Sticky Thread For Mid-Atlantic MilAir 2022

[mdmonitor]

1230- Looks like Shiner 50 turned over Harrisburg and is heading west.

 

[jsoergel]

Two test aircraft flying out of Wright-Patterson this week - AIRBORNE 578 (DC-3C, N92578) and AIRBORNE 675 (Saab 340B, N675PA). I think they are testing the AgilePod. Talking with each other on 130.800 using callsign DRAGON.

 

[DannyM86]

CLEAN 25,26 up off West of Scotland so assuming some SJ F-15s on way back to the States.

CLEAN15 just landed at Pease.

 

[mdmonitor]

1315- Unid flt (id as 4 acft) at FL260 working ZDC Whaleyville (327.8)

1323- Ranger 12 (KC-130J # 169228 VMGR-234, Ft Worth NAS TX) working First Ops (349.4) w/inbound msg. Stop over at DOV prior to heading over the pond?

 

[RaleighGuy]

Deputy Secretary of Defense Dr. Kathleen Hicks departs on domestic travel to California on Sunday, October 16, to visit Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton and Naval Base Point Loma.

Deputy Secretary of Defense Dr. Kathleen Hicks Travels to California

Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen H. Hicks departs on domestic travel to California to visit Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton and Naval Base Point Loma.

www.defense.gov

 

[jsoergel]

Flight of F-16s passing through ZID 282.375 > 360.675. Tac is 377.525. Mentioned Buckley - maybe CO ANG.

 

[wbagley]

BACKY51, BACKY52, EDDIE91, and EDDIE61 are all flying at 28000 on the same route of flight stretching from St. Louis and Kentucky heading west. Any idea what's going on here?

Heading to Nellis via the “Fighting Eagle Neptune ALTRV.”

Here's a clip of FIRST 31 flight air to air on 257.075 while tanking with EDDIE 61 over Kentucky. They chat about fuel venting from one of the planes, creature comforts in fighters and tankers and tell the world's oldest joke about the fighter pilot trying to impress the tanker pilot. Some boom operators are qualified as flight attendants and know how to cook.

This clip shows the clicks at the end of the F-22 transmissions that jsoergel has told me about. I wondered if it might be a squelch tail issue with his more modern digital receiver but these clicks definitely show up on the old BCT15X as well when you load the clip into Audacity.

 

[mdmonitor]

1415-Pack 51 & 52 out of AR 636 and looks to be heading home to Pease w/some random AR along the coast. Pack 51 not showing on ADS-B.

 

[Mark]

1315- Unid flt (id as 4 acft) at FL260 working ZDC Whaleyville (327.8)

Rgr Ron had someone weak as well at 1312 time mention direct KGSB
Assume some SJ F-15's returning home with those CLEAN tankers.

Space X astronaut splashdown scheduled for 4:50 PM local off coast of Jacksonville.

SPECIAL COVERAGE: NASA/SPACEX CREW 4 RETURN TO EARTH - YouTube

 

[colp73]

Rgr Colp73 nothing seen or heard today. BLUE-81 #85-0032 still in Texas but seems something is on for tonight.
New Res just posted AR-80 NE 2345z tonight till 0245z Friday. same FL200-FL220.
Anyone here have offhand that F-35 delivery A/Afreq?

Maybe sometime next week then!

There's a NATO exercise coming up so look out for some Minot B52s heading Stateside to Europe.

NATO bracing for annual nuclear exercise Steadfast Noon

Starting next week, air forces from across NATO will exercise nuclear deterrence capabilities involving dozens of aircraft over north-western Europe. Steadfast Noon, as the exercise is known, runs from October 17 to October 30 and will involve 14 countries and up to 60 aircraft of various types,

defbrief.com

 

[Mark]

Maybe sometime next week then!

Rgr that,was looking at old F-35 delivery Altrav and I posted would be miracle if they get out on time.
Always seems long delays.

NASA WB-57 orbiting off Jaclsonville now only at FL18k awaiting splashdown.
A Navy P-8A also hanging out there.

 

[ZNY3347]

Anyone know what this miscode is? I see if flying over the Gap almost every day but it’s up too long to be a helicopter.

 

[ra7850]

Anyone know what this miscode is? I see if flying over the Gap almost every day but it’s up too long to be a helicopter.

In April of this year, I heard Snake 01 a drone, type unknown departing the range over Indiantown Gap due to weather.

Robert

 

[wbagley]

Anyone know what this miscode is? I see if flying over the Gap almost every day but it’s up too long to be a helicopter.

I don't believe that is a miscode, I think the tilde signifies a generated TIS-B hex code that is not specific to that particular aircraft.

See:

Traffic information service – broadcast - Wikipedia

 

[wbagley]

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[Mark]

Heading to Nellis via the “Fighting Eagle Neptune ALTRV.”

BACKY 51 and FIRST 01 (x4)
288.850 boom
233.525 A 11

BACKY 52 and FIRST 11 (x4)
246.800 boom
262.025 Aux 12

EDDIE 91 and FIRST 21 (x4)
336.100 boom
228.450 Aux 13

EDDIE 61 and FIRST 31 (x4)
291.900 boom
257.075 Aux 14

Nice catches.. took me a few to figure out who then looked at those Aux A/A before realizing I
have them all in my scanner as Langley birds
They just had some Langley F-22's for Red Flag back in July. Maybe different squadron players today.
Nellis in July.. ugh. Real hot Desert training.
F-22 Raptor in action during Red Flag at at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada - YouTube

 

[mdmonitor]

Nice catches.. took me a few to figure out who then looked at those Aux A/A before realizing I
have them all in my scanner as Langley birds
They just had some Langley F-22's for Red Flag back in July. Maybe different squadron players today.
Nellis in July.. ugh. Real hot Desert training.
F-22 Raptor in action during Red Flag at at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada - YouTube

Mark

Rgr. All 3 A2A freqs are Langley freqs. 228.45 is a 71st Sqdn (T-38s) freq and 262.025 & 257.075 as 27th FS (F-22s). That said, all three groups could be F-22s.

 

[jsoergel]

Mark

Rgr. All 3 A2A freqs are Langley freqs. 228.45 is a 71st Sqdn (T-38s) freq and 262.025 & 257.075 as 27th FS (F-22s). That said, all three groups could be F-22s.

All four flights were 27th FS F-22s; T-38s can’t refuel inflight and the ALTRV was referred to as “Fighting Eagle Neptune,” their squadron nickname.

 

[wbagley]

All 3 A2A freqs are Langley freqs. 228.45 is a 71st Sqdn (T-38s) freq and 262.025 & 257.075 as 27th FS (F-22s). That said, all three groups could be F-22s.

FIRST 21 serials given on AR-455 boom freq 336.1 in order: 09-4174, 09-4182, 09-4180 and 04-4067.

These are all F-22s, (most likely A models ).

 

[MUTNAV]

Here's a clip of FIRST 31 flight air to air on 257.075 while tanking with EDDIE 61 over Kentucky. They chat about fuel venting from one of the planes, creature comforts in fighters and tankers and tell the world's oldest joke about the fighter pilot trying to impress the tanker pilot. Some boom operators are qualified as flight attendants and know how to cook.

This clip shows the clicks at the end of the F-22 transmissions that jsoergel has told me about. I wondered if it might be a squelch tail issue with his more modern digital receiver but these clicks definitely show up on the old BCT15X as well when you load the clip into Audacity.

View attachment 129449

Just for info, unless things have changed, the load-master, flight attendant, and boom operator career fields merged several years ago. Whether they are all fully cross trained is still a question. Disregard, it didn't happen.

Thanks
Joel