"Team 01 Heavy" DC-10

[makonyy15]

Listening to the KSYR Tower/Approach feed this morning and heard "Team 01 Heavy" performing several touch and go passes at Syracuse, before receiving in-flight clearance to McGuire AFB. Flight is operating as a DC-10 however nothing shows up FlightAware as to who operates under this callsign. I'd assume it is military visiting the SYR ANG base, however I'm unsure.

Anyone have any insight? Aircraft just departed to KWRI at 11:10 EST.

[joeyb747]

Are you sure it was a DC-10? The only thing I can think is maybe it was a KC-10 Tanker doing some training...a reg # would help...

Possibly a World DC-10 doing some military work...however the callsign throws me...I am unsure at this point as well...

[rpd]

The "Team" callsign is a tactical callsign  for the KC-10's at WRI.  KC-10's show as DC-10's on flight plans and ARTS.

Military flights do not show on Flightaware.

[makonyy15]

Ah- makes sense. I knew that military flights don't show up, but that's why the DC-10 ident by ATC threw me, as I was expecting to hear the KC-10 identifier for a military flight.

[sykocus]

Ah- makes sense. I knew that military flights don't show up, but that's why the DC-10 ident by ATC threw me, as I was expecting to hear the KC-10 identifier for a military flight.

Sometimes I'll use the equivalent civilian type designator instead of the military one. Not every pilot will know what a C-40 is right away, but they'll all know what a 737 is.