Part I: Isn’t Red Flag a flyer’s exercise?
As Air Force Space Command dives into all that is Red Flag Feb. 21 through March 11, some might wonder, “What is it anyway and why is it important to 24th Air Force?”
Red Flag is a realistic combat training exercise involving the air forces of the United States and its allies in simulated air combat on the Nevada Test and Training Range complex.
The exercise was born in the post-Vietnam era to improve combat performance by closely simulating wartime scenarios and quickly became Air Combat Command’s premier tactical air training exercise, providing mission ready crews the most realistic training environment possible, outside of real operations.
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