Sentry Savannah 2025, which the Air National Guard describes as their largest and premier air-to-air fighter exercise, got underway this week at the Savannah Combat Readiness Training Center/Air Dominance Center at Savannah-Hilton Head IAP. This year's participants are F-22s and T-38s from the 1st Fighter Wing at Joint Base Langley, F-35s from the 115th Fighter Wing at Truax Field in Madison, WI, and F-16s from the 122nd Fighter Wing from Fort Wayne ANG Station Fort Wayne, IN (some of the F-16s the 122nd FW are flying are 114th FW jets). Flying was limited, however, by a federal holiday and the Presidential Inauguration on Monday and a Winter storm that shut down the airport from Tuesday night through Friday morning. Surely the 115th FW and 122nd FW thought they were getting away from such weather when they came south for the exercise! I got to listen to them on Tuesday morning, but since I was working midnight shifts all week, it was the only listening opportunity I had before something unusual happened. Coastal Georgia received several inches of snow and ice, a rare event for us, and temperatures remained under freezing for most of Wednesday and Thursday, which kept roads as well as runways and taxiways covered with snow and ice. Since that's something we rarely deal with here in the deep south, the airport doesn't have the equipment northern airports would have to open back up quickly. Hard working Savannah-Hilton Head IAP personnel got the airport back open by Friday afternoon and some of the visiting units took to the skies.
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| This was my neighborhood in Savannah on Friday morning, showing why the Sentry Savannah 2025 participants weren't able to fly until Friday afternoon (there was still snow and ice in some areas on Saturday afternoon!) |
I had the weekend off, so the Winter storm delay gave me the opportunity to hear more Sentry Savannah activity than I was expecting to. Normally Sentry Savannah doesn't fly on the weekends, but this year they flew on Saturday and Sunday to make up for lost time while snowed in. For those interested in listening, here's what I've been able to hear over the weekend:
Savannah -Hilton Head IAP
125.975/257.800 - Savannah-Hilton Head IAP Tower
120.400/353.775 - Savannah TRACON
125.300/371.875 - Savannah TRACON
118.400/307.225 - Savannah TRACON
132.925/363.200 - Jacksonville ARTCC Allendale/Savannah Low
124.675/282.200 - Jacksonville ARTCC Jekyll Low
Savannah CRTC/ADC
237.000 - ADC/CRTC Ops
1st FW/71st FS
256.325 - 71st FS IRON Ops
173.5875 ($602) - CRTC/ADC - 71st FS MOC
228.800 - CRTC/ADC; 71st FS Air-to-Air
233.200 - CRTC/ADC; 71st FS Air-to-Air
234.200 - CRTC/ADC; 71st FS Air-to-Air
242.100 - CRTC/ADC; 71st FS Air-to-Air
F-22A, 00-4012, 71st FS
F-22A, 00-4017, 71st FS
F-22A, 01-4020, 71st FS
F-22A, 01-4025, 71st FS
F-22A, 01-4026, 71st FS
F-22A, 02-4030, 71st FS
F-22A, 02-4032, 71st FS
F-22A, 02-4035, 71st FS
F-22A, 02-4036, 71st FS
F-22A, 02-4037, 71st FS
F-22A, 02-4040, 71st FS
F-22A, 03-4041, 71st FS
115th FW/176th FS
315.125 - CRTC/ADC Ops; 176th FS FW Ops
234.800 - CRTC/ADC; 176th FS Air-to-Air
242.600 - CRTC/ADC; 176th FS Air-to-Air
F-35A, 22-5696, 176th FS
F-35A, 22-5697, 176th FS
F-35A, 22-5699, 176th FS
F-35A, 22-5725, 176th FS
F-35A, 22-5950, 176th FS
F-35A, 22-5953, 176th FS
F-35A, 22-5955, 176th FS
122nd FW/163rd FS (flying some 114th FW/175th FS jets)
354.775 - CRTC/ADC Ops ; 163rd FS "KINGSNAKE Ops"
173.4125 ($507) - CRTC/ADC - 163rd FS MOC
244.250 - CRTC/ADC; 163rd FS Air-to-Air
F-16CM, 88-0421, 122nd FW/163rd FS
F-16CM, 88-0506, 122nd FW/163rd FS
F-16CM, 89-2134, 122nd FW/163rd FS? (Former 54th FG aircraft?)
F-16CM, 90-0753, 122nd FW/163rd FS? (Former 54th FG aircraft?)
F-16CM, 89-2086, 114th FW/175th FS
F-16CM, 89-2125, 114th FW/175th FS
1st FW/7th FTS
226.475 - CRTC/ADC Ops; 7th FTS "DEMON Ops"
318.600 - SEALORD Discrete; 7th FTS Air-to-Air
T-38A, 63-8163, 7th FTS
T-38A, 67-14923, 7th FTS
T-38A, 67-14939, 7th FTS
T-38A, 68-8204, 7th FTS
T-38A, 70-1559, 7th FTS
T-38A, 70-1574, 7th FTS
Op Area
120.950 - SEALORD North Primary
284.500 - SEALORD North Primary
267.500 - SEALORD South Primary
376.900 - W-137 Discrete; Check-In
349.600 - W-137 Discrete; Blue Air
318.600 - SEALORD Discrete; Red Air
320.500 - SEALORD Discrete; Common
377.400 - SEALORD Discrete
265.400 - Aerial Refueling
278.000 - Aerial Refueling
Callsigns
FIST (F-22A, 71st FS)
IRON (F-22A, 71st FS)
KNIGHT (F-22A, 71st FS)
TRITON (F-22A, 71st FS)
BADGER (F-35A, 176th FS)
SIJAN (F-35A, 176th FS)
SNAKE (F-16C, 163rd FS)
DEMON (T-38A, 7th FTS)
MIG (T-38A, 7th FTS)
TALON (T-38A, 7th FTS)
SODA (KC-135R, 134th ARW); tanker support
BREWTOWN (GCI, 128th ACS)
SHOWTIME (RTO)
DERBY (C-310J, 123rd AW); visiting unit arrival support
POSSE (C-130H, 120th AW); visiting unit arrival support
VULCAN (KC-135R, 117th ARW); visiting unit arrival support
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