Sticky Thread For Mid-Atlantic MilAir 2022

[wbagley]

The President seemed to indicate that the missiles that struck Poland today were probably not launched from Russia. However, the investigation continues.

AF1 is due to depart Bali for a fuel stop in Guam a little after midnight EST.

 

[MMID303]

P-8 doing orbits over the KHGR region. Could this be in support of tonight's Operation Falcon Virgo?

 

[wbagley]

Interesting. I wonder if there was an issue with 09-0016 (on the ground in Bali) because I've never seen the evac plane at the same airport as AF1.

I think you're on to something. It looks like 09-0016 will be going home as SAM 250:

AES:AE4AE8 GES:50 2 ..90016 ! 80 3 FLIGHT MC250
M08AMC025001,08,POS1,MC,0250,06,WADD,PGUA
160506,S0713.9,E11703.6,049,498,+33407

And, presumably 09-0015 will be SAM 46 with the tail swap.

AES:AE4AE6 GES:50 2 ..90015 - #MDFPN/RI: DA :WADD:AA : PGUA:R:09O: D: PEDE3A.PEDET:F:
PEDET,S07306E116385.W41..MKS,S05023E119316.A450..UNZ,N13273E144440(06R)BAF4

 

[MMID303]

Hearing chatter on SNC Discrete

 

[wbagley]

E-4B 74-0787 takes off out of Singapore with Guam as the first stop. Showing a callsign of DOLE 18 instead of GRIM 99 so Honolulu must be next on the way back to Andrews.

 

[Mark]

I see VIP Notams for Honolulu and Anchorage for today.. Why Anchorage stop? Seems way out of the way
for return trip to DC from the Southern Pacific.

I didn't know that they are building new F-16's for foreign sales in Greenville SC.
May get some odd delivery flights from there someday.
USAF partners with Lockheed Martin to open new F-16 production line (airforce-technology.com)

 

[Hbright]

I see VIP Notams for Honolulu and Anchorage for today.. Why Anchorage stop? Seems way out of the way
for return trip to DC from the Southern Pacific.

The Anchorage TFR is for VP Harris' westbound refueling stop reroute Thailand. She'll be taking SAM298 99-0003 and SAM460 98-0002. SecState Blinken is already in Bangkok having flown from Bali on SAM362.

Odd that 74-0787 is showing on ADSB as DOLE18, it's still listed on ACARS as GRIM99. Maybe the pilot was playing with the transponder entry?

AF1 has landed in Guam followed by the congo line GRIM99, RCH250, SAM46 and SAM394 (Sec Yellen).

 

[mdmonitor]

VIP Movement Summary (does not include POTUS, VPOTUS, FLOTUS travel)

DATE: 14 Nov

SAM 579 (C-37 # 99-0402) Miami-ADW-Colorado Springs
SAM 460 (C-32 # 98-0002) ADW-Chicago IL-ADW

 

[mdmonitor]

VIP Movement Summary (does not include POTUS, VPOTUS, FLOTUS travel)

DATE: 15 Nov

SAM 509 (C-37 # 18-1942) ADW-Tel Aviv-Cyprus?
Navy 100 (C-37 # 166378) ADW-Souda Bay GR?
Coast Guard 101 (C-37 # 01) DCA-Portland ME-DCA

 

[Mark]

SKATER-52 KC-10 #85-0032 off McGuire Southbound.Normally a non CAP Norad callsign.
Don't see many McGuire Skaters these days.

 

[BM82557]

Hearing chatter on SNC Discrete

Which one? I have 4 SNC freqs and didn't copy any traffic.

 

[mdmonitor]

SKATER-52 KC-10 #85-0032 off McGuire Southbound.Normally a non CAP Norad callsign.
Don't see many McGuire Skaters these days.

Mark

Looks like he's headed for one of the southern AR zones, maybe Burner ATCAA in NC?

Juicy 55 (KC-46 # 21-46057) looks to be heading in the same direction.

 

[mdmonitor]

0838- Mussel 12 & 18 (Mussel 12 flt) working discrete (225.6). Chat about landing on rnwy 34. Only airfield in our area that has rnwy 34 is Manassas.

 

[mdmonitor]

Mark

Looks like he's headed for one of the southern AR zones, maybe Burner ATCAA in NC?

This is error

sorry

 

[mdmonitor]

0905- Pithy 91 (E-6B # 164409 VQ-4 Det) inbound to JAX. Returning from overnight mission down to Gulf Of Mexico, off West Florida.

0910- Reach 4162 (C-17 # 08-8190) calling ADW CP on 319.4. Must have an old list.

0919- Glare 39 (MC-12 # 08-0336) showing on ground at Hagerstown. Had departed from Lakehurst earlier this morning.

 

[mdmonitor]

0940- Navy PR893 (EP-3/P-3C VQ-1 NAS Whidbey Island) off PAX heading west. Probably heading back to Whidbey.

0942- Juicy 55 working Giantkiller (118.125) requesting block alt FL23-260 in AR 636.

0945- Nighthawk 12 (HMX-1) working Wash Helo (134.45) for entry into Zone 2.

1004- Bully 11 & Gunny 22 flts (F-16s 121st FS DC ANG) off ADW (257.2).

1005- Marine BA-10 (C-130J # 170000 "Fat Albert") landing at PAX. Departed from NAS Pensacola.

 

[mdmonitor]

1012- Condor 3 (C-130T # 164998 VR-62 WRI) working NAS Oceana CP (284.9) w/inbound msg.

1023- Hearing chat on 238.85 which I have as NG ANG (Pack) A2A. ADS-B showing Pack 93 (KC-46 # 18-46047) & 94 (# 18-46-58) in formation transiting our area to the north. Currently over Wilkes-Barre PA area.at FL280. At 1043 Pack 93 advises they got msg that Pack 94's ACARS in inop.

1025- Marlins (T-38s 71st FS) out in W386 working with Gaucho & Hotdog flts (two 4-acft flts of F-22s). Freqs: 255.65/292.3/350.05.

 

[mdmonitor]

1045- Looks like Packs might be working in AR219 over northern PA.

 

[wbagley]

0905- Pithy 91 (E-6B # 164409 VQ-4 Det) inbound to JAX. Returning from overnight mission down to Gulf Of Mexico, off West Florida.

PITHY 91 timed their transit down the east coast of Florida to put them in viewing range of the Artemis moon mission launch at the start of the launch window. Unfortunately, the launch was delayed once more by a hydrogen leak before finally getting underway.

PITHY did TACAMO transmissions on the Atlantic frequency of 17.8 kHz rather than the usual Gulf of Mexico frequency of 27.2 kHz. This time, several signal modes were seen as the E-6 did transmissions in the less efficient long wire trail mode over the water. Usually, I observe only three narrow, wide and medium bandwidth VLF TACAMO transmissions on an E-6 mission.

Was this mission perhaps operated by VX-20?

 

[mdmonitor]

1130- Scan 05 (CRJ-7 N805X NGTF) is working orbits over northern VA, just south of Quantico. Freqs: 123.225/275.2