Sticky Thread For Mid-Atlantic MilAir 2022

[mdmonitor]

1255- BACKY 61 on 135.725 with GK, off the NJ coast, preparing to exit W107, mentioned Snow Hill, Norfolk.

Pete,

1315- Backy 61 at FL220 working ZDC Snow Hill (132.55)

 

[mdmonitor]

About every 2 weeks or so have a CH-47 going over my house from the SW heading NE towards the general vicinity of Site R and Camp David. Never on ADSB and no chatter on the freqs I monitor.

I'm surprised that in you area they don't work with Potomac (126.1 or 128.625)

 

[AirScan]

It probably is LOMA then (ROMA is usually a tanker callsign). I wonder if they will be working with the F-35's this afternoon.

1327- SCOTCH 21 departing BTV for Viper. SCOTCH is a new VT callsign AFAIK.
1334- STING 11 (x3) clearance to Viper and back to BTV. So I guess the F-16s will be working with the F-35s.
1351- CRAZY 11 departing BTV.
1352- STING 11 departing BTV.
1354- PISTOL 31 departing BTV.

 

[nodak1crdet3]

Does sound like ROMA when talking to BTV but I tracked them down on LiveATC getting their clearance in KTOL, callsign there sounded like LOMA, which is a known travelling callsign for the 180 FW/112 FS out of Toledo.

02-05-22
LOMA is the travel callsign for Toledo.
138.425 A/A, 09:31am. I did hear them mention Burlington.
348.675 Cleve.C. 09:44am. Lost them after this freq.

Toledo F-16's
A/A
248.650 STING A/A AUX 6
312.175 BUZZ A/A AUX 7
357.100 BUCKI A/A AUX 8
367.500 ROCKT A/A AUX 9
138.425 A/A AM Mode.
139.600 BUZZ A/A, AM Mode.
140.200 BUCKI A/A, AM Mode.
141.650 BEEHIVE OPS V 01.
139.900 A/A, V 07. AM Mode.
338.150 STING OPS BTN 1

Chuck in Detroit / NODAK1

 

[yow777]

STING 11 (x3) clearance to Viper and back to BTV. So I guess the F-16s will be working with the F-35s.

STING 11 flight up on 138.575 Air/Air

 

[jaymatt1978]

1338 Ok just heard Noble 11 on KACY Approach UHF (327.1250).. ALSO it seems they use ZDC18 Dupont Low (327.2500) NOT ENO to talk to ZDC Center when Biden is in DE

 

[Hbright]

I thought COMCENTCOM had his own C-37. Used to use the SPAR callsign

Historic MacDill squadron reflects as final mission departs

As Lt. Col. Michael Charles, the 310th Airlift Squadron director of operations signed his name on the orders for the final C-37A flight out of MacDill Air Force Base, a historic squadron reflects on their legacy of teamwork.

www.dvidshub.net

"With the squadron officially inactivating on September 30, 2019 the last mission was flown from MacDill AFB July 1, 2019. Although the final mission was flown, the squadron currently remains at MacDill until the inactivation ceremony. Two of the three aircraft will go to the 65th AS at Ramstein Air Base and the third aircraft will go to the 76th AS at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam."

CENTCOM commander normally uses one of 89th AW's 4x C-40Bs for overseas trips (ADS-B Exchange - tracking thousands of aircraft). I presume he uses 89th AW C-37s for trips to Washington etc because I rarely see C-40s make the hop from ADW-MCF and back.

 

[BM82557]

I'm surprised that in you area they don't work with Potomac (126.1 or 128.625)

I've never heard them on those freqs

 

[wbagley]

Two KC-46s, REACH 533 and REACH 146 return to Pease after a quick trip to the Cape Verde Islands.

One gets an oceanic reroute and the dispatcher checks ADSBExchange just like we do to try to find out why:

AES:AE5FA0 GES: D0 2 .86053S ! 1J R
FTX/ID86053S,RCH146,DZ1638071034/MR7,/FX

WATCHING U ON ADS B EXCHANGE CAN NO FIGURE OUT THE REASON FOR REROUTE DOES NOT LOOK LIKE ANY NOSE TO NOSE TRAFFIC AND UR PARTNER MAINTAINED HIS ORIGINAL ROUTING DON-FM

 

[bruinsaviator]

MAANG F-15s are in the YANKEE 1 MOA for drill today. Anybody here know what frequency that is?

 

[yow777]

MAANG F-15s are in the YANKEE 1 MOA for drill today. Anybody here know what frequency that is?

238.250 is Yankee MOA Common.

 

[TerryPavlick]

1338 Ok just heard Noble 11 on KACY Approach UHF (327.1250).. ALSO it seems they use ZDC18 Dupont Low (327.2500) NOT ENO to talk to ZDC Center when Biden is in DE

Justin - as I indicated to you elsewhere trying to help. DEVIL 11 and SATAN 21 flights were talking to ACY approach and landing at ACY as two separate groups of two F16s.

I listened to the activity live and here is the archive LiveATC version (compressed for brevity and zipped per RR requirements). Let me know if you cannot open.

Terry

 

[Mark]

Checking tape NOBLE-11 came up on 322.400 complains there is a ATIS also on this freq and will rtb Langley
VFR and request flight following.Says we will circle West of Baltimore and go South from there.

1410 local SWATH-13 with Dover CP 349.400 says will divert there with 45k on fuel and req follow me vehicle.

There is a SWATH-14 up not tracking maybe McGuire KC-10. NOBLE's currently A/A 268.200
No doubt from Florida talking about his kids baseball game and St John's County

 

[pvdspotter]

Busy day at Barnes today:

Morning flight:
Ripper 1-4 (4x) 104th FW F-15C
Savage 2 and 5 (2x) 104th FW F-15C
???? (1x) (*didn’t catch the callsign but did a low approach and then landed*) 104th FW F-15C

Afternoon flight:
Monsta 1-2 (x2) 104th FW F-15C
Killer 1-2 (x2) 104th FW F-15C
Obi 1-2 (x2) (*Requested to shoot a Approach at Pease in clearance*) 104th FW F-15C

I guess the force is with the MAANG today lol

 

[freqhopping]

I see KC-10 79-1946 60th AMW using the REALM callsign currently. There must be something more to the callsign.

 

[wbagley]

Last night C-17 REACH 469 departed Dover for Poland and declared an emergency shortly after takeoff. They lost pressurization and wing anti-ice and requested that the ground crew check for possible damage or fire on the left wing after landing.

With the overweight landing they apparently were required to use a reduced flap setting for the go around climb gradient. This required the longer runway at Dover. They were cleared for a visual approach to runway 32 by the approach controller but were still lined up on runway 1 as they descended below 1000 feet. After the go around the tower controller gave them a visual circuit to runway 32. Again, they were unable to land and went missed approach, did a 360 turn for more checklists and finally landed on the next pass. No damage was found by the ground crew and REACH 469 taxied back to the ramp.

Attached audio edited from LiveATC.

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[Mark]

Last night C-17 REACH 469 departed Dover for Poland and declared an emergency shortly after takeoff. They lost pressurization and wing anti-ice and requested that the ground crew check for possible damage or fire on the left wing after landing.

Yeah this morning I had RCH-469 on tape with CP 349.400 reporting he has to return Dover due to left wing manifold pressure.
That was all he said. pilot on your tape sounds like he is very sleepy.I believe RCH-469 came out of Pope AAF before Dover stop.
Normally overweight aircraft at Dover have to use Runway 1 as it is reinforced concrete with much higher weight rating than Runway 32
but 32 is a couple thousand feet longer.

1736 local had SWATH-14 with Dover CP no reply but asssume they were landing there.
SWATH-14 was KC-46A #17-46026 from the 22ARW.

 

[Hbright]

RCH154 (C-17A 07-7174) off Pope NC this AM diverted to DOV. Emergency vehicles met them on the tarmac.

 

[Mark]

RCH154 (C-17A 07-7174) off Pope NC this AM diverted to DOV. Emergency vehicles met them on the tarmac.

Rgr checking tape 01:48 local RCH-154 C-17 #07-7174 inbound Dover "emergency aircraft"13k to 8k pilot clearly with mask on reports
smoke in cargo compartment,53 SOB req vector for ILS runway 1.

 

[morfis]

Yeah this morning I had RCH-469 on tape with CP 349.400 reporting he has to return Dover due to left wing manifold pressure.

Presume they swapped frames as I have REACH469 off Oceanic now and crossing the UK. Stated he's a C-17