Sentry Savannah Kicks Off at the Air Dominance Center

An F-16C of the 163rd FS 'Blacksnakes' on the Air Dominance Center flight line.

Report by: Robbie van Disseldorp, Photos by Tech. Sgt. Sarah McClanahan

This week, the first edition of the Air National Guard’s premier fighter integration exercise, Sentry Savannah, kicked off at the Air Dominance Center at Savannah Air National Guard Base (ANGB) in Georgia.

Sentry Savannah is the Air National Guard’s premier combat exercise, and it aims to improve fighter readiness, interoperability, and capabilities in a simulated combat scenario environment. It promotes a total force integrated environment that tests capabilities and readiness under the Agile Combat Employment (ACE) concept while integrating with fourth- and fifth-generation aircraft. It provides participants with 50.000 square miles of overwater airspace to conduct training. The air battle practice space reaches from Charleston, SC, to Orlando, FL, 30 to 120 miles off the East Coast.

The 1st FW brought their F-22s and T-38s to Sentry Savannah

Participants of Sentry Savannah 25-1 include:

F-16C/D 163rd FS/122nd FW IN ANG

F-16C/D 175th FS/114th FW SD ANG

F-16C/D 309th FS/56th FW

F-22A 1st FW

F-35A 176th FS/115th FW WI ANG

T-38A 1st FW

KC-135 and C-130s are also participating but we haven’t been able to confirm the units.

Sentry Savannah is a two-week exercise. The current edition 25-1 started on 20 January and will conclude on 31 January.

Lobos ground crews prepare one of their Vipers for another Sentry Savannah mission.