Earlier this week, an air combat exercise began at the Savannah Combat Readiness Training Center/Air Dominance Center at Savannah-Hilton Head IAP. Sentry South is what used to be Sentry Savannah, and although the name may have changed slightly, it is still the same exercise with mostly the same participants. This January's exercise involves USAF and Air National Guard F-22As, F-35As, F-16CMs, T-38s, and KC-135s, USMC F-35Bs, and Top Aces F-16s. Four units are working out of the Air Dominance Center in Savannah, tanker support is flying out of Hunter AAF in Savannah, and some local area units are flying out of their home bases.
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| ADS-B Exchange tracks of two of the KC-135s and some of the T-38s supporting the Sentry South exercise in Savannah |
According to a post on the Air Dominance Center's Facebook page indicates that Sentry South is scheduled to run through 30 January. They're flying morning and afternoon sorties into the special use areas off the Georgia, South Carolina, and Florida coasts. Participating units are:
- 1st FW/71st FS F-22As from Joint Base Langley
- 1st FW/7th FTS T-38As from Joint Base Langley
- 33rd FW/60th FS F-35As from Eglin AFB
- 114th FW/175th FS F-16CMs from Sioux Falls, SD
- 126th ARW KC-135Rs from Scott AFB
- 142st ARW KC-135Rs from Fairchild AFB
- Air Controllers from the 134th ACS from McConnell AFB
- 125th FW/159th FS F-35As from Jacksonville, FL
- VMFA-224 F-35Bs from MCAS Beaufort
- VMFA-533 F-35Bs from MCAS Beaufort
- F-16s from contractor Top Aces
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| Sentry South noise advisory posted on the Air Dominance Center's Facebook page |
For anyone in Savannah or the surrounding areas who wants to keep an ear out for them, this frequency and callsign list should get you started. All frequencies below are AM mode.
Air Traffic Control
125.975/257.800 - Savannah-Hilton Head IAP Tower
124.975/279.575 - Hunter AAF Tower
126.200/285.000 - Hunter AAF Base Ops
120.400/353.775 - Savannah TRACON
125.300/371.875 - Savannah TRACON
118.400/307.225 - Savannah TRACON
124.675/282.200 - Jekyll Low
126.125/285.650 - Statesboro High
132.925/363.200 - Allendale/Savannah Low
Ops/Air-to-Air
253.200 - CRTC/ADC Ops & IRON Ops (71st FS)
237.000 - CRTC/ADC Ops; LOBO Ops (175th FS)
228.475 - CRTC/ADC Ops; 7th FTS Ops
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
293.300 - CRTC/ADC; 71st FS Air-to-Air
234.200 - CRTC/ADC; 60th FS Air-to-Air
242.600 - CRTC/ADC; 60th FS Air-to-Air
240.250 - Beaufort TTR; 175th FS Air-to-Air
324.000 - NORAD Discrete; 175th FS Air-to-Air
245.300 - CRTC/ADC; 7th FTS Air-to-Air
247.000 - Top Aces Air-to-Air
251.250 - 159th FS Ops
234.800 - 159th FS Air-to-Air
253.700 - 159th FS Air-to-Air
305.800 - VMFA-224 Base
228.300 - VMFA-224 Air-to-Air
258.900 - VMFA-224 Air-to-Air
304.200 - VMFA-533 Base
234.075 - VMFA-533 Air-to-Air
236.250 - VMFA-533 Air-to-Air
Op Area
120.950 - SEALORD North Primary
284.500 - SEALORD North Primary
267.500 - SEALORD South Primary
339.700 - SEALORD Discrete; Blue Air
318.600 - SEALORD Discrete; Red Air
377.400 - W-137 Discrete; Red Air
349.600 - W-137 Discrete; Fight Common
278.000 - Aerial Refueling; North AR
265.400 - NORAD Discrete; South AR
Callsigns
FIST ## (F-22A, 1st FW/71st FS)
IRON ## (F-22A, 1st FW/71st FS)
KNIGHT ## (F-22A, 1st FW/71st FS)
CROW ## (F-35A, 33rd FW/60th FS)
MURDER ## (F-35A, 33rd FW/60th FS)
HOUND ## (F-16CM, 114th FW/175th FS)
LOBO ## (F-16CM, 114th FW/175th FS)
DEMON ## (T-38A, 1st FW/7th FTS)
BUGSY ## (T-38A, 1st FW/7th FTS)
MIG ## (T-38A, 1st FW/7th FTS)
FLANKER ## (F-16, Top Aces)
BENGAL ## (F-35B, VMFA-224)
MONORE ## (F-35B, VMFA-224)
HAWK ## (F-35B, VMFA-533)
EXPO ## (KC-135R, 141st ARW)
HAPPY ## (KC-135R, 126th ARW)
JAYHAWK (134th ACS)
BARON (134th ACS)
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