Sticky Thread For Mid-Atlantic MilAir 2021

[Mark]

They dragging anything?

They were both flying low at 20k and SPUR-95 did real low altitude sight seeing detour spin at Niagara Falls. Both look inbound Wichita Kansas McConnell AFB area now. Course a KC-46 support base.
Seems these days everyone in the USAF wants to see the Falls from the air
Can't blame them..A pretty sight as I was just up there 2 years ago. They still pack them in!
Down here in Maryland get used to muddy murky rivers but when you see crystal clear light blue Niagara River flowing towards Lake Ontario
it is a nice change.

 

[RaleighGuy]

To all from the northeast, please be careful this weekend, my prayers are with you.

 

[Hbright]

98-0002 SAM057 on ADSBx, AF2, wheels up for the very long journey to Singapore (with refueling stops in Anchorage and Tokyo). Also, 99-0003, SAM060 departing/following on ADSBx

Why dont they use AF2 callsign on overseas visits anymore?

 

[RichardKramer]

I've never heard anything like this fro AF1. For me, not worth the bother. Takes up too much scanner space which can be used for other interesting "stuff". I'm not a techie, so have not idea or equipment on how to demodulate these signals.

I enjoyed reading that article Ron. I have an AR8000 scanning the UHF freqs as that scanner does USB/LSB with very small tuning increments. I've heard some VIP's talking and some news people also. Even though the E/F system has been dismantled, I still keep those freqs in the scanner. The Y/Z freqs are still used, but not as often as they used to be. Just as most USSS/WHCA comms are encrypted, you just never know if some comms will go out in the clear as they did on CH Oscar when POTUS was in Lehigh Co, PA several weeks ago as I heard an unid agent call Stagecoach to make contact with an agent in the Mack Truck facility. I even keep the Mystic Star hf freq list handy in case they use those freqs again. There was a # designator for each hf freq " AF1 493upper is primary, 278lower is secondary." Where 493 would mean 6.683 MHz USB, 278 = 9.007 MHz LSB. The WHCA would change the freq designators every couple of years.

 

[Mark]

Several RCH C-17's working out of Dulles airport today..
RCH-153 97-0042 TN ANG SW bound
RCH-166 02-1106 on grd at Dulles
RCH-150 C-17 96-0001 just departed Westbound.

Andrews UHF CP is still down since 9/25.. notam.
ATTENTION ALL AMC AND TRANSIENT AIRCREWS: CONTACT COMMAND POST VIA DSN 858-5058 OR C301-981-5058. UHF 378.1 IS OUT OF SERVICE UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.

 

[freqhopping]

Several RCH C-17's working out of Dulles airport today..
RCH-153 97-0042 TN ANG SW bound
RCH-166 02-1106 on grd at Dulles
RCH-150 C-17 96-0001 just departed Westbound

Seems most if not all evacuees are being brought into Dulles. Maybe these are the flights relocating refugees to Fort McCoy and Fort Bliss.

 

[mdmonitor]

Several RCH C-17's working out of Dulles airport today..
RCH-153 97-0042 TN ANG SW bound
RCH-166 02-1106 on grd at Dulles
RCH-150 C-17 96-0001 just departed Westbound.

Andrews UHF CP is still down since 9/25.. notam.
ATTENTION ALL AMC AND TRANSIENT AIRCREWS: CONTACT COMMAND POST VIA DSN 858-5058 OR C301-981-5058. UHF 378.1 IS OUT OF SERVICE UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.

The VHF alternate 141.55 AM is being used by the Coast Guard now.

 

[mdmonitor]

0923- SAM 956 (C-40 # 01-0015) inbound to ADW. Departed from MacDill AFB FL.

 

[RaleighGuy]

Seems most if not all evacuees are being brought into Dulles. Maybe these are the flights relocating refugees to Fort McCoy and Fort Bliss.

Fort Lee in VA is also taking them...

Afghan evacuees to arrive in the U.S. through Virginia and Wisconsin military bases

The first U.S. stop for the nearly 2,000 Afghan interpreters and other refugees evacuated so far amid the collapse of the Afghan government has been central Virginia’s Fort Lee military base.

www.nbc12.com

 

[GriffissSpotter]

Dyess C-130J-30 showing callsign “X” descending into Wheeler-Sack AAF (KGTB)

 

[mdmonitor]

Fort Lee in VA is also taking them...

Afghan evacuees to arrive in the U.S. through Virginia and Wisconsin military bases

The first U.S. stop for the nearly 2,000 Afghan interpreters and other refugees evacuated so far amid the collapse of the Afghan government has been central Virginia’s Fort Lee military base.

www.nbc12.com

One would hope that the US Intell Community is actively vetting and recruiting some of these folks for future use.

 

[RaleighGuy]

Good morning, the White House has passed along the following:

The President is no longer traveling to Wilmington.

 

[jetcrafter]

To all from the northeast, please be careful this weekend, my prayers are with you.

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Thank you Glenn! Here in Maine it's looking like more of just some rain and little wind. Praying for others in the Northeast who may be more in harms way.

 

[RaleighGuy]

Off topic but interesting company to watch for, currently seeing N243XX flying around Kabul.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1428809921156591620

 

[vgames15]

Good morning, the White House has passed along the following:

The President is no longer traveling to Wilmington.

Wonder why this time

 

[mdmonitor]

Wonder why this time

Maybe the ice cream shop in Rehoboth is out of his favorite flavor, so he's gonna wait for them to restock it

 

[pvdspotter]

143rd Airlift Wing has been doing AC evacuations today in anticipation for hurricane Henri

All seen on ADSB
RHODY11 (x3), RHODY36 (x1?), RHODY35 (x1) all leaving Quonset heading Northwest

Also RHODY41 (x1) which looked like it was heading back to OQU from Oregon before making a turn Northbound over Michigan

I believe they are all heading to Traverse City but I haven’t been able to confirm that yet

 

[ra7850]

Does anyone happen to know or have heard the airboss frequency being used this year by David Schultz Airshows ? He is the airboss for the show over Pocono Raceway today.

Thanks

 

[ra7850]

While searching for the airboss frequency today I found an image of the transceivers used by the David Schultz Airshows. Can anyone identify
what these are?

 

[GriffissSpotter]

Another Dyess C-130J-30 heading up to Fort Drum.