Sticky Thread For Mid-Atlantic MilAir 2021

[mdmonitor]

This morning heard someone I think Andrews F-16's on 360.700 then says to other I'm going to 121.025.
Thought that was odd..

Mark,

That would fit with Ship Bottom 254.3 now being 307.275.

 

[Justmescanneruser]

Wonder if some or all this W-72 action is for the USS Harry Truman departure today including that KING-73 flight from Long Island?
DVIDS - Video - Harry S. Truman Departs Naval Station Norfolk for Deployment (dvidshub.net)

Well, the timing doesn't seem quite right for the activity off the coast to be connected to the Truman, but I researched some and according to this page, USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: Nov. 1, 2021 , on or around Nov 1, "USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77) is underway in the Virginia Capes Operating Areas." and according to this one, USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: Nov. 15, 2021 , on or around Nov 15th, "USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77) departed from Naval Station Norfolk, Va., this morning as part of a series of underways after the completion of an extensive maintenance period.", it seems likely that the USS George H.W. Bush is in or around W-72, or at least somewhere off the east coast. Who knows though, you may be right and it could be the Truman air wing practicing or could be completely unrelated. I haven't seen anything about when the USS George H.W. Bush is going to do computex.

 

[Mark]

Lots of Govt westbounds now..
All in Conga line and all B737 types and at FL340.

SPAR-16 #05-4613
BOXER-49 #02-0201
BOXER-41 #02-0203

Just to the South of these EXEC1F 98-0002 out of Philadelphia..Maybe Jill skipping Camp weekend.

 

[Mark]

Mark,
That would fit with Ship Bottom 254.3 now being 307.275.

I didn't have 125.025 in my VHF rotation.. Had to add it though prob missing others as well.
Is that a new one? Heard lots of traffic on there.

Just heard traffic on ZDC 236.825 say we are with the 104th FS and passed along an event number.
Maryland A-10s working offshore down that way? Maybe in W-386

CPS-52 KC-135 from Jacksonville was working offshore NC/SC border.
Maybe the Harry Truman moving South? I think Truman has to pick up some CVW-1 Air Wing members from Jacksonville
as well.

 

[mdmonitor]

I didn't have 125.025 in my VHF rotation.. Had to add it though prob missing others as well.
Is that a new one? Heard lots of traffic on there.

Just heard traffic on ZDC 236.825 say we are with the 104th FS and passed along an event number.
Maryland A-10s working offshore down that way? Maybe in W-386

Mark,

The callsign is ?Getty? 41 & they are now on ZDC Atlantic City (281.45) requesting entry into W107.

 

[Mark]

Mark,

The callsign is ?Getty? 41 & they are now on ZDC Atlantic City (281.45) requesting entry into W107.

RAVEN-1 flight of 4 with Atlantic City apch 327.125 going to FL 13k and W-107
Must be having a meet up out there
1444 ZDC Dixie 307.800 "Sw to Giant Killer" and RAVEN-1 come up on 255.000 and mention a Marsa coming up.
Some A/A coms on 266.600 and 271.400 104th FS freqs.
There is a Res in W-107 from 1630z-2359z Surface to 18k.
EXEC1 F dropping down towards Tulsa OK.

 

[AirScan]

1100- Angry 1 (F-16 121st FS DC ANG) check-in w/ZDC (307.275) at FL200. I have this as ZDC Super High, but FL200 doesn't seem to fit that. QSY's to ZDC Atlantic City (281.45) then W107/108 (255.0). Also on discrete (238.175). From the sequence of freq changes, it seems that 307.275 is located somewhere between ADW & Atlantic City.

This morning heard someone I think Andrews F-16's on 360.700 then says to other I'm going to 121.025.
Thought that was odd..

That would fit with Ship Bottom 254.3 now being 307.275.

Checking the LiveATC ZDC 134.500 (360.700) archives you can hear the controller working the ANGRY 1 flight, clears them to FL200, then initially hands them off to 121.025 then comes back right away with the UHF 307.275. Explains the 121.025 and confirms 307.275 being used in place of 254.300. I have 307.275 listed as a spare/backup frequency so maybe just a temp sub for 254.300 ?

 

[mdmonitor]

Checking the LiveATC ZDC 134.500 (360.700) archives you can hear the controller working the ANGRY 1 flight, clears them to FL200, then initially hands them off to 121.025 then comes back right away with the UHF 307.275. Explains the 121.025 and confirms 307.275 being used in place of 254.300. I have 307.275 listed as a spare/backup frequency so maybe just a temp sub for 254.300 ?

Air,

Thanks for the confirmation. I don't think it is a temp sub, 254.3 hasn't been heard for quite awhile & 307.275 has been heard for some time now.

Thanks FAA for publishing change

 

[RaleighGuy]

Just to the South of these EXEC1F 98-0002 out of Philadelphia..Maybe Jill skipping Camp weekend.

Went out to Tulsa International Airport in Tulsa, OK but schedule doesn't say when (or if) she's coming back.

 

[AirScan]

I don't think it is a temp sub, 254.3 hasn't been heard for quite awhile & 307.275 has been heard for some time now.

I see what you mean. Searching the Mid-Atlantic threads for 307.275 I see it was first noted by freqhopping in the same area back in July 2019, and all reports of it since seem consistent with it being Sector 58 Coyle, RCAG Ship Bottom. I'll update my notes.

 

[BM82557]

Went out to Tulsa International Airport in Tulsa, OK but schedule doesn't say when (or if) she's coming back.

found this that says Friday --

First Lady Jill Biden to visit Cherokee Nation school in Oklahoma

The White House announced that First Lady Jill Biden plans to visit the Cherokee Immersion School in Tahlequah to highlight the importance of native language preservation.

www.koco.com

but this one says Thurday --

First Lady Jill Biden arrives at Tulsa International Airport for Tahlequah visit

First lady Jill Biden arrived in Tulsa Thursday afternoon for a later visit to a school in Tahlequah.

tulsaworld.com

 

[mdmonitor]

VIP Movement Summary 3 Dec

SAM 717 (C-40 # 01-0040) ADW-Upper Michigan
SAM 713 (C-32 # 99-0003) ADW-Ft. Bragg NC-possibly Europe
Navy 100 (C-37 # 166376) ADW-Van Nuys CA
Marine 101 (C-37 # 166378) ADW-Van Nuys CA
SAM 828 (C-37 # 18-1947) ADW-heading west

 

[BM82557]

EXEC1F off from Tulsa heading back east

 

[Mark]

VIP Movement Summary 3 Dec
Navy 100 (C-37 # 166376) ADW-Van Nuys CA
Marine 101 (C-37 # 166378) ADW-Van Nuys CA
SAM 828 (C-37 # 18-1947) ADW-heading west

Big event going on at Reagan library the annual RNDF Dec 3-4 starts tonight.
Sec of Defense there and maybe why all those Boxer flights to California earlier today.
First time in person since 2019 so seems all the big Dod Brass are going there.
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III (@SecDef) / Twitter

 

[RaleighGuy]

EXEC1F off from Tulsa heading back east

Weather looks clear but EXEC1F going further north than I would have thought. Currently headed NE over St Louis.

 

[freqhopping]

I noticed some semi-identified Army aircraft on ADSBx today. AE35CC R01903 and AE35CD R01970. Low and slow into KMCH from Wichita. Seemed a bit to fast for helos and listening to KMCH tower they were using the taxiways so they seem to be fixed wing. Some new Cessna/Textron single-engine? For USMA? Wait and see for now.

 

[RaleighGuy]

Goofy15 162782 AE040D E6 headed east over Kansas City, while SAM832 09-0525 AE4A81 GLF5 is headed back east from Colorado Springs

 

[MMID303]

EXEC1F Landing at Hagerstown Md

 

[RaleighGuy]

Early return Sunday, December 5, 2021 at 12:30 PM THE PRESIDENT and THE FIRST LADY arrive at the White House, so they can attend the 44th Kennedy Center Honors at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in the evening.

 

[MMID303]

EXEC1F departed KHGR