07/23/2014: Video highlights aircraft taking off during Red Flag 14-13.
An F-15E from the 335th Fighter Squadron, 4th Fighter Wing at Seymour-Johnson Air Force Base, N. C., comes in for landing during Red Flag 14-3 July 17 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. Red Flag is conducted on the vast bombing and gunnery ranges of the 2.9M acre Nevada Test and Training Range.
Credit:99th Air Base Wing Public Affairs:7/17/14
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Shot 2: A Singaporean air force pilot takes off in an F-16C assigned to the 425th Fighter Squadron at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz., during Red Flag 14-3 July 17 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. The Singaporean air force has partnered with the 425th Fighter Squadron in training fighter pilots for more than 20 years.
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Shot 3 B-1s from the 34th Bomb Squadron, 28th Bomb Wing, at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., taxi out after final checks before takeoff during Red Flag 14-3 July 17 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. Red Flag gives aircrews and air support operations service members from various airframes, military services and allied countries an opportunity to integrate and practice combat operations.
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Shot 4 A B-1 assigned to the 34th Bomb Squadron, 28th Bomb Wing, at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., takes off during Red Flag 14-3 July 17 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. The concept of Red Flag was developed by Maj. Moody Suter to simulate the first 10 combat missions pilots would face.
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Shot 5 A Singaporean air force pilot takes off in an F-15SG assigned to the 428th Fighter Squadron at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Ida., during Red Flag 14-3 July 17 at Nellis AFB, Nev. In 2009, the U.S. Air Force reactivated the 428th Fighter Squadron at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho as part of the Peace Carvin V program – an international partnership between the United States and Republic of Singapore. The combined U.S. Air Force and Republic of Singapore air force unit trains RSAF aircrews in F-15SG fighters.
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Shot 6 A Singaporean air force pilot takes off in a CH-47 Chinook assigned to the 149th Aviation Battalion in Grand Prairie, Texas, during Red Flag 14-3 July 17 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. More than 30 countries have participated directly in a Red Flag exercise with other nations as observers.
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Shot 7 A KC-135 from the 93rd Air Refueling Squadron, 92nd Air Refueling Wing at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash. takes off during Red Flag 14-3 July 17. Red Flag expanded to incorporate all spectrums of warfare to include command and control, real-time intelligence, analysis and exploitation, and electronic warfare. Night missions have also been added to each exercise.
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Shot 8 An F-16C assigned to the 64th Aggressor Squadron, 57th Wing at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., lands during Red Flag 14-3 July 17. More than 440,000 service members have participated in Red Flag since 1975, including more than 145,000 aircrew members flying more than 385,000 sorties and logging more than 660,000 flight hours.