Sticky Thread For Mid-Atlantic MilAir 2021

[BM82557]

MQ-4 up over Japan --

 

[Mark]

See T-BIRD 14,15 C-130J's going back home Arkansas.. Pricey 2.5 hour airshow coming up in Orange County NY.
Prob hear RAPTOR-1 demo headed North Thursday.
2021 New York Int'l Air Show - August 28-29 - Orange County Airport (airshowny.com)

2005 local SPUR-66 doing rtb McGuire coming South of Boston Ma.

I see someone named their newborn baby daughter "Reach" after being born on a USAF C-17 Reach Afghan departure flight..

 

[yow777]

These seemed to be coming SW to NE anyway.. prob Barksdale Buffs. Maybe join B-2's in Iceland?

Number 3 of this flight is now working Boston 282.200, heading back to Whiteman AFB so appears to be a B-2.
Callsign sounds like Diva 03. Now on Boston 123.875.

 

[Mark]

2025 local ADSBX shows two B-52's headed our way over West Virginia now as AGILE 01,03 so prob a third tail in there.
Looks like they started out in Minot ND then down to Louisiana area and now headed this way. May turn back before they get here.
See if any SPUR tankers launch. They are flying low at 27k,28k.
2042 Call heard for AGILE on 11.175 HF...no reply. Looks like Pittsburgh KC-135 tanker headed South towards them.
2047 Pittsburgh tanker seems headed West low and slow at FL21k.
2049 A third Buff has now shown on ADSBX in the formation on course for Hagerstown MD. Gonna split the bad wx up that way.

 

[Mark]

2110 local AGILE up on ZNY Big Flat 270.300.mode s callsigns show Minot B-52 tails.
2112 Agiles seem headed for York,Lancaster County Pa.. Still flying low and slow at 28k.
2020 Finally showed up again ZNY 290.200.. No A/A yet.
2027 AGILES up on ZNY 282.300
2033 AGILES seem headed to Long Island.. go getem

 

[Tech792]

2120- Strong A/A on 300.125....I have this marked as HARASS/KILLER A/A.
Also see (3) B-52 over eastern PA headed towards NJ
2127- Handed off 290.2 to ZNY 282.3

 

[MMID303]

 

[Tech792]

AGILES eventually turned around over New York City now headed back west.

 

[MMID303]

Anyone know what HANDY46 is? Near Kent Island, unsure if military or civil. B-52s are out west again.
Edit-now flying North over Toledo.

 

[mdmonitor]

2120- Strong A/A on 300.125....I have this marked as HARASS/KILLER A/A.
Also see (3) B-52 over eastern PA headed towards NJ
2127- Handed off 290.2 to ZNY 282.3

Pete

I have 300.125 as a 20th Bomb Wing (Barksdale) A-A

The Buffs appear to be part of the ongoing Skymaster exercise being reported on H

 

[rjsincs]

2025 local ADSBX shows two B-52's headed our way over West Virginia now as AGILE 01,03 so prob a third tail in there.
Looks like they started out in Minot ND then down to Louisiana area and now headed this way. May turn back before they get here.

They were close enough for me to see but far enough that I only saw a single red light before it was washed out by the streetlight.

Anyone know what this Handy46 is?

 

[rjsincs]

Looks to be landing at PAX

 

[Mark]

They were close enough for me to see but far enough that I only saw a single red light before it was washed out by the streetlight.

Anyone know what this Handy46 is?

I was in Z land by then but at that time 2225 local "6405" calling into Pax Maint Ops.
E-6B 164405 has been using miscode 924924 for a long time.. couple other Navy types use that same code as well.
That will be last time seeing the HANDY 46 callsign.. E-6B's always changing callsigns.

 

[mdmonitor]

0535- Divert 01 (sounds like) working ZBW Stewart (256.9)>ZNY Elmira (298.9)

 

[mdmonitor]

0623- Troy 218 (DHS helo) working Wash Helo (134.35) Advises they are 10 miles north of DCA at 1,800 ft.

 

[mdmonitor]

0700- Marine 101 (C-37 # 166377 VR-1) off ADW heading south. Callsign 101 usually indicates that USMC Commandant is aboard.

0724- CAP 2505 (Cessna-172 N505CP) & CAP 2526 (Cessna-182 926CP) checking comms on CAP Air #2 (150.5625). Both departed from Davison AAF. Looks like they will be working in the weekly Falcon Virgo exercise. CAPs working PAX freqs (119.275 & 121.0)

 

[mdmonitor]

0940- Midas, Migs & Vodkas (T-38s 71st FS) working in W386 (228.45/238.1/233.525/238.825/262.025/350.05) w/Bash flt (F-22s 149th FS VA ANG) & Cade flt (F-22s 27th/94th FS)

0955- Pioneer 88 (P-8 # 169333 VX-1) off PAX heading northeast. Working Potomac (128.0). This Potomac freq is rare catch for me.

1008- Drago 61 & 62 (sound like F-16s) working Potomac (348.725) & ZDC Patuxent (281.4)

 

[mdmonitor]

1010- Drago 61 w/Bay Watch (270.8/305.2) w/request to hold in R-4005.

1020- Devil 11 flt (F-16s 119th FS NJ ANG) off ACY working ZDC Woodstown (363.0)>ZDC Casino (285.4)>W107/108 (255.0). Devils A-A (298.6)

1040- Pioneer 22 (P-8 # 167952 VX-1) working Giantkiller (118.125) for entry into Test Track.

 

[Tech792]

1037- WARLOCK 09 (P-3 orion) 15-8912 running patterns over Long Island Sound and into CT for the past few hours. Almost looks like the same testing patterns I see running around Lakehurst NAS. Track shows he's out of PAX.

 

[mdmonitor]

Looks like new class for Test Pilot School has started up. Lots of Testers flying yesterday & today. Some foreign accents noted as well.