Sticky Thread For Mid-Atlantic MilAir 2022

[Mark]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1504598812001804307

Short story about Alert CFS as about 7 years ago an electrician I used to work with got deployed to CFS Alert station
with fellow Construction Battalion members of Del National Guard in July to construct a storage warehouse and
had only 3 weeks to complete it.Short Summer construction season way up there
Transportation provided by Wyoming ANG C-130's as seemed they had skilled experience in that type climate.
CFS Alert - Wikipedia

 

[Chris52]

The heavies are out tonight !

 

[RaleighGuy]

Friday trip to the beach...

5:10 PM THE PRESIDENT departs the White House en route Rehoboth Beach, Delaware
South Lawn

6:10 PM THE PRESIDENT arrives in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware
Rehoboth Beach, Delaware

 

[mdmonitor]

VIP Movement Summary 16-17 Mar

16 Mar
SAM 524 (C-32 # 98-0002) ADW-Europe?
SAM 541 (C-37 # 97-0401) Nicaragua-ADW
SAM 578 (C-40 # 01-0040) ADW-Dayton OH

17 Mar
SAM 578 (C-40 # 01-0040) Dayton OH-ADW-Sacramento CA

 

[GriffissSpotter]

0930 - CRAZY 11 with ZBW UCA09/ART08 looking for the Viper airspace this morning.
0933 - CRAZY 11 & NINJA 21 cleared into Viper and declaring MARSA with WEASEL flight.
0940 - NINJA 21 checking on with Wheeler-Sack Approach (257.600)
0943 - WEASEL 31 flight checking on with ZBW, looking for Viper clearance.
0945 - WEASEL 31 cleared into Viper.

 

[mdmonitor]

Some of you might be interested

https://www.reddit.com/r/ADSB/comments/t1ssmk

 

[CYUL]

Short story about Alert CFS as about 7 years ago an electrician I used to work with got deployed to CFS Alert station
with fellow Construction Battalion members of Del National Guard in July to construct a storage warehouse and
had only 3 weeks to complete it.Short Summer construction season way up there
Transportation provided by Wyoming ANG C-130's as seemed they had skilled experience in that type climate.
CFS Alert - Wikipedia

it's a cool place (pun intended). In one episode of Ice Pilots NWT they have to deliver snowmobiles for an exercise and the camera crew was only allowed film the plane unloading nothing else.

The collect a lot of interesting SIGINT up there.

 

[CYUL]

Thanks, this is helpful!

 

[CYUL]

What kind of antenna are using to pick this up?

Refer to this page for a breakdown of the equipment. Not very expensive, relatively easy to DIY

How to build an L-Band ground station.

Also, there is an RR forum for SATCOM that you can refer to.

 

[mdmonitor]

Guys

A listener in FL posted that MacDill KC-135s have been using weird callsigns for the last couple of days, just like our local C-17s & C-5s. Maybe these weird callsigns are some sort of new AMC-wide effort?

 

[mdmonitor]

1120- Getting some nice, very clear xmitter ftr comms out in W386. Using freqs 314.4, 238.1, 292.3 & 350.05. Must be the visiting VT ANG F-35s. Boy, they are nice and clear. Hope they stay around for awhile. F-35s also working w/Steel 71 (KC-135R # 59-140 PA ANG) on AR 636 (238.9) coordinating times at IP. ADS-B showing four T-38s (71st FS) also out in W386. Hope they pull CAP duty this weekend.

 

[p1879]

SAM flight headed West from Warsaw today:

 

[mdmonitor]

1150- tuned into LiveATC for Langley and sounds like the F-35s using callsign CUBE.

1204- Roman 71 ( F-18C VFA-106, NAS OCEANA VA ) working w/ZDC Linden (322.55) at FL200.

 

[AirScan]

1120- Getting some nice, very clear xmitter ftr comms out in W386. Using freqs 314.4, 238.1, 292.3 & 350.05. Must be the visiting VT ANG F-35s.

314.400 and 238.100 are known VT ANG frequencies. I see you have 292.300 listed as a GK frequency for W386 but don't see it listed in the SOP. Is this like a "common" frequency or are they using it for "TAC" A-A ? The times I have listened to the LiveATC feed covering W386 I've never heard 292.300 mentioned.

 

[RaleighGuy]

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[mdmonitor]

314.400 and 238.100 are known VT ANG frequencies. I see you have 292.300 listed as a GK frequency for W386 but don't see it listed in the SOP. Is this like a "common" frequency or are they using it for "TAC" A-A ? The times I have listened to the LiveATC feed covering W386 I've never heard 292.300 mentioned.

292.3 is a W386 common freq but I don't for which area of W386. In this case, 238.1 was used as the normal Giantkiller check in freq.

 

[AirScan]

1150- tuned into LiveATC for Langley and sounds like the F-35s using callsign CUBE.

On the LiveATC W386 archive I heard the F-35s using the callsign KINGFISH 11 (known VT callsign), they were working with OXEN, MIDAS and VIKING. At 1150 on the KLFI tape I hear JEEP 01 and GRIM 01 (known F-22 callsigns) but no CUBE ? On the 1600Z W386 archive after they did the AR with STEEL the F-35s got clearance to RTB back to KBTV.

1310- Getting KINGFISH 11 up here now A-A on 314.400.

 

[AirScan]

PUDGY 06 and BACKY 10 both on delivery.

 

[Mark]

PUDGY 06 and BACKY 10 both on delivery.

PUDGY-06 #19-46064.. only 18 more to go

 

[mdmonitor]

1526- DeeCee 91 (KC-135R # 62-3543 756th ARS) off ADW heading west. 91 callsign usually denotes out-of-area flt.

1527- Pudgy 06 (KC-46 # 19-46064) working Brickyard CP (134.1) w/inbound msg. Advises he has DV code A-4 on board.