2007 Townsend Range Turkey Shoot Report

The 2007 Townsend Turkey Shoot offered some good monitoring this morning. I was able to catch two thirds of the competition live from home and caught the rest on a recording. As a result some of the final competitors are either unidentified or have no air-to-air frequency listing. If anyone is able to identify RAZOR 11 flight or CLAW 11 that among the final competitors, please let me know. I have some guesses, but without air-to-air frequencies or aircraft type IDs, I've got nothing solid.

228.400 was used for initial check in with Townsend Range and to pass the 9-line target descriptions. Once the flights were cleared into the range for their bombing and strafing passes, the were pushed to 252.900. 380.025, Savannah Approach control and 282.200, Jacksonville Center Jekyll Low sector were for entry into the area. Here are the flights I logged:

ARMY 15280/95146 - (AH-64D, 3-3 AVN)
WINDER 11-14 - (F/A-18C, VFA-86); 308.925 Tac 1
YANKEE 01-04 - (A-10, 118 FS); 138.550, 140.200 a2a
HAWK 81 - (F/A-18D, VMFA-533)
GATES 31-34 - (F-15E, 4 FW); 300.725 a2a
ADLER 21-24 - (F-15E, 4 FW); 301.125 a2a
HAWK 11-14 - (A-10, 131 FS); 139.900, 143.825 a2a
SHARK 11/12 - (A-10, 23 Wing)
RAZOR 11-14 - (unknown)
MACE 11-14 - (F-16CJ, 169 FW)
CLAW 11 - (unknown)

An interesting visitor prior to the beginning of the competition was N6320T, a P-51D Mustang. He apparently flew a demonstration flight prior to the arrival of the AH-64s.

According to a report from the ScanSavannah email group, this year's winners were the YANKEEs from the Connecticut Air National Guard. For those that have followed the Turkey Shoot for any length of time, this does not come as a suprise. They have won several times previously and have always placed high in the standings.

Mac McCormick, KF4LMT
kf4lmt@comcast.net