William Tell 2023

[Chrissly69]

Air and ground crews from across the Air Force fighter enterprise will gather at the Air Dominance Center in Savannah, Georgia from Sept. 11-15 to test their skills at the 2023 William Tell Air-to-Air Weapons meet, the first of its kind in nearly two decades.

Participants:

Air Combat Command:

F-15E Strike Eagles from the 4th Fighter Wing, Seymour Johnson AFB, N.C., and 366th Fighter Wing, Mountain Home AFB, Idaho
F-22 Raptors from the 1st Fighter Wing, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va.
F-35 Lightning IIs from the 388th Fighter Wing, Hill AFB, Utah
Command and Control from the 552 Air Control Wing, Tinker Air Force Base, Okla.

Pacific Air Forces:

F-22 Raptors from the 3rd Wing, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, and the 154th Fighter Wing, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, HI
F-35 Lightning IIs from the 354th Fighter Wing, Eielson AFB, Alaska
Command and Control from the 3rd Wing, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, and the 18th Wing, Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan

Air National Guard:

F-15 C/D Eagles from the 104th Fighter Wing, Barnes Air National Guard Base, Mass.
F-35 Lightning IIs from the 158th Fighter Wing, Burlington ANGB, Vt

[Bennie]

Air and ground crews from across the Air Force fighter enterprise will gather at the Air Dominance Center in Savannah, Georgia from Sept. 11-15 to test their skills at the 2023 William Tell Air-to-Air Weapons meet, the first of its kind in nearly two decades.

Soesterberg AB's 32nd TFS participated in the 1984 edition. I still have warm memories of the work-up period toward the exercise. Among many, a fresh set of several Alconbury based 527TFTAS F-5Es every week!
During the exercise itself (hear say), one of the 32nd pilots (JC) managed to hit the cable between an F-4 Phantom and the Dart she was carrying which caused the Dart to separate from the Phantom. During another sortie, he apparently hit the sensor on the Dart that was supposed to indicate whether the target was hit or not...........

[Chrissly69]

The good old times ..

[foc1]

The AKs and HHs appear to be using other units jets

[d14]

Langley's to be precise - 10 of their F22s in the morning wave

[foc1]

Here's what I have noted so far for William Tell

83-0039 rd F15C MA 131FS MA ANG
84-0010 rd F15C MA 131FS MA ANG
84-0016 rd F15C MA 131FS MA ANG
85-0101 rd F15C MA 131FS MA ANG
85-0104 rd F15C MA 131FS MA ANG spl
86-0163 rd F15C MA 131FS MA ANG

87-0183 rd/yl F15E MO 366FW
87-0204 wt F15E MO 366FW "366OG"
87-0207 rd/yl F15E MO 366FW
88-1667 rd/yl F15E MO 366FW
88-1705 rd/yl F15E MO 366FW "389FS"
90-0227 rd/yl F15E MO 366FW

87-0176 yl F15E SJ 4FW
88-1695 - F15E SJ 4FW
89-0490 - F15E SJ 4FW
89-0495 - F15E SJ 4FW
89-0498 gr F15E SJ 4FW
89-0502 - F15E SJ 4FW

85-1418 yl/bk F16C WA 57Wg
86-0272 yl/bk F16C WA 57Wg
86-0299 yl/bk F16C WA 57Wg "57Wg"
87-0321 yl/bk F16C WA 57Wg
89-2048 yl/bk F16C WA 57Wg
90-0729 yl/bk F16C WA 57Wg

04-4067 F22A FF 1FW
04-4076 F22A FF 1FW
04-4078 F22A FF 1FW
05-4091 F22A FF 1FW
05-4095 F22A FF 1FW
08-4153 F22A FF 1FW
08-4159 F22A FF 1FW
08-4163 F22A FF 1FW
08-4165 F22A FF 1FW
09-4180 F22A FF 1FW
09-4182 F22A FF 1FW
09-4189 F22A FF 1FW

15-5172 F35A HL 388FW
17-5261 F35A HL 388FW
17-5262 F35A HL 388FW
17-5282 F35A HL 388FW "419OG"
20-5566 F35A HL 388FW "466FS"
20-5568 F35A HL 388FW
20-5610 F35A HL 388FW
20-5611 F35A HL 388FW

17-5266 F35A VT 134FS VT ANG
18-5336 F35A VT 134FS VT ANG
(18-5339) F35A VT 134FS VT ANG
18-5341 F35A VT 134FS VT ANG
18-5358 F35A VT 134FS VT ANG
18-5359 F35A VT 134FS VT ANG

61-0904 yl T38C TY 325FW
62-3615 yl T38A TY 325FW "2FTS"
63-8163 yl T38A FF 1FW
63-8215 yl T38A FF 1FW
68-8185 yl T38A FF 1FW
70-1559 yl T38C FF 1FW

Need to confirm the VT 5339 and I think there is one more FF F22 to be identified.

Two KC46s are flying out of Hunter to support. 20-46072/46074 according to ADSB

[BLACKHAWK101]

Great report thank you very much, one small note i think that the SJ's and MO's are F15E's and not F15C's
Regards
Steve Coulson

[foc1]

Yes! You are right of course, not sure how I managed to do that!

[Chrissly69]

Nice report!!

[foc1]

08-4170 is one additional FF, but there is also one more to be identified.
18-5344 is an additional VT. I have not managed to confirm is 5339 is here I suspect not.