Sticky Thread For Mid-Atlantic MilAir 2022

[wbagley]

SPAR 19 on the move again out of Honolulu.

 

[Mark]

VAW-120 E-2C two ship Demo at Oshkosh yesterday.. Kind of rare to see this.
One ship #165812 has screwtop dish like from the VAW-123 "Screwtops" but has VAW-120 markings.
The other is #165828 also from VAW-120 at Norfolk.
E-2 Hawkeye Demo - EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2022 - YouTube

 

[mdmonitor]

0915- Aussie 595 off DOV heading east. Came into DOV yesterday.

 

[Mark]

Notice the two Japanese Govt Pax heavies B-777's coming Northwest Pacific towards Alaska.
Prime Min Kishida doing road trip?
CR-1 #80-1111 and CR-2 #80-1112
Ok search found Prime Min Kishida is enroute NYC for Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Conference which is
held every 5 years and starts Monday.

 

[mdmonitor]

VIP Movement Summary 30 Jul

SAM 577 (C-37 # 18-1947) West coast??-ADW-Alaska??
SAM 539 (C-37 # 06-0500) Miami-ADW-West coast??
SAM 569 (C-37 # 11-0550) ADW-Oshkosh WI
SAM 578 (C-37 # 20-1949) ADW-Idaho Falls-ADW

 

[vgames15]

1000- NHK40 off ILG SW back to JBA or NYG

 

[mdmonitor]

1000- NHK40 off ILG SW back to JBA or NYG

Working Potomac (119.7). Potomac is calling him Nighthawk 4. Advises destination is Quantico. Also hearing chat on discrete (273.95). At 1040 he's over Waldorf and turning to the west. Descending into Quantico.

 

[Mark]

1000- NHK40 off ILG SW back to JBA or NYG

1015 local hearing Ospreys/Choppers? say they are at 1500 feet A/A 273.950

 

[mdmonitor]

1120- Clean 62 (KC-135R # 57-1493 ME ANG) off NJ coast working way south at FL300. Departed from Bangor.

 

[wbagley]

SPAR 19 on the move again out of Honolulu.

SPAR 19 makes a fuel stop in Guam and is on the way to Paya Lebar Air Base in Singapore with 38 SOBs.

ADS-C satcom tracks the plane with its alternate hex of AE4DDC.

 

[RaleighGuy]

Just a heads up to all the regulars here, in this Tuesday's Scanner School podcast hosted by @w2lie there were a couple of aviation questions and Phil mentioned this thread as a good source of information. Again, it will be publicly released on Tuesday, Patreon supporters get a link to listen to it a few days early.

Podcasts - Scanner School

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[RaleighGuy]

TFR issued for VP trip to Miami Monday

2/1295 NOTAM Details

 

[RaleighGuy]

Surprising amount of milair in the air on this Sunday night, including two Japanese B777-300ER (JF001 and JF002) landing in New York and Kuwait C17 departing Washington

 

[RaleighGuy]

The US Air Force has grounded its fleet of F-35 jets temporarily, citing a potentially faulty component in the ejection seat that could endanger pilots in an emergency.

The US Air Force has grounded its fleet of F-35 jets

The US Air Force has grounded its fleet of F-35 jets temporarily, citing a potentially faulty component in the ejection seat that could endanger pilots in an emergency. The issue involves the explosive cartridges inside ejection seats that help propel the seat — and the pilot — from the plane...

www.airlive.net

 

[MUTNAV]

The US Air Force has grounded its fleet of F-35 jets temporarily, citing a potentially faulty component in the ejection seat that could endanger pilots in an emergency.

The US Air Force has grounded its fleet of F-35 jets

The US Air Force has grounded its fleet of F-35 jets temporarily, citing a potentially faulty component in the ejection seat that could endanger pilots in an emergency. The issue involves the explosive cartridges inside ejection seats that help propel the seat — and the pilot — from the plane...

www.airlive.net

Which makes us wonder how Navy / Marine jets are doing. Do the ejection seats use different parts? The AF just got a bad batch of parts?

Thanks
Joel

 

[Mark]

Which makes us wonder how Navy / Marine jets are doing. Do the ejection seats use different parts? The AF just got a bad batch of parts?
Thanks
Joel

Was inspection only of Martin-Baker ejection seats for possible defects..
Some of the headlines on inspection of them were way over the top.
Seat worked fine when that RAF F-35B stalled and crashed a while back while departing Carrier

 

[Mark]

Seems a heads up some ROMA tankers to EGPK Prestwick for RTB of the Vermont 158th FW F-35's Tuesday.
So far have logged ROMA-01 KC-10 #85-0030 departing McGuire soon.
Also look for ROMA-11,12,13 KC-135's.I think that the 158th Fighter wing had 8 total F-35A tails in Europe.
Easy hop from Scotland to New England

 

[wbagley]

C-37B SAM 537 heads for a stop in Anchorage (not Elmendorf).

SAM 537 inbound to Osan Air Base, South Korea.

Speaker Pelosi is scheduled to visit South Korea later in the week.

 

[BM82557]

Seems a heads up some ROMA tankers to EGPK Prestwick for RTB of the Vermont 158th FW F-35's Tuesday.
So far have logged ROMA-01 KC-10 #85-0030 departing McGuire soon.
Also look for ROMA-11,12,13 KC-135's.I think that the 158th Fighter wing had 8 total F-35A tails in Europe.
Easy hop from Scotland to New England

KC-46 ROMA 12 was off from McConnell at 20:23 local, currently near Kansas City heading NE, KC-46 ROMA02 shows as on the ground there also per ADSB-X

Later update - 21:20 eastern

ROMA 12 appears to be heading back to McConnell after it turned and started descending, ROMA 02 is off and heading NE

 

[wbagley]

ROMA 12 appears to be heading back to McConnell after it turned and started descending, ROMA 02 is off and heading NE

ROMA 12 is in holding near Wichita to burn off enough fuel to get down to a landing weight. They say they will need to hold for an hour to burn off the fuel. Does the KC-46 have fuel dump capability? The Air Force skipped some other luxuries like thrust reversers to reduce maintenance costs.

I believe almost all civilian 767s have fuel dump installed but some operators, for example Air Canada, disabled it to cut costs.

ICT Approach audio clip below from LiveATC.