Sticky Thread For Mid-Atlantic MilAir 2022

[Mark]

GAF-917 A343 16+02 enroute Washington with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to meet with Potus Monday
according to Euro blogs. Almost halfway now.


1535 local NIGHTHAWK-3 with KILG tower 352.050 10 miles to SW req runway 14 to park at Boeing ramp.
1552 NIGHTHAWK-4 with KILG tower 126.000 also landing runway 14 for Boeing ramp.

 

[TerryPavlick]

Our local Pittsburgh 171ARW ANG Tanker friends collected a nice Outstanding Unit Award. They keep busy and work safe!
DVIDS - News - 171st Awarded Air Force Outstanding Unit Award (dvidshub.net)

The USS G W Bush also completed ammo onloads of 2 million pounds.. Mind boggling amount.
DVIDS - News - George H.W. Bush Completes Ammo Onload (dvidshub.net)

Nice work there

"Originally scheduled for four days, the team safely completed the onload in just two days."

 

[Mark]

RCH-038 C-17 #10-0217 inbound Dover from Seattle req assault lighting (turn lights off) for landing runway 32 but
RCH 574-#10-0214 will beat them first to runway 1 from Germany.
Notice the Kalitta B744's have done the last two Camber cargo runs to Kiev from Dover.

Saw this vid last week bit off topic but you don't see this type of parallel Civy landings around here.Maybe Dulles airport does this.
DOUBLE LANDINGS on the 28s at SFO - YouTube

GAF-917 A343 being slowed down by headwinds approaching Boston speed 385 knots.
Eastbound turbo prop GAF-264 A400M type doing 450 knots.. Wind at their backs for sure.

1930 local RCH-156 C-17 #07-7180 off Pope EB probably for Poland as seems where those guys are setting up.

WGN8328 B744 N344KD from Atlanta going to Dover now.. These guys are just usually painted plain white.Keeps costs down

 

[krokus]

The USS G W Bush also completed ammo onloads of 2 million pounds.. Mind boggling amount.
DVIDS - News - George H.W. Bush Completes Ammo Onload (dvidshub.net)

It took three days of around the clock staging, and dawn to dusk transfers, to offload our combat load, on my deployment.

 

[Mark]

It took three days of around the clock staging, and dawn to dusk transfers, to offload our combat load, on my deployment.

I guess the GW Bush finally has all those new fangled ordinance elevators working good.
Funny last week we had Detroit CG Helo down this way but Detroit based CG Helo did keep busy I see rescuing folks off the ice
near Catawba island in Lake Erie yesterday... I guess no CG Helos based in Cleveland.
BTW a recent pic of N344KD in Europe last year.
1314726.jpg (1600×919) (airplane-pictures.net)

 

[TerryPavlick]

RCH-038 C-17 #10-0217 inbound Dover from Seattle req assault lighting (turn lights off) for landing runway 32 but
RCH 574-#10-0214 will beat them first to runway 1 from Germany.
Notice the Kalitta B744's have done the last two Camber cargo runs to Kiev from Dover.

Saw this vid last week bit off topic but you don't see this type of parallel Civy landings around here.Maybe Dulles airport does this.
DOUBLE LANDINGS on the 28s at SFO - YouTube

GAF-917 A343 being slowed down by headwinds approaching Boston speed 385 knots.
Eastbound turbo prop GAF-264 A400M type doing 450 knots.. Wind at their backs for sure.

1930 local RCH-156 C-17 #07-7180 off Pope EB probably for Poland as seems where those guys are setting up.

WGN8328 B744 N344KD from Atlanta going to Dover now.. These guys are just usually painted plain white.Keeps costs down

Looks like GAF917 taking a more southerly approach

 

[wbagley]

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.

Another night, another C-17 emergency at Dover. New tower freq rumored to be 121.5.

More ATC audio below edited from LiveATC. Sounds like they did an emergency evacuation on the taxiway after landing.

I've lost colleagues (UPS 6) and friends (Valujet 592) to aircraft cargo fires.

Hope tonight is quiet at Dover.

 

[Hbright]

Expect a C-32A off ADW headed west, then down under tomorrow afternoon:

Secretary Blinken to Travel to Australia, Fiji, and Hawaii - United States Department of State

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will travel to Australia, Fiji, and Hawaii February 7-13 to engage with Indo-Pacific allies and partners to advance peace, resilience, and prosperity across the region and demonstrate that these partnerships deliver. In Australia on February 9-12, Secretary...

www.state.gov

 

[TerryPavlick]

Another night, another C-17 emergency at Dover. New tower freq rumored to be 121.5.

More ATC audio below edited from LiveATC. Sounds like they did an emergency evacuation on the taxiway after landing.

I've lost colleagues (UPS 6) and friends (Valujet 592) to aircraft cargo fires.

Hope tonight is quiet at Dover.

View attachment 116327

In listening - they indicate smoke in cargo department and I think a breach - or release ? Trying to make out the second issue.
Hazmat 3 and 9 on board.

 

[RaleighGuy]

Looks like AF1 trip somewhere on Thursday and Camp David next weekend.

Thursday, February 10, 2022

The President will travel to continue promoting his agenda.

Friday, February 11, 2021

The President will travel to Camp David, where he will remain over the weekend.

Also, TFR for State of the Union speech released.

 

[MMID303]

Speaking of Camp David, I managed to get a couple shots of a KC-10 from the last time. I don't think I posted them. The flight path was positioned a little further NW than usual which made it closer to my home. Unfortunately there were no fighters in my pictures. Shortly afterward the next tanker came in and went invisible on trackers. These big planes are impressively hard to spot!

 

[mdmonitor]

Expect a C-32A off ADW headed west, then down under tomorrow afternoon:

Secretary Blinken to Travel to Australia, Fiji, and Hawaii - United States Department of State

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will travel to Australia, Fiji, and Hawaii February 7-13 to engage with Indo-Pacific allies and partners to advance peace, resilience, and prosperity across the region and demonstrate that these partnerships deliver. In Australia on February 9-12, Secretary...

www.state.gov

0830 C-32 # 09-0018 off ADW heading west. Blinken?

 

[mdmonitor]

0830- Another strange C-17 callsign. Skyway 3 (C-17 (0707173) off DOV

 

[BM82557]

Expect a C-32A off ADW headed west, then down under tomorrow afternoon:

Secretary Blinken to Travel to Australia, Fiji, and Hawaii - United States Department of State

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will travel to Australia, Fiji, and Hawaii February 7-13 to engage with Indo-Pacific allies and partners to advance peace, resilience, and prosperity across the region and demonstrate that these partnerships deliver. In Australia on February 9-12, Secretary...

www.state.gov

09-0018 out of JBA at 08:25 local per ADSB Exchange, maybe this is it. Oops, didn't see Ron's post.

 

[AirScan]

0830- Another strange C-17 callsign. Skyway 3 (C-17 (0707173) off DOV

Maintenance test flight callsign maybe ? RCH 469 Emergency

 

[TerryPavlick]

Maintenance test flight callsign maybe ? RCH 469 Emergency

I would have to agree on the maintenance flight. Probably what FAMC means in the code.

AES:AE146B GES:02 2 .77173A ! SA 1 FLIGHT MCFAMC
M00AMCFAMC0ES122916S
MEDIA ADVISORY, VERSION 0:
LINK DEFAULT SATCOM ESTABLISHED AT 12:29:16 UTC
AVAILABLE LINKS: DEFAULT SATCOM

 

[mdmonitor]

1000- Salty Dog 02 (F-18 VX-23) working PAX approach (250.3) & VX-23 Ops (250.7) w/PIREP for PAX area and Atlantic Test Track. Working DOV approach (132.425) for a couple of patterns.

 

[MMID303]

Nothing on trackers, but sounded like another CH-47 and a UH-60 over the house heading to Site R at 10:20

 

[mdmonitor]

1100- Swath 18 (KC-135R # 60-0360) off DOV.

 

[josephdurnal]

Nothing on trackers, but sounded like another CH-47 and a UH-60 over the house heading to Site R at 10:20

A loud chopper flew over the Frederick area about 10 minutes ago, nothing on ADSB