RED FLAG 17-1 MEDIA DAY
As I board the bus to head over to the media briefing and interview panel, I can’t help but think about how incredibly fortunate I am to be able to be a part of...
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Red Flag 16-1 Is “In the Books”
In 1975, the United States Air Force established an elite combat training exercise for all of its warfighters. Its purpose was to teach advanced tactics to maximize lethality, combat readiness, and survivability, and to...
Red Flag 15-1 marks ‘Forty Years of Flag’
Forty years ago the United States Air Force needed to improve their success rate in aerial combat over Vietnam, where it had fallen from 10:1 during the Korean conflict, to lower than 1:1 at times,...
493rd Fighter Squadron at Red Flag 15-1
The 493rd Fighter Squadron, known as the “Grim Reapers” and based at RAF Lakenheath in England, deployed 12 F-15’s (11 C’s and 1 D) to Nellis AFB to participate in Red Flag 15-1....
Red Flag Alaska – Training, Tactics, Testing
The expansive airspace over south central Alaska offers an unsurpassed classroom during Red Flag Alaska (RF-A) training exercises. A pair of Air Force Bases (Eielson AFB is east of Fairbanks and Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson...
Red Flag Video By Airshowvid.com
RED FLAG is the Air Force’s premier air-to-air combat training exercise. Participants often include both US and allied nations’ combat air forces. The exercise gives pilots the experience of multiple, intensive air combat sorties...
Red Flag 14-2
Nellis AFB is hosting Red Flag 14-2. The increase in military aircraft activity began March 3rd and runs through March 14th. Red Flag is a realistic combat training exercise involving the air, space,...
The Red Flag Tanker Flight 14-1
As anyone who is into Military Aviation knows, the Red Flag exercise is held several times a year at Nellis Air Force Base, just north of Las Vegas, NV. It is probably the most...
Red Flag 13-3
Red Flag 13-3 was held at Nellis Air Force Base, Las Vegas, Nevada, from Feb. 25 to March 15, 2013. While twenty-nine different countries have participated in Red Flag exercises since 1975, this particular...
Tanker Crews Keep ‘Em Flying at Red Flag
An exceptional array of aircraft contribute during each Red Flag exercise. Participation runs the gamut from mighty USAF B-2 stealth bombers to visiting allied aircraft like the Colombian Air Force’s Kfir C2s, which attended...
