Sticky Thread For Mid-Atlantic MilAir 2020

[n3bxv]

Notice a couple unid specials parked near Mouth of Elk river.Maybe waiting for tides or wx and another special tug to take it thru Canal
and into Delaware Bay,Those various McCallister Tugs all over the Ches Del bays.They own Baltimore and Philly for Canal barge traffic
Last year talking to guy who operates the NS Train bridge over the C+D Canal (Delmarva Secondary) a fellow Ham operator.
He says since Canal is run by the Fed Army Corp Engineers the ships get right of way and freight trains will have to wait for ship traffic.
Easier to stop a train than a ship.. Hear them locally on NS 160..800 and Canal traffic Ch 13 Marine 156.650
Once in a while that NS Train bridge gets stuck in the lowered postion then all commercial Canal traffic gets halted.
Its only about 100 years old

Finally moving north again, just made it past the Bay Bridge.

Photo from Facebook user near Chesapeake Beach taken yesterday.

 

[Mark]

Finally moving north again, just made it past the Bay Bridge.

Taking its time the Patrice McCallister. Was hoping for Canal pic but seems will be after dark
when it gets here.. Thanks for update.

 

[Mark]

Couple California Heavies into area tonight.
SPUR 72 KC-10 87-0123 from Travis into McGuire 2220z
FRED 225 C-5CM 68-0213 into KDOV 0030z RON at Dover crew of 14 175k cargo.

 

[RaleighGuy]

Couple California Heavies into area tonight.
SPUR 72 KC-10 87-0123 from Travis into McGuire 2220z
FRED 225 C-5CM 68-0213 into KDOV 0030z RON at Dover crew of 14 175k cargo.

Noticed FRED 225 flying the area earlier this afternoon.

 

[TerryPavlick]

Taking its time the Patrice McCallister. Was hoping for Canal pic but seems will be after dark
when it gets here.. Thanks for update.

A few pictures from this morning of the Sub part approaching the mouth of the Delaware Bay. Distance is about 9 miles away.

 

[mdmonitor]

This morning the Balto PD Cessna N73266 (Survey 1) is operating at 9,500 ft. Yesterday he was around 5,000 ft.

 

[mdmonitor]

1600- E-6B TACAMO # 162783 (Lavic 57 AE0404E VQ-4 Det) off of PAX heading south then over northern VA turned right and headed west. Looks to be headed back to KTIK.

 

[Mark]

McGuire today...
GOLD 32 1605 local KC-135 59-1478 inbound.
GOLD 31 1715 local 83-0080 no callsign showing. Both req 110k fuel.
Another Travis KC-10 also showed no callsign 86-0029 also inbound McGuire?

SPUR 71 McGuire KC-10 84-0189 headed for the Arctic area 1720 local
SPUR 72 Travis KC-10 87-0123 1630 local Northbound.

SPUR71 Flight Tracking and History 10-May-2020 (KWRI - FlightAware

Track SPUR71 flight from Portsmouth Intl At Pease to Portsmouth Intl At Pease

flightaware.com

 

[freqhopping]

I just noticed this Kalitta flight heading into Dover. Seems like an odd route. And that was before the descending loop.

K49161 (CKS9161) Kalitta Air Flight Tracking and History - FlightAware

Track Kalitta Air (K4) #9161 flight from Los Angeles Intl to Dover Air Force Base

flightaware.com

 

[TerryPavlick]

I just noticed this Kalitta flight heading into Dover. Seems like an odd route. And that was before the descending loop.

K49161 (CKS9161) Kalitta Air Flight Tracking and History - FlightAware

Track Kalitta Air (K4) #9161 flight from Los Angeles Intl to Dover Air Force Base

flightaware.com

That is Kalitta's main maintenance base....

Thanks to $5 million in state funding for construction of a new 747 aircraft hanger in 2008, Kalitta Air has entered into an 18 year lease with the Oscoda Wurtsmith Airport Authority. Kalitta, an air freight service, will maintain and service its own jet fleet as well as others at this site. Similar to the auto industry and the spin-off businesses that surround a auto plant, having the anchor of Kalitta Air has attracted other aviation-related business to Wurtsmith, primarily those providing maintenance and repair of large aircraft. A primary goal of the airport authority would be to position the airport as a hub for maintenance activities.

 

[Mark]

McGuire today...
GOLD 32 1605 local KC-135 59-1478 inbound.
GOLD 31 1715 local 83-0080 no callsign showing. Both req 110k fuel.
Another Travis KC-10 also showed no callsign 86-0029 also inbound McGuire?

SPUR 71 McGuire KC-10 84-0189 headed for the Arctic area 1720 local
SPUR 72 Travis KC-10 87-0123 1630 local Northbound.

SPUR71 Flight Tracking and History 10-May-2020 (KWRI - FlightAware

Track SPUR71 flight from Portsmouth Intl At Pease to Portsmouth Intl At Pease

flightaware.com

Seems the SPURS were working Montreal Ctr last night with Eastbound BONE 21 flight.

https://twitter.com/Andy007_SR_A

 

[Dutchmil]

McGuire today...
GOLD 32 1605 local KC-135 59-1478 inbound.
GOLD 31 1715 local 83-0080 no callsign showing. Both req 110k fuel.
Another Travis KC-10 also showed no callsign 86-0029 also inbound McGuire?

Hi Mark,

The second KC-10 was GOLD 41. Only think the first one was 86-0029 and the second one was 83-0080.

René.

 

[RichardKramer]

A few pictures from this morning of the Sub part approaching the mouth of the Delaware Bay. Distance is about 9 miles away.
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I spent many summers at Buttonwood Beach in the late 60's and early 70's along the Elk River where my Dad was a maintenance supervisor. I had a CB, RS Pro 2, RS Astronaut 6, and a Montgomery Ward Airline radio where I listened to the 2MHz marine freqs. as well as WUB33 the C&D canal operator on Marine CH13. I saw many US Navy ships go past as well as a couple of subs. We had a cabin on top of a hill that overlooked the whole Elk River. Brings back many memories. Thanks for the photos.

Rich - N3VMY - KAG096

 

[TerryPavlick]

I spent many summers at Buttonwood Beach in the late 60's and early 70's along the Elk River where my Dad was a maintenance supervisor. I had a CB, RS Pro 2, RS Astronaut 6, and a Montgomery Ward Airline radio where I listened to the 2MHz marine freqs. as well as WUB33 the C&D canal operator on Marine CH13. I saw many US Navy ships go past as well as a couple of subs. We had a cabin on top of a hill that overlooked the whole Elk River. Brings back many memories. Thanks for the photos.

Rich - N3VMY - KAG096

Rich

My ex-wife's family had a place there in the mid to late 70's - maybe later ----it was at the base of the hill on the lake side. Definitely was good listening in that area. Plus the booms !!

Terry

 

[mdmonitor]

Vermont Air National Guard completed 500th F-35 Lightning II sortie

The Lockheed-Martin F-35A Lightning II stealth fighter fleet at Vermont Air National Guard Base, passed a significant milestone on May 6th when Maj. Michael Cady took to the sky for a training mission. “Today, the Vermont Air National Guard flew our 500th sortie with the F-35 Lightning II. This...

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I wish they would reinstate their TDYs to Langley.

 

[mdmonitor]

1400- Getting fairly strong signal on 338.95 but don't see any TACAMOs in the area.

 

[Mark]

1400- Getting fairly strong signal on 338.95 but don't see any TACAMOs in the area.

Yeah bring back the MAPLES to Langley

1335 local have 249249 miscode up Ron,prob the E-6B. Last two times up had SHADO callsign
but none so far here today.

The Travis Gold KC-10's and one GOLD 32 KC-135 into McGuire yesterday are reported to be for some A-10's to Lajes Tuesday.
Stay tuned.. Lately the USAF has been doing mixed ANG A-10 Unit deployments.

 

[Dutchmil]

Good evening,

A small update, the A-10s should be departing to Lajes on Thursday, tomorow should see Harriers departing from CONUS to Spain.

 

[Dutchmil]

GOLD 31 and GOLD 41 just filed for a 1000Z/1030Z departure to Rota NAS.

 

[mdmonitor]

Todays logs

((Times are EST))

((Routine SPAR/PAT flts not included--Some acft idents from ADS-B Exchange website))

ADW: ((A/D 118.95/257.2, 125.65/348.725, tower 118.4/349.0))

.0800-Boxer 55 (C-40 # 02-0202 AE1167 89th AS) off of ADW heading northwest. Returned at 1430. Came in from Indiana.

0910- SAM 632 (C-37 # 99-0404 AE04F9 89th AS) land at ADW. Came in from McDill AFB FL.

1200- Navy 378 (C-37 # 166378 AE152C VR-1) off ADW heading northwest. Returned at 1520. Came in from Wisconsin.

1700- Venus 31 (C-40 # 01-0041 AE11F6 89th AS) off ADW heading northeast.







PAX: ((A/D 120.05/121.0/250.3/281.8/314.0 Bay Watch 119.275/256.5/270.8/305.2/354.8/355.8))

0815- Tester 08 (T-38C # 610925 AE1390 NTPS) & Tester 18 (T-38C # 638185 AE1397 NTPS) local ops.

1030- Tester 15 (T-38C # 614586 AE1395 NTPS); Tester 20 (T-6 # 166016 AE1E6E NTPS) & Tester 23 (T-6 # 166053 AE1EBA NTPS) local ops.

1400- Score 42 (C-38 # 94-11570 AE-110 VX-20) & Score 34 (C-12 # 163838 AE06E7 VX-20) local ops.



OTHER:

0900- Castle 50 (C-130 # 84-0209 AE061F 143rd AS DE ANG New Castle) local ops.

1015- CG 6582 (MH-65D #6582 CGAS Atlantic City) land at DCA. start TDY to CGAS Wash at DCA.

1030- Convoy 3322 (C-130T # 164998 AE03E6 VR-64 WRI) transiting area heading south.

1049- Trek 01 (C-130 AE0623 143rd AS DE ANG New Castle) off of New Castle heading northwest.

1115- Toxic 62 (C-12 # 96-00112 ADFF00 Phillips AAF) off Phillips heading south. Returned to Phillips at 1500. Came in from Myrtle Beach.

1500- Reach 347 (C-17 # 94-0069 AEE7E3 167th AS WVA ANG Martinsburg) off of Martinsburg heading west.

1811- Reach 271 (C-130J # 11-5734 AE4E0F) transiting area heading northeast. Came up Memphis TN.