Sticky Thread For Mid-Atlantic MilAir 2021

[BM82557]

TFR's for Wilmington active 3/6 and 3/7 have been issued --

1/1748 NOTAM Details

1/1749 NOTAM Details

Effective Date(s):
		From March 06, 2021 at 1830 UTC (March 06, 2021 at 1330 EST)
		To March 08, 2021 at 0100 UTC (March 07, 2021 at 2000 EST)

 

[TerryPavlick]

TFR just went up for KILG area starting 1:30PM local today.. 1/1748 NOTAM Details (faa.gov)

My feed is active - monitoring both the CAP activity (when it begins) plus trying to capture some related activity (even though encrypted).

 

[AirScan]

AR62(E) active today 17:45-18:45 FL260-FL280.

Minot BUFF on the way.

15:40 UTC- SPUR 72 off WRI
15:46 UTC- GRIMM 11 to 135.325 ZWG (LiveATC)

 

[freqhopping]

OVERLORD with EAMs on 11175 today.
164386 OCTET26 is the only E-6B active

Yesterday a DC F-16 was using 249249 on mode-S.

 

[mdmonitor]

1130- TUAF 402 (Turkish AF C-130 # 71-01468) on approach to DOV.

 

[AirScan]

17:13 UTC- GRIMM 11 checking on with Montreal ZUL, LiveATC (YVO and YFB).

 

[Mark]

Now TFR not showing on the FAA board.. Tanker ZOMBIE 43 #58-0062 going away to Northwest at FL18k.
Maybe ZOMBE 43 going home low in attempt to burn off or dump excess fuel?

 

[TerryPavlick]

Now TFR not showing on the FAA board.. Tanker ZOMBIE 43 #58-0062 going away to Northwest at FL18k.
Maybe ZOMBE 43 going home low in attempt to burn off or dump excess fuel?

Might be change of schedule based on Senate passing aid bill. Will keep feed going anyway.

 

[Mark]

Might be change of schedule based on Senate passing aid bill. Will keep feed going anyway.

Prob making phone calls to get House Libs on board. They could throw monkey wrench
in the Bill by voting against cause it does not have Min wage included.. Lets see if Nancy can rein in
her cats next week

1401 local Aircraft 12-3050 D328 asking Dover apch 132.425 about if his jumpers are on the ground.
Just a bit earlier heard unid aircraft talking about jumpers from 12k on Dover appch.
Also heard pilot on same freq saying TFR just went off then back on my map.
Prob was Piper PA32 who just sailed thru TFR area at 5k from Dover area.

That 50 aircraft #12-3050 D328 came up from Duke Field Fla it seems to BWI then after fuel stop there dropped
jumpers somewhere near Dover AFB and now proceeding up the coast.. Special ops guys?

 

[TerryPavlick]

Prob making phone calls to get House Libs on board. They could throw monkey wrench
in the Bill by voting against cause it does not have Min wage included.. Lets see if Nancy can rein in
her cats next week

1401 local Aircraft 12-3050 D328 asking Dover apch 132.425 about if his jumpers are on the ground.
Just a bit earlier heard unid aircraft talking about jumpers from 12k on Dover appch.
Also heard pilot on same freq saying TFR just went off then back on my map.

A pilot asked Dover approach about the TFR and Dover replied that the last information they had was that it was cancelled.

 

[Mark]

Saw a RAF Tanker did semi polar route to Texas landing at KGRK tail ZZ-333 callsign RRR2132 A332 Tanker.
Thats just South of Dallas area.. Thinking maybe in town to pick up a couple more new RAF F-35B's.
RRR2132 UK Royal Air Force Transport Flight Tracking and History 06-Mar-2021 (BZZ / EGVN-KGRK) - FlightAware

They picked up 3 of them at end of November last year. Three more and they will be halfway to 48 total.
UK progresses F-35B deliveries (janes.com)
Seems last time they ran them up to Newfoundland and then across the pond.
More F-35 jets being delivered to the UK (ukdefencejournal.org.uk)
Good Twitter site tracking the Buffs tonight as well.
Intel Air & Sea (@air_intel) / Twitter

 

[morfis]

Saw a RAF Tanker did semi polar route to Texas landing at KGRK tail ZZ-333 callsign RRR2132 A332 Tanker.
Thats just South of Dallas area.. Thinking maybe in town to pick up a couple more new RAF F-35B's.

For ferry flights the spamtankers would normally use an ASCOT 9xxx callsign. ASCOT2132 is a routine taxi callsign

 

[AirScan]

A little OT but earlier this afternoon caught ARTIC 21 AR with a couple of B-2s MISTY 21-22 (Live ATC ZKC 133.475, 21:30 archive). MISTY 22 RTB to Whiteman while MISTY 21 appeared to continue westbound destination unknown. Not something you see everyday, the Alaskan ANG flying out of West Palm Beach FL to Boeing Field hook up with a couple of B-2s.

 

[morfis]

Spamtanker ZZ343 as ASCOT2134, soon to go Oceanic enroute to KGRK
A second one so soon would certainly make it seem likely it is crew and positioning for dragging something back
(or they acquired a taste for Mountain Dew as I did many years ago in the MidWest!)

 

[Mark]

Spamtanker ZZ343 as ASCOT2134, soon to go Oceanic enroute to KGRK
A second one so soon would certainly make it seem likely it is crew and positioning for dragging something back
(or they acquired a taste for Mountain Dew as I did many years ago in the MidWest!)

ASCOT 2134 coming all the way from Cyprus? A good long haul. Must be near empty currently at FL400 except for fuel.
Assume a stop coming up at Brize. Seems to be dropping down in UK now.
Can see that Navy P-8A (AE6839) dogging that Russian sub at Gibraltor.

 

[morfis]

ASCOT 2134 coming all the way from Cyprus? A good long haul. Must be near empty currently at FL400 except for fuel.

No, ASCOT2301 (or 2302 as I can't remember what ZZ334 went out as) will be the one coming back from Akrotiri

 

[Mark]

See a pair of QUID Tankers climbing off UK, QID 868,869 assume headed South to Gibraltar area for the Buffs westbound trip.

 

[mdmonitor]

President Joe Biden may have to wait months longer to ride on a new Marine
One helicopter because the aircraft designed by Lockheed Martin still poses
a risk of scorching the White House lawn

Bloomberg - Are you a robot?

 

[Mark]

0845 local KNIGHTHAWK 21 self ID as flight of two V-22's landing runway 32 at KILG 126.000
Will be parking at Atlantic Aviation ramp.
Heard them coming North along I-95 on Phillips tower 126.150

0910 N359RX PA-31 with Dover appch 132.425 out of Easton "coming North to do some mapping".

 

[mdmonitor]

0930- Looks like a SAR in progress near Baltimore. CG 6578 (MH-65D CGAS Atlantic City) working Potomac (119.7) at 200 ft outside of Baltimore Harbor.