This iteration consists of several hundred Airmen and 28 aircraft from five states. The exercise is held to provide participants a multi-faceted, joint venue with supporting infrastructure and personnel. Airmen generated training sorties as part of exercise Sentry Aloha-21. 12, 2021, at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. John Linzmeier) An F-22 Raptor crew chief prepares to marshal out his designated aircraft Aug. Sentry Aloha is a Hawaii Air National Guard-led exercise, which provides participants a multi-faceted, joint venue with supporting infrastructure and personnel.
The Eagles, and other combat aircraft, received in-air refueling from KC-135 Stratotankers, based out of JBPH-H and the mainland U.S., throughout a series of dissimilar-air-combat-training missions. 2021, at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. “Your efforts provide an outstanding foundation as we look forward to planning for Sentry Eagle in 2022.An F-15 Eagle pilot from the 144th Fighter Squadron completes a pre-flight checklist Aug 13. “I am extremely grateful to all those who helped in planning for Sentry Eagle, including our community partners,” said Edwards. However, construction projects on the ramp, flight line, and across the base prevented it from happening, and will likely delay the event again until 2022. Sentry Eagle is typically held every two years and was originally scheduled to take place in the summer of 2019. He added that these plans will help lay the foundation for an expanded exercise tentatively scheduled for the summer of 2022. “Sentry Eagle 2020 had 84 aircraft scheduled to participate with squadrons from the USAF, Navy, Army, and Marines, 18 units comprised of over 1,100 people, numerous special operations warriors, and an electronic warfare range to test our best combat aviators executing in a joint and integrated exercise,” said Guadinski of the exercise. Sentry Eagle provides the rare opportunity to practice that integration. One of the Air National Guard’s largest air-to-air exercises, Sentry Eagle provides an arena for fighter pilots from the Air Force, Navy, Army and Marines to train to the demands of modern warfare-all of the armed services flying as one team in order to meet combat objectives. I speak on behalf of all the men and women of the 173 rd Fighter Wing when I say this, Kingsley Field resides in the greatest, most supportive community by far. “The unified resolve of Kingsley Field and Klamath Falls is unbreakable. “Cancelling Sentry Eagle 2020 is not something that we wanted to do, but ultimately, the decision was made with the best interest of the 173 rd Fighter Wing and our local community in mind,” said Gaudinski. Adam Gaudinski, determined there were significant risks in hosting the public and other military units while adhering to Governor Brown’s Executive Orders and Department of Defense policy regarding COVID-19. Kingsley Field commanders and the Sentry Eagle project officer, Lt. The decision to cancel the exercise and Open House came after weeks of discussions primarily focused on COVID-19. Jeff Edwards, 173 rd Fighter Wing commander. “I regret to inform you of this, as we all look forward to this outstanding event for Kingsley Field and the community,” said Col. The 173 rd Fighter Wing was forced to cancel the 17 th Sentry Eagle air-to-air combat exercise scheduled for July as well as the accompanying Open House.