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[BM82557]

B-1 bombers pulled from ISIS fight

CNN - "Lt. Gen. Charles Brown Jr. said the fleet of B-1 Lancer bombers had been sent back to the United States from their deployment in the Mideast."

Link to article - B-1 bombers pulled from ISIS fight - CNNPolitics.com

 

[mdmonitor]

Heads Up in New England and Canada


Kuwaiti Air Force 3230 (C-17A KAF342) departed Andrews and is heading your way.

He's currently at FL340 passing over Long Island NY heading northeast.

Ron
Maryland

 

[mdmonitor]

Guys,


FYI. We probably won't see or hear these guys. The first wave has already arrived in Pease.

Got this from Howard up in Canada:


The Italians are coming (Part II)
7 Typhoons, 3 Hercs and two tankers left Lajes earlier this morning.
These are Red Flag participants and are headed to Pease.
GMT Callsign Type Serial Location
2/20/2016 11:35 IAM1417 KC-767A MM62227 Lajes, PT
2/20/2016 11:12 IAM1415 KC-767A MM62228 Lajes, PT
2/20/2016 12:41 IAM4673 C-130J MM62196 Lajes, PT
2/20/2016 9:36 IAM4672 C-130J MM62186 Lajes, PT
2/20/2016 9:17 IAM4671 C-130J MM62180 Lajes, PT
If similar to previous flights...should hit this side of the pond by 1900Z


Cheers,
Howard Doucet
CYQI

 

[Mark]

Maybe we will catch some Turk F-16's coming in for Red Flag 16-2

Nellis AFB hosts Red Flag 16-2 Feb. 29 - Mar. 11, 2016

 

[screenersam]

02/20/16 1500 local bombing runs on 265.5 (Bicep?)

 

[mdmonitor]

Guys,

ADS-B showing Australian AF C-17 # A41-309 callsign Aussie (ASY) 433. He's just now (1545 EST) crossing Long Island at FL 250 heading south.

 

[screenersam]

don't have time to listen but 143.6 is active (Wild 1?)
request cruise control? 13000 heading 220 vector to TLI1?

 

[looknlisten]

Maybe we will catch some Turk F-16's coming in for Red Flag 16-2
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On their way in now Mark 1930Z. Headed to McGuire last I heard. Confirmed as two KC-15R (TUAF19/20)tankers and 6 F-16s.

 

[mdmonitor]

On their way in now Mark 1930Z. Headed to McGuire last I heard. Confirmed as two KC-15R (TUAF19/20)tankers and 6 F-16s.

Listened to Live ATC as they arrived. TURAF 19=KC-135# 60-0326, TURAF 20=KC-135# 62-3563 TURAF 221=A-400M #14-0008.

Didn't hear the F-16s.

 

[mdmonitor]

ACY- Atlantic City NJ (KACY)
ADW- Joint Base Andrews MD (KADW)
BW- Bay Watch-NAS PAX Area Advisory Control
BWI- Baltimore-Washington/Thurgood Marshall Airport (KBWI)
DAA- Davison AAF, Ft Belvoir VA (KDAA)
DCA- Reagan National Airport/CGAS Washington, Wash DC (KDCA)
DOV- Dover AFB DE (KDOV)
GK- Giantkiller (FACSFAC, Virginia Capes)
LFI- Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va (KLFI)
MTN- Martin State Airport, Baltimore (KMTN)
NGTF-Northrop-Grumman Test Facility, Baltimore (KBWI)
NTPS-Naval Test Pilot School, PAX
PAX- NAS Patuxent River MD (KNHK)
PTC- Potomac Area TRACON
WRI- Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst NJ (KWRI)
ZBW- Boston ARTCC
ZDC- Washington ARTCC
ZNY- New York ARTCC


1. VHF/UHF: ((Times are EST))

((Reach/OSACOM/PAT/JOSA flts not included--Some acft idents from local ADS-B collectors))

1035- Netherland AF 37 (C-130H G-273 336th Sqdn)-depart ADW. ADS-B shows heading north northeast at FL 160. Probably heading home.
1046- Ravage flt (F-16s, 121st FS DC ANG ADW-depart ADW.
1505- Tester 20 (T-6B # 166016 NTPS PAX)-w/BW (270.8)
1506- Tester 13 (T-38C 158201 NTPS PAX)-w/BW (354.8)
1507- Tester 22 (T-6B 166042 NTPS PAX)- w/BW (354.8)
1515- Score 26 (C-2 # 162142 VX-20 PAX)-depart PAX. ADS-B shows heading north.Returns to PAX at 1700.
1520- Navy AX351 (C-130T # 165351 VR-53 ADW)-patterns at ADW. ADS-B shows then headed up to Boston then turned around and headed back to ADW.
1545- Venus 97 (C-32A # 09-0017 1st AS ADW)-land at ADW.
1550- ADS-B shows RAF C-130J (ZH880) coming in from south and landing at Dulles International.
1552- ADS-B showing TURAF 19, TURAF 20 & TURAF 21 over the Atlantic heading for WRI. Listened to Live ATC as they arrived. TURAF 19=KC-135# 60-0326, TURAF 20=KC-135# 62-3563 TURAF 221=A-400M #14-0008.
1625- SAM 648 (C-37B # 11-0050 99th AS ADW)-depart ADW. ADS-B shows heading west northwest at FL380.
1645- SAM 597 (C-20B # 86-0204 99th AS ADW)-land at ADW.
1648- Tester 25 (T-6B # 166075, NTPS PAX)-w/BW (354.8)


2. HF: ((Times UTC, Freqs KHz))

15867.0 2254Z T1Z189 (1st-189th Aviation (CSAB), Montana ArNG, Helena, MT) USB/ALE sounding.

11175.0 2341Z Raft Log USB w/EAM ZIKAU3

Ron (mdmonitor1@verizon.net)
Baltimore MD (390747N 763711W)
VHF/UHF: BC-895XLT/RS Pro-2045 w/Diamond D-130J discone (in attic)
HF: Icom R75 & Sangean ATS 909 w/45-ft PAR EF-SWL (in attic)

 

[mdmonitor]

Guys,

1955 EST- ADS-B showing FBI Cessna 182T N632TK departing Manassas and orbiting at 6,300 ft just west of Andrews area for last 2.5 hours.

 

[screenersam]

notes from last night (02/22)
238.1 reference to flares time 1900
233.525 reference to 'angels' (flares?) 1910
262.95 brit accent reference to flares 1950 later chatter 2005, also brit
228.45 Bullseye 2110

 

[mdmonitor]

Guys,

1955 EST- ADS-B showing FBI Cessna 182T N632TK departing Manassas and orbiting at 6,300 ft just west of Andrews area for last 2.5 hours.

Interesting article posted on the Scan DC site:

FBI Confirms Wide-Scale Use Of Surveillance Flights Over U.S. Cities

 

[riveter]

notes from last night (02/22)
238.1 reference to flares time 1900
233.525 reference to 'angels' (flares?) 1910
262.95 brit accent reference to flares 1950 later chatter 2005, also brit
228.45 Bullseye 2110

Angels is altitude by thousands of feet. (A10 = 10,000).
Bullseye is also a common brevity word for a pre-noted geographic point for relative target referencing.

 

[mdmonitor]

HF Logs 23 Feb

((Times UTC, Freqs KHz))

09106.0 1228Z NNZ5ZO (unid) USB/ALE sounding.
07535.0 1305Z Courageous Warrior (US Navy warship) USB w/SESEF Mayport FL (not heard) testing various xmitters.
11175.0 1500Z Big Time USB R/Cs w/Reach 663 (prob C-130J #06-4633 19AW Little Rock AFB AR)
11175.0 1503Z Conquest USB w/EAM ZIDS6I
11175.0 1509Z Conquest USB w/EAM ZIHTTJ
11175.0 1554Z Conquest USB w/EAM ZITKYA
07535.0 1645Z SESEF Norfolk VA USB w/IKE (USS Dwight D Eisenhower CVN-69) in clear and encrypted comms systems
checks.
07535.0 1650Z SESEF Norfolk USB w/Rough & Ready (US Navy warship) in clear and encrypted comms systems checks.
11175.0 2038Z Big Time USB R/Cs w/Foxtrot 44 (unid).
11175.0 2055Z Big Time USB R/Cs w/Reach 153 (prob KC-135R #58-0083 OH ANG 121ARW Rickenbacker International Airport
Columbus, OH)
11175.0 2145Z Skull 21 (B-52H 2nd BW/20th BS, Barksdale AFB, LA) USB calling any station for R/C. Answered by Reach
158 (poss KC-135T #59-1460 PA ANG 171ARW Pittsburg PA).
11232.0 2304Z Trenton Military USN w/Canforce 2547 (idents as CC-130J #130616 8WG CFB Trenton) asking for latest trfc
then wx for CFB Trenton & Ottawa. Requests pp w/8th Wing Ops for mission status report. ETA Trenton 0115Z.
11232.0 2320Z Canforce 2547 USB w/Canforce 2550 (weak & unreadable). Canforce 2547 tells Canforce 2550 that they were scrambled at 0700 local and flew out over the Atlantic to circle unid vessel for 5 hours.
11175.0 2335Z Red River (608th Air Operations Center (AOC) Barksdale AFB LA) USB R/Cs w/Reach 165 (poss C-5M # 87-0035 436th AMW/9th AS Dover AFB DE).
12222.0 2348Z BGRNG (Maine ArNG AASF Bangor International Airport, Bangor ME) USB/ALE calling R26671 (Maine ArNG UH-60L # 96-26671).

 

[mdmonitor]

VR-53

Guys,

I hadn't logged a VR-53 acft (C-130T AX###) for quit awhile then all of a sudden I see/hear Navy AX351 (C-130T # 165351) active all day Monday (flew around ADW for awhile then headed up towards Boston and came back. Today he stayed pretty much in the ADW area then this evening did a little flight into southern PA & returned to ADW.

Haven't heard anything from the other VR-53 acft, if there are any left. I had them w/164994, 164996, 164997 & 164998. Haven't heard anything from them for quite a long time. Used to hear 164998 quite a bit.

Maybe 165351 is a new one and they are just checking it out

 

[FIREBOX2914]

164997 has been up and about lately. Was out west the other day and came back the other night. 164997 was also photographed overseas on 2/20.

994, 996 & 998 I havent seen in a long time. (Last photos online of them are from 2014.)

351 has been extremely busy!

 

[mdmonitor]

Md ANG A-10Cs to Deploy

Maryland Air National Guard Deploying to Fight ISIS | Military.com

 

[mdmonitor]

164997 has been up and about lately. Was out west the other day and came back the other night. 164997 was also photographed overseas on 2/20.

994, 996 & 998 I havent seen in a long time. (Last photos online of them are from 2014.)

351 has been extremely busy!

Thanks for the update

 

[mdmonitor]

HF Logs, 24 Feb

((Times UTC, Freqs KHz))

11175.0 0004Z Saturday USB w/EAM ZIUTQ7

11175.0 0007Z Dependent USB W/EAM ZIAWND

11175.0 0020Z ??? 43 (call missed--sounds like B-52) USB call Red River for R/C. Answered by Saturday.

11175.0 0024Z Dependent USB w/EAM ZIANVJ

11175.0 0058Z Dark Star (sounded like) USB calling for R/C. Answered by Saturday.

11175.0 1207Z Reach 546 USB calling for R/C. Answered by Reach 264.

11175.0 1230Z Dependent USB w/EAMs LER3W4 & LEPBQN then "standing by for traffic".

11175.0 1237Z Reach 274 USB w/unid acft. In chat Reach 274 mentions having to stop over at Minneapolis. Unid acft says they should use 324.1 as interplane.

07535.0 1300Z SESEF Mayport FL USB w/unid warship. Testing ANDVT comms.

11175.0 1313Z Dependent USB w/EAM ZIUZ4B.

11175.0 1330Z Dependent USB w/EAM ZIUZ4B & LER3W4 then "standing by for traffic".

07535.0 1340Z Bold Knight (USS Stout DDG-55 Naval Station Norfolk VA) USB w/SESEF testing comms systems.

11175.0 1400Z Dependent USB w/rebroadcast of ZIUZ4B & LER3W4 then "standing by for traffic".

12222.0 1504Z 502 (USCG HC-130 # 1502 CGAS Clearwater FL) USB/ALE sounding. ADS-B shows 1502 departing Clearwater and heading south at FL110 then possibly landing at NAS Key West.

12222.0 1532Z PAC (CG Remote console Pt Reyes CA) USB/ALE calling 006 (USCG HC-130J # 2006 CGAS Elizabeth City NC). ADS-B shows CG 2006 at FL180 over South Carolina heading south.

11175.0 1632Z Dependent USB w/EAM LECFWD "for ?????"

15867.0 1635Z MXA (unid) USB/ALE sounding.

15867.0 1815Z Z39 (USCG Group North Bend North Bend, OR) USB/ALE calling K19 (MH-65D# 6519 CGAS North Bend OR).

15867.0 2015Z R08096 (CH-47F 09-08096 B/2-211 AVN Iowa ArNG Davenport IA) USB/ALE sounding.

11175.0 2103Z Dependent USB w/EAM ZIM3QJ

11175.0 2115Z Acft 0196 USB calling for R/Cs w/no response.




Ron (mdmonitor1@verizon.net)
Baltimore MD (390747N 763711W)
VHF/UHF: BC-895XLT/RS Pro-2045 w/Diamond D-130J discone (in attic)
HF: Icom R75 & Sangean ATS 909 w/45-ft PAR EF-SWL (in attic)