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Did they happen to say what the emergency was? In first departures in the video it looked like one of them was venting fuel out of the left wing.

No, they were all working on UHF frequencies, which aren't covered by LiveATC. I will upload a small soundclip later.
I think the second one vented fuel, the third one however returned with the IFE.
 

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WIDE17's track is right on top of me. :) Yet invisible with current lighting.


It is incredible how a tanker can be invisible in the “clear” blue skies. From the backyard in Rockville I’ve spotted them a dozen times on the eastern leg but not even once on the western leg nor the pass that went straight overhead today. Yesterday’s conditions were
much easier for spotting.
 

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A little off topic for July 4th a recent vid from Imperial War Museum on the P-51 Mustang..
Long after King George in 1776 what a great matchup the Rolls Royce Supercharger and the P-51D.
What made the P-51 Mustang so special? - YouTube
The P-47D was still the best train wrecker with Eight 50 Cal. guns.. Precursor of the current A-10 Thunderbolt II Warthog :)
From D-Day until VE day, Thunderbolt pilots claimed to have destroyed 86,000 railroad cars, 9,000 locomotives
 
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OT, I'm a reqular reader of this Forum finding it useful for CAP callsigns making spotting them more interesting and adding ID for Instagram. The tanker flight path/base can easily be seen, but the fighters are not. Are CAP "Noble" a callsign for a specific FW or generic for whoever is flying? I got lucky this weekend with 2 aircraft in some shots, also enjoy the KC-10's roaring by. Thanks.
 

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I would label NOBLE callsign as generic NORAD F-15C callsign. All the various ANG F-15C squadrons used that same callsign.
But the local NORAD Alert F-16's from 180th FW Ohio use MUDDY callsign and the 177th FW F-16's from NJ use COSMIC.
Even back in the day the F-16 NORAD Alert detachment from Vermont used MAPLE all their own unit callsigns.
Not sure why that is with the NORAD Alert ANG F-16's.. Maybe so ATC controllers know where they are being scrambled from
or multiple unit NORAD scrambles?
 
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Several trips planned for the this week, ending with a weekend at the beach...

Expect VIP (VP) movement July 05, 2022 in the vicinity of Chicago, IL.

Expect VIP (POTUS) movement July 06, 2022 in the vicinity of Cleveland, Ohio.

Expect VIP (POTUS) movement July 08-10, 2022 in the vicinity of Rehoboth Beach, DE.
 

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VP travel tomorrow (Tuesday)...

At 9:40AM PDT, the Vice President will depart Los Angeles, California en route Chicago, Illinois. This departure will be from from Los Angeles International Airport and arrival at Chicago O’Hare International Airport.

At 6:25PM CDT, the Vice President will depart Chicago, Illinois en route Washington, D.C.
 
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