Red Flag 23-3
NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. — Southern Nevada residents may notice increased noise from military aircraft as the Air Force conducts Red Flag 23-3 from July 17 to August 4. Close to 100 aircraft are scheduled to depart...
NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. — Southern Nevada residents may notice increased noise from military aircraft as the Air Force conducts Red Flag 23-3 from July 17 to August 4. Close to 100 aircraft are scheduled to depart...
Story and photos by Del Laughery I didn’t realize, until I travelled to the UK a few years ago, just how embraced aviation spotters are over there. For instance, the perimeter fence at RAF Marham is a very spotter-tolerant...
This will be place holder for a future post about Red Flag Exercises.
The McDonnell Douglas, and later Boeing F-15 Eagle initial prototype first flew in 1972; a dozen prototypes were produced. Just shy of 1,200 airframes in several versions were built, with more expected in the next decade. The air superiority...
The United States operates a number of military aviation aggressor squadrons. Branches that have aviation units dedicated as adversarial training assets include the Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps. There are a number of private contractors which are beginning...
For those who can’t get to Las Vegas Nevada and witness the various foreign aircraft types at Nellis Air Force Base, there is another way to spot them. Many on the east coast of the United States track the...
When most people think of Las Vegas, they may think of the casinos, the strip, the gambling, the drinking, the lights, or even the shows. (Ed. note: don’t forget to add the Aviation Nation Air Show on the weekend...
Just north of the famous Las Vegas strip sits Nellis Air Force Base, ‘Home of the Warfighter’. Several training exercises are held here each year, but by far the largest and most well known is Red Flag. Red Flag...
Red Flag 18-3 concluded August 3rd after 2 weeks of intense aerial combat training. Red Flag is the U. S. Air Force’s premier training exercise integrating all areas of air, space, and cyberspace. Several milestones and achievements were completed during...
The second of three scheduled Red Flag exercises for fiscal year ’18, (RF 18-2) concluded on March 23, 2018. Red Flag is the United State’s premier air combat exercise and is coordinated at Nellis Air Force Base near Las...
All content by Peter Boschert, except where noted. Red Flag 18-1 took place at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada from 26th of January to the 16th of February 2018. Next to the more or less usual aviation units...
In late January, the first of three planned Red Flag exercises for fiscal year 2018 kicked off at Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas, Nevada. All four branches of the United States Armed Forces, as well as those...