71st FS F-22As and 7th FTS T-38s are Back at the Savannah Combat Readiness Training Center/Air Dominance Center

The 71st Fighter Squadron and 7th Fighter Training Squadron are back at the Savannah Combat Readiness Training Center/Air Dominance Center (CRTC/ADC) for the third time this year (previous visits were in January and May). They seem to be conducting a Sentry Savannah type exercise in the SEALORD controlled special use areas off the coast along with tanker support. This is the second week they've been here, but due to my work schedule I was unable to listen last week with the exception of Friday (and on Friday, weather kept the fighters on the ground). Last week, a 434th ARW KC-135 provided tanker support from Hunter AAF and today two 916th ARW KC-46s provided tanker support, coming from their home base at Seymour-Johnson AFB. 

This post was updated after activity on 17 September 2024

This post was updated/corrected on 23 September 2024

916th ARW KC-46As, 6th AMW/927th ARW KC-135Rs, ATAC Hunters and a Kfir, and 7th FTS T-38As during the afternoon of 17 September 2024

Coastal Georgia Military Monitoring Recap; August 2024

Hurricane Debby made her way through Southeast Georgia in early August as Tropical Storm Debby, bringing a lot of rain to the area, particularly west and northwest of Savannah. That rain flooded areas around Glenville and Statesboro then the water flowed downriver to the coast causing flooding in the Savannah and Richmond Hill areas. TS Debby curtailed my aviation and military monitoring for almost a week, truly trivial compared to folks who whose homes were flooded and the many who were unable to leave or return home by flooded highways and local roads. 

Despite TS Debby, August was indeed an eventful month on the radios. The 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade at Hunter AAF changed out how they are identifying and the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) and its Carrier Air Wing operated off the South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida coasts for much of the second half of the month. During the middle of the month, I took an overnight road trip to Warner Robins to visit the Robins AFB Museum of Aviation, so I got to listen to a bit more of what was going on up that way than usual. The end of the month saw something rare for Coastal Georgia: a visit to Savannah by the Vice President. Finally, Gulfstream began test flying a new model aircraft at the end of the month. Notable during August was:

AIR FORCE 2 with Vice President Harris aboard landing at Savannah-Hilton Head IAP after overflying the Hyundai Metaplant in Bryan County