Sticky Thread For Mid-Atlantic MilAir 2022

[CYUL]

VINYL61/71 Inbound. Currently over Quebec north of CYMX

 

[RaleighGuy]

Friday, March 18, Vice President Harris will travel to Sunset, Louisiana

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Very likely this trip might be postponed now that 2nd Gentleman has tested positive for Covid.

 

[GriffissSpotter]

1845 - BISON 22 up on AR-206L primary (235.100) with HARMO02 (C-5M) for an air refueling tonight. (Heard from Syracuse, NY)

1902 - HARMO 02 is clear to stern.

 

[BM82557]

BLUE 42 westbound on ADSB --

 

[AirScan]

Checking LiveATC from this afternoon, VT ANG F-35s CHEVY 11 (x4) was cleard from KBTV to KLFI, departed around 12:30.

 

[Mark]

1955 local SAM-524 #98-0002 coming South towards Maine from Le Bourget France LFPB.

 

[pro106import]

238.175 active down in W386? Boy an awful lot of activity lately.

 

[DannyM86]

EDDIE63 and POLO99 working AR-631 295.8
OPEC28 and RODD99 working AR-204 324.6

 

[yow777]

BLUE 42 westbound on ADSB

I believe he assisted BLUE 41 in delivering 2 x 48FW F-15C's (RETRO 91/92) from RAF Lakenheath to Barnes ANGB earlier today.

 

[mdmonitor]

VIP Movement Summary 15 Mar

SAM 541 (C-37 # 97-0401) ADW-Mexico
SAM 540 (C-37 # 06-0500) ADW-MacDill
SAM 322 (C-37 # 20-1947) London-ADW

 

[Mark]

AR-62E is hot Weds morning 1145z-1245z FL240-FL270 DCC Ctr.. Saw the other day McGuire
was supposed to have a couple tankers go up to Goose Bay.Maybe related.
Someone going Eastbound..

 

[GROCKSHD]

238.175 active down in W386? Boy an awful lot of activity lately.

DEECEE23 is departing W386, comms on 350.050. ANGRY1 is remaining on station, comms with GIANTKILLER on 238.100

 

[wbagley]

C-32A 09-0018 VENUS 98 on an apparent test flight out of Andrews.

 

[jaymatt1978]

1136 ROGUE 11 KDOV VHF Tower 122.3500

 

[Hbright]

C-32A 09-0018 VENUS 98 on an apparent test flight out of Andrews.

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As is 98-0001 VENUS91, descending over New York.

 

[wbagley]

C-32A 09-0018 VENUS 98 on an apparent test flight out of Andrews.

As is 98-0001 VENUS91, descending over New York.

Actually, I would guess that VENUS 91 is doing pilot training rather than a test flight. They are in the airport traffic pattern at Albany practicing landings. The tower clears them for the option meaning that they can do a missed/low approach, a touch and go or a full stop landing.

Which begs the question of what is VENUS 98 testing if it flies a two-hour flight at FL310 and comes back to ADW to land? Some ETOPS equipment like the APU generator and fuel crossfeed valves need to be cold-soaked at altitude for testing. Or, possibly the pilots were on Covid leave and just needed two hours of flight time to maintain flight pay.

 

[Madfox]

Nice catch on 168441, I monitor these daily, had two up today, 168441/168854 & 168384/(169327), the latter still doing doughnuts just s/w of KNIP. Not been able to fully pin 384 down as 327 yet but my ££££ is on it.

VPU2 dropped a right clanger lol ADS-B Exchange - tracking 12268 aircraft (adsbexchange.com)
168384 has been flying out of Salt Lake for the last week.

 

[mdmonitor]

Actually, I would guess that VENUS 91 is doing pilot training rather than a test flight. They are in the airport traffic pattern at Albany practicing landings. The tower clears them for the option meaning that they can do a missed/low approach, a touch and go or a full stop landing.

Which begs the question of what is VENUS 98 testing if it flies a two-hour flight at FL310 and comes back to ADW to land? Some ETOPS equipment like the APU generator and fuel crossfeed valves need to be cold-soaked at altitude for testing. Or, possibly the pilots were on Covid leave and just needed two hours of flight time to maintain flight pay.

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Bill

Actually, there one of the monthly Continuity of Government (COG) exercises going on HF yesterday & day (at least). Maybe Venus 98 was participating in that. They usually go out that way following one of the E-4s then head back to ADW. It's always one of the C032s that sometimes fills in for AF1, it's probably simulating AF1 for the COG exercise since it probably has the some comms suite as AF1.

 

[Hbright]

Bill

Actually, there one of the monthly Continuity of Government (COG) exercises going on HF yesterday & day (at least). Maybe Venus 98 was participating in that. They usually go out that way following one of the E-4s then head back to ADW. It's always one of the C032s that sometimes fills in for AF1, it's probably simulating AF1 for the COG exercise since it probably has the some comms suite as AF1.

Yes, the 2009 fiscal year C-32As (09-0015, 09-0016, 09-0017, 09-0018) often stand in for AF1. And VENUS98's flight pattern looks similar to other COOP/COG exercises flown alongside the E-4Bs.

 

[mdmonitor]

Guys,

I'm getting some personal chat, (with children ) on 259.1 in FM. I think it's from one of the MilSats being used by pirates.