Springfield Air National Guard Base, OH

Springfield Air National Guard Base (KSGH) is a base for the Ohio Air National Guard at Springfield-Beckley Municipal Airport in Clark County, Ohio. The base is located 6 miles south of the central business district of Springfield. It covers 1,516 acres and has two runways; 6/24 and 15/33.

Units

178th Operations Group

• 178th Maintenance Group
• 178th Medical Group
• 178th Mission Support Group

178th Fighter Wing

• 162nd Fighter Squadron
• Royal Netherlands Air Force 306th Detachment
• Headquarters 251st Communications Group
• 269th Combat Communications Squadron

The 178th Fighter Wing is assigned both the F-16C and F-16D Fighting Falcon aircraft. The F-16C is a multi-role fighter, capable of both air-to-air and air-to-ground maneuvering/fighting. The F-16D is a two seat aircraft with the same capabilities utilized mainly for training purposes. As proposed in BRAC 2005, the ANG mission is set to end, with the 178th losing their aircraft in the 4th quarter of FY2010.

The 162nd FS flew their final sorties on July 30, 2010. The USAF aircraft will leave the unit soon, and the Dutch aircraft will move to Tuscon IAP at the end of the year.

Current 178th FW airframes:

86-0047 F-16D
86-0262 F-16C (162nd FS flagship - MIG-23 kill marking)
86-0302 F-16C
86-0315 F-16C
86-0364 F-16C
87-0245 F-16C
87-0271 F-16C
87-0283 F-16C (178th FW flagship)
87-0342 F-16C
87-0370 F-16D
87-0373 F-16D
87-0382 F-16D
87-0386 F-16D
88-0151 F-16D

Since April 2007, the RNLAF has maintained a squadron of aircraft at Springfield, designated as the 306th Detachment. As of October 2009, five classes of Dutch pilots have graduated the nine-month training program. The program is set to end in 2010, however, negotations are underway to extend the contract.

Current 306th Det. airframes:

J-004 F-16AM
J-010 F-16AM
J-019 F-16AM (no markings)
J-065 F-16BM (313 Sqn markings)
J-067 F-16BM (313 Sqn markings)
J-145 F-16AM
J-208 F-16BM
J-209 F-16BM (323 Sqn markings)
J-366 F-16AM (322 Sqn markings)
J-367 F-16AM (322 Sqn markings)
J-368 F-16BM (312 Sqn markings)
J-369 F-16BM
J-510 F-16AM
J-623 F-16AM
J-647 F-16AM
J-870 F-16AM (313 Sqn markings)
J-882 F-16BM
J-884 F-16BM (312 Sqn markings)

Flying Operations

For air combat training the 178th FW typically operate in the Buckeye and Brush Creek Military Operations Areas (MOAs) in southern Ohio. The MOAs are controlled by the Ohio Air National Guard's 123rd Air Control Squadron, located near Cincinnati-Blue Ash Airport. Additional training is conducted in Indiana, usually at the Jefferson Range (R-3403/JPG MOAs).

Callsigns

ATOMIC (RNLAF)
BEAST (178th FW)
BLADE (RNLAF)
BUCKEYE (both) - travel
CHAIN (RNLAF)
DISCO (RNLAF)
FACE (RNLAF)
NUKE (RNLAF)
SABER (178th FW)
SHACK (178th FW)
SNIPER (178th FW)

Frequencies

Presets

(all confirmed and active as of 4/10)

CH UHF      VHF       DESCRIPTION

01 251.250  124.475   OPS/KFFO ATIS *see note*
02 225.400  121.700   KSGH GROUND
03 291.775  120.700   KSGH TOWER
04 269.275  118.850   DAY A/D
05 327.125  126.500   DAY A/D
06 370.875  134.450   DAY A/D
07 256.700  123.925   ZID
08 316.125  132.600   ZID
09 290.500  134.000   ZID
10 378.100  143.000   SOF
11 257.875  134.975   KSGH ATIS/KSGH ASOS
12 317.800  139.000   IND A/D/AIRTAC (162 SQN)
13 350.225  139.250   ZID/AIRTAC (162 SQN)
14 269.025  143.750   ZID/AIRTAC (162 SQN)
15 240.350  141.700   BLUE ASH/AIRTAC (306 SQN)
16 283.800  143.550   BLUE ASH/AIRTAC (306 SQN)
17 254.250  141.825   CVG A/D/AIRTAC (306 SQN)
18 343.000  118.300   JEFFERSON RANGE/KCVG TOWER
19 225.700  138.950   BRUSH CREEK/JEFFERSON RANGE
20 281.450  119.475   KFFO TOWER/KILN TOWER

*If contact cannot be made with Ops on U01 251.250, aircraft will usually call on 
U10 378.100/V10 143.000 (SOF frequencies are monitored by Ops). If contact is not 
made there, they will call "in the blind" on V15 141.700.

Manual Frequencies
"BLACKBOX:" 383.100
KDAY TOWER: 257.800
KFFO ATIS: 269.900
KFFO ATIS: 124.475
CMH APP: 279.600/119.150
ALT SQN UHF: 271.600, 275.700
KFFO METRO: 344.600
FSS: 255.400
KLCK AWOS: 132.750
KLCK TOWER: 348.400
CVG APP: 128.700
ALT 162 SQN VHF: 139.200, 139.275, 139.900
ALT 306 SQN VHF: 142.900, 141.775

Other frequencies in use (not including ARTCC):
123.400 AIRTAC (note: common civil use)
282.800 used for Reds flyover (interplane/stadium observer)
299.900 AIRTAC (last noted 7/8/09)
301.600 BLUE ASH - airspace coordination?
303.000 BLUE ASH - gci
343.800 AR PRIMARY (within Buckeye MOA/Charlie ATCAA "shelf")

Clearances

"CALLSIGN cleared to AIRSPACE FIX (NAVAID, RADIAL/DISTANCE) via PROFILE"

Brush Creek/Buckeye MOAs:
KSGH via BRAVO EAST ("CROSSBOW" entry point), via BRAVO WEST ("MUSKET" entry point)
XSF 150/40 via BRAVO FOUR (VR-1631_A)
XSF 150/40 via INDIA THREE EAST
XSF 170/40 via INDIA THREE WEST

Jefferson Range:
ABB 017/30 via JULIET 1, via JULIET 3, via JULIET 9
ABB 107/11 via JULIET FOUR GOLF (VR-1631_G)

Red Hills MOA:
TTH 200/40 via ROMEO ONE

Air Tactical (past use)

'"`UNIQ--freqsubcat-00000001-QINU`"'

Airfield Operations

149.0375 RAMP OPS

150.6625 unknown (TACAN maintenance?)

419.600 unknown (communications with ordinance crew?)

Related Links

178th FW website
MONIXWeb Military Monitoring
Ohio Area Milcom Blog