Sticky Thread For Mid-Atlantic MilAir 2021

[MMID303]

CAP F-16 flew over my house and a Coast Guard heli.

 

[Mark]

Seems Barksdale has a new static display aircraft..
Dyess B-1 lands at Barksdale to be decommissioned > Air Force Global Strike Command AFSTRAT-AIR > Article Display

An E-4B with a new paint job.. Looks nice!
Thenewarea51 on Twitter: "SPICE98 (E-4B NAOC 73-1676) departing Fort Worth Meacham IAP - KFTW, Texas with a fresh coat of paint. (Thanks to Brandon Thetford for sharing! 📷) https://t.co/NTA9MGZpgK" / Twitter

 

[Mark]

STORM is VMX-1. They’re based at Yuma but they have a detachment at New River working on the CH-53K transition.

Article just out about VMX-1 and New River and more STORM CH-53K's coming soon.
Seems these choppers have a real long range as well as aerial refueling.
Nine additional CH-53K™ King Stallion™ helicopters under contract | NAVAIR (navy.mil)

 

[Mark]

0730 Hearing some A/A chat on CAP fighters 370.975 talking about an rtb and Atlantic City
scrambling some fighters.Tanker seems to be headed back to Pittsburgh as well.
Seems like every Sunday McGuire or A/C has to Alert scramble for CAP's
0745 COSMIC up on ZDC 363.00 on the way at 16k going to 220.

 

[BM82557]

KC-10 84-0188 AE0218 out of McGuire heading to Guard Dog as replacement tanker

 

[Mark]

I'm thinking that the NOBLE-12 F-16 after A/R with first tanker snapped or damaged the boom nozzle.
Only the one Noble had to rtb along with the Pittsburgh KC-135 at same time.. Things that make you say hmmm.
Was bad start to CAP day.
1035 Heard COSMIC 02 rtb to McGuire.
1155 local NICE-32 KC-135 on the way from NH tail 64-14832 from 134ARW TN. ANG

 

[RaleighGuy]

Change in return schedule for tonight, POTUS scheduled to arrive an hour earlier at 7pm on the South Lawn

 

[Mark]

Couple of Kuwaiti AF C-17's into Dover today..
KAF-3201 and KAF 3203.
Inbound message from first one 3201 has req Customs, one pallet to offload. Good English or Yank aboard.
KAF3201 Flight Tracking and History 27-Jun-2021 (PIK / EGPK-KDOV) - FlightAware
KAF3203 Flight Tracking and History 27-Jun-2021 - FlightAware

Both just departed seem to be going to Dulles KIAD next.. Maybe pick up some new cars or trucks?

 

[RaleighGuy]

DOD just announced there was airstrikes against facilities used by Iran-backed militia groups in the Iraq-Syria border region tonight.

 

[RaleighGuy]

Possible flight to watch for tomorrow, not currently in the air, the Wings of Zion, Israel's AF1 equivalent should be headed to DC for a 4pm meeting between Israel President and POTUS. Plane hasn't seen in flight since March. Reg 4X-ISR Hex 7386C0 and it is able to be tracked on Flightradar24.

4:00 PM THE PRESIDENT welcomes His Excellency Reuven Rivlin, President of the State of Israel, to the White House

 

[robert16627]

VPOTUS cancelled her trip to Michigan due to recent flooding in the area, which was to take place Monday(6/28). Details should be released soon regarding if the trip is gonna happen at a later date.

 

[mdmonitor]

0750- Phenom 06 (E-8C JSTARS # 01-0025 AE1499116th ACW GA ANG Warner Robins AFB GA ) working Bay Watch (305.2) in PAX restricted areas. Advises Bay Watch after PAX work will head to Wilmington NC area for a couple of hours then RTB to Warner Robbins.

 

[RaleighGuy]

VPOTUS cancelled her trip to Michigan due to recent flooding in the area, which was to take place Monday(6/28). Details should be released soon regarding if the trip is gonna happen at a later date.

Departs LA for return to ADW at 1:30pm PDT

 

[Hbright]

Possible flight to watch for tomorrow, not currently in the air, the Wings of Zion, Israel's AF1 equivalent should be headed to DC for a 4pm meeting between Israel President and POTUS. Plane hasn't seen in flight since March. Reg 4X-ISR Hex 7386C0 and it is able to be tracked on Flightradar24.

4:00 PM THE PRESIDENT welcomes His Excellency Reuven Rivlin, President of the State of Israel, to the White House

Rivlin arrived yest. in NY by commercial El Al Flight 27 TLV-EWR. Expect he will fly by commercial shuttle from NY-DC today.

 

[AirScan]

DEUCE 11 stayed down at FL260 when they turned westbound over Long Island, wonder if they were dragging someone ?

 

[mdmonitor]

1215- Tiger 22 (P-8 NAS Jacksonville FL VP-8 NAS Jacksonville FL ) working Millville Radio (255.4) requesting wx forecasts from DC area down to NAS Jacksonville.

 

[GriffissSpotter]

HAWK 21 (x2) 131st FS/104th FW F-15s heading back to Barnes currently in the descent. One of the jets is having a boost pump failure, heard on 259.900.

 

[ra7850]

HAWK 21 (x2) 131st FS/104th FW F-15s heading back to Barnes currently in the descent. One of the jets is having a boost pump failure, heard on 259.900.

Do you have the audio that they were discussing this?

 

[GriffissSpotter]

Do you have the audio that they were discussing this?

Sadly no, I just have my handheld, the easiest way to record is taking a video of it with my phone but I couldn’t at the time.

 

[mdmonitor]

1415- Trocco 58 (E-6B # 163920 AE0412 VQ-4 Det) off PAX heading west.

1450- Roman 45 (F-18C VFA-106, NAS OCEANA VA ) working ZDC Franklin (290.425), ZDC Montebello (284.7) & ZDC Casanova (282.2). Female pilot.