Sticky Thread For Mid-Atlantic MilAir 2021

[Madfox]

Couple of tails confirmed for the Norwegian F35s that diverted to Scott
5290/5292
Unable to confirm the 3rd yet but possibly 5288 unless he was the one that rtb BIKF

 

[Mark]

It does seem to be avoiding flying over the Canadian Maritimes. Connect the dots and I see what you mean.

This morning came South of Ireland then turned Northeast over Southern UK towards Belgium or Netherlands.
Its always been sort of a open Nato secret.
Secret locations of U.S. nuclear weapons in Europe accidentally included in report from NATO parliament - The Washington Post

 

[McRadioface]

They are referencing TACAN air-to-air mode, to monitor range(DME) from each other. They need to be 63 (MHz) channels apart for it to work. 29-92 is a common split for A-A, easy to remember.

"29-92 is a common split for A-A", can you please elaborate on this?

 

[RichardKramer]

Around 0900L heard Reach 7322 cllng McGuire CP on 237.15 then 134.1 with an altitude write up.

Rich

 

[mdmonitor]

0935- AF2 (C-32 # 99-0003 ADFEB9) off ADW heading west.

0955- SAM 896 (C-37 # 11-0550 AE4DDD) inbound to ADW. Departed from Miami.

 

[AirScan]

29-92 is a common split for A-A", can you please elaborate on this?

This video explains the concept.

 

[morfis]

Spamtanker ASCOT2142 heading towards Scottish Oceanic point. I'm not familiar with the way it will route down the East side of the US but it's destination is Alexandria (used to be England AFB in my day). Unusually this is being flown by one of the 'surge' aircraft which would more normally be chartered out to a spamcarrier (was Thomas Cook last time)...as such it wears G-VYGM rather than a military tail (technically all the UK tanker fleet is all civilian and has an exclusive contract to supply the RAF with air refuelling even though the tankers only have drogues....very odd considering the UK keeps buying American types of aircraft which need a probe)

 

[RaleighGuy]

EXEC1FOXTROT 01-0041 AE11F6 B737 leaving ADW, First Lady Jill Biden will be heading to Burlington County in South Jersey

 

[mdmonitor]

1039- Executive 1F (C-40 # 01-0041 AE11F6) off ADW heading east.

OOPS !!! Great minds think alike

 

[mdmonitor]

1145- Komodo 04 (E-8C JSTARS # 97-0201 AE1496 116th ACW Warner Robins AFB GA) up from Warner Robbins and orbiting in PAX area. Working Huntress (139.7) & Brave flt (F-16s 121st FS DC ANG). Also working Bay Watch (305.2) for flt route back to GA.

1155- Steeljaw 01 (E-2D) working Potomac (135.625). Not showing on ADS-B.

1200-CTM 1011 (French AF A-330 F-UJCT) transiting area heading northeast at FL410.

 

[kyleflem]

I was able to snag a photo of Komodo 04 as they passed over my house.

Kyle
Salisbury MD

 

[airwolfbell222]

NIGHTSTAR wkg KILLER 11/BONE 12/UNION 41 on 328.025 1645z

 

[AirScan]

SPUR 91 off MCF northbound

 

[McRadioface]

This video explains the concept.

thank you very much!

 

[Mark]

This morning came South of Ireland then turned Northeast over Southern UK towards Belgium or Netherlands.

RCH 476 ended up inbound Volkel Air Base (EHVK)
Volkel Air Base - Wikipedia

1435 local SCAN-04 N804X and SCAN-05 N805X cutting across Delaware WB off the Atlantic tracks
prob home to BWI.

 

[mdmonitor]

Looks like Illinois NG going home. Had Illiani 7 into ADW this morning and he left around noon. Now have a couple of TORCH C-130s inbound to ADW.

 

[RaleighGuy]

On Wednesday, the First Lady will travel to Concord, New Hampshire

 

[AirScan]

NIGHTSTAR wkg KILLER 11/BONE 12/UNION 41 on 328.025 1645z

Anyone hear these guys working any other frequencies or ATC ? I'm guessing NIGHTSTAR was the KOMODO E-8C, BONE 12 must have been a B-1. Any guesses who KILLER and UNION are ?

I was thinking maybe SPUR 91 was on the way to meet them but looks like they went direct to McGuire. Staging ?

 

[mdmonitor]

Couple of news tidbits

U.S. State Department approves possible $1.77 billion sale of P-8A aircraft to Germany

The U.S. military’s Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA), the Pentagon’s top arms broker, issued a press release on March 12, 2021, that announced that the State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Germany of P-8A Poseidon...

defence-blog.com

U.S. Air Force B-1B bomber lands in Poland for the first time

On Friday, a U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer swing-wing bomber from the 7th Bomb Wing, Dyess Air Force Base, Texas landed in Poland. This marked the first time a B-1B has ever landed in Poland, demonstrating U.S. commitment to allies and partners, and stability in the Baltic Region. The flight...

defence-blog.com

 

[mdmonitor]

1615- Score 22 (E-2D # 168076 AE2FD6 VX-20) off PAX heading out to W386/Atlantic Test Track.