Sticky Thread For Mid-Atlantic MilAir 2022

[mdmonitor]

1425- Connie 9401 (B-474-400 N401KZ Connie Kallita ) land at DOV (I132.425). Gov't contact flt. Departed from Atlanta GA

1435- Score 15 (E-2D # 167929 VX-20) working Bay Watch (354.8) w/PIREP

 

[wbagley]

1338 - APHIS 24/25 (2 x KC-135's) departed Pease returning to McConnell. Up on Air/Air 225.500.
1343 - APHIS 26 also following but not showing on ADSBx. APHIS 21/22/23 are a bit ahead of them all. I wonder who they were supporting?

APHIS 21 through 26 playing trivia on 225.5 heard with a weak signal here in Kentucky in the clip below. Thanks to jsoergel for help on the ident.

 

[Mark]

One is still at KMTN 03-3123 Dep 10:55Z RCH290 to KDOV another shot hop

Looks like RCH-290 #02-3123 from Dover to BIKF Iceland today.
Also notice now ROMA-05 nearing Iceland looks inbound BIKF at this time.
RCH-287 #01-0196 is enroute from KMTN to EGPK Glasgow.
ROMA-95 looks like they got airborne as well today looks like headed to BIRK Iceland.
I guess 5 A-10's per KC-135 tanker will need Iceland stop Supposedly Spangdahlem Germany for next leg.

 

[mdmonitor]

1500- Sport 21 & 22 (2 X A-10Cs 104th FS MD ANG) working ZNY Modena (335.6) on way back to Martin State. A2A is 228.1.

1525- Peter 01 (C-17 # 01-0186 3rd AS DOV) inbound to DOV (132.425). Working First Ops at DOV (349.4). Departed from Ft Jackson SC.

 

[Mark]

1500- Sport 21 & 22 (2 X A-10Cs 104th FS MD ANG) working ZNY Modena (335.6) on way back to Martin State. A2A is 228.1.

Two spares then eh? I just heard some jawing on that 228.100 but was busy tracking the tankers.. DOH!

 

[mdmonitor]

Two spares then eh? I heard some jawing on that 228.100 but was busy tracking the tankers.. DOH!

Mark

Was confused (easily done ) at first because 228.1 is normally reserved for range comms at Kiowa or Warren Grove. They had their regular ones 266.6/271.4/293.3 to use but chose this one instead.

 

[16Falcon]

Looks like RCH-290 #02-3123 from Dover to BIKF Iceland today.
Also notice now ROMA-05 nearing Iceland looks inbound BIKF at this time.
RCH-287 #01-0196 is enroute from KMTN to EGPK Glasgow.
ROMA-95 looks like they got airborne as well today looks like headed to BIRK Iceland.
I guess 5 A-10's per KC-135 tanker will need Iceland stop Supposedly Spangdahlem Germany for next leg.

ROMA95 had TREND41-45 ROMA05 had TREND51-55

 

[Dutchmil]

TREND 41 and TREND 51 flight arrived at Keflavik this evening. They should be departing to Spangdahlem tomorrow.

Pictures of their arrival at Gander yesterday: Cameron Abbott Photography

René.

 

[Mark]

Odd C-17 coming into McGuire tonight from Texas area Kelly Field.
BOE-25 mode s (AE1236) on CP 134.100 says "all new tail for you 8-0049" which comes back to #98-0049.
#98-0049 is normally mode s (AE07FB) from 97AMW Altus Ok.
(AE07FB) showed earlier today also down Texas as BOE-25 also..
(AE1236) used to be C-17 #03-3125 from McGuire. Maybe they swapped mode s? 03-3125 in the shop?
Maybe they need every C-17 they can get these days so a temp swap?

 

[RichardKramer]

MD A10's, Angry 1/2 still at the Bollen range with Bushmaster and now Balky on 233.45; a/a still 238.175@1115L.
Angry's leaving the range; ZNY 322.4 @1120L.

Rich
I'm sure you meant DC ANG F-16s

Yes Ron your right; I'm so used to hearing the MD A10's on the Bollen range; thanks for the correction!

 

[wbagley]

LOST DIME, possibly E-6B WEGO 09 descending to land at Navy Pax River, performs trigraph authentication (using BFD and HEY) with CULMINATE, maybe Andrews from the car horn in the background, and exits the net on 8992 kHz at 2331Z.

Another 8992 kHz HF net sign off with Andrews at 0027Z with authentications in the audio clip below.

E-4B ORDER 66 takes off from Shaw AFB, South Carolina and flies to Volunteer (Knoxville, Tennessee), Pocket City (Evansville, Indiana) and Peoria, Illinois. After Peoria, ORDER 66 turns off the ADS-B and appears to head home for Lincoln, Nebraska.

Usual stuck car horn sound in the Andrews audio, possibly a heterodyne from multiple transmitter sites. In the SDR Console screenshot below Andrews does a test count on 8992 kHz. I believe the thin vertical lines in the circled trace correspond to the horn sound. The horizontal lines are the digits/syllables in the count. You can see the HF-DL data packets from Reykjavik, Iceland at 8977 kHz on the screen.

In the audio clip, Andrews initially acknowledges its station ID in the clear and then replies as BENEFITS to FIRST DOOR which I believe is the E-4B closing shop to land at Lincoln.

 

[TerryPavlick]

Another 8992 kHz HF net sign off with Andrews at 0027Z with authentications in the audio clip below.

E-4B ORDER 66 takes off from Shaw AFB, South Carolina and flies to Volunteer (Knoxville, Tennessee), Pocket City (Evansville, Indiana) and Peoria, Illinois. After Peoria, ORDER 66 turns off the ADS-B and appears to head home for Lincoln, Nebraska.

Usual stuck car horn sound in the Andrews audio, possibly a heterodyne from multiple transmitter sites. In the SDR Console screenshot below Andrews does a test count on 8992 kHz. I believe the thin vertical lines in the circled trace correspond to the horn sound. The horizontal lines are the digits/syllables in the count. You can see the HF-DL data packets from Reykjavik, Iceland at 8977 kHz on the screen.

In the audio clip, Andrews initially acknowledges its station ID in the clear and then replies as BENEFITS to FIRST DOOR which I believe is the E-4B closing shop to land at Lincoln.



View attachment 120810View attachment 120812

Could be due to the satellite relay of the transmission

 

[wbagley]

Could be due to the satellite relay of the transmission

Sure could be. I also seem to get the same sound from Andrews on 11175 during the EAM simulcasts.

 

[TerryPavlick]

Sure could be. I also seem to get the same sound from Andrews on 11175 during the EAM simulcasts.

It all gets to the transmitter antenna via the same way.

 

[wbagley]

Well, so much for my theory about ORDER 66 landing at Lincoln. They disappeared from ADS-B west of Peoria at midnight Z, reappeared promptly at 0100Z, airborne, and have retraced their route PIA-PXV-VXV and are now landing back at Shaw AFB. I didn't hear any of the Northstar WBFM data on either pass by Kentucky.

Might not fool the Russians but they sure fooled me.

 

[RaleighGuy]

Ohio trip this week

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On Friday, May 6, the President will travel to Cincinnati, Ohio. The arrival and departure will be at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport/CVG Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting Facility, 81 Clay Drive, Hebron, KY. With estimated AF1 Arrival at 1:00 PM ET and departure at 4:45 PM ET. Remarks at United Performance Metals in Hamilton, Ohio. Estimated time of remarks is 3:30 PM ET.

 

[AirScan]

They disappeared from ADS-B west of Peoria at midnight Z, reappeared promptly at 0100Z

AR with INDY 84.

 

[wbagley]

AR with INDY 84.

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Thanks , makes sense that they wouldn't want to do high-powered HF transmissions while refueling (although they do usually leave the UHF data stream on during the AR).

 

[jsoergel]

On Friday, May 6, the President will travel to Cincinnati, Ohio. The arrival and departure will be at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport/CVG Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting Facility, 81 Clay Drive, Hebron, KY. With estimated AF1 Arrival at 1:00 PM ET and departure at 4:45 PM ET. Remarks at United Performance Metals in Hamilton, Ohio. Estimated time of remarks is 3:30 PM ET.

Whoa. My old stomping grounds. Went to high school right down the street from there.

 

[Madfox]

TREND 41 and TREND 51 flight arrived at Keflavik this evening. They should be departing to Spangdahlem tomorrow.

Pictures of their arrival at Gander yesterday: Cameron Abbott Photography

René.

03/05/2022
ROMA05/63-8878/EGUN>CYQX
ROMA95/58-0089/EGUN>CYQX
x12 104FS/175Wg/MD>CYQX SPORT 11-13,31-34,21-25
78-0637,78-0702,78-0704,78-705,78-0719,78-0720,79-0082,79-0086,79-0087,79-0088,79-0165,79-0175.

Keflavik 04/05/2022 CE073 Eastbound
TREND 41-45 CYQX>BIKF
78-0637 A-10C 104FS/175Wg/MD
78-0702 A-10C 104FS/175Wg/MD
78-0720 A-10C 104FS/175Wg/MD
79-0087 A-10C 104FS/175Wg/MD
79-0088 A-10C 104FS/175Wg/MD
58-0089 KC-135T 351ARS/100ARW/D ROMA95 CYQX>BIKF

TREND 51-55 CYQX>BIKF
78-0704 A-10C 104FS/175Wg/MD
78-0705 A-10C 104FS/175Wg/MD
79-0082 A-10C 104FS/175Wg/MD
79-0165 A-10C 104FS/175Wg/MD
79-0175 A-10C 104FS/175Wg/MD "175Wg"
63-8878 KC-135R 351ARS/100ARW/D ROMA05 CYQX>BIKF