Delmarva Milcom Monitoring

Welcome to the Delmarva Milcom Monitoring article. This page lists websites, military wings, aircraft control and other information for monitoring military aircraft communications and Combat Air Patrol activity in the DC, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia (hence the abbreviation 'Delmarva') region.

If you are new to this topic, read the VHF/UHF Military Monitoring articles first.

See these 2 pages for frequencies and callsigns used in this area

• Delmarva Milair frequencies
• Delmarva Milair callsigns

The Sticky Thread for Mid Atlantic Milair 2023 Thread is the current discussion forum for topics covered in this article.

Our area is covered by the Washington DC ARTCC, often referred to as Washington Center. It's callsign is ZDC and is often referred to this way followed by the site, such as ZDC Coyle or ZDC Hagerstown in threads and logs.

Air Traffic Control

• Potomac Consolidated Terminal Radar Approach Control
• Tracking flights with ADS-B

Event Related

• Combat Air Patrols
• Falcon Virgo Exercises

Military Trunked Systems

You should look in the RRDB for a complete listing of these, but there are some that are also linked here;

• Trunked Radio Systems (MD)
• Trunked Radio Systems (DE)
• Trunked Radio Systems (VA)
• Trunked Radio Systems (DC)

Supporting Bases, Wings and Ranges

While not part of the Delmarva region, these wings and ranges have been reported or were involved with support activities for the Delmarva region in the past

New Jersey

• Warren Grove Range
• McGuire AFB
• Naval Air Warfare Center Lakehurst

New York

• NY Air Route Traffic Control Center

Pennsylvania

• R-5802A/B/Kiowa MOA/Bollen Range

West Virigina

• WV ANG 167th Airlift Wing

Unvalidated Frequencies

These articles contain frequency information that is neither in our database and/or not present on the above list. They are likely old listings and should be taken with a grain of salt.

• DE ANG 166th Airlift Wing

Other Related

• Defense Contractors
• North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD)
• Capitol Hill Monitors (Facebook)
• Scan-DC (qth.net)

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