Sticky Thread For Mid-Atlantic MilAir 2022

[wbagley]

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

A little later here in Kentucky at 9:45 am EST I heard REACH 4182 and REACH 4188 chatting on 319.4, they called it button 10.

REACH 4188 was coming out of Honolulu 'taking some special people home' (Secret Service troops and vehicles from the Asia trip back to Andrews?).

Do the REACH 41XX callsigns denote Presidential Support missions?

 

[Tech792]

I've seen some REACH 32XX callsigns for POTUS equipment. (Along with VINYL) But seems when using REACH, always 4 digits. Also see VINYL flights in and out of Quantico.

 

[mdmonitor]

A little later here in Kentucky at 9:45 am EST I heard REACH 4182 and REACH 4188 chatting on 319.4, they called it button 10.

REACH 4188 was coming out of Honolulu 'taking some special people home' (Secret Service troops and vehicles from the Asia trip back to Andrews?).

Do the REACH 41XX callsigns denote Presidential Support missions?

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Bill

Both those C-17s are from 3rd AS at Dover so 319.4 could be a sqdn A2A freq. 319.4 used to be the old McGuire CP freq.

 

[mdmonitor]

1220- Unid drone using callsign BJ-72 has been operating in the PAX area most of the morning and has now switched to northeastern VA. Flying at a steady alt of 9,800 ft for the whole flt.

1230- Elvis 88 , out of Norfolk, is working at A.P. Hill again today.

1235- MD ANG A-10Cs working in PAX areas. Freqs: 266.6/270.8/271.4/281.4/293.3

 

[Hbright]

Do the REACH 41XX callsigns denote Presidential Support missions?

Look at this account on Twitter, which manually tracks those flights:
@USAF_VIP_LGX

 

[dmi]

11/15/2022 104th FW Barnes, Ma. up this morning - MARSA, JUICE, TACO and SKULL F-15 callsigns joined by BANK (Two F-22's from Langley, VA) , with MAINE tanker. After 12 noon, heard NJ ANG (DEVIL and SATIN) with fights, and then later, VA ANG (BULLY and GUNNER) with an AWACS (DARKSTAR) .

What scanner/program are you using in the youtube video?

 

[mdmonitor]

1425- Fat Albert off PAX heading south. Probably heading back to Pensacola.
1430- Skater 51 on way back to McGuire. Had gone down to the Gulf of Mexico, offshore just west of Tampa.
1443- Dude 01 (T-38 71st FS) working ZDC Cape Charles (236.825)>ZDC Bucks Elbow (284.7/282.2) requesting routing to VR-43 at block alt FL180-FL250. Looks to be somewhere in the area of the Evers MOA.

 

[RaleighGuy]

Do the REACH 41XX callsigns denote Presidential Support missions?

No, it used to be RCHXXXT flights but they discontinued the special designation for those flights.

 

[Mark]

1430- Skater 51 on way back to McGuire. Had gone down to the Gulf of Mexico, offshore just west of Tampa.

Yeah was watching SKATER go offshore Tampa but also was a E-3 coming SE from Louisiana headed
that same direction. Guessing was for the E-3. Was a bunch of T-38's out there as well..
SKATER-51 inbound McGuire apha-3 with several writeups on CP 134.100

A McGuire Condor C-130T #164998 from VR-64 USNR inbound Bermuda from NAS Oceana..

 

[mdmonitor]

1442- Caught some weak chat on 285.2 which I have as a Coronet freq.

 

[mdmonitor]

Yeah was watching SKATER go offshore Tampa but also was a E-3 coming SE from Louisiana headed
that same direction. Guessing was for the E-3. Was a bunch of T-38's out there as well..
SKATER-51 inbound McGuire apha-3 with several writeups on CP 134.100

A McGuire Condor C-130T #164998 from VR-64 inbound Bermuda from NAS Oceana..
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Mark,

Interesting. Had a Condor 3 head down from McGuire to NAS Oceana this morning and saw a different acft using Condor 3 doing local stuff at WRI. Strange that they are all using the same call.

 

[Mark]

Mark,
Interesting. Had a Condor 3 head down from McGuire to NAS Oceana this morning and saw a different acft using Condor 3 doing local stuff at WRI. Strange that they are all using the same call.

Someone prob didn't change mode s and were using different callsigns on radio.
CG HC-130J seems to be checking on maybe some illegal boaters between Cuba and Florida Keys at only 7k feet.
No doubt a CG Cutter in the area... Hot Spot.

 

[mdmonitor]

Someone prob didn't change mode s and were using different callsigns on radio.
CG HC-130J seems to be checking on maybe some illegal boaters between Cuba and Florida Keys at only 7k feet.
No doubt a CG Cutter in the area... Hot Spot.

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Mark

I heard the guy going down to Oceana and he used Condor 3 w/Oceana Ops.

 

[Tech792]

No, it used to be RCHXXXT flights but they discontinued the special designation for those flights.

It seems they dropped the "T" suffix after Trump left office.

 

[mdmonitor]

1609- CG 2702 (HC-144 CGAS Elizabeth City NC) up from E-City doing pattern work at Dover.

1625- Steeljaw 1 (E-2D VX-20) has been out in Atlantic Test Track for most of the afternoon. Working w/Echo Control (320.45) & on test discrete (365.7)

1633- Toxic 62 (C-12 # 96-00112) from Army Biological Command land at Phillips AAF (1126.15) Departed from Brooksville/Tampa airport in FL.

 

[mdmonitor]

1645- Pioneer 33 (P-8 # 170013 VX-1) has been out in Test Track (320.45) since 11 AM. Now working Giantkiller (238.1) for clearance back to PAX.

1650- Flt of 4 MD ANG A-10Cs (Axeman) off Martin State. A2A is 293.3. Working in PAX areas. A-10s working w/Maine 87 (KC-135R # 59-1447 ME ANG Bangor) who is orbiting in the southern portion of the PAX restricted areas. Working on Bay Watch freq 256.5

 

[Tech792]

1710- MD A-10's working at the Warren Grove Range 283.1, A/A 266.6 with one female pilot using RAVEN callsign.

 

[mdmonitor]

1525- Looks like one of the Pittsburgh KC-135s (#58-0060) is heading out to W107/108. Make that W105/106. He's checking in on 135.225.

 

[wbagley]

B-52s SKULL 02 and SKULL 33 coming east originally cleared over Danville, Illinois and then Appleton, Ohio at 8:15 pm EST. It now looks like they have taken a clearance north of APE.

Possibly going to the Ft. Drum range talking air to air on 226.875.

Earlier, they were unable to fuel with KC-135 Indy 84 for some reason.

 

[wbagley]

Possibly going to the Ft. Drum range talking air to air on 226.875.

It appears that the SKULLs are cooling their heels waiting for the MOAs in eastern Michigan to go hot on the hour at 9:00 pm EST.