EST-- MD ANG A-10s working w/Harrisburg Approach (273.525) on way to Kiowa Range.

 

[mdmonitor]

Three New Textron Beech B350 types for National Nuclear Security Admin (NNSA) delivered recently at Andrews.
Logged one mode s here yesterday..
(A20F84) N2317 B350 showing callsign ENRGY17
The other 2 new ones are
N2316 and N2319 seen in video below.Seems they are retiring the old Beech 200 types.
https://www.defensenews.com/video/2019/12/20/meet-the-nnsas-new-aircraft-defense-news-weekly-extra/

Three New Textron Beech B350 types for National Nuclear Security Admin (NNSA) delivered recently at Andrews.
Logged one mode s here yesterday..
(A20F84) N2317 B350 showing callsign ENRGY17
The other 2 new ones are
N2316 and N2319 seen in video below.Seems they are retiring the old Beech 200 types.
https://www.defensenews.com/video/2019/12/20/meet-the-nnsas-new-aircraft-defense-news-weekly-extra/

Mark

I used to hear the old ones i.e. Energy 51 quite often but haven't heard them in quite awhile.

Will keep an ear out for the new ones.

The NSSA acft at Andrews used to be part of WAMO (Washington Area Monitoring Office)

 

[mdmonitor]

Mark post on the new Dept of Energy acft got me to thinking.

For those of you with ADS-B receivers below is my list of Dept of Energy acft. Not all of them are with the NSSA and not sure how many of them are still around.

N-number : N45NA (Energy 45)

Owner Name : NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
Owner Address : PO BOX 5400
ALBUQUERQUE, NM, 87185-5400

N-number : N6451D (Energy 51)
Aircraft Serial Number : BB-1009
Aircraft Manufacturer : BEECH
Model : B200
Owner Name : UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Owner Address : 232 ENERGY WAY # 8
NORTH LAS VEGAS, NV, 89030-4199

N-number : N318PB
Aircraft Serial Number : 36478
Aircraft Manufacturer : BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON CANADA
Model : 412EP
Aircraft Year :
Owner Name : US DEPT OF ENERGY PACIFIC NW SITE OFFICE
Owner Address : 3230 Q AVE ETB BLDG
RICHLAND, WA, 99352

N-number : N791BP
Aircraft Serial Number : FL-551
Aircraft Manufacturer : HAWKER BEECHCRAFT CORP
Model : B300
Owner Name : U S DEPT OF ENERGY
Owner Address : PO BOX 3621
PORTLAND, OR, 97208-3621

N-number : N116SR
Owner Name : UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Owner Address : P O BOX A
AIKEN, SC, 29802

N-number : N117SR
Aircraft Year : 1986
Owner Name : UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Owner Address : SAVANNAH RIV OPER OFF PO BOX A
AIKEN, SC, 29802

N-number : N135DE
Owner Name : UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Owner Address : PO BOX 5400
ALBUQUERQUE, NM, 87115

N-number : N148DE
Owner Name : UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Owner Address : PO BOX 5400
ALBUQUERQUE, NM, 87185-5400

N-number : N162DE
Owner Name : UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Owner Address : PO BOX 5400
ALBUQUERQUE, NM, 87185-5400

N-number : N166DE
Owner Name : UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Owner Address : P O BOX 5400
: OST/AOB
ALBUQERQUE, NM, 87185-5400

N-number : N2064S
Owner Name : UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Owner Address : BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION
: PO BOX 3621 MAILSTOP TC/HANGAR
PORTLAND, OR, 97208-3621

N-number : N229DE
Owner Name : UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Owner Address : BOX 5400
ALBUQUERQUE, NM, 87115

N-number : N3209G
Owner Name : UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Owner Address : PO BOX 3621
PORTLAND, OR, 97208

N-number : N344GW
Owner Name : UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Owner Address : PO BOX 5400
ALBUQUERQUE, NM, 87185-5400

N-number : N34698
Aircraft Serial Number : 4324
Aircraft Manufacturer : BELL
Model : 206B
Owner Name : UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Owner Address : PO BOX 3621
PORTLAND, OR, 97208

N-number : N619DE
Aircraft Serial Number : 53410
Aircraft Manufacturer : BELL
Model : 407
Owner Name : UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Owner Address : 12155 W ALAMEDA PKWY
LAKEWOOD, CO, 80228-2802

N-number : N6451D
Aircraft Serial Number : BB-1009
Aircraft Manufacturer : BEECH
Model : B200
Owner Name : UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Owner Address : 232 ENERGY WAY # 8
NORTH LAS VEGAS, NV, 89030-4199

N-number : N7232R
Aircraft Serial Number : BL-69
Aircraft Manufacturer : BEECH
Model : B200C
Owner Name : UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Owner Address : 232 ENERGY WAY # 8
NORTH LAS VEGAS, NV, 89030-4199

 

[mdmonitor]

Pax runways to be fully operational by January 2020

Ongoing phases of construction within the Runway Repairs Project at NAS Patuxent River’s Trapnell Airfield are winding down, and both primary runways – 14/32 and 6/24 – are expected to

www.dcmilitary.com

 

[Mark]

Yeah Ron not sure if they will keep all 3 of these new B300 Sniffers at Andrews
or what.. We do have a lot of Nuclear power plants in the region so always good to have these
around but hopefully not needed

1500 local Scanner pinned on WBFM 338.950.. E-6B MAYO 91 tracking west from New Jersey
turning South of Phila at 11k prob headed back to Pax Barn.

Dover AFB runways and taxi ways are now in excellent shape after I visited at airshow last year.
About as perfect as you can get.. I didn't see one concrete crack or any flaws on the long parking ramp.

Runway at Dover AFB

www.afcec.af.mil