28 December 2023

Coastal Georgia Military Monitoring Recap; December 2023

The Monthly Military Monitoring Recap consists of frequencies and callsigns that I've heard in use in Coastal Georgia and during my travels (usually around South Carolina and Florida). Special Operations, Intelligence, and real-world Combat Air Patrol information will not be posted. Gulfstream (Savannah) and Boeing (Charleston) flight test frequencies and callsigns are also included as well as US Coast Guard, non-law enforcement FedCom, and civilian medevac callsigns, N-numbers, and frequencies. 

Even though the holidays reduced the amount of MilCom activity and I simply didn't have as much radio time as I usually do, December still turned out to be an eventful radio month. Fort Stewart and Hunter AAF underwent a radio system upgrade (Fort Stewart Central's words) and the talkgroups have all changed; extensive listening will be needed to figure out what's what. What I have identified so far has been submitted to RadioReference. F-16s from Shaw AFB conducted an overnight exercise over and around coastal South Carolina on 14 December (I was lucky to hear it because I was staying up overnight to get back on my midnight shift sleeping schedule). It was also a pleasure to hear A-10s from Moody AFB using Townsend Range several times during the month. Finally, just before Christmas it sounded like Gulfstream attempted a record flight from Tokyo to Savannah. January should see some more extensive logs as I'll have more radio time, hopefully including some from a road trip I have planned to the Space Coast.