Sticky Thread For Mid-Atlantic MilAir 2020

Tech792 · Apr 22, 2020

Yocuz said:
The USN and USAF teams are indeed at McGuire currently. Did anyone see them or their support come in?

I saw a Navy C130 land at KWRI yesterday afternoon on ADS-B. Callsign was CONVOY 3###..........didn't get all the digits. Might be related.
Related news article from today NJ.com

Thunderbirds, Blue Angels could be flying over N.J. soon to honor coronavirus workers

Police released plans about the Thunderbirds flightpath with the Blue Angels.

www.nj.com

Mark · Apr 22, 2020

Yocuz said:
The USN and USAF teams are indeed at McGuire currently. Did anyone see them or their support come in?

Checking my tape from today nothing logged here.. Seems rumors got out of hand.
April 29 was last date I read for this area.. From the Bosses mouth.
Blue Angels have no plans for Philadelphia flyover amid coronavirus pandemic despite internet rumors

mdmonitor · Apr 22, 2020

1624- Unid acft (self id as King Air) working w/ another acft & unid grnd stn (123.4) trying to trouble shoot some computerized avionics problem in the AHARS-1 system. One King Air mentions that their acft has more & newer mods than " the civilian King Airs"

1700- Ascot 6396 (RAF C-17 ZZ176 43C1C6 101st Sqdn RAF Brize Norton) transiting area southwest to northeast at FL270.. Lands at DOV. Looks to have departed from Nevada.

jethunder · Apr 22, 2020

635PM EDT White House Corona virus briefing just announced upcoming flyovers of major "and some not-so-major" American cities by Blue Angels and Thunderbirds to honor front-line healthcare and essential workers. No details or specifics of when or where. It's being called "Operation America Strong".

Yocuz · Apr 22, 2020

I was told by a friend who works at WRI at least one team was at the base.

Mark · Apr 22, 2020

jethunder said:
635PM EDT White House Corona virus briefing just announced upcoming flyovers of major "and some not-so-major" American cities by Blue Angels and Thunderbirds to honor front-line healthcare and essential workers. No details or specifics of when or where. It's being called "Operation America Strong".

Yeah just happened to see that part of the Press conference.. But Air Teams will have to rename themselves like
Blue Ventilators or Thunder Ventilators

Sorry couldn't resist that but if I hear one more time about ventilators

BM82557 · Apr 22, 2020

Pentagon planning Thunderbirds, Blue Angels flyovers to ‘champion national unity’: report

The Pentagon is planning to fly Blue Angels and Thunderbirds over multiple U.S. cities next week to “champion national unity” and thank first responders amid the coronavirus pandem…

thehill.com

mdmonitor · Apr 22, 2020

Guys,

Got this from a fellow listener in the Midwest. Thought would be good to have whenever the B-2.s transit our area.

B-2 Info:

C/S: FURY; CZAR; BATT; DEATH; DRAGO; HAMMER; BEAVER (IRAQ MISSIONS); SPIRIT; REAPER; LEAHI (B-2A Northrop Palmdale AF Plant 42, CA); KONG; SLAYER; ZETA (22 Mar 06 deployment to England); GEOD (FH 21 Sep by Mark Cleary); WONDA (FH 31 Aug 06 by Dave); TORCH (FH 07 Sep 06 by Dave); TIGER; DARTH; MISTY

Frequency designators have been heard referred to as TAD or CHANNEL which seems to be dependant upon the aircrews involved.

318.050 (509th BOMB WING, 8th Air Force; WHITEMAN AFB: TAD / CHANNEL-09)(FH 06 Feb 07)

280.150 (BATT Opns, 509th BW, 8th Air Force; Whiteman AFB: TAD-??)

381.300 (509th BOMB WING; WHITEMAN AFB: CHANNEL-09)(replaced O/A 06 Feb 07)

300.100 (509th BOMB WING, 8th Air Force; WHITEMAN AFB: TAD / CHANNEL-33)

327.600 (509th BOMB WING, 8th Air Force; WHITEMAN AFB: TAD / CHANNEL-39)

341.750 (509th BOMB WING, 8th Air Force; WHITEMAN AFB: TAD / CHANNEL-40)

303.000 (509th BOMB WING, 8th Air Force; WHITEMAN AFB: TAD / CHANNEL-59)

388.850 (509th BOMB WING, 8th Air Force; WHITEMAN AFB: TAD / CHANNEL-69)

316.900 (509th BOMB WING, 8th Air Force; WHITEMAN AFB: TAD / CHANNEL-94)

338.350 (satcom freq refed Nov 04 - secure comms heard Jan 05)

295.725 (satcom uplink clear text DEATH-11 19 Dec 06 Chris Corley)

13204.0 (509th BOMB WING, 8th Air Force; WHITEMAN AFB: TAD / CHANNEL-34)
((heard referenced 02 Feb 06 by Mike McGee & prior to that date by Matt Cawby by FURY-##))

10277.0 (509th BOMB WING, 8th Air Force; WHITEMAN AFB: TAD / CHANNEL-??)(copied 21 Sep by Mark Cleary)

13927.0 (509th BOMB WING, 8th Air Force; WHITEMAN AFB: TAD / CHANNEL-??)(copied 21 Sep by Mark Cleary)

References have been noted to SATCOM CHANNEL 72 thru 76 inclusive but no frequency equated to designator has been noted.

mdmonitor · Apr 22, 2020

Guys,

Here's a neat document on Barksdale (again from my friend in the Midwest)

Check page #13 in the document

ra7850 · Apr 22, 2020

I've got the following on my ADSB
79-0434 AE0209
United States Air Force
United States Military
Douglas KC-10A Extender headed west towards Utica, NY no callsign being transmitted

I've also got the following on my ADSB North of Utica NY, no callsign being transmitted.
62-3580 AE066F
United States Air Force
United States Military
Boeing KC-135R

ra7850 · Apr 22, 2020

ra7850 said:
I've got the following on my ADSB
79-0434 AE0209
United States Air Force
United States Military
Douglas KC-10A Extender headed west towards Utica, NY no callsign being transmitted

I've also got the following on my ADSB North of Utica NY, no callsign being transmitted.
62-3580 AE066F
United States Air Force
United States Military
Boeing KC-135R

Appear to be refueling

RaleighGuy · Apr 22, 2020

mdmonitor said:
Here's a neat document on Barksdale (again from my friend in the Midwest)

Check page #13 in the document

And likewise here's the like to a similar document from Seymour Johnson AFB (pg 15 & 16). A number of these freqs are not in the RR database.

https://static.e-publishing.af.mil/production/1/seymourjohnsonafb/publication/seymourjohnsonafbi11-250/seymourjohnsonafbi11-250.pdf

freqhopping · Apr 22, 2020

mdmonitor said:
1624- Unid acft (self id as King Air) working w/ another acft & unid grnd stn (123.4) trying to trouble shoot some computerized avionics problem in the AHARS-1 system. One King Air mentions that their acft has more & newer mods than " the civilian King Airs"

It was probably this.
PAT flight on 123.4

mdmonitor · Apr 22, 2020

N1GAW said:
And likewise here's the like to a similar document from Seymour Johnson AFB (pg 15 & 16)

https://static.e-publishing.af.mil/production/1/seymourjohnsonafb/publication/seymourjohnsonafbi11-250/seymourjohnsonafbi11-250.pdf

Seymour-Johnson just got rid of their KC-135s getting ready for the KC-46.

Hopefully we'll see them up this way sometimes.

mdmonitor · Apr 22, 2020

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))

0930- Toxic 62 (C-12 # 96-00112 ADFF00 Phillips AAF) depart Phillips heading south. Returned to Phillips at 1350 after a stop

over at Myrtle Beach.

1015- Convoy 3741 (C-130T # 164598 AE03D5 VR-53 ADW) depart ADW heading south.Check in w/ZDC Patuxent (133.9)

1020- Rider 75 (C-17 # 07-7173 AE146B DOV) petterns at DOV

1040- Tester 08 (T-38C # 61-0925 AE1390 NTPS PAX) working w/BW (354.8)

1044- Marine 101 (C-37 # 166376 AE1258 VMR-4 ADW) depart ADW heading south. Usually the USMC Commandant's acft.Check

in w/ZDC Patuxent (133.9). Stopped in Camp Lejuene area, possibly at MCAS New River NC before returning to ADW at 1620.

1119- Team 31 flt (KC-10 # 79-0434 AE0209 & 87-0121 AE0233 305th AMW WRI) heading west check in w/ZNY Harrisburg

(133.475) cleared to block FL250-270. Also w/ZOB Indian Head (124.4)

1230- Titus 26 (C-12 # 83-0496 AE08ED ADW) depart ADW heading east.

1238- Eddie 91 (KC-135R # 59-1483 AE0371 OH ANG) check in w/ZDC Woodstown (125.45)

1400- Wild flt (F-16s 121st FS DC ANG ADW) depart ADW & check in w/ZDC Patuxent (281.4) for entry into PAX restricted areas

w/BW (305.2)

1430- Tester 20 (T-6 # 166016 AE1E6E NTPS PAX) & Tester 24 (T-6 # 166060 AE1EC1) working w/BW (354.8)

1432- Two unid acft working on 123.4 MHz. Freq is used by both Northrop & FAA Ops in Atlantic City.

1453- Two NJ ANG F-16s (Devil) working on discrete (294.725). At 1617 flt w/ZDC Woodstown (363.0) cleared to ACY.

1530- Tester 11 (T-38C # 68-8158 AE1393 NTPS PAX) w/BW (270.8)

1600- Scan 04 (N804X CRJ-7 NGTF) & Scan 05 (N805X CRJ-7 NGTF) working on Northrop discrete (123.225)

1630- Marine 767 (UC-35 # 166767 AE1479 VMR-4 ADW) land at ADW. Came in from Omaha NE area, prob Offutt AFB.

1624- Unid acft (self id as King Air) working w/ another acft & unid grnd stn (123.4) trying to trouble shoot some computerized

avionics problem in the AHARS-1 system. One King Air mentions that their acft has more & newer mods than " the civilian King

Airs"

1630- Pitt 21 (C-17 # 96-0001 AE07EB AFRC Pittsburgh PA) patterns at DOV. Had departed from McGuire. After about 1 hr of patterns Departed heading west. Prob heading back to Pittsburgh.

1700- Ascot 6396 (RAF C-17 ZZ176 43C1C6 101st Sqdn RAF Brize Norton) transiting area from southwest to northeast at FL270.

Lands at DOV at 1725. Looks to have departed from Nevada.

1701- Avalon 01 (C-40 # 05-0730 AE17EF) transiting area east to west at FL320. Had departed from McGuire.

Ron (mdmonitor1@verizon.net)
Baltimore MD (390747N 763711W)
VHF/UHF: BC-895XLT/RS Pro-2045 w/Diamond D-130J discone (in attic)
HF: Various KiwiSDRs (SDR.hu)

MilAirNJ · Apr 23, 2020

Spotted these yesterday as well in the air (Different ICAO). The first two were green Blackhawks with the medical cross on the bottom of the helicopter. The third trailing helicopter was a generic black Blackhawk. I'm guessing COVID related. Seem to be taking off from Lakehurst and landing at port of Wilmington Delaware.

mdmonitor · Apr 23, 2020

0950- E-6B TACAMO # 162783 (AE040E VQ-4 Det PAX) depart DOV heading west then turning north over Baltimore.

Tech792 · Apr 23, 2020

MilAirNJ said:
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Spotted these yesterday as well in the air (Different ICAO). The first two were green Blackhawks with the medical cross on the bottom of the helicopter. The third trailing helicopter was a generic black Blackhawk. I'm guessing COVID related. Seem to be taking off from Lakehurst and landing at port of Wilmington Delaware.

Those 3 Blackhawks did the same route yesterday afternoon.

mdmonitor · Apr 23, 2020

1109- Ascot 6397 (RAF C-17 ZZ176 101st Sqdn RAF Brize Norton) depart DOV heading east. Came into DOV yesterday as Ascot 6396.

mdmonitor · Apr 23, 2020

Some pics of the removal of N16W from Northrop at BWI to the Westinghouse Electronics Museum, near BWI

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