Boar's Nest Exercise

An exercise named Boar's Nest has been taking place in the afternoons this week in the SEALORD Special Use Airspace off of the Georgia Coast and in the Coastal MOAs and Townsend Range in Southeast Georgia. Players have been the 117th ACS, an Air Control Squadron of the Georgia ANG, F-16s from the SC ANG, F-15s from the FL ANG, B-52s from Barksdale AFB and B-1Bs from Dyess AFB. With both air-to-air activity and air-to-ground activity, it has been very interesting to listen to.

STEALTH (117th ACS)
STRIKESTAR (E-8C, 16th ACCS)
MACE 3# (F-16C, 169th FW); 141.825 V14
DEMON 5# (F-16, 169th FW); 143.250 V16
FANG 0# (F-15, 125th FW); 234.800 Aux 6
SNAKE 0# (F-15, 125th FW); 253.700 Aux 7
DARK 41/42 (B-1B, Dyess); 341.750 a2a

DOOM 2#, 3#, 4# (B-52H, 2nd BW)

SKULL 2# (B-52H, Barksdale)

284.500 - SEALORD North Primary
120.950 - SEALORD North Primary
350.675 - SEALORD N. TACTS Range
358.150 - Savannah CRTC Discrete
335.975 - JSTARS Discrete
228.400 - Townsend Range Control
364.200 - AICC

225.725 - JSTARS Discrete

328.025 - JSTARS Discrete

372.150 - JSTARS Discrete

381.000 - JSTARS Discrete

Mac McCormick III, KF4LMT

Boar's Nest LFE

Last week, there was a Large Force Exercise (LFE) utilizing Townsend Range and SEALORD's offshore operating areas. Some of the aircraft checking in for the exercise referred to it as "Boar's Nest." Among the participants were F/A-18s from MCAS Beaufort, F-5s from VMFT-401, a B-52 from the 2nd Bomb Wing, a P-3 from VP-45, Joint Terminal Air Controllers (JTACS), and the ground radar units MACS-2 and 117th Air Control Squadron. I didn't get the chance to monitor much except for Tuesday and Wednesday and there were weather issues both days. With air-to-air and air-to-ground combat aspects to the exercise, it made for very interesting monitoring.

350.675 - N. TACTS Range Discrete
-encrypted traffic
-ALLEYCAT (E-8C, 128 ACCS)
-STRIKESTAR (E-8C, 16 ACCS)
-DOOM 92 (B-52, 2 BW)
-PELICAN (P-3C, VP-45)
-SPARTA 01/02 (A-10, 23 FG)
-CLETUS

228.400 - Townsend Range
-ALLEYCAT
-STRIKESTAR
-BANJO (JTAC)
-DOOM 92
-SPARTA 0#; 143.600 a2a

252.900 - Townsend Range
-DOOM 92
-SPARTA 0#
-VENOM (JTAC, 165 ASOS)

335.975
-STRIKESTAR
-DOOM 92
-BENGAL 4# (F/A-18DD, VMFA-224); 250.300 Tac 1

225.725 - JSTARS Discrete
-ALLEYCAT wkg EAGLE 01

318.300 - JSTARS Discrete?
-ALLEYCAT wkg sim assets) for tasking
-STRIKESTAR

341.750 - JSTARS Discrete
-STRIKESTAR
-PELICAN

372.150 - JSTARS Discrete
-ALLEYCAT
-STRIKESTAR
-CLETUS

364.200 - AICC
-encrypted traffic
-ALLEYCAT
-STRIKESTAR
-DOOM 92
-DEUCE (MACS-2)
-STEALTH (117 ACS)


120.950 - SEALORD North Primary
-FLASH 01 (KC-135)

284.500 - SEALORD North Primary
-TBOLT 51/52 (F/A-18C, VMFA-251); 290.000 Tac 1, 327.475 Tac 2
-TBOLT 53 (F/A-18C, VMFA-251)
-BENGAL 4# (F/A-18D, VMFA-224); 250.300 Tac 1
-SNIPER 4# (F-5, VMFT-401); 318.350 Tac

267.500 - SEALORD South Primary
-LN 452 (P-3C, VP-45)

376.900 - W-157 Discrete
-SNIPER 4#

385.300 - W-157 Discrete
-BOLT 51/52 wkg DEUCE
-BENGAL 4#
-DOOM 92

327.400 - Aerial Refueling
-TBOLT 5# AR with FLASH 01


Mac McCormick III, KF4LMT
kf4lmt@comcast.net