[Scan-DC] Re: [MilCom] RE: Andrews Global Off the Air

[Rapbep@aol.com]

Tom,

What you saw was a fairly common sight out of BWI.  If they were white-ish in 
color they were a BAC-111 and a T-39 Sabreliner.  They belong to 
Northrup-Grumman and they are specially configured for testing of avionics 
and systems for future fighter aircraft (F-22 & Joint Strike Fighter). The 
T-39 acts as the "fighter" and the BAC-111 carries the electronic suite.

They normally take off in (at least what seems to me on the ground) very 
close formation and head out to the east to the Patuxent River restricted 
areas.