Heard choppers lately? You’re about to hear more:
it’s spring Moody Air Force Base exercises!

PR carried by the Chamber of Commerce 16 April 2013,

JOINT ARMY AND AIR FORCE EXERCISE, April 21-26,

MOODY AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. — A joint military exercise will be
conducted from April 21 to April 26 on military training areas at
Moody Air Force Base, Ga., and in the vicinity of the surrounding
communities.

The 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, based at Fort Benning, Ga.
is conducting the exercise along with units from the 160th Special
Operations Aviation Regiment from Fort Campbell, Ky., 820th Base
Defense Group at Moody AFB, and Air Force Special Operations Command
from Hurlburt Field, Fla.

Soldiers and Airmen will use

training ammunition and other training
devices to make the military exercise as realistic as possible.
Additionally, a number of different rotary wing and fixed wing
aircraft will be flying during the exercise.

There will be periods of increased air traffic including low-flying
aircraft, both helicopters and airplanes, during hours of darkness.
Increased air traffic and noise will be associated with a large
airborne operation involving Army Rangers and Air Force Special
Operations Forces.

This is a routine exercise, conducted periodically to maintain a
high level of operational readiness for the military personnel
involved. Safety surveys and risk assessments are thoroughly
prepared before and during military exercises. Moody Air Force Base
and the Army Special Operations community are extremely sensitive to
the impact such exercises have on local citizens and intend to train
safely and courteously. Every measure to reduce the amount of noise
associated with the exercise will be taken. We appreciate the
support of the citizens residing in the surrounding areas as this
training is executed.

The 75th Ranger Regiment is a lethal, agile and versatile special
operations force that conducts forcible entry operations and special
operations raids across the entire spectrum of combat. Tough,
realistic military exercises conducted regularly give the Rangers a
decisive edge for real-world missions. Exercises such as this are
the best method to test their readiness capabilities.

The 820th Base Defense Group was activated in 1997 as an
exceptionally trained force protection unit of 12 Air Force
Specialty Codes with an airborne capability. At a moment’s notice,
the group provides the expeditionary Air Force’s only worldwide
deployable, “first-in”, fully integrated, multidiscipline, highly
qualified, self-sustaining force protection capability. There are no
other security forces or force protection units in the Air Force
with the extensive amount of training, diverse deployment history
and multi-service validation as the 820 BDG.

For more information about the training exercise, please contact the
23d Wing Public Affairs Office at 229-257-4146 or 229-257-4140.

Oddly, this PR is not in

Moody’s own PR web page,
which doesn’t seem to have been updated for a couple of years.
Not on Moody’s

Current Announcements web page, either.
Not on Moody’s facebook page,
although that does have

pictures of a February 2013 exercise.

-jsq