Interesting Military Aircraft

[viking9]

08:05L - AE2924 MC-12W 08-0462 (332AEW) FL270 squawk 6151. Departed PIK this morning. No c/s recorded but probably BADLY03 which it used when arriving at PIK.

Tom

[viking9]

09:35L AE19D4 OA-10A Thunderbolt II 81-0977 FL231 squawk 6145

Tom

[DaveReid]

09:35L AE19D4 OA-10A Thunderbolt II 81-0977 FL231 squawk 6145

There's a suggestion on the Kinetic forum that it's actually 81-0952, based at Spangdahlem with the 81st FS.  It came up on my box with c/s HAWG01, which would fit.

[viking9]

There's a suggestion on the Kinetic forum that it's actually 81-0952, based at Spangdahlem with the 81st FS.  It came up on my box with c/s HAWG01, which would fit.

Well, Dave airframes.org could be wrong. I just don't understand your last remark. Do you mean it came up on your RB as 81-0952?

Tom

[DaveReid]

Well, Dave airframes.org could be wrong. I just don't understand your last remark. Do you mean it came up on your RB as 81-0952?

No I only picked up the hex code (on my SBS rather than RB). 

I was simply referring to the fact that HAWG is an 81st FS callsign, whereas 81-0977 according to Scramble and Aerodata is/was based at Nellis with 57Wg/66WS.

[Yachtie45]

81-0952 seem to be correct for AE19D4,
once in a while they show up with their regs mentioned instd of  the usual callnames.
Thus AE19D4 came up with 81009520
as well as
AE19E1 e.g. showed 81009660 several times

Klaus

[viking9]

No I only picked up the hex code (on my SBS rather than RB). 

I was simply referring to the fact that HAWG is an 81st FS callsign, whereas 81-0977 according to Scramble and Aerodata is/was based at Nellis with 57Wg/66WS.

You can't always go by callsigns Dave. e.g. there was a HAWG95 in the area yesterday too but it was an OC-135W :o)

[DaveReid]

You can't always go by callsigns Dave

True, at least not without taking the hex code into account too :-)

[Runway 31]

French Air Force A340 081 callsign CTM1018 3B7781 just passed over Prestwick at FL390 heading south in direction of Manchester

[ACW367]

For a long time I have thought that this thread should be renamed 'any military aircraft' due to the routine nature of the reported aircraft from the RAF & USAF.  ;-) OK agreed the MC-12 transit was unusual

HOWEVER, At last a truly interesting Mil aircraft in the UK.  Just had 750156 A319 9M-NAA Callsign NR1.  Malysian Air Force flight departed Luton and went directly over my house with full ADS-B.  Shame about the 8/8ths cloud cover.

[Tramline]

For a long time I have thought that this thread should be renamed 'any military aircraft' due to the routine nature of the reported aircraft from the RAF & USAF.  ;-) OK agreed the MC-12 transit was unusual

HOWEVER, At last a truly interesting Mil aircraft in the UK.  Just had 750156 A319 9M-NAA Callsign NR1.  Malysian Air Force flight departed Luton and went directly over my house with full ADS-B.  Shame about the 8/8ths cloud cover.

Hi ACW, interest is relative isn't?.  What is 'routine or uninteresting' to you maybe interesting to others, that said 9M-NAA is different, I saw it come up on my box and never saw it either.  Ah well....

[ACW367]

Tramline et all.  This is my personal view and I know many of you will not agree with it. I just feel this topic is unwieldy in its current form.  In my opinion there are yahoo groups like reachhunters_int or Touchdown-news that are better suited for the reporting of UK, US and European Mil aircraft that are near their home country or on routine transits like the many GAF Challengers or Reach aircraft.  These groups are really useful and I use them regularly for the routine spotter type reports.

It is very hard with a topic that has got to 40 pages in under 4 months to find the gems.  I dip in and out and sometimes miss the unusal transits lost in a sea of UK based aircraft/Europe based aircraft.  Therefore I miss the prewarning that I could have had to target the aircraft with an alert etc when they arrives over my head. 

I would prefer this topic only to highlight unusual transits like US Army MC-12s routing to and from the Middle East, or foreign fighters/helicopters deployed on major exercises.  A Typhoon picked up over California on deployment is interesting, a Typhoon flying over the north of England is topic clutter that hides the good stuff.  Just my 2 penneth

Sorry if it offends.  I stand ready to be shot down in flames.

[Tramline]

Tramline et all.  This is my personal view and I know many of you will not agree with it. I just feel this topic is unwieldy in its current form.  In my opinion there are yahoo groups like reachhunters_int or Touchdown-news that are better suited for the reporting of UK, US and European Mil aircraft that are near their home country or on routine transits like the many GAF Challengers or Reach aircraft.  These groups are really useful and I use them regularly for the routine spotter type reports.

It is very hard with a topic that has got to 40 pages in under 4 months to find the gems.  I dip in and out and sometimes miss the unusal transits lost in a sea of UK based aircraft/Europe based aircraft.  Therefore I miss the prewarning that I could have had to target the aircraft with an alert etc when they arrives over my head. 

I would prefer this topic only to highlight unusual transits like US Army MC-12s routing to and from the Middle East, or foreign fighters/helicopters deployed on major exercises.  A Typhoon picked up over California on deployment is interesting, a Typhoon flying over the north of England is topic clutter that hides the good stuff.  Just my 2 penneth

Sorry if it offends.  I stand ready to be shot down in flames.

Well argued and I won't shoot you down.  It's all about opinions, perhaps we need 'Military Gems' and 'Military Aircraft' threads?  Again, its all down to opinions isn't?

[viking9]

I seem to remember that CanonJohns40D started this topic off because some people who are not interested in mil ac were getting sniffy about them being reported on the 'Interesting Aircraft' topic.

I'm sure lots of our members have found it useful and as far as I'm concerned anyone should be able to post about any mil ac that they find interesting. Remember, some people live in areas that are rarely visited by mil ac and so find it exciting when one comes up on their box and wish to share the experience.

If you want to start a topic about 'military gems' then go ahead and do so, but don't complain if you find other members' idea of a military gem does not accord with yours.

As for prewarning of mil ac coming your way. ANRB is not much cop for that, for many reasons. For that you need PlanePlotter, preferably with multilateration.

[EK01]

Hi guys,

Tracking south now having just passed overhead East Kilbride and transmitting ADSB is GAF179 a CL601 with c/n 3049 , registration 12+04 with mode S of 3FAAA2. He is currently flying over the border heading for Lakey.

Ian