I saw this on my Google alerts for Groom Lake. It is an old National Geographic video that is a Lazar free zone. It is on YouTube with few hits. I don't know if National Geographic makes Google take it down. It covers the U-2, A-12, MIGs, and the F-117.
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=a89bb0
Live link. So much for nothing happening on the weekend.
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Flight over.
Look at the time marks. Tracking lost at 20:13 and returns at 22:50.
This isn't a low flying aircraft and the plane is transmitting ads-b not mode-s.
I've had my ads-b tracking while at the range just drop. All planes gone then then return. Once I got the sysmocom filter the problem didn't happen again. The filtering is so good that the band stop is barely measurable with a nanovna.
Friday launches are not as common.
And now I can't find it. It isn't in the the messages, email, or Fi app. I also logged into the Fi account from the Internet and it doesn't show up there either.
All I remember is it was stackable and expires on 8/27.
I'm just going to buy using the Fi customer price but the message was weird.
There are many reasons for no bid contracts. For example, you have a reflecting pool that needs to be cleaned up in a hurry and well you know a pool guy...
In most cases the no bid contract is for items where there really is not alternative. A software license renewal for example. Or you need an accessory for some item that only the original equipment manufacturer can supply, a radio for example.
Now "Plant 42", "P42", and Palmdale are on my sam dot gov search. (I'm adding AFP 42.) And we have:
https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/c667dbc2c8234991a8239411ed086886/view
I assume there is a new trash vendor in Palmdale and Plant 42 has no choice but to use them. Hence the justification documentation.
I had to look up RCRA. RCRA stands for the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. It passed in 1978 so who knows how the Groom burn pits were permitted other than "we don't need no stinkin' badges."
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The solid waste generated at AFP 42 must be transported from the federal installation and disposed of at a state- and locally-permitted landfill. Market research confirms the City of Palmdale has granted an exclusive franchise agreement to WM for all commercial solid waste collection and disposal services within its jurisdiction.
Pursuant to RCRA, the Air Force is required to adhere to this local legal framework for off-base disposal.
Therefore, to meet its obligations under federal law, the Air Force must use the services of the sole authorized local provider. No other contractor can legally transport and dispose of AFP 42's solid waste in the local area, and as such, no other source’s services can satisfy the agency’s requirement to dispose of its waste in accordance with applicable law.
I have the cost for Fi subscribers. I would like to pay that price in the store. A drive to Mountain View is better than dealing with some UPS bozo yanking my phone.
I think I used my UPS plan to pick up at a UPS center for $9 or so. But getting it in person would be best.
I have never had a porch pirate fortunately but the shippers themselves are suspect. I ordered some shoes and the Fedex package was wrapped in plastic and obviously "stressed" to see what shows were in there. My orthopedic shoes were not worth stealing.
I ran the replay and found the Firehawk flying at the same time. Note the Janet was over the tourist lair around 3:40PM.
This is a normal Janet flight though for some reason they used the flight number used for maintenance.
I will rate this interview as a C-. You have been warned. He does get out a decent joke about the NNSA sounding like the NSA with a stutter. Yet another one of these "in the interest of completeness" posts. The guy is relevant but the content could be better.
The Steady State Sentinel: America's Nuclear Guardians: A Conversation on Security, Espionage, and Speaking Truth to Power
Episode webpage: https://rss.com/podcasts/the-steady-state-sentinel/3020692
Pacific Commons Fremont warehouse. However no Snoop Dog wine or rolling papers.
The radios use:
The file at sam dot gov has the model numbers:
RM-2025-62M3
RM-2025-62O3
RM-2025-62W3
https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/d08cef15c3b74cb4a3911292dd5600fd/view
https://doodlelabs.com/product/mini/
Overview:
Special Operations Forces expo:
This sounds like what is often called a "minder." You keep an eye on the contractors. One step below camo dude.
https://www.amentumcareers.com/jobs/escort-on-call-las-vegas-nevada-united-states
A few selected lines follow. PIC is "Program Integration Center." "RSS" is range support services." I don't know about RSSII.
Performs escort duties as directed by the PIC.
Escort personnel to/from job site, to/from dining facilities, to/from lodging facilities and other areas as required.
Maintain line of sight of escorted personnel, equipment and vehicles at all times within the boundaries of Nevada Test Training Range (NTTR) to include Creech AFB and other RSSII locations.
Assignments include periods of extended workdays, working under austere conditions; may require travel and multiple overnight stays at remote site locations.
As we know, Amentum has the Janet contract. I'm posting this more out of completeness rather than useful Groom Lake content. Maybe someone will like it. I didn't but they is why they make chocolate and vanilla. Anyway you don't find Amentum saying much in public.
They had a booth at Farnborough and were interviewed by Vago Muradian, who I do like, though the guy has to work on his um-ing.
https://www.amentum.com/news/amentum-at-farnborough-international-airshow-2026/
Other than that Amentum had absorbed Dyncorp, I found the interview pretty boring. (I wondered what happened to Dyncorp. Oh I could have Googled it.) Also Amentum is a spin off of part of Aecom, another name that is familiar. (Wall Street M&A stuff.) Illy Andrews sounds like a subscriber to the Harvard Business Review. Yawn. Justin Goldberg had his moments. Let's just say it could have been better.
Not a must listen! Like I said, completeness.
Defense & Aerospace Report: Defense & Aerospace Daily Podcast [Jul 29, 2026] Amentum's Illy Andrews and Dr. Justin Goldberg
Episode webpage: https://soundcloud.com/defaeroreport/defense-aerospace-695909181
Media file: https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2370503027-defaeroreport-defense-aerospace-695909181.mp3
So much for nothing done on weekends.
A few of us on this subreddit follow a YouTuber PDGLS. No face, no yacking, just scanner audio with frequencies listed. I used video scraping code to log the frequencies and put the ones I don't have at the bottom of my list.
https://inplanesight.org/nellis_frequency_list.html
Well this person got a thermal scope and shot some video outside of Travis AFB.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HS1462XwI5M
using
https://www.rixoptics.com/titan-thermal-imaging-monoculars/
Pixel size is 12.5um versus the "Project Fear" 10um.
https://www.reddit.com/r/area51/comments/1tw2thy/aircraft_allegedly_spotted_near_area_51/
Also about half the price though a side by side review would be nice. (One kidney donation versus two.)
Note this was thermal viewing during daylight hours. Not exactly my application. You can get quite close to the planes when parked out by Creed Road just south of the base. And a C-5 is a huge plane. (Callsign sometimes HEFTY.)
https://ibb.co/5w1SZcr https://ibb.co/k6wgNHFr https://ibb.co/gxKmmhG
I was looking at that post regarding a $275 or so bill. Looking at the default set up for Flexible, the default is to not slow down the data if I understand the Google Fi screens. I just set a limit and email notice.
I didn't know maintaining full speed was even an option.
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=aeda1b
https://www.twz.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/YFQ-42-Dark-Merlin-copy.jpg?w=1024&h=576&quality=85
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Probably straight outta Gray Butte.
https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/587bde95cbea47229ddf6187f169f2b5/view
What took so long. ;-) The TLDR is the ground controllers get Link 16 encrypted radios just like the aircraft use.
This should reduce Red Flag radio traffic, at least for US only exercises.
