Sticky Thread For Mid-Atlantic MilAir 2022

[GriffissSpotter]

There are more DC ANG F-16's in the area using 285.225 Air/Air.

226.900 active for me also

 

[Mark]

Barksdale Buff headed Northeast into Pennsylvania headed maybe NY way at fl270.
Could be two of them with only one tracking.

 

[GriffissSpotter]

1310 - Female pilot on ZBW 353.925, All I caught was “block 21-23”
1313 - Same pilot, missed callsign but the numbers are “21” now descending to Block 18-19, matches up with the BUFFs.
1320 - SKULL 21 flight of 2, just checked in with range control on 244.500.

 

[yow777]

1320 - SKULL 21 flight of 2, just checked in with range control on 244.500.

SKULL 21/22 are up on 226.875 Air/Air.

 

[GriffissSpotter]

SKULL 21/22 are up on 226.875 Air/Air.

Caught them with my camera over my house! I’ll send pictures as soon as possible.

Also a little weird for me to hear what sounds like a JTAC on 226.900, I never am able to hear ground transmissions from Fort Drum.

 

[yow777]

Also a little weird for me to hear what sounds like a JTAC on 226.900, I never am able to hear ground transmissions from Fort Drum.

Interesting. Propagation might be helping or they might be operating from a different location than normal. Are you able to hear the range ATIS on 363.200? I can hear that sometimes when propagation is good.

1400 - SKULL 21 having some radio issues. Appears to be transmitting FM on 226.900.

 

[GriffissSpotter]

Are you able to hear the range ATIS on 363.200?

Negative on the ATIS, still hearing a ground controller on 226.300.

Here are my photos:
SKULL 21

SKULL 22

 

[RaleighGuy]

VP heads to Los Angeles for 4th of July holiday weekend

June 30-July 05, 2022
Los Angeles, CA
3 NMR - 2,999 FT AGL

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[Mark]

Negative on the ATIS, still hearing a ground controller on 226.300.
Here are my photos:

Hard to tell if there is ordinance on the inboard pylons or is that just the weapons pylons themselves.
Someday soon will be hypersonic missiles hanging off them.
Notice also a couple of Army UH-60's hanging close by F Drum area at low level near where Buffs run.
Just keeping spotting eyes on the range area? When you said the Range was open today it really was open

 

[GriffissSpotter]

Hard to tell if there is ordinance on the inboard pylons or is that just the weapons pylons themselves.

They had a lot of dry runs but maybe what they dropped was internally. I didn’t hear every transmission so I’m not sure. What I do know is that they had lots of problems that they had to try and troubleshoot while they were there.

Just keeping spotting eyes on the range area? When you said the Range was open today it really was open

It’s hit or miss sometimes, sometimes it’s active and we get nothing or like today we get DC ANG F-16s (I’m not sure how much they actually did on the range) and B-52s from Barkesdale.

 

[jetcrafter]

All I have for them is 361.100, 267.400, 225.700. Only the first one is confirmed and that was in 2016.

Jared,

Thanks for the freqs! I just checked my recordings from the past couple days and I did catch CROSSBOW V-22s on 267.4 on Sunday the 26th at 207pm EDT.

Thank You!

 

[Mark]

They are currently refueling each other on 268.025. An unusual route to be taking!

Checking Satcom postings seems those two FIST-23-33 went on to PAFA Fairbanks Alaska.

 

[RaleighGuy]

VP heads to Los Angeles for 4th of July holiday weekend

June 30-July 05, 2022
Los Angeles, CA
3 NMR - 2,999 FT AGL

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[wx9svr]

Heads up NY/Canada monitors, Fort Drum’s restricted airspace along with the Viper airspace is active starting at 1600z.

FWIW, Bearcom has an STA for the XCTC festivities @ Ft. Drum.....WRTG615 (DMR freqs)

 

[mdmonitor]

VIP Movement Summary 28 Jun

SAM 420 (C-37 # 18-1947) Europe-ADW
SAM 384 (C-32 # 98-0002) ADW-Madrid
SAM 410 (C-37 # 21-1941) ADW-Teterboro NJ

 

[mdmonitor]

Guys,

Found the following info in one of my files. Some of the info was confirmed in 2020; so might be worth plugging these in and see if anything pops up. Especially for you NJ guys near McGuire & those near Dover.

These are the ones reported for AMC Interplane freqs:
138.1
234.525
239.650
240.6
266.500
292.000
300.3
304.3
314.45
319.4
340.600

 

[GriffissSpotter]

FWIW, Bearcom has an STA for the XCTC festivities @ Ft. Drum.....WRTG615 (DMR freqs)

Can you elaborate please?

Also the range and Viper Airspace active again today. Keep an eye out for B-52s!

 

[GriffissSpotter]

1015 - I’ve got what I’m pretty sure are bombers on 244.500, didn’t hear the callsign but there are three of them. A-A on 238.175.

Check that, likely the DC ANG F-16s as they used 238.175 yesterday.


One of the 174th ATKW recruiters posted this on her story, looks like a DC viper in the background, I wonder if they’re staying at Fort Drum for the week.

That confirms it!

 

[BM82557]

Can you elaborate please?

Also the range and Viper Airspace active again today. Keep an eye out for B-52s!

 

[ZNY3347]

1015 - I’ve got what I’m pretty sure are bombers on 244.500, didn’t hear the callsign but there are three of them. A-A on 238.175.

Check that, likely the DC ANG F-16s as they used 238.175 yesterday.

Yea DC ANG. I’m at ADW, let me know if you hear them leaving.. thanks