Sticky Thread For Mid-Atlantic MilAir 2020

[TerryPavlick]

Try this link too....... replies 69 and 70 give more background for monitoring

UHF mil air

UHF mil air

www.hfunderground.com

I guess we are still spending money on the system,

AT&T to Support DISA's UHF/LOS Comms Network Under $75M Contract - GovCon Wire

AT&T to Support DISA's UHF/LOS Comms Network Under $75M Contract

www.govconwire.com

 

[mdmonitor]

2033- E-6B TACAMO # 163920 (Anza-31 AE0412) check in w/ZDC Woodstown (125.45) at FL220. He's cutting between Philly & Balto

2052- Circling around Balto & Wash heading south. Calling Maintenance on 310.15.

Have WBFM 272.235/325.4/337.3/366.6/338.95 in my scanner and heard nothing during his transit off the Atlantic.

 

[mdmonitor]

Today's logs:

((Times are EST))

((Routine Reach/Convoy/SPAR/PAT flts not included--Some acft idents from ADS-B Exchange website))
(( ADW approach/dep 118.95/257.2 125.65/348.725 tower 118.4/349.0))

0933- Coast Guard 202 (C-37 # 202 CGAS Wash) depart DCA heading norrthwest. Check in w/ZDC Hagerstown (134.15). Went to

Cleveland OH for some pattern work before returning to DCA at 1300.

09409- Tester 25 (T-6B # 166075 AE1ED0) w/NTPS Ops (123.2) w/PIREP for North Spin area. Working w/BW (354.8)

0950- Toxic 62 (C-12 # 98-00112 ADFF00 Phillips AAF Aberdeen Proving Grounds MD) depart Phillips heading southwest. At 1250

check in w/PTC (135.625).

1000- Tester 24 (T-6B # 166060 AE1EC1) depart PAX & w/BW (354.8)

1000- Venus 62 (C-37 # 18-1942 AE6961) depart ADW heading north. Also w/Griffin CP (378.1) w/departure msg. Doing patterns

at Harrisburg. Returns to ADW at 1120 for some patterns prior to landing.

1025- Army 338 (Dash-8 # 15-00338 AE5C8F) depart Manassas VA.

1155- Venus 40 (C-37 # 97-0400 AE0101D) depart ADW heading northeast & doing pattern work at KMTN After MTN w/PTC

(135.625) for some patterns at Salisbury (127.95).

1200- King 04 (C-130J # 11-5719 AE4E16) check in w/ZDC Woodstown (125.45) at FL160.

1218- Score 50 (KC-130J # 166511 AE1255) working w/unid acft in test discrete (365.7)

1220- C-32A # 00-9001 (NJ ANG KWRI) doing pattern work at Harrisburg (124.1). Departs Harrisburg area around same time as

arrival of Team 11 (below)

1232- Team 11 (KC-10 # 86-0028 AE0227) depart KWRI then head northwest to Harrisburg/Lancaster area for some local work.

1225- Army 30282 (C-12J # 13-00282 AE5622) depart Martinsburg and doing hexagonal pattern at FL210 just west of Hagerstown.

2033- E-6B TACAMO # 163920 (Anza-31 AE0412) check in w/ZDC Woodstown (125.45) at FL220

 

[Mark]

0030 local overnight TURTLE 8 C-17 #88-0266 437th AW inbound McGuire for ERO offload of 5 Med Pax and alpha 1.
One of the oldest C-17's flying today I think McChord AFB 62AW still has 88-0265 flying.

0330 local UPS doing their mass launch of cargo aircraft out of KPHL as half dozen climbing up various directions.
They must line up single file coming out of their cargo ramp very early and depart quickly.

More Mil Med pax coming soon from Colorado.

Peterson Air Force Base sending 1,100 to combat coronavirus in New York

As the U.S. Department of Defense mobilizes to combat the coronavirus crisis, 1,100 personnel from U.S. Northern Command are being sent to New York City,

americanmilitarynews.com

 

[jetcrafter]

0700 local A BLUE 42 KC-135 60-0366 from McGuire moving North with some unknown A/A 293.000.
0725 local BLUE 41 KC-10 is up..

Mark,
This was a flight of Lakenheath F-15s heading home from Warner Robbins AFB. Caught them on their A-A freq of 284.8 at 1156z yesterday morning. Hope this helps.

 

[jetcrafter]

Guys,

Anyone heard the McGuire tankers on 139.875 or 143.825 lately?

Ron,
Two TEAMs are currently up in AR-212 in Maine and they just switched from 268.025 to 139.875 Then they switched over to 238.9 AR-212 Primary. As someone else mentioned, they have mostly been using 268.025 lately for their training as well as sometimes using it for their AAR Primary freq as well. It's been quite awhile since I have heard the VHF freqs here too. Today was the first time in quite awhile.

 

[TerryPavlick]

2033- E-6B TACAMO # 163920 (Anza-31 AE0412) check in w/ZDC Woodstown (125.45) at FL220. He's cutting between Philly & Balto

2052- Circling around Balto & Wash heading south. Calling Maintenance on 310.15.

Have WBFM 272.235/325.4/337.3/366.6/338.95 in my scanner and heard nothing during his transit off the Atlantic.

Ron

Okay please confirm that you have the frequencies programmed as FM mode and not WBFM. I usually switch to WBFM once I have captured a signal and am interested in listening to any comms on the center channel.

I swept by hand from 220 - 406 looking for the E6 MUX (several times) while he was inbound to the shoreline plus after he passed by - I did not detect any downlink. So they either did not have it operating - or there was some other issue.

Terry

 

[mdmonitor]

Ron

Okay please confirm that you have the frequencies programmed as FM mode and not WBFM. I usually switch to WBFM once I have captured a signal and am interested in listening to any comms on the center channel.

I swept by hand from 220 - 406 looking for the E6 MUX (several times) while he was inbound to the shoreline plus after he passed by - I did not detect any downlink. So they either did not have it operating - or there was some other issue.

Terry

Terry,

In one scanner (RS-2045) I have them programmed as FM. In my other one BC-895 I can only program that freq range as AM but still hoping I would hear something (carrier noise, etc) even in AM mode.

 

[TerryPavlick]

Terry,

In one scanner (RS-2045) I have them programmed as FM. In my other one BC-895 I can only program that freq range as AM but still hoping I would hear something (carrier noise, etc) even in AM mode.

Ron

Okay good. I will check next time I have MUX active and will see how it sounds in AM mode and if it is off frequency.

Terry

 

[mdmonitor]

Ron

Okay good. I will check next time I have MUX active and will see how it sounds in AM mode and if it is off frequency.

Terry

Terry,

Unfortunately my RS-2045 will switch to only NFM. There's no WFM setting.

 

[TerryPavlick]

Terry,

Unfortunately my RS-2045 will switch to only NFM. There's no WFM setting.

Ron

They usually do not chat that long anyway....usually just something like - we are switching to RF so and so or some other technical issue that seems to get resolved quickly.

Terry

 

[mdmonitor]

Ron

They usually do not chat that long anyway....usually just something like - we are switching to RF so and so or some other technical issue that seems to get resolved quickly.

Terry

Terry,

Sounds alot like what I hear on HF when they are on the HF-GCS. They will phone patch to a GEP (by callsign) ask for an RF in analog or digital or call into a GEP and ask what analog & digital channels are available. I know there is a GEP in Brandywine MD (near PAX) but not sure if there are any others in the mid-Atlantic. There used to be a list of GEP locations but can't find it online anymore.

 

[mdmonitor]

1134- Devil 11 flt (F-16s NJ ANG ACY) check in at FL210 w/ZNY Millville (363.0). Request clearance to FL170. QSY to ZDC Casino (285.4) & cleared direct to ACY.

1145- King 01 (C-130J # 12-5759 AE54D2) & King 02 (C-130J # 09-5709 AE4BE2) depart DOV (132.425) heading east. Check in w/ZDC Woodstown (124.45) cleared to FL220. Check in w/ZDC Linden (133.55) . Both acft have nice clear xmitters.

 

[TerryPavlick]

Terry,

Sounds alot like what I hear on HF when they are on the HF-GCS. They will phone patch to a GEP (by callsign) ask for an RF in analog or digital or call into a GEP and ask what analog & digital channels are available. I know there is a GEP in Brandywine MD (near PAX) but not sure if there are any others in the mid-Atlantic. There used to be a list of GEP locations but can't find it online anymore.

Ron

The GEP is located in Waldorf MD.

Remote control capability includes all radio control functions, circuit matrix switching, alarm monitoring, trouble isolation and network testing. Remote control is accomplished through a dedicated channel on the T-1 lines between the Waldorf and Omaha Network Control Centers and the GEPs. Dial-up access is available to each individual GEP to provide back-up support in the event of control line failure. Majority of T-1 lines between GEPs and SGOCs are owned and operated by AT&T.

 

[mdmonitor]

Guys,

My bad. The Kings are heading west not east.

 

[TerryPavlick]

Ron

The GEP is located in Waldorf MD.

Remote control capability includes all radio control functions, circuit matrix switching, alarm monitoring, trouble isolation and network testing. Remote control is accomplished through a dedicated channel on the T-1 lines between the Waldorf and Omaha Network Control Centers and the GEPs. Dial-up access is available to each individual GEP to provide back-up support in the event of control line failure. Majority of T-1 lines between GEPs and SGOCs are owned and operated by AT&T.

 

[mdmonitor]

1245 Otis 22 (KC-130J # 166472 AE1194) up from NC. Doing low level orbits over Ft Indiantown GAP just northeast of Harrisburg. Muir AAF is at Ft Indiantown so maybe doing some helo AAR training?

 

[Mark]

This morning 0830 local RCH 101H C-17 #04-4136 305th inbound McGuire with 19 pax and
two rolling stock.. "Pax were screened at Kelly (San Antonio)". This C-17 tail went down there last night from McGuire.
Don't get many Hotel suffixes around here.. Maybe more US Army Med help.

1445 local RCH 637 C-17 93-0600 164AW Memphis inbound Dover prob another Italy inbound Medical supply trip.

 

[mdmonitor]

1627- ADS-B showing Hoist 21 (KC-10 AE0227 WRI) enroute back to WRI. Came thru earlier today heading south and ended up down in Florida working with acft from Eglin AFB off the Florida Panhandle.

 

[mdmonitor]

Guys,

Asked a fellow listener out in Kentucky and he had saved a photo of the Northstar GEP sites.