Sticky Thread For Mid-Atlantic MilAir 2021

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0955- ADS-B showing Marlin 1 & 3 (T-38s 71st FS) out in W386 (255.65). Bobcat flt (4 X F-22s 94th FS Langley) working on W386 discrete (350.05). Bobcats also working on discretes (385.85). Bobcat 1 advises Bobcat flt that they are to continue training and he will RTB Langley as single-ship.

1010- Unid acft (no call noted) check in w/Giantkiller (238.1) & advises they will be in the Atlantic Test Track for the next 1.5 hours.

1016- Eagle (unid) & Viper (unid) working ACM on PAX test discrete (365.7)

 

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According to POTUS published sked, at 18:10 local he's going to depart the White House for ADW, then on to Dalton GA.

 

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1230- Lion 11 (F/A-18F VFA-213 NAS OCEANA VA) working ZDC Woodstown (363.0). Advises ZDC that he will go to Robinsville VOR then be VFR after that.

 

[Tech792]

1230- Lion 11 (F/A-18F VFA-213 NAS OCEANA VA) working ZDC Woodstown (363.0). Advises ZDC that he will go to Robinsville VOR then be VFR after that.

I'm wondering if those LION flights came over central NJ earlier. A buddy said he saw 5 or 6 fighters go overhead in central NJ at about 1249 local.

 

[Mark]

1230- Lion 11 (F/A-18F VFA-213 NAS OCEANA VA) working ZDC Woodstown (363.0). Advises ZDC that he will go to Robinsville VOR then be VFR after that.

1235 local Had LION 11 flight on Ctr 363.00 self id as flight of 4 FL 15K req direct OOD, Robinsville and VFR after that.
OOD : WOODSTOWN navaid | OpenNav
RBV : ROBBINSVILLE navaid | OpenNav
Judging by that course between OOD and RBV right up middle of NJ to NYC?
1328 Heard LION-11 flight of 4.returning direct Norfolk at Fl 16K.. Shame such cloudy skies here today.

 

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1440- 71st FS T-38s (Marlin 1 & 3) back out in W386 for afternoon sorties. F-22s also out there for ACM training. Same freqs as this morning 238.1/350.05/385.85.

1453- Reach 271 (C-17 # 98-0057 AE0803) working First Ops (349.4). Inbound DOV, no pax no cargo.

 

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1519- Marlin flt (self-id as 3 X T-38s 71st FS LFI) working Giantkiller (238.1) clearing out of W386. Then working 71st FS Ops (357.1) w/ acft status reports.

1530- Tuned in Langley tower on LiveATC and caught Marlin flt landing as well as Rogue flt (F-22s). Also Trident 11 (SH-60 HSC-9, NAS Chambers VA working pattern for the Eagle Pad at Langley.

1542- Zest flt (Self-d as 2 X F-22s Langley) land. Zest-2 is female pilot. (LiveATC).

 

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1612- Nomad 41 (C-130T # 164442 AE03D2 VR-62 "Nomads" NAS Jacksonville FL) working ADW CP (378.1) for landing. Asking about time for ramp freeze.

 

[mdmonitor]

I put this together for myself then thought it might be useful to some of you. It's a list of local airfields and their runways.

AIRPORT	RUNWAY(S)
Andrews (KADW)	1R/19R, 1L/19L
Atlantic City (KACY)	13/31, 4/22
Davison AAF (KDAA)	14/32
Dover AFB (KDOV)	14/32, 1/19
NAS Chambers (KNGU)	10 & 28
NAS Patuxent River (KNHK)	6, 14/32, 2 & 20
Joint Base McGuire (KWRI)	6/24, 18/36
NAS Oceana (KNTU)	14L/32R, 5L/23R, 14R/32L
Martin State (KMTN)	15/33
Joint Base Langley (KLFI)	8 & 26
Phillips AAF (KAPG)	24/22
MCAF Quantico (KNYG)	2 & 20
Weide AAF (KEDG)	1 & 19

I forgot these.

Martinsburg (KMRB)	2 & 20
Hagerstown (KHGR)	2 & 20, 9/27
Manassas (KHEF)	16L/34R, 16R/34L

 

[Mark]

1612- Nomad 41 (C-130T # 164442 AE03D2 VR-62 "Nomads" NAS Jacksonville FL) working ADW CP (378.1) for landing. Asking about time for ramp freeze.

Typo should be 164441? The VR-62 Nomads getting to be regulars up this way.
BTW what ever happened to the VR-52 Taskmasters at Willow Grove/McGuire with their DC-9 planes?
Assume they disbanded when the DC-9 was retired around 2013 from Naval service in lieu of B738's.
Can never find any final word on that unit.

 

[FIREBOX2914]

I put this together for myself then thought it might be useful to some of you. It's a list of local airfields and their runways.

AIRPORT	RUNWAY(S)
Andrews (KADW)	1R/19R, 1L/19L
Atlantic City (KACY)	13/31, 4/22
Davison AAF (KDAA)	14/32
Dover AFB (KDOV)	14/32, 1/19
NAS Chambers (KNGU)	10 & 28
NAS Patuxent River (KNHK)	6, 14/32, 2 & 20
Joint Base McGuire (KWRI)	6/24, 18/36
NAS Oceana (KNTU)	14L/32R, 5L/23R, 14R/32L
Martin State (KMTN)	15/33
Joint Base Langley (KLFI)	8 & 26
Phillips AAF (KAPG)	24/22
MCAF Quantico (KNYG)	2 & 20
Weide AAF (KEDG)	1 & 19

I forgot these.

Martinsburg (KMRB)	2 & 20
Hagerstown (KHGR)	2 & 20, 9/27
Manassas (KHEF)	16L/34R, 16R/34L

Looks good, Oceana also has 5R/23L and is the preferred runway!

 

[TerryPavlick]

Typo should be 164441? The VR-62 Nomads getting to be regulars up this way.
BTW what ever happened to the VR-52 Taskmasters at Willow Grove/McGuire with their DC-9 planes?
Assume they disbanded when the DC-9 was retired around 2013 from Naval service in lieu of B738's.
Can never find any final word on that unit.

Mark

see here Disestablishment ends VR-52’s 40-year legacy

 

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Mark

see here Disestablishment ends VR-52’s 40-year legacy

Terry
Mark,

I thought VR-52 was still operating out of McGuire. They use the BD### tail code & Condor callsigns.

 

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1850- Air Force 1 (VC-25 # 82-8000 ADFDB8) off ADW (118.95). Watch out Georgia, here he comes

Working ZDC Montebello (121.675) cleared to FL270. Also working ZDC Tech (133.575).

1853- Tint 19 (E-6B # 164387 AE0414 VQ-4 Det) on approach to PAX.

1910- FedEx 9791 ( MD-11 N584FE) calling DOV CP on 130.65. ATOC responds and apparently points him in the right direction. Apparently couldn't get DOV CP so asks ATOC to let them know they are 10 mins out. Working DOV approach (132.425) & tower (126.35)

 

[Mark]

Terry
Mark,
I thought VR-52 was still operating out of McGuire. They use the BD### tail code & Condor callsigns.

Thanks Terry,maybe someday when the Navy gets more B738's they will resurrect VR-52.
Seems the Navy 738's now are very busy all over the place.. Need more.
Ron VR-64 is still there at McGuire the Condors. They came over from WG at same time.
Earlier today RCH893T coming North near Richmond Va tried Andrews on 141.550 no joy.
Guess they gave it a whirl from the old book. I was surprised to hear that call..

 

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Thanks Terry,maybe someday when the Navy gets more B738's they will resurrect VR-52.
Seems the ones now are very busy all over the place..
Ron VR-64 is still there at McGuire the Condors

Mark,

OOPS !!! My bad

Thanks for the correction.

 

[Mark]

Flashback time now to June 2006 at Willow Grove NAS airshow...

Langley F-15C Demo landing.. Got lucky with this pic..
Left red tail flash says Demo, Right side says Ironmen.

VR-52 hangar right next to control tower,base freq reads 382.8

 

[Mark]

Forgot one of my favorites from 2006 WG airshow retired museum quality
A Jolly Roger F-14A Tomcat... Scramble says as of 2010 up at Great Lakes on display.
Flew way back in time 1980 on board the Nimitz. "Splash the Zeroes"

Wiki says most of that movie aerial scenes The Final Countdown was filmed at NAS Norfolk and NAS Key West and Florida keys.. never knew
that.
"The difficulties in filming a modern jet fighter were soon apparent when the first setup to record an F-14 takeoff at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, resulted in both camera and operator being pitched down a runway"

 

[md_p97]

POTUS just showed up to the Ga rally in an V-22 OSPREY. Marine Corps green with United States of America on the side. Never seen one in that paint scheme before (HMX1).

Edit: Or maybe not....a bunch of other HMX1 Helo's just showed up. So I don't know.

 

[TerryPavlick]

POTUS just showed up to the Ga rally in an V-22 OSPREY. Marine Corps green with United States of America on the side. Never seen one in that paint scheme before (HMX1).

Edit: Or maybe not....a bunch of other HMX1 Helo's just showed up. So I don't know.

Looked like this ?? He is arriving in a white top helo