[Scan-DC] The NEST nuke chopper

[Alan Coccio]

Andrew the only callsign I've heard several times flying with ZDC 
controllers and landing at Andrews was WHAMO 51 which carries a NEST ID 
in my callsign database. I have no idea from the traffic though of the 
aircraft type.

Alan

Andrew Leyden wrote:

> You know, when I first saw it was like "wow, that's scary."  Then it 
> was like "they must be around here training."  Now I'm wondering "are 
> they based here full time?"
>
> The NEST helicopter with the two pods on the sides is now a regular 
> visitor past my house, probably two or three times a week heading out 
> over the Bay flying over ships.   Is this a "regular" patrol they've 
> started--intercepting vessels coming up the Bay to Baltimore (they 
> only get about 10% of the ships I'll tell you).
>
>  Is anyone catching any comm traffic?  I'm not sure if it is still 
> NEST given all the acronym reshuffling with Homeland Security.
>
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