Air Combat Exercise Sentry Savannah 2024 Underway at Savannah-Hilton Head IAP

Note: Updated after the 9 May 2024 morning sorties

Sentry Savannah 2024, an air combat exercise, got underway in Savannah on Monday. Described as "the National Guard Bureau’s premier counter air exercise specializing in fourth and fifth-generation fighter tactics,” it is held at the Georgia Air National Guard's Combat Readiness Center/Air Dominance Center at Savannah-Hilton Head IAP. This year's participants include F-22As and T-38s from the 71st FS and 7th FTS at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, F-35As from the 100th FS at ANGB Dannelly Field, and F-16CMs from McEntire JNGB. So far, they've been flying morning and afternoon sorties out to the SEALORD controlled Special Use Areas off the South Carolina/Georgia/Florida coast. Tanker support has been from 185th ARW KC-135Rs flying out of Hunter AAF and 157th ARW KC-46s flying out of Myrtle Beach. Intercept control is being provided by HECKLER, a callsign I've not heard before.

Here's a list of frequencies and callsigns I've heard active over the opening days in case anyone's interested in listening:

125.975/257.800 - Savannah-Hilton Head IAP Tower

124.975/279.575 - Hunter AAF Tower 

120.400/353.775/125.300/371.875/118.400/307.225 - Savannah TRACON

237.000 - CRTC/ADC Ops

173.4875 ($407) - CRTC/ADC; POL

256.325 - CRTC/ADC; 71st FS "IRON Ops"

277.700 - 71st FS Air-to-Air

234.200 - CRTC/ADC; 71st FS Air-to-Air

349.800 - W-137 Discrete; 7th FTS Air-to-Air

173.4875 ($406) - CRTC/ADC; 71st FS Maintenance/Support

173.4625 ($108) - CRTC/ADC; 7th FTS Maintenance/Support

318.775 - 100th FS Ops "WOLFPEN"

242.400 - CRTC/ADC; 100th FS Air-to-Air

242.600 - CRTC/ADC; 100th FS Air-to-Air

173.4625 ($106) - CRTC/ADC - 100th FS Maintenance/Support

354.775 - CRTC/ADC; 157th FS Ops

244.250 - CRTC/ADC; 157th FS Air-to-Air

245.200 - CRTC/ADC; 157th FS Air-to-Air

248.500 - CRTC/ADC; 157th FS Air-to-Air

126.200/285.425 - Hunter AAF Base Ops

IRON ## (F-22A, 71st FS)

BURNER ## (F-22A, 71st FS)

FIST ## (F-22A, 71st FS)

HAMMER ## (F-22A, 71st FS)

MIG ## (T-38A, 7th FTS)

DAGGER ## (T-38A, 7th FTS)

BAMA ## (F-35A, 100th FS)

WILD ## (F-35A, 100th FS)

MACE ## (F-16CM, 157th FS)

VIPER ## (F-16CM, 157th FS)

DEMON ## (F-16CM, 157th FS)

FANG ## (F-15C, 159th FS);

DIXIE ## (KC-135R, 185th ARW)

PACK ## (KC-46A, 157th ARW)

HECKLER (Unknown, GCI)

SHOWTIME (RTO)

124.675/282.200 - Jax Center Jekyll Low

132.925/363.200 - Jax Center Allendale/Savannah Low

134.375/317.550 - Jax Center Charleston Low

120.950 - SEALORD North Primary

284.500 - SEALORD North Primary

288.400 - NORAD Discrete; Primary Check-In

293.600 - NORAD Discrete; Blue Air

316.300 - NORAD Discrete; Red Air

254.200 - NORAD Discrete; Aerial Refueling (South AR)

265.400 - NORAD Discrete; Aerial Refueling (South AR)

278.000 - Aerial Refueling (North AR)

349.800 - W-157 Discrete

376.900 - W-157 Discrete