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[Mark]

1251: Royal Air Force ASCOT 2128 (VC-10, XV109, 101 Squadron Brize Norton) through the area at FL 360...ZDC VHF freqs

Rgr Tin heard here around 1240 with Willow Grove metro req current wx at tons of places like KPHL,KIAD,KRDU and finally MMMD(Mexico)
ASCOT 2128 says he is enroute from Bangor to Belize.

1450 RAVAGE 1 flt of 4 F-16's heard ZNY 322.400>Lancaster239.0500 enr Baltimore
then Andrews,checks in with Ravage ops 139.900.

Mark

 

[TinEar]

Rgr Tin heard here around 1240 with Willow Grove metro req current wx at tons of places like KPHL,KIAD,KRDU and finally MMMD(Mexico)
ASCOT 2128 says he is enroute from Bangor to Belize.

Mark

Belize? Tough duty but I guess someone had to do it. I still call the place British Honduras and I guess that kind of dates me. Wonder what they're up to in Belize? It's not what you'd normally think of as a military destination. Of course, they could be taking one of the royal family for a visit there.

 

[CitationJet]

RAF Belize

Hi Tin,

There is a major British Army jungle training base in Belize:

http://www.army.mod.uk/batsub/index.html

Also, the Royal Army Air Corps has a Joint Helicopter Command detachment based in Belize among other items, so these two items account for the frequent resupply flights, and I'm sure they use Belize as a refueling/rest stop onwards to wherever the next stop is.

Best regards,

Tony

Belize? Tough duty but I guess someone had to do it. I still call the place British Honduras and I guess that kind of dates me. Wonder what they're up to in Belize? It's not what you'd normally think of as a military destination. Of course, they could be taking one of the royal family for a visit there.

 

[CitationJet]

06.20.2007 pm

Heard on the way home to sick baby duty...

06.20.2007 pm

1839Z 119.300 Potomac APP - PAT 409 - over from 119.850 4700' for 3000' for the vis. rwy 1R @ Andrews.
1843Z 263.100 ZDC-Azalea - SLAM 11 flight - got lucky this time! Three ship of F-16s, 20 nms. north of SHD @ 8500' req. 15500' and VFR flight following back to Richmond. QSYed "Pushing button 5." NICE!
1851Z 141.550 GRIFFIN CP Andrews - JOSA 727 (C-21A 84-0093) - 15 mins. out, C-21 tail #40093, status A1, 6 Space A's to download, 3000k gas and parking please, Romeo 4+1 outbound and can take two.
1853Z 119.850 Potomac APP - TITUS 55 - @ 7000' on the MANNE4 arrival; cleared to depart AML dir ADW VORTAC for the ILS rwy 1R then an option back.

 

[trainman111]

Heard on the way home to sick baby duty...

06.20.2007 pm

1839Z 119.300 Potomac APP - PAT 409 - over from 119.850 4700' for 3000' for the vis. rwy 1R @ Andrews.
1843Z 263.100 ZDC-Azalea - SLAM 11 flight - got lucky this time! Three ship of F-16s, 20 nms. north of SHD @ 8500' req. 15500' and VFR flight following back to Richmond. QSYed "Pushing button 5." NICE!
1851Z 141.550 GRIFFIN CP Andrews - JOSA 727 (C-21A 84-0093) - 15 mins. out, C-21 tail #40093, status A1, 6 Space A's to download, 3000k gas and parking please, Romeo 4+1 outbound and can take two.
1853Z 119.850 Potomac APP - TITUS 55 - @ 7000' on the MANNE4 arrival; cleared to depart AML dir ADW VORTAC for the ILS rwy 1R then an option back.

I thought that the F-16's weren't doing any training anymore out of Richmond, and instead they were just waiting to get transferred to another base. I wonder what they were doing.

 

[TinEar]

06.20.2007 pm

1843Z 263.100 ZDC-Azalea - SLAM 11 flight - got lucky this time! Three ship of F-16s, 20 nms. north of SHD @ 8500' req. 15500' and VFR flight following back to Richmond. QSYed "Pushing button 5." NICE!

And "button 5" for both VA-ANG and Langley fighters is for Norfolk TRACON (East) at 370.925.

I thought that the F-16's weren't doing any training anymore out of Richmond, and instead they were just waiting to get transferred to another base. I wonder what they were doing.

Today was the day for the last training mission.
LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. (AFPN) (6/19/2007) -- The Virginia Air National Guard's 192nd Fighter Wing records its last F-16 Fighting Falcon training mission June 20.
http://www.allamericanpatriots.com/...a_air_national_guard_wing_transitions_langley
Or....
http://www.inrich.com/cva/ric/news.apx.-content-articles-RTD-2007-06-20-0181.html

You know what I think would be neat ?

For one, or more, of you guys to do a write-up about how to follow mil-air trans.

Big problem. Huge problem. It would be a very arduous task to do what you're asking. One thing to realize however; there is almost no difference between civilian/commercial and military flight procedures. They all follow the same flight rules. They all contact the same ATC controllers as they fly from Point A to Point B and, basically, say the same things. Just as commercial airlines have "company" freqs, military flyers have company freqs but called squadron or wing freqs. Military bases have dispatchers just as civilian airports do. The one function a major military air base will have is a Command Post freq where pilots call in to announce arrival details. That's normally a computer function in the commercial world.

So...to understand military flight, you must understand commercial flight. Sure it's difficult and we never stop learning (or hope not to stop) but the bottom line is that the comms are almost identical. Yes, you've got to learn the frequencies used, the callsigns used, and something about the various types of military aircraft for it to mean something when you hear a transmission.

The FAA has a multi-thousand page set of directions for all of this. However, I'm not sure it's necessary to learn it all - or even a small portion of it - to begin listening to and enjoying military air comms at the start of the pursuit.
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RAF ASCOT 2128 returned from Belize and flew through this area again shortly after 2200 tonight.

 

[BM82557]

Activity 06212007

0938 - aircraft 463 (C5-A 70-0463 167th Airlift Wing WV-ANG) to MRB tower advising he will be shutting down all four engines for maintenance adjustments prior to takeoff. Will advise tower prior to engine startup, probably within an hour - 121.8 MRB ground freq

 

[CitationJet]

06.21.2007 am

1308Z 126.300 Davison AAF TWR - PAT 1204 (C-12T Davison VA RFC am shuttle) - 7 nms. outside DAVEY for rwy 32.
1328Z 319.400 McGuire AFB CP - REACH 316 - clg here x 3 no joy.
1347Z 126.300 Davison AAF TWR - PAT 1264 (C-12T 85-1264 OSACOM VA RFC VA ArNG) - lands rwy 32.
1350Z 354.800 BayWatch - WATERBUG 157 (NC-130H 870157/157 VX-20 Force Aircraft Test Squadron NAS Patuxent River) - PAR pickup.

 

[TinEar]

At Andrews (Zulu times):
AIR TERMINAL RAMP FREEZE 21 JUN 15:25 2007 UNTIL 21 JUN 15:55 2007
AIR TERMINAL RAMP FREEZE 22 JUN 01:10 2007 UNTIL 22 JUN 01:40 2007


1151: Air Force One (VC-25A, 92-9000, 1st AS Andrews) climbing out of Andrews...118.95

President Bush heading for Alabama today...
http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2007/06/nuclear_power_politics_on_pres.html

Dover's new C-17A (06-6165, 3rd AS/436th AW) is up again today as it has been about every day since it arrived on June 4th. Callsign today is RIDER 75 and was just heard at 1201 w/Potomac TRACON...119.85. He seemed to just be passing through this area, not arriving here. Believe he was heading home to Dover.

VHF reception here today is horrible. Static level is very high and almost wiping out weaker transmissions.

 

[red616]

One Papa Gulf

Who would that be ? Heard on Andrews's 118.400

Tin...I hear ya re the mil-air guide. I've had people ask me stuff & I've had to tell them "just listen".

Thought maybe there was a 'guide' somewhere.

Anyway...

 

[CitationJet]

Re: One Papa Gulf

Hi Al,

Learjet 35 N71PG.

Tony

Who would that be ? Heard on Andrews's 118.400

Tin...I hear ya re the mil-air guide. I've had people ask me stuff & I've had to tell them "just listen".

Thought maybe there was a 'guide' somewhere.

Anyway...

 

[TinEar]

As Tony said...the 1PG would be the end of a callsign that they shorten for transmission brevity purposes.

1320: DRAGO 51 flight up with TRACON 270.275...sounds like the flyby will be at 1340 local and then the aircraft (not sure if it's one or more at this point) will head out toward HAFNR, Gordonsville and J37.
1323: CADE flight of A-10s from Willow Grove lifting off...319.15/269.25/317.55 with Philly TRACON and now with ZDC-Kenton 354.15 at 1328.
1330: DRAGO 51 shifted to the normal Andrews Radar freq for the Arlington flyby...279.575
1336: New TOT for DRAGO 51 is 1345:00...279.575
1336: CADE flight signs onto Pax...305.2
1338: CADE flight to BayWatch...says they'll work the northern area for the next 45 minutes...then will take IFR clearance back to Willow Grove...354.8
Did I mention CADE is working interflight 143.75?
1341: U/I fighters up on NORAD freq doing ACM activity...277.6
1344: DRAGO 51 beginning run to the target (Arlington National Cemetery) and descending (he didn't report descent but the voice got weaker as he did - should be at 1000 feet for flyby)...279.575
There has been no associated interflight freq for DRAGO 51 so it's probably not fighters...sounds like a single ship and probably a bomber type.
1349: DRAGO 51 heading for HAFNR after completing the flyby...279.575
1351: DRAGO 51 handed off to TRACON 343.7 and is at 11,000 feet...cleared to FL 210
1352: MAPLE 81 and 82 (F-16, VT-ANG, Langley Detachment) talking to Maple Ops at Langley....report 156 miles out, both Code 1....138.0
1352: MAPLE 81/82 change to Victor-16 and come up on 138.625...also switch to ZDC-Swann...360.7
1355: MAPLE 81/82 report Swann badly broken (he is)...want a VHF freq but can't understand he's saying 134.5....they finally understand it and will switch there.
1356: MAPLE 81 makes contact with ZDC-Swann 134.5 and have to confirm they're going to LFI, not to Oceana as Swann has on the flight plan
1356: DRAGO 51 handed off to ZDC-Montebello and checks in at FL 210...284.7
1359: MAPLE 81 flight handed off to ZDC-Calvert and check in at FL 230...cleared down to 200...cleared to 16,000 at 1401...133.9

So...The pair of MAPLE F-16s will go to Langley, DRAGO 51 is heading for parts unknown, and CADE will shoot up the Pax Range and eventually go home to Willow Grove. I'm going too.

 

[DPD1]

I think the biggest problem is that each area is different... Every base and ATC area has it's own little way of doing things. The best thing anybody could ever do I think, is just put in all the UHF ARTCC freqs for their center and just listen to what comes through. After about 6 months, you remove the the ones you've never heard anything on. You'll also quickly start to see the patterns of how planes move, just by listening to which freqs they switch to. You'll also get new freqs that way as well. After a year of that, you start to be able to predict where they're going and such. But that's a very specific thing for each local area... I don't think there's any real way to describe that to people. If I went to Maryland, I wouldn't be able to figure out what's going on nearly as easily as guys from there, and they wouldn't be able to figure out my area easily if they came here.

Dave
www.DPDProductions.com
Makers of the "MilTenna" Monitoring Antenna

You know what I think would be neat ?

For one, or more, of you guys to do a write-up about how to follow mil-air trans.

I'm not talking about how someone post's about how they heard c/s 1 on freq A but what happens from when a plane on the runway talks to whoever, his "tower", then get's to a certain altitude or direction & who tells him that info & so on & so on.

It seem's that the mil-air "sticky" has three or four guys that really know what's happening & stuff that sounds simple to you guys is not that simple to others.

Then again maybe the mil-air world is alot more complicated & it would not be so easy to write up a one size fits all ?

It seem's to me that a plane goes through alot of different freqs to end up back at his/her base.

I don't know if a "guide" to mil-air spotting could be written here but it sure would be neat if it could. I've looked at the wiki but ,while it helps, just does not get the job done.

Be nice if all the info was in one place to be able to look at while listening. Then again maybe one is there & I haven't found it ?

 

[red616]

Hi Al,

Learjet 35 N71PG.

Tony

Thanks.

But how in the world did you get the plane facts from that little bit of info ??

 

[red616]

I think the biggest problem is that each area is different... Every base and ATC area has it's own little way of doing things. The best thing anybody could ever do I think, is just put in all the UHF ARTCC freqs for their center and just listen to what comes through. After about 6 months, you remove the the ones you've never heard anything on. You'll also quickly start to see the patterns of how planes move, just by listening to which freqs they switch to. You'll also get new freqs that way as well. After a year of that, you start to be able to predict where they're going and such. But that's a very specific thing for each local area... I don't think there's any real way to describe that to people. If I went to Maryland, I wouldn't be able to figure out what's going on nearly as easily as guys from there, and they wouldn't be able to figure out my area easily if they came here.

That's not a bad way to put things at all.

Even though it sound's so simple the only way to get good at it is to simply listen. I'm coming back to UHF/VHF after years of HF ute dx'ing. It took a good while for me to get good at HF u'ting so the same applies here I'm sure.

I guess the hardest thing for me is to try & id each aircraft I hear.I have some info from a person that's way ahead of me that was sent that's a big help. Also just going over previous posts here has been a big help.

The very BEST thing about mil-air listening is one does not need the latest bells & whistles to enjoy the hobby. That & this list , along with individual help, make's it even more enjoyable.

 

[DPD1]

That's not a bad way to put things at all.

Even though it sound's so simple the only way to get good at it is to simply listen. I'm coming back to UHF/VHF after years of HF ute dx'ing. It took a good while for me to get good at HF u'ting so the same applies here I'm sure.

I guess the hardest thing for me is to try & id each aircraft I hear.I have some info from a person that's way ahead of me that was sent that's a big help. Also just going over previous posts here has been a big help.

The very BEST thing about mil-air listening is one does not need the latest bells & whistles to enjoy the hobby. That & this list , along with individual help, make's it even more enjoyable.

Yep, simply listen is it... Which is really what makes it fun anyway. I think if I knew everything there is to know or learn, I'd probably not be interested anymore.

And contrary to some things that have been reported, I don't think the band will be changing technology anytime soon. The FAA just finally got millions of dollars worth of new UHF radios delivered. You can read the details about it here actually: http://www.gdc4s.com/content/detail.cfm?item=e86538df-32e0-4781-a718-84c9a1f18a90

Dave
www.DPDProductions.com
Makers of the "MilTenna" Monitoring Antenna

 

[CitationJet]

06.21.2007 pm

1916Z 118.400 Andrews AFB TWR - DC 42 (KC-135R 459th ARW AFRC) - told to break at the app. end of rwy 19L.
1923Z 119.300 Potomac APP - NAVY 691 (C-20D 163691 VR-1) - @ 4000' dir OTT req. TACAN 19L circle to 1R, then cleared down to 2500' for the app, QSY Andrews AFB TWR 118.400.
1924Z 118.950 Potomac DEP - JOSA 658 - deps ADW @ 800' for 3000' then cleared to 11000'.
1928Z 126.300 Davison AAF TWR - PAT 268 - o/h IRONS for rwy 32, then checks in @ DAVEY for rwy 32.
1934Z 119.300 Potomac APP - PAT 216 - on the app for the vis. to rwy 1R.
1942Z 284.700 ZDC-Montebello - BAMA 01 (F-16C/D 187th FW/160th AS AL ANG) - to FL230 requests and gets dir Montgomery, then cleared from FL230 to FL260, then FL270 QSY ZDC-Bryce 259.100.

2114Z 349.400 Dover AFB CP - REACH 8219 (C-5A 68-0219 337th AS AFRC) - re: seat release is 61...

 

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[TinEar]

1900: The Alabama CAP covering Air Force One/POTUS is with two fighters - CEASAR 55 and 56 (callsign not in my database so I don't know where they're from...Eglin perhaps?) They are in contact with HUNTRESS and WIZARD (AWACS) who just directed them to a TOI that violated the airspace. The WIZARD director [female] sounds new at this - she's hesitant when giving directions to the fighters. Looks like primary freq is 299.2.
1934: Sounds like the CAP is ready to disband...WIZARD ALPHA just asked HUNTRESS if they could RTB once "he" leaves the TFR. Ramp freeze at Andrews goes into effect in about 90 minutes so that sounds about right that POTUS would be leaving there soon.
1938: WIZARD ALPHA just cleared the CEASAR 55 flight to RTB...299.2
1(39: TANKER 04 asks if another tanker is coming in or can he RTB...WIZARD clears him to do that very thing...299.2
1941: WIZARD asks CEASAR 55 and 56 for their maintenance status and final fuel load....55 is Code 1 and has 13,700 pounds....56 is Code 2 for datalink and fuel is (bzzzzt - static)...299.2
1942: WIZARD to TANKER 04 to announce she's clearing the freq...TANKER 04 copies...299.2
1943: WIZARD [male this time] announces, "We are clearing this net."
This was sure different than our Guard Dog CAPs in this area...WIZARD ALPHA ran the show for this one and was giving all the commands and directions. HUNTRESS seemed to just be monitoring. Perhaps they were in a location where HUNTRESS didn't have a local transmitting antenna and was out of range of the fighters. Just a WAG.
NOTE: I was listening to a feed from the area and relied on the 299.2 freq from a third-party source so can't vouch for the accuracy of it.

1952: RHETT 64 (KC-135R 99th ARS, Robins AFB GA) calls Tyndall Ops...wants to get word to her receivers that she has about 50,000 pounds of fuel to offload...372.2

2026: RAVAGE flight of four F-16s climbing out of Andrews....with TRACON...cleared direct DAILY...348.725
2027: RAVAGE on interflight...143.6
2033: RAVAGE still with TRACON...being cleared higher in small increments...got above the clouds at 13,500 feet...348.725
2035: RAVAGE flight handed off to ZDC-Calvert...check in at FL 190, non-standard formation, 5 mile trail...281.4
2035: STEEL 62 (KC-135R, 58-0074, 171st ARW PA-ANG Pittsburgh) to Giant Killer...238.1
2037: SAM 93 (C-32A, 99-0003, 1st AS Andrews) flight w/Air Force 1 talking about weather in the area of the flight...mention wx heading toward and around Andrews...talk about going west and getting behind it...136.725
2037: RAVAGE flight cleared to FL 220...281.4
2041: RAVAGE flight handed off to ZDC-Franklin and check in at FL 220...290.425
2042: SAM 93 again describing wx conditions to AF One...suggests going out around Dulles and then in to get behind the storm...136.725
2042: BULLY flight of two F-16s off from Andrews and have gotten as far as ZDC-Calvert...281.4
2042: BULLY flight on interflight...139.15

I may be having an antenna problem...the RAVAGE flight is already out of range and I can barely hear BULLY on interflight. Maybe I should check to see if it's still on the roof after the storm that blew through here earlier...we had wind gusts to 53 mph.

2045: BULLY flight handed off to Pax Approach and check in...305.2
Don't know where RAVAGE is headed (Dare County Range in NC?) but BULLY is obviously working Pax.
2046: RAVAGE flight handed off to the next controller but I couldn't copy the transmission to get the freq...nothing on ZDC search...out of my range.
2047: SAM 93 to AF1 telling him he picked up the runway at 6 miles out...suggests they blast their way through it (the wx) (IDing as "93 to 9000")...136.725
2051: SPACE 01 (C-21A, 84-0093, 458th AS Scott) arriving Andrews...w/TRACON...119.3 (he subsequently flies circles because of the ramp freeze in place)
2052: AF 1 talking to SAM 93, who is already on the ground, about the route inbound and whether they came in through Nottingham...136.725

2101: Air Force 1 with Andrews Tower for landing...gear down, cleared to land...118.4
2103: ROCCO 62 (KC-135E, 57-1431, 108th ARW McGuire) heading home and flies through the area (he went out about 1900)...ZDC VHF (didn't catch which Sector freq)
2112: Another SAM aircraft (probably SAM 50049, a C-20C, 85-0049) talking to someone on the ground at Andrews...wx is the subject of course...136.725
2112: REACH 509 (C-17A, 01-0194, 437th AW Charleston) to Andrews CP...20 minutes out, A-1, 2 pax to offload, need crew trans for 7 and parking...378.1
2116: ROCCO 62 to ACY Approach...checks in at 10,000, cleared to 8000 and then 7000 feet...124.6
2120: Andrews CP announces ramp freeze is done...SPACE 01 jumps in to say he'll be in the blocks in about 10 minutes...141.55

(Found the cause of the "antenna" problem. My active multicoupler wasn't getting power. The power cord had come loose. Plugged it in and all is dandy.)

2122: CRAB 10 calling Phillips AAF...126.15 (This is normally CRAB 57, C-130J, 98-1357, 135th AS MD-ANG)
2129: OPEC 48 (KC-10A, 79-1949, 305th AMW McGuire) w/ACY Approach at 9000 feet...cleared to 8000...124.6
2130: OPEC 48 to McGuire CP...20 minutes out, A-1, needs parking...319.4
2132: OPEC 48 cleared to 5000 feet...cleared direct Coyle, direct McGuire...124.6
2135: DC 442 (KC-135R, 62-3543, 756th ARS Andrews) w/ADW Tower for landing...118.4
2136: DC 43 (KC-135R, 57-1487) also coming home...118.4
2139: CRAB 10 doing approaches at Phillips AAF...126.15
2142: Have some U/I fighters working Giant Killer's tactical freq...391.2
2143: DC 43 and 44 chatting about the weather on Command Post freq...378.1 (I thought 43 was landing but he must have gone into the "approach" mode.
2144: DC 44 calling LIBERATOR...gives writeups...378.1 (Just when I thought LIBERATOR might have changed freqs...here he is)
2145: REACH 376 (C-5B, 87-0028, 60th AMW Travis) to Dover CP...15 minutes out, has 18 pallets with 41,166 pounds of cargo to download along with 28 pax...need upload info and parking spot...349.4
2147: BULLY flight coming home...to TRACON...335.5
2148: DEEJAY 11 flight of two Langley F-22A types tell Giant Killer they're ready to RTB to Langley via HEELS...249.8
2149: DEEJAY 11 to Norfolk TRACON for approach to Langley...370.925
2150: BULLY flight to ADW Tower for landing...349.0
2151: OPEC 49 (KC-10A, 86-0035, 305th AMW McGuire) to McGuire CP with arrival msg...319.4
2153: BULLY flight reports gear down...and they're done...349.0
2154: RAVAGE flight back from the range...giving inflight report to SOF...report 69 miles out...say they'll be 5 minutes late from fragged time...139.9
2156: I've got three National Guard helos identifying as GOGGLE 426 [female], GOGGLE 452 and GOGGLE 858 all landing with Weide AAF Tower...126.2
2157: RAVAGE flight w/ZDC-Calvert...281.4
2158: RAVAGE flight handed to TRACON and check in...335.5 (flight still working interflight 143.6)
2159: DC 43 Heavy w/ADW Tower...118.4

2201: RAVAGE flight reports removing NVGs...143.6
2201: Also have GOGGLE 744 and 746 with Weide...126.2 (that makes five of them)
2203: RAVAGE flight to ADW tower...heading for runway 1R, full stop...349.0
2206: RAVAGE F-16s reporting gear down, full stop...and they'll now be done...349.0
2213: DC 43 Heavy doing ILS approaches at ADW...switching between 119.3 and 118.4
2215: NAVY JT 232 (C-9B, 160049, VR-52 Willow Grove) with TRACON approaching Andrews...119.85
2219: NAVY JT 232 w/ADW Tower for landing...118.4
2222: REACH 2292 (C-17A, 92-3292, 437th AW Charleston) heading for Andrews with TRACON...128.35
2223: ROYAL 51 (C-17A, 06-6165, 436th AW Dover) w/Dover CP...349.4
2240: Thought the Langley guys were done but apparently not...just heard a flight coming from the offshore area over to Norfolk TRACON 370.925. Missed callsign but described as a flight of two heading back to Langley.
2241: Same flight handed off to Norfolk radar and check in...cleared down to 2000 feet, full stop landing on runway 26...353.7
2243: JOSA 031 (C-21A, 84-0093, 458th AS Scott) to Andrews CP reporting takeoff time of 0235Z...378.1 (This was SPACE 01 on the way into ADW)
2249: ROYAL 51 to Dover CP with arrival msg...said he took 1000 pounds of fuel from the tanker and is currently A-1...349.4
2251: JOSA 648 (C-21A, 84-0100, 457th AS Andrews) heading for ADW w/TRACON...119.85
2252: JOSA 648 to Griffin Command with arrival msg...ETA 0305Z, A-1, no pax, home station bird, tail 100, mission terminated, need crew bus and to notify maintenance of their arrival...378.1

2303: SAM 1480 (C-40B, 02-0042, 1st AS Andrews) approaching Andrews with TRACON...128.35
2307: NAVY JT 232 (see 2219 above for ID) off from Andrews...switching to departure...118.4
2311: SAM 1480 over to ADW Tower for landing...."on final, standby for gear"....118.4

Forgot to mention when starting this log, around 1730 there was a Spanish Air Force F900B, tail T.18-3 from the 451 Esquadra through the area. And just as I started listening to him, I had to shut down while the storm blew through the area.

That FENDY 49 (C-20H, 90-0300, 76th AS USAFE) that I had in this area yesterday afternoon has arrived back in the UK tomorrow at 0349 local time (sounds weird when you say it that way, doesn't it?) He arrived there on 6/22 at 0249Z or 6/21 1049 local time here tonight. Anyway, he's there and it's already tomorrow so that's when he arrived.

Late Add: At 2352, JENA 043 (Cessna 210, N5315U, FBI) reports done with work and heading back to Manassas...TRACON 118.95

 

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