December is always a short month for military monitoring. With the Christmas and New Year’s holidays so close together, there generally isn’t a lot of activity from just before Christmas to the new year. This year was no different; there was little activity to listen to between 23 December and 31 December.
- Late in the month, Savannah TRACON began using 134.875 in addition to the usual VHF frequencies 118.400, 120.400, and 125.300. 134.875 has been used periodically in the past, but not for extended periods of time; we’ll see how long it gets used this time.
- The MH-65D to MH-65E conversion at Coast Guard Air Station Savannah continued; 6561 and 6565 arrived in November and 6530 arrived in December (6530 was previously at CGAS Savannah as a MH-65D prior to being upgraded to an E-model)
- A group of Netherlands Air Force F-16s (NETHERLANDS AF 3##) returned to Europe from Florida early one morning and I managed to catch them refueling with their supporting tanker as they flew north along the east coast. A Netherlands Air Force Gulfstream also visited the Gulfstream Service Center in December.

Hunter AAF/Wright AFF/Fort Stewart 124.975/279.575 - Tower 134.700/127.650/143.200/307.125/317.475 - GCA 126.200/285.425 - Base Ops 309.000 - Hunter AAF PMSV 126.250/269.275 - Wright AAF Tower 127.350/279.625/41.300 - Marne Radio 38.725 (FM) - LIGHTHORSE Ops (3-17 CAV) 49.975 (FM) - BRAWLER OPS (4-3 AVN, AHB) 34.075 (FM) - 3rd Aviation Brigade 36.825 (FM) - HURRICANE Ops (1/169 AVN) 139.400 - HURRICANE Ops (1/169 AVN) 345.000 - USCG Air Station Savannah Ops ARMY 26812 (UH-60L, 98-26812, A/2-3 AVN) ARMY 26841 (UH-60L, 99-26841, A/2-3 AVN) HOOKER ## (CH-47F, B/2-3 AVN) ARMY 20172 (HH-60M, 08-20172, C/2-3 AVN) ARMY 20310 (HH-60M, 10-20310, C/2-3 AVN) ARMY 20351 (HH-60M, 11-20351, C/2-3 AVN) ARMY 20353 (HH-60M, 11-20353, C/2-3 AVN) ARMY 20601 (HH-60M, 13-20601, C/2-3 AVN) ARMY 20679 (HH-60M, 14-20679, C-2/3 AVN) ARMY 21016 (MH-60M, 18-21016, C/2-3 AVN) ARMY 03325 (AH-64E, 20-03325, 3-17 CAV) ARMY 03327 (AH-64E, 20-03327, 3-17 CAV) ARMY 03336 (AH-64E, 20-03336, 3-17 CAV) ARMY 03340 (AH-64E, 20-03340, 3-17 CAV) ARMY 03341 (AH-64E, 20-03341, 3-17 CAV) ARMY 03344 (AH-64E, 20-03344, 3-17 CAV) ARMY 03345 (AH-64E, 20-03345, 3-17 CAV) ARMY 03347 (AH-64E, 20-03347, 3-17 CAV) ARMY 03348 (AH-64E, 20-03348, 3-17 CAV) ARMY 03349 (AH-64E, 20-03349, 3-17 CAV) ARMY 03350 (AH-64E, 20-03350, 3-17 CAV) ARMY 03351 (AH-64E, 20-03351, 3-17 CAV) CERBERUS ## (MQ-1C, E/3-17 CAV) ARMY 20356 (UH-60M, 11-20356, 4-3 AVN) ARMY 20358 (UH-60M, 11-20358, 4-3 AVN) ARMY 20360 (UH-60M, 11-20360, 4-3 AVN) ARMY 20364 (UH-60M, 11-20364, 4-3 AVN) ARMY 20366 (UH-60M, 11-20366, 4-3 AVN) ARMY 20369 (UH-60M, 11-20369, 4-3 AVN) ARMY 20389 (UH-60M, 11-20389, 4-3 AVN) ARMY 20392 (UH-60M, 11-20392, 4-3 AVN) ARMY 20395 (UH-60M, 11-20395, 4-3 AVN) ARMY 20397 (UH-60M, 11-20397, 4-3 AVN) ARMY 20417 (UH-60M, 11-20417, 4-3 AVN) ARMY 20428 (UH-60M, 11-20428, 4-3 AVN) ARMY 20455 (UH-60M, 12-20455, 4-3 AVN) ARMY 20457 (UH-60M, 12-20457, 4-3 AVN) ARMY 20460 (UH-60M, 12-20460, 4-3 AVN) ARMY 20461 (UH-60M, 12-20461, 4-3 AVN) GUARD 08067 (CH-47F, 09-08067, 1-169 AVN GA ARNG) GUARD 08070 (CH-47F, 09-08070, 1-169 AVN GA ARNG) GUARD 08076 (CH-47F, 10-08076, 1/169 AVN GA ARNG) GUARD 08772 (CH-47F, 08-08772, 1-169 AVN GA ARNG) GUARD 20300 (HH-60M, 10-20300, 1-111 AVN GA ARNG) GUARD 20308 (HH-60M, 10-20308, 1-111 AVN GA ARNG) GUARD 20606 (HH-60M, 13-20606, 1-111 AVN GA ARNG) GHOST ## (HH-60M, 1-111 AVN GA ARNG) BLITZ ## (MQ-1C?, Unknown Unit) COAST GUARD 6508 (MH-65D, 6508, CGAS Savannah) COAST GUARD 6530 (MH-65E, 6530, CGAS Savannah) COAST GUARD 6561 (MH-65E, 6561, CGAS Savannah) COAST GUARD 6565 (MH-65E, 6565, CGAS Savannah) COAST GUARD 6607 (MH-65D, 6607, CGAS Savannah) ARMY 09002 (AH-64E, 10-09002, 7-17 CAV) LIFESTAR 1 (B407, N407LS, Air Methods) LIFESTAR 2 (B407, N697AM, Air Methods) N48AE (B06, AirEvac 95 Statesboro) N119AE (B06, N119AE, AirEvac) N165AE (B06, AirEvac 102 Dublin) N239AE (B06, AirEvac) N395AE (Bell 206L-1, AirEvac 96 Jesup) N485AE (B407, AirEvac 142 Tifton) N649AE (B407, AirEvac 91 Vidalia) US Army TRS (Fort Stewart/Hunter AAF sites) TG 101 - Fort Stewart/Hunter AAF Army Common TG 123 - Fort Stewart/Hunter AAF Emergency Channel TG 153 - Fort Stewart/Hunter AAF Range Control TG 371 - Fort Stewart FD TG 373 - Fort Stewart/Hunter AAF EMS TG 1095 - Fort Stewart/Hunter AAF FD Dispatch TG 1097 - Fort Stewart/Hunter AAF FD Ops 1 TG 1103 - Fort Stewart/Hunter AAF FD Ops 4 TG 1147 - Hunter AAF FD Savannah IAP/Savannah CRTC & ADC 125.975/257.800 - Tower 120.400/353.775/125.300/371.875/118.400/307.225 - Savannah TRACON 134.875 - Savannah TRACON 123.025 - Savannah Helicopter Advisory 225.750 - 165th AW/158th AS CP 173.5625 ($302) - 165th AW MOC 173.5625 ($303) - 165th AW Flightline 173.4125 ($504) - 165th AW ATOC 123.350 - Gulfstream Test Ops 128.925 - Gulfstream Service Center DAWG ## (C-130H3, 158th AS) EAGLE ## (MD-369/500, Chatham Co) N365GA (G150, N365GA, Gulfstream Aerospace Product Support) GULFTEST ## (Various, Gulfstream Test) CAP 924 (C182, N945CP, GA CAP) NETHERLANDS AIR FORCE 12 (G-IV, V-11, Netherlands Air Force) SEGARRN GA ANG/Aviation TGs TG 199 - Chatham Aviation TG 415 - GA ANG Crash/Fire 1 TG 417 - GA ANG Crash/Fire 2 TG 17920 - LifeStar MCAS Beaufort 125.125/292.125/123.700/269.125 - MCAS Beaufort Approach/Departure 281.800 - MCAS Beaufort Base Ops 283.400 - VMFA-115 Base 339.500 - VMFA-115 Tac 1 225.875 - VMFA-115 Tac 2 305.800 - VMFA(AW)-224 Base 336.225 - VMFA(AW)-224 Tac 1 304.200 - VMFA(AW)-533 Base? 360.525 - VMFA(AW)-533 Tac 1? 269.700 - VMFA(AW)-533 Tac 2? 343.200 - VMFAT-501 Base 326.700 - VMFAT-501 Tac 1 349.225 - VMFAT-501 Tac 2 341.825 - VMFAT-501 Tac 3 355.025 - VMFAT-501 Air-to-Air BLADE ## (F/A-18C/D, VMFA-115) JOKER ## (F/A-18C/D, VMFA-115) BENGAL 4# (F/A-18C/D, VMFA-224) HAWK 8# (F/A-18C/D, VMFA-533) SWEDE ## (F-35B, VMFAT-501) WARLORD ## (F-35B, VMFAT-501) FLANKER ## (F-35B, VMFAT-501) HELLCAT ## (F-35B, VMFAT-501) MOJO ## (F-35B, VMFAT-501) NITRO ## (F-35B, VMFAT-501) FOX ### (UC-12M, MCAS Beaufort) DRIVER ## (F-35B, NDEP Cherry Point?) Hilton Head Airport 118.975 - Tower COAST GUARD 8307 (C182, N971BB, Private) Statesboro-Bulloch County Airport 122.725 - CTAF/Unicom Plantation Air Park (Sylvania) 122.800 - CTAF/Unicom Brunswick/Golden Isles Airport 123.000 - CTAF/Unicom IRONHORSE ## (CH-53K, HMH-461) Malcolm McKinnon and Jekyll Island Airport 123.050 - CTAF/Unicom CAP 920 (C172, N426CP, GA Civil Air Patrol) Robins AFB 293.525 - 116th/461st ACW "PEACHTREE OPS" DRACO ## (E-8C, 116th/461st ACW) Moody AFB 125.475/126.600/132.375/269.400/285.600/306.300 - Valdosta Approach KING 22 (HC-130J, 71st RQS) Augusta/Bush Field 119.150/126.800/284.625 - Augusta App/Dep Jacksonville IAP/NAS Jacksonville/NS Mapyort 119.000/121.300/124.900/127.000/127.775/132.775 - Jax TRACON 269.900/284.600/292.150/308.400//377.050 - Jax TRACON 251.250 - 125th FW/159th FS Maintenance/Ops 273.900 - 125th FW/159th FS SOF 234.800 - 125th FW/159th FS Aux 5 253.700 - 125th FW/159th FS Aux 6 310.200/134.775 - NAS Jax Base Ops 264.200 - CPRW-11 Base (shared between squadrons) 271.400 - CPRW-11 Base (shared between squadrons) 306.000 - VP-30 Base 285.000 - USN TSC Jacksonville FANG ## (F-15C, 159th FS) GATOR ## (F-15C, 159th FS) GRIFFIN ## (P-8A, CPRW-11) MADFOX ## (P-8A, VP-5) TIGER ## (P-8A, VP-8) TALON 8## (P-8A, VP-16) TRIDENT ## (P-8A, VP-26) NAVY LL 8## (P-8A, VP-30) NOMAD ## (KC-130T, VR-62) NAVY PE 171 (MQ-4C, 169171, VUP-19) CONVOY 3### (C-130T, USN Transport Joint Base Charleston 120.700/306.925/135.800/379.925/119.300 - Charleston TRACON 134.100/349.400 - "PALMETTO OPS" 123.325 - Boeing Charleston Ops AMSEL ## (C-17A, 437th/315th AW) BASCO ## (C-17A, 437th/315th AW) GRITS ## (C-17A, 437th/315th AW) HUZZ (C-17A, 437th/315th AW) MATIC (C-17A, 437th/315th AW) MOOSE ## (C-17A, 437th/315th AW) VOLT (C-17A, 437th/315th AW) PRIME ## (C-17A, 317th AS) TURTLE ## (C-17A, 701st AS) REACH #### (Various, AMC Airlift) BOEING ### (Boeing 787 Test Flights) GIANT 4536 (BLCF, N780BA, Atlas Air) GIANT 4542 (BLCF, N747BC, Atlas Air) Columbia Metropolitan/McEntire ANGB/Shaw AFB 124.150/133.400/285.600/338.200 - Columbia TRACON 125.400/318.100 - Shaw AFB TRACON 298.300 - 169th FW/157th FS Ops "SWAMP FOX OPS" 141.825 - 169th FW/157th FS V14 140.125 - 169th FW/157th FS V15 143.250 - 169th FW/157th FS V16 120.475/235.775 - North Auxiliary Field MACE ## (F-16CM, 169th FW/157th FS) VIPER ## (F-16CM, 169th FW/157th FS) DEMON ## (F-16CM, 169th FW/157th FS) Ranges/MOAs 228.400 - Townsend Range/Coastal MOA 252.900 - Townsend Range/Coastal MOA 343.750 - Bulldog MOA 254.350 - Gamecock MOA Sealord (W-137/138) 120.950/284.500 - Sealord North Primary 133.950/267.500 - Sealord South Primary 376.900 - W-137 Discrete 318.600 - SEALORD Discrete 226.025 - Beaufort TTR 240.250 - Beaufort TTR 258.500 - Beaufort TTR Doubleshot (W-161/177) 127.725/228.750 - Doubleshot Primary 258.400 - Doubleshot Discrete 279.725 - Doubleshot Discrete Misc MilCom 324.600 - AR-207 327.600 - AR-202 378.200 - CORONET Aerial Refueling 378.850 - 305th AMW Air-to-Air 273.850 - VFA-211 Air-to-Air 269.700 - HMH-461 Air-to-Air 237.975 - VMA-231 Air-to-Air 348.100 - VMGR-252/Aerial Refueling 148.1250 (PL 107.2) - SC CAP Repeater R25 Low Country 136.825 - ATAC Air-to-Air 142.125 - Netherlands AF Air-to-Air ATAC ## (Hawker Hunter F.58, ATAC) CONVOY 3### (C-130T, USN Transport DECEE ## (KC-135R, 459th ARW) DELVE ## (E-6B, VX-20) DRIP ## (KC-46A, 305th AMW) FAM 3915 (G450, 3915, Mexican AF UETAAM) FORGE ## (Various, USAPAT) GUMPY ## (E-6B, VQ-4) HOUND ## (C-146A, 27th SOW) KATT ## (T-6A, VT-10) KBAR ## (UC-12W, MCAS New River) KING 44 (HC-130J, 39th RQS) LOBO ### (UC-35D, VMR-1) MAMA ## (T-38A, 2nd FTS) MARINE ### (Various, USMC transport) MEDUSA ## (KC-46A, 22nd ARW) NAVY 1E ### (TH-57C, HT-18) NETHERLANDS AF 3## (F-16, Netherlands AF) NIKEL ## (F/A-18F, VFA-211) OTIS ## (KC-130J, VMGR-252) PACK ## (KC-46A, 157th ARW) PAT ### (Various, US Army transport) PIRAT ## (KC-135R/T, 6th AMW/927th ARW) REACH #### (Various, AMC Airlift) SAM ### (Various, USAF Transport) SANDLAPPER ## (SC Civil Air Patrol) SHARK ## (C-130H3, 192nd AS) SHOOTER ## (T-6B, VT-6) SODA 8# (KC-135R, 134th ARW) SPADE 1# (AV-8B, VMA-231) SPOOKY ## (AC-130J, 4th SOS) SWIFTBIRD ## (KC-135R, Cass Professional Services/Meta Aerospace) WING ## (Various, 2-228 AVN) ARTCC 269.025/127.575 - Jax Center Waycross Low 269.550/124.700 - Jax Center Columbia Low 277.400/126.750 - Jax Center Brunswick Low 281.550/124.075 - Jax Center Summerville High 282.200/124.675 - Jax Center Jekyll Low 282.300/135.975 - Jax Center Alma High 285.650/126.125 - Jax Center Statesboro High 290.350/132.425 - Jax Center Hunter Ultra High 306.300/133.450 - Jax Center Florence Low 307.250/126.350 - Jax Center St. Augustine High 317.550/134.375 - Jax Center Charleston Low 319.200/127.875 - Jax Center Aiken High 323.300/133.700 - Jax Center Baxley Low 346.300/133.300 - Jax Center Moultrie Ultra High 363.200/132.925 - Jax Center Allendale/Savannah Low 370.950/133.625 - Jax Center Georgetown High 269.625/123.950 - Atlanta Center Sinca Low 307.050/126.425 - Atlanta Center Dublin High 322.325/128.100 - Atlanta Center Augusta Low 360.625/124.325 - Atlanta Center Clark Hill Ultra High 130.700 - ARINC 131.175 - ARINC USCG 156.800 - Marine VHF Ch 16 157.050 - Marine VHF Ch 21 157.100 - Marine VHF Ch 22 162.3250 ($293) - CG 111, Sector Jacksonville 163.1375 ($293) - CG 113, Station Tybee 164.9000 ($293) - CG 118, Station Brunswick 171.2375 ($293) - CG 127, Sector Charleston 413.0000 ($293) - CG 410, Sector Charleston Air Ops Medevac 151.7300 (DCS 115) - AirEvac 91 Vidalia 151.9100 (DCS 072) - AirEvac 95 Statesboro