Savannah/KSAV Mil 2017

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Noted today (March 12) were the following Hornets
164871/NA-200 VMFA-312
164656/17 no marks
16????/ED-07 VMFA(AW)-533 no BuNo on the side I could see
164683/ED-11 VMFA(AW)-533
164738/ED-14 VMFA(AW)-533

Just one noted yesterday
91-0099 bk/yl T1A "RA" 12FTW marked "99FTS"

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Visitors today (March 17th)
09-6209 MC130J "58SOW" 58SOW
164871/NA-200 F/A18C VMFA-312
164969/NA-207 F/A18C VMFA-312
Plus T6Bs TAW-5 coded E
166074, 166129,166179,166218

One from yesterday
10-80263 UV18C/DHC6 Golden Knights

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A few more today
58-0117 bk/yl KC135R 171ARW PA ANG "Steel 81"
95-0070 flg T1A "VN" 71FTW grey scheme
98-3038 bk/yl T6A "CB" 14FTW
06-3837 bk/yl T6A "CB" 14FTW "37FTS"
161505/G-312 TC12B TAW-4
161508/G-313 TC12B TAW-4
162822/E-136 TH57C TAW-5
166058/E-058 T6B TAW-5
166152/E-152 T6B TAW-5

The trainers are likely in for the St Patrick's Day events in Savannah, years ago we used to regularly get 30-40 of them in over the weekend.

The MC130J from yesterday flew a local mission as Lord 12

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Noted passing through today, presumably on their way home from Ft Lauderdale were the Snowbirds with CT114s

114032/1, 114051/2, 114013/3, 114054/4, 114081/5, 114058/6, 114131/7, 114149/8, 114096/9

They departed as "Snowbird 1"

Shooting approaches was C146A (12-3060) as "Hound 75" serial from SBS as I couldn't read it from where I was

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Noted today heading northbound was Danish Navy MH60R N-976. It departed as Navy 976

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Some VMFA-312 F/A18Cs in yesterday
164952/NA-202
164958/NA-203
164900/NA-205
164881/NA-212

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Today's Hornets
164230/DC-01 VMFA-122
164247/20 VMFA-251

20 took the cable and was being towed to the ramp as I left...

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Just one noted today
163761/VE F/A18C+ VMFA-115 no modex

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Noted on Tuesday 6th were the following UH60s, not sure of unit

(86)-24506 Red Cross
(87)-24606 Red Cross
(88)-26064 Red Cross
01-26890
(02)-26898
(06)-27107

They night-stopped and departed to the south on Wednesday

On Monday 5th 04-27016 was in. It also went south.

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Noted Friday 9th were

62-3511 rd/wt KC135R 121ARW OH ANG "Eddie 92"
08-0646 U28A
166714 UC35D Andrews
166240/E T6B TAW-5

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Noted today on CRTC/ADC ramp were the following C130Hs

90-1795 gy 180AS MO ANG "Reach 599"
91-1235 wt/bl 165AS KY ANG "Derby 81"
91-1652 gy 180AS MO ANG "Reach 966"
94-6708 rd/bl 158AS GA ANG

The following were seen on SBS box but not seen by me
92-0554 "Roller 54" (NV ANG) arriving
80-0326 "Yankee 21" (CT ANG) departing
91-1231 "Derby 21" (KY ANG) arriving/departing

(89)-26169 UH60A was at Signature FBO

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The second Sentry exercise of the year is underway, identified so far have been:

325FW F22A "TY"
00-4012
(01)-4020
01-4023
(02)-4028
02-4032
02-4038
02-4040 '325FW'
(03)-4042
Plus another 5 or 6 to be read.

325FW "TY" T38A
61-0904
62-3615 '2FTS'
62-3660
62-3706
(62-3)715
63-8154
67-14833
68-8139
68-8150

VFA-83 F/A-18C
165184 AG-300
165196 AG-301
164629 AG-311
164647 AG-312
16…. AG-320
164954 AG-321

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A few more identified today, I think there is one more F22 still to confirm

325FW F22A "TY"
00-4012
01-4020
01-4023
02-4028
(02)-4031
02-4032
02-4033
02-4038
02-4040 '325FW'
03-4041
03-4042

325FW "TY" T38A yl
61-0904
62-3615 '2FTS'
62-3660
62-3706
(62-3)715
63-8154
67-14833
68-8139
68-8150


VFA-83 F/A-18C
165184 AG-300
165196 AG-301
164629 AG-311
164647 AG-312
164630 AG-320
164954 AG-321

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Two more F22s noted today
(01)-4021
(02)-4036

That should be all of them...

[Norry]

A friend of mine has recently moved from the UK to N. Carolina. He would like to know how many Sentry Exercises are held at Savannah each year - during which months, duration of visiting deployments + ease of viewing from public roads. Any information will be gratefully received.

Kind regards
Norry [Preston, UK]