Sticky Thread For Mid-Atlantic MilAir 2022

[wbagley]

The F-15C orbiting overhead Brandywine airport was NOBLE 21.

I've attached a couple of edited files of Philly Approach and Brandywine CTAF from LiveATC.

The helo driver said very nonchalantly on the airport advisory frequency that he would like to drop in to get some fuel today.

 

[Mark]

1425 local RCH-101 C-17 04-4137 305th AW inbound Dover with 17 singles and 1 HR.
Req customs/ag and 5k fuel. Prob enough fuel topoff to get tail back to McGuire.

1610 local RCH-613 C-17 10-0216 62AW inbound Dover alpha 3 for #4 engine SOB tag.
bunch of back and forth req customs. Called our Home station to get permission to land and TACC.

 

[Mark]

Hostage situation in Dallas and appears JENA2 B752 has departed Richmond for Dallas.
East Coast Spotter (@EastcoastSpots) / Twitter
TFR of 1 mile radius has gone up in the area. Keeps TV choppers away. 2/4803 NOTAM Details (faa.gov)

Also I saw ATOM-1 WC-135B #61-2667 departing Lincoln Neb climbing slight Northwest then
dropped off radar.The USAF's only remaining Nuke sniffer plane. Was spending recently lots of time in Japan
so probably headed back that way.Maybe that Tonga underwater eruption was a nuke. LOL Sure looks like one on Sat vid.
Just a huge volcanic eruption.

2050 local PAAF-390 C-130E Pak AF has departed BWI eastbound.. Loaded with goodies

 

[Mark]

Some funny observations on the other recently retired WC-135 sniffer.Glad to see it go
Airmen bid adieu to decrepit WC-135 aircraft dubbed ‘Lucifer’s Chariot’ (taskandpurpose.com)
USAF has been working on replacing with 3 converted KC-135's and first two should be delivered this year.

Icing up fast in Lake Superior so cargo done for the season.. Lots of folks out to welcome the ship in.
The Last Hurrah - Paul R Tregurtha arrived in Duluth 01/15/2022 - YouTube

 

[Mark]

0655 getting NOBLE-1 flight A/A 263.200 and Huntress 260.900. Don't see any tankers yet.
Tanker is BANKER-99 possibly still on the ground at McGuire as can't hear it. NOBLE says tanker will be another 35 minutes to arrive.
NOBLE says no issue at this time.
0720 local BANKR-99 KC-10 84-0186 showing off McGuire and Southbound.

DEECEE-93 KC-135 62-3556 inbound Andrews from Hawaii.

 

[BM82557]

McGuire tanker is KC-10 84-0186 AE021A, out of McGuire about 07:15 local

 

[mdmonitor]

0949- Blackjack 1 (MH-65D CGAS Wash) working Wash Helo (135.35)

1010- Noble 11 & 12 inbound for the CAP. Working ZDC Patuxent (281.4) & ZDC Modena (307.25). Advises that they are heading to the Reading CAP to AAR w/Banker 24.

 

[Mark]

10am local VENUS-98 C-32A 09-0018 off Majors airport Texas circling around Dallas area.
L-3 has had this tail down there since last Summer.Must be some upgrade they are working on.
Maybe why they are working on a Sunday

Anyone make some sense on this Georgia TFR next week that runs from 1am to 5am local up to 18k feet.
Almost looks like a two night combat practice zone.
2/4913 NOTAM Details (faa.gov)

 

[Mark]

Potus motorcading to Philly? Trooper 4 DSP chopper moving North to Wilm area.
Haven't heard any HMX-1 ops yet.
1035 Trooper 4 (N6SP) on KILG tower says will now do 180 back to pick up something. Seemed to be checking I-95.
1042 Trooper 4 with KILG says will orbit here till they are ready to move North. Deldot I-95 Cams "not available" up North.
I-95 usually really busy on Sundays.. Gonna be a traffic mess up and back later.

 

[mdmonitor]

1032- Noble 11 advises Huntress they are ready to depart Reading CAP and head down to the Compton CAP. Advises Noble 01 flt they are good to RTB. Noble 01 working ZDC Modena (307.25) to clear out of CAP.

1040- Noble 01 flt working ?Say? Ops (226.75) w/acft status (01 is code 1 & 02 is code 2 for AAI) & CAP area wx PIREP. Working ZDC Cape Charles (236.825) & ZDC Whaleyville (327.8) on way home.

1055- Toxic 62 (C-12 # 96-00112 US Army Chemical/Biological Command, Aberdeen MD) inbound to Phillips AAF. Departed from Huntsville AL.

 

[RaleighGuy]

Despite active TFR for Philly, there has been no word from the WH or press pool about travel as of 11am.

 

[Mark]

Despite active TFR for Philly, there has been no word from the WH or press pool about travel as of 11am.

Someone is on I-95 working their way North PA Chopper N297PD waiting at State line.
Running way late for sure.. Gonna be Noon local by the time they get there and TFR ends at 1300 local.
Maybe it is just Flotus. Last minute change? Trooper 4 told to use Philly 119.750

 

[RaleighGuy]

Biden departed by motorcade to unknown destination at 11:11am, N6SP just turned around and N297PD picked up air cover

Someone is on I-95 working their way North PA Chopper N297PD waiting at State line.
Running way late for sure.. Gonna be Noon local by the time they get there and TFR ends at 1300 local.
Maybe it is just Flotus. Last minute change? Trooper 4 told to use Philly 119.750

 

[Mark]

Some Airlines over South Jersey complaining on Philly 119.750. Told holdup was VIP movement.
Looks like ground stop at PHIL airport.

 

[RaleighGuy]

After a roughly 45-minute drive, motorcade arrived at 11:53am, where POTUS and FLOTUS are observing the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service. For those familiar with Philly geography, pool is around the corner from Lincoln Financial Field. They are volunteering at Philabundance, a hunger relief organization in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Pool reported two motorists trapped in the “Joe Jam” at separate exits flipping the motorcade the bird as they passed.

 

[Mark]

Nice work overnight in Texas by FBI HRT guys out of Quantico.. Interesting article on them.
Questions remain about what this guy was doing in the US in the first place and where did he get the guns.

FBI Hostage Rescue Team Is Law Enforcement Equivalent of Delta Force (businessinsider.com)

OT we have talked about SanFran radio before. Someone got nice pic of their California antenna site.

Thenewarea51 on Twitter: "Being a radio antenna 🤓, I have a hard time not taking pics of radio antenna sites I fly over. This one is a HF receiver site located near Half Moon Bay, CA for ARINC’s “SAN FRANCISCO RADIO”. The site is used to help aircraft over the Pacific Ocean communicate with ATC @starree https://t.co/RiKHKVwlbx" / Twitter

 

[RaleighGuy]

Motorcade headed back to residence, they think.

N6SP picked up motorcade at state line

 

[Hbright]

10am local VENUS-98 C-32A 09-0018 off Majors airport Texas circling around Dallas area.
L-3 has had this tail down there since last Summer.Must be some upgrade they are working on.
Maybe why they are working on a Sunday

C-40B 02-0042 is also currently at Majors undergoing maintenance.

 

[Mark]

1545 local JENA-2 N119NA B752 coming East thru Alabama from Dallas.
Gonna hit some wet/snow wx near Richmond.

 

[TerryPavlick]

Someone is on I-95 working their way North PA Chopper N297PD waiting at State line.
Running way late for sure.. Gonna be Noon local by the time they get there and TFR ends at 1300 local.
Maybe it is just Flotus. Last minute change? Trooper 4 told to use Philly 119.750

N297PD is one of the Philadelphia Police helicopters.