Sticky Thread For Mid-Atlantic MilAir 2021

[Madfox]

Thanks for filling in the blanks, Dean! I caught this on recording this morning here in Maine.

Here's my logs:
1144z 293.000 BLUE 41 and RETRO 91/92 doing trivia at first followed by some refueling comms then told to “push 268.4”.
1158z 303.000 BLUE 41 and BLUE 42 A-A comms.
1201z 289.700 No positive ID but sounded like two tankers, “we’re in the block 250-270 currently at 260”.
1218z 268.400 BLUE 41 and RETRO 91/92 check in on new boom freq.

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I'd also like to add I caught the NoAF F-35's yesterday (Aug 11) passing through on recording as well.

Here's the logs from that flight:
1259z 254.600 BLUE 21 and RETRO 71-73 Boom freq, talk about hearing from BLUE 22 and then refueling comms after that.
1259z 303.000 BLUE 21 and BLUE 22 A-A coordinating their rendezvous over New Brunswick, Canada.

That's all from here.

Cheers for the logs Ed, that BLUE 21-22/RETRO had me scratching for a bit to be honest, only match id got on that call sign previous was Moroccan F16s.....a little too exotic as it worked out but Noggy F35s were always the more obvious given the positions the tankers took, first delivery flight on BLUE/RETRO ive had for them frosty guys!

Thanks for filling in the blanks, Dean! I caught this on recording this morning here in Maine.

Here's my logs:
1144z 293.000 BLUE 41 and RETRO 91/92 doing trivia at first followed by some refueling comms then told to “push 268.4”.
1158z 303.000 BLUE 41 and BLUE 42 A-A comms.
1201z 289.700 No positive ID but sounded like two tankers, “we’re in the block 250-270 currently at 260”.
1218z 268.400 BLUE 41 and RETRO 91/92 check in on new boom freq.

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I'd also like to add I caught the NoAF F-35's yesterday (Aug 11) passing through on recording as well.

Here's the logs from that flight:
1259z 254.600 BLUE 21 and RETRO 71-73 Boom freq, talk about hearing from BLUE 22 and then refueling comms after that.
1259z 303.000 BLUE 21 and BLUE 22 A-A coordinating their rendezvous over New Brunswick, Canada.

That's all from here.

Cheers for the logs Ed, that BLUE 21-22/RETRO had me scratching for a bit to be honest, only match id got on that call sign previous was Moroccan F16s.....a little too exotic as it worked out but Noggy F35s were always the more obvious given the positions the tankers took, first delivery flight on BLUE/RETRO ive had for them frosty guys since Ive been logging them seriously! CE079 the F35s were on which is a bad sign, suggests its going to be a quiet year again!

 

[Madfox]

Cheers for the logs Ed, that BLUE 21-22/RETRO had me scratching for a bit to be honest, only match id got on that call sign previous was Moroccan F16s.....a little too exotic as it worked out but Noggy F35s were always the more obvious given the positions the tankers took, first delivery flight on BLUE/RETRO ive had for them frosty guys!

Cheers for the logs Ed, that BLUE 21-22/RETRO had me scratching for a bit to be honest, only match id got on that call sign previous was Moroccan F16s.....a little too exotic as it worked out but Noggy F35s were always the more obvious given the positions the tankers took, first delivery flight on BLUE/RETRO ive had for them frosty guys since Ive been logging them seriously! CE079 the F35s were on which is a bad sign, suggests its going to be a quiet year again!

Soddin return key, leave it with me to fill the thread full of mindless clap trap lol

 

[vgames15]

1548 Nobel 11 asked tanker(Wink59) for tail number. 59-1475 still nothing on radar.

 

[vgames15]

1627- CAP is now using 268.200 for A/A but believe they may be frequency hopping as well as I’ve had them on 226.750.

 

[MMID303]

These photos were taken by a friend of mine who works for the Pennsylvania DCNR. Fire suppression training with Raven Rock (Site R) fire department yesterday.

 

[Mark]

See fairly new VMGR-252 KC-130J playing down off NC Coast #170037 (AE6A12)

More troops to the theatre it seems.. Hopefully some of these guys can retrieve weapons we gave them.
No use to them when they surrender so easily... Shades of Vietnam... GW said it best.. "Beware foreign entanglements".
Assume we will soon see many new RCH flights out of North Carolina to Kuwait etc
Emergency Troop Surge Now Needed For Afghan Withdrawal | The Drive

 

[RaleighGuy]

Friday schedule

1:00 PM THE PRESIDENT departs Wilmington, Delaware en route Camp David
Delaware Air National Guard

 

[mdmonitor]

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[mdmonitor]

0700- SAM 064 (C-40 # 01-0041) inbound to ADW. Departed from Hickam AFB HI.

 

[mdmonitor]

Yesterday, had an FSS station on 123.3/255.4 ident self as DCA Radio. First time I've heard that station. I could hear the ground side as well as the acft so is close to me.

 

[mdmonitor]

1010- Salty Dog 23 (self ident as F-18) working ZDC Patuxent (281.4)> ZDC Wahoo (346.375)> ZDC Marlinton (319.0). SD 23 advises ZDC he is non-RSVN equipped.

 

[mdmonitor]

1050- Salty Dog 75 (Ident as single F-35) working Giantkiller (238.1) for entry into Atlantic Test Track.

 

[mdmonitor]

1345- SAM 975 (C-40 # 02-0042) inbound to ADW. Departed from Miami FL

1350- Wink 62 (KC-10) working Huntress (260.9) advising they are transiting to the Guard Dog CAP.

1357- Eagle 1 (Park Police Helo N11PP) calling N9895 on guard (121.5). No response noted.

1359- Couple of Nighthawks working discrete (143.825) w/current wx flt conditions. Accuweather shows some severe wx moving into the Camp David area.

1405- Couple of acft working on 246.5, which I have as a Thunderbird freq. They are trying to get around some bad wx. Chat about going to the tanker. Maybe a new CAP A-A?

1410- Couple of flts of MD ANG A-10Cs working discretes (266.6 & 271.4).

1412- Baton 51 (EC-130J # 97-1931 193rd SOS PA ANG) working Baton Ops (395.1).

 

[mdmonitor]

1414- Shady 85 (MC-12W # 10-00728) off BWI heading northeast.

1425- MD ANG A-10Cs working on 141.825 (AM). First time I've heard them use that freq.

135- Spade-31 (Thanks Mark) flt (id as flt of 3) working ZNY Phillipsburg (306.2)>ZNY Milton (269.1)>ZNY Stoneyfork (273.6).

 

[Mark]

1425 SPADE-31 req wx at KRME for next 2 hours from McGuire metro 239.800
Getting activity on Philly apch 319.500 and ZNY Milton 269.100.
Sounds like flight of 3 chatting on 319.500 mentions possible popup storm over Rome NY area.
Seems like they are using 319.500 as A/A. One of them got Atis and will be landing runway 15.

 

[mdmonitor]

1455- Venus 01 (VC-25 # 82-8000) landing at ADW. Had been doing some local stuff at Harrisburg.

1458- Devil flt (F-16s 119th FS NJ ANG) out in W107/108 working on discrete (339.725).

1500- Derby 82 (C-130 # 91-1235165th AS, KY ANG Louisville KY ) looks to be heading to DOV. Watched him working his way east then north around the line of wx on his way in. Correction: Looks like he went into New Castle DE.

 

[Mark]

McGuire metro still working Ron as SPADE-31 got wx from them Ok. Rare to hear metro requests anymore.
Hope our guy up at Griffiss catches these guys Almost sound like slow movers as heard them
chatting quite a while on 319.500

 

[jsoergel]

McGuire metro still working Ron as SPADE-31 got wx from them Ok. Rare to hear metro requests anymore.
Hope our guy up at Griffiss catches these guys Almost sound like slow movers as heard them
chatting quite a while on 319.500

SPADE should be VMA-231 Harriers.

 

[mdmonitor]

1530- Devil 11 flt working DOV approach (257.875) for a couple of approaches before heading back to ACY.

 

[mdmonitor]

McGuire metro still working Ron as SPADE-31 got wx from them Ok. Rare to hear metro requests anymore.
Hope our guy up at Griffiss catches these guys Almost sound like slow movers as heard them
chatting quite a while on 319.500

Mark,

Right about meteo freqs. Haven't heard the DOV, ADW or Langley meteos for several years. I think all that stuff went to ComSat.