UNID at Pembrey Sands

[Sketco]

At or around 21:00 on 08/04/25 an a/c shifting variously from Tiger 20 to Easy 20 and a couple of others I didn't catch RO??? popping in and out of ADSB at Pembrey Sands air weapons range. HEX 000001 Callsign 00000000 shows on ADSB on and off. Unid American voice twice contacted Pembrey Range on 122.750. Appears to originate Mildenhall. Last night and for a couple of days ZJ165 Dauphin did some rooftop passes but I don't think this is it. Any thoughts?

[Sketco]

Addendum to my last See screenshot

[Sketco]

still broken tx's on 122.750 c/s cycling through Easy 20; Tiger 20; Rugby 11; R02913 and Talon 11 disappeared (not landed) North of Gloucester 21:44 appears on track to rtb Mildenhall
At 22:12, appears to have landed at Mildenhall then moved to 7th SOS Ramp @ 22:16

[Anmer]

I overlook Pembrey but wasn't watching this evening.  But around 19:00 UTC there were control vehicles on the beach, usually seen in advance of aircraft landing.  But no fire engines which are normally present.  There was an A400 landing the night before around 22:00 UTC.

My BaseStation Reporter shows these entries:  Possibly using the range?

[Sketco]

 I am leaning towards a possible Osprey? Although you would have heard it i'm sure. Jiqsaw 97 is doing orbits as I type. There has been a bit of SF activity over Pembs in the last few days and I wonder if this is a pick up/drop off. 122.750 has sprung back to life again but likely associated with Jigsaw 97. The cycling of callsigns is something i haven't seen live, so that was intersting at least

[Sketco]

 Hey ANMER, Whatever it is, it's returning or appears to be abeam Newport and following the same route to Pembrey as before.

[Anmer]

I am leaning towards a possible Osprey? Although you would have heard it i'm sure.

Although I have a great view of Pembrey (to my south east) it's nearly 9 miles away and I rarely hear anything from there.  If the wind's in the right direction I can sometimes hear Hawks, Typhoons and F-15s pulling up from their bombing dives.

Unfortunately I'm in bed by 22:30 most nights!

[Sketco]

Yes of course. We have to sleep at some point. I suppose i could have gone for a drive on the off chance. Unless a member close to Mildenhall had eyes on it is safe to say that's the end of that for now.

[Sketco]

Unid back again 21:34. Movement suggests a helo of some sort. Again cycling through callsigns "easy 20" and "N445CD" and "DEAD 31" on this occasion.
Assume UNID "??73" advises Pembrey Range "2minutes" @21:54
I think this is it. 11-0058 cv-22b Osprey just appeared on list but not plotted to screen in VRS at 74.53 miles which would locate it at Pembrey from my location.
Sure enough a brief flash of 11-0058 turns up on adsbexchange and disappears again. I 'm calling this tied up. Thanks to all for assistance

[Anmer]

Just seen this post.  Can't see anything over Pembrey at this time, probably gone "home".

[Sketco]

Gold 40 on 122.750 doing circuit touch and go PEMBREY RANGE. Aforementioned 11-0058 ( callsign KNIFE??)inbound in company of UNID "ATPTEST"
Gold advises will clear the way when "KNIFE" 5 mikes out 00:43 09/04/2025
KNIFE will make pickup in 5 mikes 00:55 lANDED 01:00

[Anmer]

Trust the Yanks to do this when I'm in bed!

Thanks for keeping us updated.

[Anmer]

FR24 playback.

The Osprey arriving Pembrey from Mildenhall around 23:55 UTC 9th April 2025.

Landed on the sands around 00:01 UTC 10th April 2025.

ZM404 returned Pembrey from its hold off The Gower 00:18 UTC 10th April 2025.

Osprey going home 00:28 UTC 10th April 2025.

ZM404 going home 01:16 UTC 10th April 2025.

[Sketco]

Thanks for that. Still no idea what "apttest" shadow a/c signal was. unless it's some sort of tactical spoofing. The Osprey was cycling its callsigns randomly. Plenty of armour and SF action locally recently