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[CitationJet]

07.25.2007 am

1048Z 118.950 Potomac DEP - PAT 1202 (C-12T LFI-DAA shuttle) - @ 6000' req. visual app to rwy 32 at Davison AAF. Cleared dir DAVEY then dir DAA QSY Davison AAF TWR 126.300.

 

[TinEar]

0923: U/I fighters mention going to the "other" freq...138.0
0925: fighters from above show up on...139.725
0928: It's MANIC 21 (Langley) working with HUNTRESS...just setting up for some undefined type activity....139.725
0931: MANIC flight appears to be in normal ACM type activity - nothing special....139.725
The question is: what type aircraft are these? When I heard this callsign last week they sounded like F-22A transmitters at first on a UHF freq but then I began to question it once they switched to VHF. They still sound like F-22s this morning. There was just mention of a TROJAN callsign which is also on the Langley list. The two freqs - 138.0 and 139.725 - are also valid for the VT-ANG Detachment 1 outfit at Langley which is probably who this is. But they just don't sound like F-16s.
0938: There's also activity with HUNTRESS freq...234.6
0940: PARTY 11 (F/A-18, VFA-87, NAS Oceana) calling "Any Radio" on FSS freq...x2, no joy...255.4
0942: The 234.6 activity is F-22A ACM activity with HUNTRESS....callsign JAKE (Langley F-22A)
0944: RIDER 75 (C-17A, 06-6166, 436th AW Dover) to Dover CP asking them to check on a tanker he's supposed to be working with - FUZZY 31 (KC-135R, NY-ANG)...349.4

1019: U/I fighters working interflight...talking about being very confused by the pattern they have to fly...140.425
1020: Sounds like same fighters with ZDC-Cape Charles but very garbled on this freq...256.8 (3 xmissions so far - haven't understood a single word of them)
1027: Above fighters handed off...freq sounded like 316.075 which is an unknown to me...set up a radio on that freq but hearing nothing - perhaps got there too late. Scanning all programmed UHF ARTCC freqs but hearing nothing.

Ref Below: Langley F-22A flight working 252.775 Brian. Good catch. They seem to be using that freq often recently. I had it in the rotation for a couple of years and probably heard it no more than twice during that time and then starting 2-3 weeks ago I've probably heard it used a dozen times.

 

[BM82557]

Activity 07252007

1109 - ongoing -- Somebody is active on 252.775, maybe from Langley?
1126 - still active

 

[BM82557]

Dave's post on Osprey at Winchester AP, VA

Just received a pm about this post in the VA forum: http://www.radioreference.com/forums/showthread.php?t=76508

 

[BM82557]

Synopsis of 0600 - 1000 shift of Guard Dog on 7/21

0601 - HUNTRESS worked TANKER 03 setting up Guard Dog, block 21 to 25, fighters identified as RAMROD 51 & 52, "F-15E models" (haven't heard HUNTRESS be that specific before), gave their squawks - 260.9
0703 - HUNTRESS to TANKER 03 reporting "that PANTHER would like to do radio checks with you on 139.7 victor" (don't recall hearing a request from PANTHER for a radio check in prior caps) Nothing further heard concerning the request - 260.9
TANKER 03 cleared to work Potomac for rtb clearance at 0931. Requested direct Morgantown.
RAMROD 51 worked Potomac at 0956 requesting rtb clearance to SJ.

 

[TinEar]

1845: Have an E-6B, 162784, VQ-3 climbing out of Patuxent. He's heading northeast at 20 degrees and has climbed to FL 210. By 1855 he's near Waterloo on the eastern coast of Delaware. Monitoring SHADOW Control/Maintenance 310.15 for comms to his detachment. By 1905 he's still on the 20 degree heading and just west of Atlantic City and I'm losing him. The picture is of this very aircraft. Note the lack of markings.

 

[TinEar]

1935: BATON 20 (EC-130J, 97-1931, 193rd SOW PA-ANG Harrisburg) and STEEL 62 (KC-135R, 58-0112, 171st ARW PA-ANG Pittsburgh) doing some formation flying at the moment...getting ready for an AR op...295.8 (Sure is a different freq for this activity)
1936: A couple of C-130H types from the 142nd AS DE-ANG Wilmington working their Ops freq...one is tail 84-0212, the other is 84-0206...not sure yet of their callsign - whether using CARMEN or HUSKY or something else...343.0
1945: STEEL 62 asks BATON 20 to go to altitude 9000 and 62 says he'll start working MARSA in a few miles...295.8
1948: STEEL 62 tells BATON 20 he's MARSA in the block 9-11,000 feet...tells 20 to report when he's at 9000 and 62 will go to 10,000...295.8 (And they fly out of listening range which is easy at that altitude.)
1955: Coast Guard Station Curtis Bay and another Coast Guard unit are using secure comms. The unit said to Curtis Bay, "Request you go coded." Then the encrypted transmissions started. I didn't know they had that capability...the unit talking to Curtis Bay is IDing simply as "359"...Marine Channel 83A 157.175 (Same thing at 1958)

2000: Unit 470 calls CGS Curtis Bay and does the same thing..."Request you go coded" and the encryption starts...157.175
Maybe they've been doing this forever and I just haven't paid attention to them in the past. I'm glad to know they've got that capability for those instances when they're chasing down bad guys in the waterways around our coastline.
2004: Now it's 25581 calling Curtis Bay with the same, "Request you go coded" message and off they go.
Okay, okay...I know this isn't MilAir. I just found it interesting. Humor me.
2006: Very weak transmissions on Coronet Refueling freq...can't copy them from here...391.0
2007: CRAB 56 (C-130J, 98-1356, 135th AS MD-ANG) airborne...CRAB 54 (97-1354) left MTN about a half hour earlier...both heading toward the Dover area..w/CRAB Ops...385.9
2028: CRAB 56 reports at 1000 feet to Dover Approach...257.875
2029: CRAB 56 tells Dover Approach he's going to "Aberdeen, uhh...Phillips Army Airfield" to do a couple of drops...257.875
2040: CRAB 56 to Phillips AAF Tower says he's about 5 minutes out...checks the winds...126.15
2042: CRAB 56 reports he has started his inbound run....cleared to drop...126.15
2052: REACH 945 (C-5A, 85-0006, 337th AS Westover) w/ZDC-Sea Isle at FL 240 and wants higher...gets FL 250...wants higher or they can't make it to Savannah...133.125
2055: REACH 945 again requesting FL 270...133.125
2056: CHALK 99 w/ZDC-Sea Isle reporting FL 235, heading down to FL 220...133.125
I have nothing at all on the CHALK callsign. Anyone? Of course, it could be CHOCK. Ooooops...they don't call me TinEar for nothing...it's neither...it's TROUT 99 (EC-135, 63-7980)
2058: Refueling freq 228.0 active...loud squeal from the transmitter.

2101: TROUT 99 handed off to ZDC-Casino...127.7
2104: TROUT 99 with Andrews CP giving arrival message...378.1
2106: TROUT 99 report expediting to 13,000...127.7
2106: BATON 20 requesting direct MDT (Harrisburg)...120.975
2108: Our E-6B (162784) talking to SHADOW Maintenance as he comes back in the area and heads for Patuxent...needs a B-4 stand and standard servicing on the engines (rest blocked)...310.15 (He's just identifying as 784 and 84)
2111: (162)784 to Shadow Maintenance again to say he won't need the B-4 stand or the engine servicing...310.15
2111: TROUT 99 handed off to TRACON (I think)...127.7

Well, that experiment didn't work...put one radio on ZDC-Sea Isle 133.125, one on ZDC-Casino 127.7 and one on ZDC-Salisbury 120.975. It was a steady stream of talk and a steady stream of military aircraft but there was so much traffic I could pull almost nothing out of the noise. I hate listening to ARTCC VHF freqs in spite of the fact there's always a lot of mil activity on certain of them - like the three I mentioned - just too much commercial traffic to go along with them.

2117: TROUT 99 with TRACON approaching Andrews...128.35
2120: BANGER 21 flight (F-16 NJ-ANG Atlantic City) active on interflight...138.875 (two ship flight...BANGER 21 and 22)
2121: BANGER 21 to HUNTRESS doing an authentication handshake...138.875
2122: BANGER 21/22 chasing down a TOI at 18,000 feet...138.875
I suspect this is just simulated activity w/HUNTRESS.
2123: It is simulated as they ID the target as an F-16 and repeat the skip it command...138.875
2124: TROUT 99 cleared down to 2000 feet for approach to runway 19L at Andrews...128.35
2125: TROUT 99 handed to ADW Tower and checks in at 2000 feet, gear down for runway 19L...cleared to land...118.4
2130: CRAB 54 landing at Martin State...121.3

That's enough for now.

 

[BM82557]

Activity 07262007

0810 - ongoing -- hearing digital noise periodically, maybe NJ-ANG??? -- 138.3
1010 - SAM interplane active - 136.725
1016 - unid talking about wx, run the attack - 238.825
1018 - "we'll stay above 40000 feet'' - 238.825
1019 - at least 2 active, 26 & 27 mentioned, signal increasing, "STUD hook right, .9 mach" - 238.825
1020 - ssmmmooootttttthhhh sounding comms, ... "STUD flight, target" so I'm guessing F-22's - 238.825
1027 - ongoing

 

[trainman111]

1359: REACH 1001 calls Potomac APP for a radio check. Potomac APP reply's "loud and clear" <134.7>
Not sure of the a/c type on this one. The only a/c I found that fits this description is a C-130H. Scramble lists the unit as "to Oman", so I doubt that was him.
1455: CAP FLIGHT 1411 is on the left downwind for Rwy 15 at Chesterfield (FCI) <123.050>.
1543: PAT 416 checking in with Potomac APP at 12,500 for 12,000. <126.4>
1828: CAP FLIGHT 4521 is 6 miles out will enter the 45 degree radial for the left downwind Rwy 15 at Chesterfield. <123.050>
You know, I always got the impression that the local CAP was based at RIC. I guess I was wrong...
1837: 139.875 active. Also, about 5 minutes ago I had an U/I talking with Norfolk TRACON on 126.050. They stated that they were going to head out to AR-220 and wait for their next receiver.
There has been TONS of military action today. I've heard a lot of Norfolk NS freqs active as well as some Langley freqs. There has also been a lot of non-military action around here today too. There have been numerous aircraft who have stated they will be doing aerial photography around the area. I guess you can't go wrong on such a beautiful day!

Ref Below: Very nice picture of the B-1B. I wish they would have had a B-1 flyby at the Andrews show. That would have been a real treat.

 

[TinEar]

1359: REACH 1001 calls Potomac APP for a radio check. Potomac APP reply's "loud and clear" <134.7>

Not sure of the a/c type on this one. The only a/c I found that fits this description is a C-130H. Scramble lists the unit as "to Oman", so I doubt that was him.

I found that one too Nick..81-0001..but I don't think that's who we're hearing.The 1001 could be a mission number rather than based on his tail number. Between 1410 and 1415 both REACH 1001 and KANZA 93 (KC-135R, 58-0124, 22 ARW) were trying to call McGuire Command Post on the 319.4 freq. (I guess neither of them read the NOTAMs where it tells them to use 134.1.) KANZA 93 said they're right on top of McGuire and getting no answer and figured they weren't manning the Command Post. Uh-huh.
And at 1430 REACH 288T (C-17A, 04-4130, 6th AS McGuire) also calling McGuire CP on 319.4 and she's from that base and doesn't know any better. Obviously they didn't brief the crews about that freq before takeoff.
At 1433, REACH 1001 is with Atlantic City Approach heading for McGuire...327.125 (I never did hear him make contact on either 319.4 or 134.1.

CRAB 56 (C-130J, 98-1356, 135th AS MD-ANG) is up with CRAB Ops on both 148.925 and 385.9 and with Phillips AAF on 126.15 in the 1400 hour.
The Martin State A-10s have been working all day...interflight freqs heard have been 142.3 and 140.05... believe they've worked at Bollen Range today.

Open Skies OC-135B, tail 61-2670 from the 45th RS approaching Andrews at 1445....callsign COBRA 70.
Langley F-22A activity on interflight 233.525 at 1447.

Hey Mark...remember the discussion about the B-1 at Fairford running past with burners? Here's a picture a friend of mine took at the show of that B-1 flyby last week...really shows the heat! [[Thanks Albert for letting me post this.]]

 

[Mark]

I found that one too Nick..81-0001..but I don't think that's who we're hearing.The 1001 could be a mission number rather than based on his tail number. Between 1410 and 1415 both REACH 1001 and KANZA 93 (KC-135R, 58-0124, 22 ARW) were trying to call McGuire Command Post on the 319.4 freq. (I guess neither of them read the NOTAMs where it tells them to use 134.1.) KANZA 93 said they're right on top of McGuire and getting no answer and figured they weren't manning the Command Post. Uh-huh.

Love that B-1 pic TIN and am sure show crowd over there was thrilled also with B-1 blast-by!!
Buzz on Euro board today is that Mildenhall is talking about resurrecting an Air show there so many Euro fans pumped.
Guess they haven't had a show there in quite a while..
One Euro poster said,"I want a Bud and a Burger" at Mildenhall airshow LOL..


I caught both KANZA 93 and REACH 1001 trying McGuire at same time and
neither could get thru.
Finally KANZA 93 tried McGuire Reserve Ops freq 303.000 and got the skinny
on radio problems.Visitor from McConnell like TIN said so requested a "follow me truck".

REACH 1001 was using UHF freqs inbound and finally pushed McGuire appch 363.800.
Self id as AC-130 and req 30k fuel in relay to KANZA 93.
Probably a Hurlbert Field Florida Special gunship AC-130..

I notice in past years they almost always use REACH numbers in the low 1000 range like REACH 1012,1022 etc
so if you hear that callsign with C-130 buzz probably a"Special" AC-130...

Mark

 

[md_p97]

CAMP DAVID TFR TO EXPAND FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY
Pilots flying in the Mid-Atlantic area are cautioned that the temporary
flight restriction (TFR) area centered on Prohibited Area P-40, the
presidential retreat at Camp David, Maryland, will grow larger this
weekend. The TFR will extend to a 10-nautical-mile radius below 18,000
feet beginning at 3 p.m. local on Friday, July 27, and will continue
through 1:30 p.m. local on Monday, July 30.


AND:

an except from an AOPA e-mail received today:

Today, FAA Administrator Marion Blakey made public the fact that the ADIZ is being reduced to a 30-nautical-mile radius, centered around the DCA VOR/DME. Many of us had been hearing rumors about it for months.

As I explained in some detail and with a graphic at the AOPA Fly-In last month, this action is separate from the FAA's rulemaking proposal; the FAA will do this through a notam that will become effective August 30, 2007. The charts will be revised to reflect the changes.

But most important are the operational facts: The new notam will exclude roughly 20 percent of based aircraft and 8 percent of the operations currently covered by the ADIZ. It will eliminate ADIZ requirements at four public-use airports&#8212;Martin State (MTN), Essex Skypark (W48), Bay Bridge (W29) and Kentmorr Airpark (3W3)&#8212;as well as a new special transition area for Leesburg Airport (JYO). As we understand it, pilots operating out of Leesburg will file a D.C. ADIZ flight plan with flight service, squawk a dedicated ingress or egress code, communicate on CTAF, and enter or exit via the most direct route. Egress procedures will also be permitted at six private/public-use fringe airports: MD47, MD77, MD43, MD14, 51VA, and 04VA.



Paul

 

[CitationJet]

07.26.2007 pm

Some good stuff on the airwaves on the way to a meeting in Reston this afternoon...nothing heard on the way home via IAD as I kept to the IAD freqs exclusively.

07.26.2007 pm

1756Z 270.800 BayWatch - SD 321 (F/A-18B 162419/SD-321 VX-23) and another flight up here testing. Also FIGHT (sounds like) 71 chimed in here at one point.

1804Z 142.300 MTN A-10A IF (A/OA-10A 104th FS MD ANG) - a couple of players up here possibly the COLT 1 flight heard later...
1809Z 349.400 KANZA 93 (KC-135R 58-0124 22nd ARW) - attempting QSY with McGuire CP here no joy.
1811Z 128.350 Potomac APP - JOSA 631 (C-21A JOSAC) - req. vis 19L at Andrews.
1813Z 281.800 Patuxent APP - COLT 1 (A/OA-10A 104th FS MD ANG) - flight of 2 @ 5000'.
1814Z 319.400 KANZA 93 (KC-135R 58-0124 22nd ARW) - clg McGuire AFB CP here no joy - relays some info to another U/I flight, 100 mis out.
1815Z 118.675 Potomac DEP - AVALON 63 (C-9C/C-40C 932nd AW/73rd AS) - 15000' 13000' 11000'.
1817Z 128.350 Potomac APP - SAM 1622 - @ 4000' 170kt speed restriction inbound.
1818Z 281,450 ZDC-Sea Isle - REACH 1001 (AC-130) - checking in @ 19000'.
1824Z 141.550 GRIFFIN CP Andrews - JOSA 887 (C-21A 84-0128 311th AS) - 20 mins. out A1 4000K fuel 4 Space As no outbound seats, departing in 1.5 hours parking 9 Row.
1826Z 141.550 GRIFFIN CP Andrews - PAT 925 (UC-35B 99-0103 Co B/2-228th AVN ARes) - req. fuel A-5 on board parking 3 Row.
1828Z 128.350 Potomac APP - PAT 925 (UC-35B 99-0103 Co B/2-228th AVN ARes) - 19.6 for 12000' inbound ADW dep OJAYY dir OTT.
1830Z 128.350 Potomac APP - NAVY JR 360 (C-20G VR-48) - 14.5 for 12000'.
1832Z 118.675 Potomac DEP - JOSA 887 (C-21A 84-0128 311th AS) - to 11000' QSY 119.850 X ELDEE @ 8000' req LOC rwy 19L @ ADW.
1838Z 118.675 Potomac DEP - COBRA 70 (OC-135B 61-2670 45th RS) - 15000' for 11000' QSY 119.850 dir AML dep AML 070 degree heading for the vects to the ILS app rwy 19L at Andrews.
1847Z 128.350 Potomac APP - PAT 108 (C-20F 91-0108 OSACOM/PAT) - i/b Andrews.

Also during this time period, interestingly enough, Potomac APP 135.525 was working traffic into the RIC area, first time I've ever heard that freq simulcast here for that area.

 

[TinEar]

2128: EVAC 38875 (KC-135R, 63-8875, 22 ARW McConnell AFB KS) to Andrews CP with arrival message...30 minutes out, wants to know if Andrews is going to unload pallets tonight - that will determine if they gas up tonight or tomorrow. ADW will unload tonight. They have 8 Space A pax that need transportation as does the crew of 7. There are also 5 AE (AirEvac) crew. The most surprising thing about this exchange is that the Andrews controller is very loud and clear (louder than the aircraft) on this freq which doesn't happen often...378.1
2130: BLACKJACK 1 and 2 on HUNTRESS freq 139.7 and then moved to Marine Channel 21A - 157.05 - to perform practice intercepts.
2143: REACH 918 (C-17A, 96-0002, 437th AW Charleston) calling Pope Command Post...x2, no joy...381.3
2146: REACH 918 makes contact with Pope CP...30 minutes out, A-1, need Customs and Ag to meet the plane...have 9 pallets and 55 pax to offload...need upload info and 25,000 pounds of fuel...381.3
REACH 918 was copied in the UK at 1834Z. He was also heard in Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and Czecholslovakia (or the Czech Republic or whatever it's called this week) before that. He was heard here yesterday and then all over Europe yesterday too when he went in that direction. Callsign was the same in both directions.
2157: EVAC 38875 landing at Andrews...118.4

2212: BLACKJACK 1/2 finished their practice on 157.05...BJ 2 to Andrews Tower118.4 and Approach 119.3
2215: DC 42 (57-1512) with Andrews Tower with gear down...taking the option...118.4
2215: DC 42 with LIBERATOR [female] talking about problems/writeups and that they'll be working the pattern for about 30 minutes...378.1 (Just when I thought they stopped calling LIBERATOR on this freq, here they are. I haven't heard them calling in with arrival messages lately. I'm also hearing LIBERATOR loud and clear on this freq.
2225: DC 42 doing touch and goes...back and forth betwen TRACON (Approach) 119.3 and Tower 118.4
2231: CRAB 56 (C-130J, 98-1356, 135th AS MD-ANG) finally landing at Martin State...121.3 (He's been up since 1600.)

2301: Our E-6B, 162784, VQ-3 is coming back to Patuxent. He's with Shadow Maintenance on 310.15 where he just told them he's on his way back and would see them on the deck...and also with Patuxent Tower 123.7 for landing. He left Pax earlier this evening around 2000 and took the same route as last time I heard him - northeast out of Pax and then up into New Jersey where I finally lost him.
2310: (162)784 to Shadow Maintnenace asks about a couple of people by name...wants them rounded up because he has some serious electrical issues and needs some AE troubleshooting done tonight.....things turning on and off aboard the aircraft...310.15
2312: 162784 in his approach to Pax...down to 4000 feet...123.7 (This is the same aircraft I posted the picture of yesterday - the big, white job.)
2313: ROYAL 60 (C-17A, 06-6165, 3rd AS/436th AW Dover) calling Dover CP...ETA Dover 0330Z, A-2, training is 100% complete...then says they cleared out the A-2s so are back to A-1...adds that he'll contact them on the ground with final fuel...349.4
2335: Here's a new one...SLIM 74 (C-21A, 84-0092, 457th AS Andrews) to Griffin Command...25 minutes out, A-2 for autopilot malfunction, done for the night upon landing, want maintenance notified and crew transportation...141.55 (I believe this aircraft was out at McChord AFB WA for the rodeo...he used RODEO 40 as a callsign while there.)
2339: REACH 4131 [male with accent] (C-17A, 04-4131, 6th AS McGuire) calling McGuire CP...319.4
2341: REACH 4131 to McGuire CP...ETA 10 minutes after the hour, A-1, no cargo, have 7 medical crew that need a bus for their equipment and a parking spot...adds that he needs a K-Loader for the medical crew's equipment (changed from the bus I guess)...134.1
2341: JOSA 641 (C-21A, 84-0095, 457th AS Andrews) landing ADW w/Tower...118.4
2345: REACH 4131 (different speaker) w/ACY Approach...124.6
1146: REACH 4131...reports he has two pallets...134.1


Ref Below: Mark, TEAM 48 was 87-0124.

How to hack your cell phone to receive police calls....
http://mobilephone-guide.blogspot.com/2007/07/cell-phone-hackreceive-police.html
(Came from someone on Scan-DC...too funny.)

 

[Mark]

2130z CRAB 54 doing drops at Phillips AAF 126.150,rtb Martin State.

Once again 2 Delaware ANG UH-60's Choppers currently inbound KILG on usual A/A 242.400 and Base Ops 46.90 and tower 126.000 and Philly appch low South 118.350 (Cecil County) and 119.750 Philly appch low(Delaware)
They have been doing that all week as heard them audibly this morning outside departing to the South.
and rtb at night.
One mentioned Hunter AAF the other night so maybe they are running way down South everyday for advanced training.

2155 TEAM 48 McGuire KC-10 tries CP 319.400,No go so switches to 134.100..Must be coming from West or Southwest as Loud and clear here.

BTW last night had a hit on unknown CP freq 383.300.Missed callsign but was wondering if any of you know that freq?
I keep it plugged in and rarely get hits but did last night.Is that Willow Grove maybe? Sounds familiar.

2208 CRAB 56 now inbound Phillips 126.150 for drop.

Mark

 

[ka3jjz]

Mark the only thing I have listed for 383.3 is Rhody Ops RI ANG. Not sure what those guys would be doing this far south, though. 73s Mike

 

[Vschlitz]

UH-60's

First I heard the rotor's whapping from a distance last night at 1700. Went outside and 3 UH-60 overhead, they did 2 360's over Camp David and disappeared over the mountain toward Site R. I've never seen them do fly overs like this prior to a CAP. I am sure they are taking up thier normal position at FEMA in Emmitsburg for the weekend CAP.

 

[TinEar]

BTW last night had a hit on unknown CP freq 383.300.Missed callsign but was wondering if any of you know that freq?
I keep it plugged in and rarely get hits but did last night.Is that Willow Grove maybe? Sounds familiar.

Mark

Sorry I didn't see this last night Mark. As Mike said, it's RHODY Ops of the RI-ANG. I hear it fairly often - both as an Ops freq when they call home and as a sort of interflight freq when their C-130s chat. There was a RHODY C-130 at Andrews that I heard leaving there yesterday. He might have used the freq to report his departure. Sometime in the recent past, the RHODYs were making fairly regular trips down to Keesler/Gulfport and I'd hear them using that freq for chat as they travelled together or passed each other going in opposite directions. It's worth having it in your scan rotation.

1035: Another E-6B (163920) from VQ-3 is flying around the area this morning...310.15....looks like he took off from Patuxent, went south for a bit and has now turned west heading across Virginia...He's been climbing and is now at FL 250 at 1042...stopped his climb at 260...ZDC VHF freqs (This bird looks just like the picture of 162784 I posted a couple of days ago with one exception...just below the U.S. flight roundel it says "NAVY") I also logged this aircraft flying in this area on the 3rd, 18th and 24th of this month - never before that.
What is a roundel, you ask? This is the U.S. roundel:

 

[BM82557]

Activity 07272007

1025 - activity on 225.0
1026 - "come up on 124.3, that's Martinsburg" - 225.0
1027 - "ARMY 966 flight transitioning the airspace t 1500', south to north, east of the airport" - 124.3
1036 - "ARMY 966 flight clear of the airspace to the northeast" - 124.3

At this point went out into my front yard and saw them visually, 2 helos that looked like Bell Jetrangers, forget the military id for them

1042 - active again on 225.0

Never heard activity on 225.0 before today

 

[TinEar]

That's a new use of that freq for me too Brian. Nice catch.

1115: Belgian Air Force - BAF 619 (A-310, tail CA-01, 21 Squadron) - up from Andrews and leaving the area to the northeast....TRACON freqs
1315: Canadian Air Force (CC-144, tail 144616, 412 Squadron) - in the area. FL 240...ZDC VHF freqs
1420: REACH 4055 (C-5A, 70-0455, 105th AW NY-ANG) heading into Dover...349.4
1425: JOSA 352 (C-21A, 84-0095, 457th AS Andrews) reporting takeoff timefrom Andrews at 1420...378.1 (On ground less than 30 minutes...heard in landing pattern at ADW at 1350)
1429: MARINE 474 (UC-35D, 166474, MAW-4) landing at Andrews w/Tower...118.4
1431: RAVEN flight (A-10 MD-ANG) working at Bollen Range...237.2

From another board: A Global Hawk landed at Pax a couple of days ago and has been seen flying in the area since then. They say it's just about silent when passing.

Ref Below: TANKER 11 is a KC-135, tail 62-3512, 126th ARS/128th ARW WI-ANG Milwaukee.