Sticky Thread For Mid-Atlantic MilAir 2022

[Mark]

POTUS schedule for Thursday...
5:15 PM THE PRESIDENT departs Syracuse, New York en route New Castle, Delaware
6:20 PM THE PRESIDENT arrives in New Castle, Delaware

Guess that means a CAP for Friday in Delaware as Pres then goes to Philly..
Guess he doesn't have to deal with racist Airline leg room and the VP is on the short yellow bus LOL
These leaders are so embarrassing. You don't think the rest of the World is not laughing?

New Jersey ANG has partnered with Cyprus for mil duties. Looks like nice place to be..
DVIDS - News - New Jersey partnership announced with the Republic of Cyprus (dvidshub.net)

Good history article on the 77th FS overseas who we heard recently heading East.Quite a WW2 record.
Why this Air Force F-16 has a hand of cards painted on its tail (taskandpurpose.com)

 

[wbagley]

Sentry-03H headed back West from KIAD.. Practice flight? Odd.

jsoergel spotted SENTRY 03H sending data packets on 294.225 as it passed us in Ohio and Kentucky.

 

[AirScan]

Secretary of State Antony Blinken to visit Ottawa tomorrow. Link Here. B737 or B757 ?

 

[Mark]

Secretary of State Antony Blinken to visit Ottawa tomorrow. Link Here. B737 or B757 ?

I bet the 752
TERRA-59 from McGuire doing practice approaches at Dover tonight C-32B #00-9001
This tail has hung local the last 2 months.. Maybe time for a mission.

 

[yow777]

jsoergel spotted SENTRY 03H sending data packets on 294.225 as it passed us in Ohio and Kentucky.

Interesting. I am currently seeing very faint pings on the downlink 260.625.

 

[wbagley]

Interesting. I am currently seeing very faint pings on the downlink 260.625.

jsoergel did call these bursts satcom. They faded in as the AWACS passed me and rapidly faded out, so they were presumably scattered from lobes of the uplink signal.

 

[Mark]

A BLUE-11 KC-135 off Spain Westbound at fl260 prob with returning F-16s to Shaw AFB.

 

[mdmonitor]

VIP Movement Summary 26 Oct

SAM 279 (C-37 # 18-1942) Offutt AFB-ADW
SAM 496 (C-37 # 18-1947) ADW-Ramstein AB
SAM 478 (C-37 # 99-0402) ADW-New Orleans-Houston
SAM 482 (C-40 # 01-0040) ADW-Seattle
SAM 356 (C-37 # 06-0500) No tracking available

 

[AirScan]

I bet the 752

Yep. SAM 336.

 

[mdmonitor]

0920- Bully flt (3 X F-16s 121st FS DC ANG) working ZNY Big Flat (270.3)>ZNY Stoneyfork (273.6). A2A is 340.25. Going to Ft Drum?

0935- Gunny flt off ADW.

 

[AirScan]

0920- Bully flt (3 X F-16s 121st FS DC ANG) working ZNY Big Flat (270.3)>ZNY Stoneyfork (273.6). A2A is 340.25. Going to Ft Drum?

0944- BULLY 11 direct Viper on ZBW08/09 LiveATC
0948- BULLY 11 cleared into Viper from base to FL500
0955- 259.500 COBRA 01 (MQ-9) advising unid that RAVAGE flight was a ground abort in ADW
1000- BTV F-35s dogfighting in Viper East. HAMMER, TITAN, HELLCAT, 226.300, 314.400, 234.800

 

[Mark]

A BLUE-11 KC-135 off Spain Westbound at fl260 prob with returning F-16s to Shaw AFB.

Blue-03 #60-0356 off Maine Eastbound maybe to meet up with the Shaw birds?..Seems odd as BLUE-11 is maybe not even half way across the pond and showed as single tanker with maybe 4-6 fighters so maybe a mid pond meeting.
1006 local BLUE-11 showing just North of the Azores..

 

[AirScan]

1025- GUNNY working BRUTAL JTAC (Fort Drum) on 237.250 (DCANG A-A)

 

[vgames15]

1027 - KILG Nighthawk 31 single v22 calling something safety on 143.825 stating he is 5 out. Person he was calling says winds out of the north west see you shortly.

ILG tower on 126.0 has NH31 enter left base RWY 32

 

[yow777]

1025- GUNNY working BRUTAL JTAC (Fort Drum) on 237.250

1042 - GUNNY 21/22 are working BRUTAL 40 on 377.575 but report significant interference on that freq. Up on 285.225 Air/Air.

 

[GriffissSpotter]

0944- BULLY 11 direct Viper on ZBW08/09 LiveATC
0948- BULLY 11 cleared into Viper from base to FL500
0955- 259.500 COBRA 01 (MQ-9) advising unid that RAVAGE flight was a ground abort in ADW
1000- BTV F-35s dogfighting in Viper East. HAMMER, TITAN, HELLCAT, 226.300, 314.400, 234.800

MAINE 90 off of Barnes ANGB (KBAF) heading towards the Viper Airspace.
Per reports of a Barnes planespotter, KNIFE 1-6 is with them, unrestricted climb up to 10k on departure out of Barnes.

 

[N4TX]

Had two consecutive good afternoons and evenings at the MRB airport watching the ANG C-17s (callsign DECOY) shoot T&G and practice dark-field landings and takeoffs. After dark, when the field is generally not very active with general aviation flights, the tower will stay open after 1900L to play games with the ANG jets. They can take off, go outside the pattern while squawking VFR, turn 360s, come back across the midfield, circle into the pattern and plunk down for a quickie landing just like they were landing at an improvised field and dodging AA. A pickup truck (callsign AIRFIELD ONE) works with them and I believe he puts out temporary flares or lights to simulate a short field. I haven't figured out that part of the routine yet. Tuesdays are the best days to be there but Wednesday was good for the night action last night. Good place to be close to the Air Force's heavy metal. Monitor command post PIKESIDE on UHF and the tower and ground control on VHF.

 

[Hbright]

1027 - KILG Nighthawk 31 single v22 calling something safety on 143.825 stating he is 5 out. Person he was calling says winds out of the north west see you shortly.

ILG tower on 126.0 has NH31 enter left base RWY 32

FWIW I have all the HMX-1 listed freqs plugged in Downtown DC. Only one I’ve heard anything on is 277.175 AM, which they use to talk to “Control” at Anacostia.

 

[AirScan]

Per reports of a Barnes planespotter, KNIFE 1-6 is with them, unrestricted climb up to 10k on departure out of Barnes.

259.000, 259.900, and 264.850 (I’d as B4) all active.

 

[mdmonitor]

1210- Dog flt (unid--strange xmitter) working w/Dragon (unid-unheard) on W386 common (312.2). Dog mentions comms w/Pioneer (VX-1).