Sticky Thread For Mid-Atlantic MilAir 2022

[BM82557]

Trip to New York --

2/0547 NOTAM Details

Effective Date(s):
		From February 03, 2022 at 2115 UTC (February 03, 2022 at 1615 EST)
		To February 03, 2022 at 2300 UTC (February 03, 2022 at 1800 EST)

 

[wbagley]

Plenty of VLF TACAMO action with the E-6s last night.

Atlantic JONAH 01 at 17.8 kHz, Pacific CLINT 01 at 22.7 kHz and Gulf of Mexico DUDAD 01 at 27.2 kHz. Each frequency had several wide, medium and narrow modes displayed as usual.

Received in Kentucky with an AirSpy HF+ Discovery SDR and a Wellbrook ALA1530LN loop antenna.

 

[TerryPavlick]

Got them on 134.1 also now

By the way you reported HECKLER -- last year -- as per this (below)...heard mention of that yesterday as referenced to 283.800 but was not really in the room. Do you know who HECKLER is ??

pro106import
Mar 16, 2021

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Barnes Mass. exercise starting with callsign "Heckler" ATC (Usually Huntress or Footrope)
Rippa 1-4
Gunshot 1-2 Gunshot 1 RTB with a code 3 Generator problem
259.0
259.9
338.1
283.8
305.25
275.9
309.0
292.15

 

[wbagley]

C-32A 09-0018 out for a possible test or training flight.

 

[pro106import]

By the way you reported HECKLER -- last year -- as per this (below)...heard mention of that yesterday as referenced to 283.800 but was not really in the room. Do you know who HECKLER is ??

pro106import
Mar 16, 2021

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#2,418

Barnes Mass. exercise starting with callsign "Heckler" ATC (Usually Huntress or Footrope)
Rippa 1-4
Gunshot 1-2 Gunshot 1 RTB with a code 3 Generator problem
259.0
259.9
338.1
283.8
305.25
275.9
309.0
292.15

Yes an F-15 from Barnes AFB Mass.

 

[pro106import]

By the way you reported HECKLER -- last year -- as per this (below)...heard mention of that yesterday as referenced to 283.800 but was not really in the room. Do you know who HECKLER is ??

pro106import
Mar 16, 2021

message
#2,418

Barnes Mass. exercise starting with callsign "Heckler" ATC (Usually Huntress or Footrope)
Rippa 1-4
Gunshot 1-2 Gunshot 1 RTB with a code 3 Generator problem
259.0
259.9
338.1
283.8
305.25
275.9
309.0
292.15

Yes an F-15 from Barnes AFB Mass.
I think...
I posted the audio of everything from yesterday that I was able to hear
Lots of exercises Tues. morning in W-105 and W-107 at the same time! The radio is pretty choppy because there were so many freqs. active at the same time. The radio scans pretty fast because I only have maybe 100 freqs in the dogfight bank so it scans around quicker. I have no scan delay on right now. I have tried a 1 second scan delay and didn't like the traffic I missed. Some aircraft heard was ANGRY - F-16's out of Andrews, SLAM out of Barnes, TOMCAT tanker, MAINE tanker, DEVIL out of Atlantic City, SKOLL out of Barnes, BULLET out of Barnes, HECKLER out of Barnes, RIPPLE out of Barnes, BEAR out of Barnes, COSMIC out of Atlantic City, WILD out of Andrews, VIPER out of Andrews?, KNIFE out of Barnes

REC_20220202064715452.mp4

drive.google.com

 

[ur20v]

Tangentially off topic as not in our region (or anywhere nearby), but I happened to see this last night/early this morning... for whatever reason my dumb brain thought these were all long since retired and they didn't fly anymore. Learn something new every day! Anyway, appeared to originate from and return to Plant 42. There was some interesting USAF ISR traffic NE of Vegas at the same time, including a Rivet Joint and an Australian E7 Wedgetail. Nice time to be out in the desert...

 

[AirScan]

BLUE 31 seems to be dragging somebody ?

 

[wbagley]

C-32A VENUS 92 has the odd displayed ident of 60W as it does touch and goes at GSO right now.

LiveATC: Airport Detail: KGSO | LiveATC.net

 

[morfis]

BLUE 31 seems to be dragging somebody ?

F-15Cs returning from Lakenheath for re-allocation?
(not looked at the link...just based on tanker numbers for the RETROs as they went North over here)

 

[AirScan]

I have tried a 1 second scan delay and didn't like the traffic I missed.

Thanks for posting that ! Nice reception of Giant Killer. Would make a great LiveATC feed (hint). I agree that it sounds better without any scan delay set.

 

[wbagley]

GAF 931 16+01 Konrad Adenauer arriving at Dulles possibly in advance of the February 7 meeting between Chancellor Scholz and President Biden.

 

[RaleighGuy]

Trip to New York --

2/0547 NOTAM Details

Effective Date(s):
		From February 03, 2022 at 2115 UTC (February 03, 2022 at 1615 EST)
		To February 03, 2022 at 2300 UTC (February 03, 2022 at 1800 EST)

John F. Kennedy International Airport, Building 209, near Hangar 19

Estimated AF1 Arrival: 10:50 AM EST and departure: 4:45 PM EST

 

[Justmescanneruser]

Tangentially off topic as not in our region (or anywhere nearby), but I happened to see this last night/early this morning... for whatever reason my dumb brain thought these were all long since retired and they didn't fly anymore. Learn something new every day! Anyway, appeared to originate from and return to Plant 42. There was some interesting USAF ISR traffic NE of Vegas at the same time, including a Rivet Joint and an Australian E7 Wedgetail. Nice time to be out in the desert...

I have no idea what exactly the U-2 was doing, but the other planes you mentioned north of Las Vegas are involved with Red Flag 22-1.

 

[mdmonitor]

1350- Tester 10 (T-38C # 158198 NTPS) working Bay Watch (354.8) reporting Mach 1.1 speed run at FL330. Advises he's setting up for another speed run. Second speed run Mach 1.12 at FL350.

1355- Rhody 32 (C-130J # 99-1432 143rd AS RI ANG) inbound to ADW. Calling CP on 378.1.

1414- Unid acft (no call heard) check in w/ZDC Atlantic City (281.45) at FL410. Requests FL430.

 

[MUTNAV]

I don't know if this is the right forum, but does anyone know why the FCC is limiting the militarys use of Link 16?

I thought the only other users of the spectrum in question was the military with TACANs / and some DME, and it was designed to not interfere with the navigation equipment.

FAA Limits Pentagon Link 16 Access Over Interference Concerns | Aviation Week Network

The U.S. military has lost normal access to its primary data link due to concerns about a recent software change.

aviationweek.com

Thanks
Joel

 

[AirScan]

1414- Unid acft (no call heard) check in w/ZDC Atlantic City (281.45) at FL410. Request FL430.

Probably RETRO 81 after they broke off from BLUE 31. They were cleared via RIFLE then flightplan but destination was not given.

 

[mdmonitor]

Probably RETRO 81 after they broke off from BLUE 31. They were cleared via RIFLE then flightplan but destination was not given.

If I can hear them they are probably on their way down to Seymour-Johnson NC.

 

[Mark]

0824- Belo 21 (prob B-52) working ZNY Elk Mountain (298.9) requesting clearance to FL350.

I first had BELO-21 on ZDC UHF 07:43 local reports speed is mach.66 then says speed 395.
07:47 local BELO-21 push ZDC Millville 125.450.. and lost them after that. That surprised me with all the UHF freqs around here
course can't keep that VHF freq in my tape rotation or would be hours of listening

 

[morfis]

If I can hear them they are probably on their way down to Seymour-Johnson NC.

Apparently they were a flight of three E's for re-work rather than some more of the Cs for re-allocation