Sticky Thread For Mid-Atlantic MilAir 2021

[AirScan]

Israeli F35s due delivery via Rota....first stage of that drag?

Fighters callsign is RETRO 51, clearence was via Coronet East 080. Destination is LERT.

 

[mdmonitor]

1018- Salty Dog 423 (F-18F VX-23) check in w/Giantkiller (238.1) for entry into Test Track up to FL400.

1020- Venus 01 (VC-25 # 82-8000) is up at Harrisburg for pattern work.

 

[Madfox]

Fighters callsign is RETRO 51, clearence was via Coronet East 080. Destination is LERT.

Rota 24/09/2021 CE080 Eastbound
RETRO 51-53 KNFW>LERT
945 F-35A IDF
947 F-35A IDF
949 F-35A IDF
86-0035 KC-10A 305AMW/McGuire BLUE01 KWRI>LERT
63-7988 KC-135R 173ARS/155ARW/NE`ANG BLUE02 KNFW>KLNK

Coronet East Movements

mfcem.blogspot.com

 

[Tech792]

1355- Something out of NHK heading north up NJ coast on ADSB. 215 kts at 950 ft, hex AE592D.
Previous flights show this used callsign OSPREY 49.
1420- Now MADFOX 17 over this way, now going up the Hudson. Presume a P-8. Track is out of Jacksonville NAS.

 

[Mark]

1433 RAM-51 coming North FL230 on ZDC 307.275. I think F/18E from VFA-83 NAS Oceana.

 

[mdmonitor]

China to unveil bizarre unmanned aircraft at Zhuhai Airshow

China will for the first time unveil its new unmanned aerial vehicle of the High-Altitude Long Endurance (HALE) type at the Zhuhai Airshow 2021. Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) will publicly unveil the WZ-7 (BZK-007) high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE) remotely piloted vehicle...

defence-blog.com

 

[Mark]

Those P-8A's are sure good at finding lost small boats. Wish some of these fisherman would use more common sense though.
These guys got lucky.

DVIDS - News - Grey Knights Locate Fishermen Lost at Sea (dvidshub.net)

 

[BM82557]

Guard Dog --

NOBLEs already active on 267.5 when I first checked at 16:50 local
260.9 active
AR on 247.05 as has been the norm lately

 

[Mark]

1715 local NOBLE-01 asking on 350.250 freq for North of Frederick MD.
1725 sounds like traffic talking about Frederick on 123.450. MD Trooper 3 headed West near Frederick.

 

[pvdspotter]

RCH152 (C-130J-30 317th AG) cleared for runway 16 at Quonset on PVD Approach (127.9)

RCH154 and RCH157 following close behind, looks like all those Dyess birds that went through PSM a couple months ago are coming home

 

[Mark]

RR USA is the winner in B-52 engine competition.
2.6 B is a lot less than I expected.. Heck the Pentagon craps that every year on useless junk
Rolls-Royce Wins B-52 Re-Engining Program Worth $2.6 Billion - Air Force Magazine

 

[mdmonitor]

Farewell, Bones: Air Force finishes latest round of B-1B bomber retirements

Retiring B-1B and B-2 bombers will make way for the new B-21 Raider over the next two decades.

www.airforcetimes.com

 

[mdmonitor]

0819- Aussie 318 (Australian AF A-330-200 # A39-007) off ADW heading west. Working ZDC Linden (133.55)>ZDC Moorefield (133.275).

 

[Mark]

B-17 for sale.. Some assembly required
You Can Buy This Extremely Rare World War II-Era B-17 Bomber (msn.com)

Thought we might see some Wisconsin F-16's maybe stage up in New England this weekend.
Supposed to deploy by end of September..
Sendoff ceremony on 9/11 anniversary for 300 members of 115th Fighter Wing (msn.com)
Looks like one last practice on Sept 23.
115th Fighter Wing - Home | Facebook

 

[CYUL]

0946 - SNAKEs from Indiana ANG shown as “HOG 01” spotted in central VT, near the entrance of VR-1801. These 2 A-10s stayed the weekend at KBAF. Judging by the scheduled times of the Fort Drum restricted areas, looks like they will hit up the range.View attachment 109756

Log file day here. Got him on local equipment

ModeS		Reg.		Callsign		Type		From		To
AE199B		80-0256		HOG 01		A-10C Thunderbolt II		9/20/2021 12:49		9/20/2021 12:59

 

[CYUL]

My Milair logs for Sept. to date. Some of the Regs are screwed up (thanks Excel)

 

[freqhopping]

CAP has been really quiet when I've been listening. I've seen tankers a few times. Just got back from the Leesburg airshow. While there saw the current tanker which is not showing on tracking. Also saw a C-5 heading west.

One of these is a flight of two T-6s. Three left together. T-6s

UH-60 0-24526 PAT19 was there. Three soldiers jumped with parachutes from 6k feet. The only close tail # per Scramble is 86-24526 ND ArNG. Unit fits since they're TDY here, but the DB must be wrong about the number or there is also a 00-24526.. No mode-S on this one.

Airboss was 135.85
Airboss ground 118.7
Discrete 123.15 Used by performers to speak to crowd.





1548- Japanese Air Force now departing Dulles.

 

[Mark]

UK Scuttlebutt is that Dyess AFB will deploy some B-1B's to RAF Fairford soon.
Yesterday McGuire C-17 #07-7171 RCH-879 went Dyess then UK this morning.. Will take a few tankers to get them across.. Stay tuned.
AR-80NE is booked tonight 0100z-0230z. Not sure if related. Red Eye B-1's?

 

[morfis]

UK Scuttlebutt is .....

Strangely I used the same word when talking to a friend this morning. However, fact is that C5, REACH922 went into FFD early doors.

REACH879, the C17, landed Prestwick a short while ago but is rumoured to be hopping down to FFD tomorrow.

Back to the head and B1 engines were mentioned as being unloaded

 

[RichardKramer]

CAP has been really quiet when I've been listening. I've seen tankers a few times. Just got back from the Leesburg airshow. While there saw the current tanker which is not showing on tracking. Also saw a C-5 heading west.

One of these is a flight of two T-6s. Three left together. T-6s

UH-60 0-24526 PAT19 was there. Three soldiers jumped with parachutes from 6k feet. The only close tail # per Scramble is 86-24526 ND ArNG. Unit fits since they're TDY here, but the DB must be wrong about the number or there is also a 00-24526.. No mode-S on this one.

Airboss was 135.85
Airboss ground 118.7
Discrete 123.15 Used by performers to speak to crowd.


View attachment 109978


1548- Japanese Air Force now departing Dulles.

Just curious about the 135.85 air boss freq; Dave Schultz was using 135.65 in 2019 as the primary air boss VHF freq.