Sticky Thread For Mid-Atlantic MilAir 2022

[yow777]

1010- Gunny 21 flt (F-16s 121st FS DC ANG) working ZDC Hagerstown (227.125)>ZNY Big Flat (270.3)> ZNY Phillipsburg (306.2)>ZNY North Mountain (269.1)>ZNY Elk Mountain (298.9). Heading up to Ft Drum again, like yesterday?

1019- Ravage 31 flt working ZDC Hagerstown (227.125). Following same route as Gunnys

Hearing some chatter on 285.225 a/a @1015L.

1100 - All flights now working the Ft Drum ranges as yesterday. JTAC on 226.900 & 279.700. Air/Air 238.175, 285.225 & 319.175.

 

[AirScan]

RCH 642 off KAFW, this was previously BLUE 81, looks to high to be dragging anyone. I guess the F-35 delivery is further delayed ?

 

[mdmonitor]

Looking at their tracks, SWATH 10 left MacDill, did his CAP run, then recovered at Pease ANGB. The current SWATH also is from MacDill and would guess he'll do the same thing.

 

[mdmonitor]

1100 - All flights now working the Ft Drum ranges as yesterday. JTAC on 226.900 & 279.700. Air/Air 238.175, 285.225 & 319.175.

Yow,

Back to using their standard A2A freqs.

 

[Mark]

Coast Guard C101 GLF5 coming South from Groten New london airport.
Must have been some CG Academy gig.

Interesting Airscan as I guess McGuire said we need that tail back as you had your 3-4 days.
Always having a tough time getting F-35's out of Fort Worth these days.Supposedly article said
they have 14 of them ready to be delivered now after the Chinese magnet hold up.

 

[frank3si]

The 747 has lots of tires and brakes and can operate off the ILG runways when the plane is light and the conditions are good. However, it looks to me like bad weather and less than good braking action would be a showstopper for the VC-25 at ILG. And, if the weather is bad, MARINE ONE is not an option.

Also, I don't believe that the VC-25 is certified for RNAV (GPS) approaches so the ILS to runway 1 would be the only option for a precision instrument approach. The C-32 can do RNAV (GPS) so if the visibility or ceiling goes down, RNAV (GPS) approaches to runways 1, 9, 19 and 27 at ILG are available.

That's my guess but I don't claim to know for sure.

If you really want to get confused, take a look at the RNAV (GPS) for runway 1 at ILG.

Thanks for the informed speculation! I've seen C-32 landing use runway 1 and 32, and last night 09-0016 took off to the east on 9/27.

 

[Dutchmil]

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

Thanks for the frequencies !! Just found this 1st FW IFG from 2001 (...) and some of these air-to-air frequencies
were in use back then, although some are used by different squadrons right now. Here is the frequency page:

 

[GriffissSpotter]

1100 - All flights now working the Ft Drum ranges as yesterday. JTAC on 226.900 & 279.700. Air/Air 238.175, 285.225 & 319.175.

I’ve got them on 279.700

 

[RaleighGuy]

On Tuesday, November 1, the President will travel to Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

 

[Mark]

NOBLE-21 tells NOBLE-11 A/A 268.200 mentioning that Demo back home at Langley is from 1430-1530 local
so take your time getting back as closed for 1 hour.

Notam shows a half hour closure..
A) KLFI
B) 2210161830
C) 2210161900
E) AERODROME CLSD FOR F22 PRACTICE DEMO. NO CAT QUIET PERIOD. AEROBATICS WILL TAKE PLACE 15,000FT MSL AND BELOW WITHIN 4.4 NM RADIUS OF LFI TACAN. AVOIDANCE ADVISED

Seems there was a F-117 working out of Savannah recently..
F-117 leaving Savannah, GA! : aviation (reddit.com)

 

[vgames15]

Outgoing Nobles A/A 267.500 new ones A/A 268.200

 

[Mark]

Good afternoon,
Probably just one cell will depart later today from Honolulu. When they arrived they were using Pacific boom
frequencies 242.500 and 242.700. I would expect them to arrive in CONUS on their designated ones 391.00 and 293.00.

This afternoon here a couple of Andrews KC-135's headed West for the Pacific area.
RUMMY-73 #61-0307 followed by RUMMY-63 #59-1469.

 

[wbagley]

This afternoon here a couple of Andrews KC-135's headed West for the Pacific area.
RUMMY-73 #61-0307 followed by RUMMY-63 #59-1469.

The RUMMYs are on the way to March ARB in California for the first stop. They are talking air to air on 239.4.

One of the planes has a bad HF radio, wants to swap some parts with the other aircraft on the ground at March for troubleshooting.

 

[wbagley]

E-6B SLOTH 92 will head out over the Atlantic for a few hours and do some TACAMO stuff (presumably on 17.8 kHz) before recovering at Navy Pax River later this evening.

 

[wbagley]

An article about the re-opening of the National Cryptologic Museum across the street from NSA headquarters at Ft. Meade, Maryland.

U.S. Has Made 'Dramatic Change' in Technology Used for Nuclear Code System (newsncr.com)

The 'baseball cards' with nuke codes mentioned in the article have been around at least since the 1970s. They are like lottery tickets, tamper-evident and conceal the contents until broken open.

Thanks mdmonitor for your service.

 

[mdmonitor]

I’ve got them on 279.700

Griff

Is that one of the Ft Drum freqs or was it an A2A?

 

[mdmonitor]

An article about the re-opening of the National Cryptologic Museum across the street from NSA headquarters at Ft. Meade, Maryland.

U.S. Has Made 'Dramatic Change' in Technology Used for Nuclear Code System (newsncr.com)

The 'baseball cards' with nuke codes mentioned in the article have been around at least since the 1970s. They are like lottery tickets, tamper-evident and conceal the contents until broken open.

Thanks mdmonitor for your service.

Bill

Thanks for the salute. It was my honor to serve in both the USAF & at NSA. Was there from 1965-1996. Was there for all the "good times"

 

[Mark]

Potus wants to sleep in a bit more Monday so times changed for departure.
I'm sure CAP guys are thrilled with that
2/4512 NOTAM Details (faa.gov)

Rare sight RCH-182 Travis C-5M #68-0216 off Bangor westbound from Nice France with satellite for Vandenburg.
The old NASA special C-5A used for stuff like this.. Modified for extra large space cargo.
I think they did away with most of the upper deck seating and other amenities on this one and #68-0213

 

[jsoergel]

E-6B SLOTH 92 will head out over the Atlantic for a few hours and do some TACAMO stuff (presumably on 17.8 kHz) before recovering at Navy Pax River later this evening.

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SLOTH 92 called Terre Haute Radio 255.400 around 2050Z asking for the score of the Ravens-Giants game.

 

[Mark]

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

Rgr Russia has added some more Notams up that way.. Should be a good NATO showing.
Bogus Notams as we won't get near them but gets their attention for publicity.
Russia steps up military posturing in the Arctic ahead of NATO’s nuclear drill | The Independent Barents Observer (thebarentsobserver.com)