Milne Bay
11-02-10, 09:38 PM
Preparing for Exercise Reg Flag
(Source: Australian Department of Defence; issued Feb. 11, 2010)
RAAF aircraft and personnel are deploying to Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada to participate in the United States Air Force's most advanced international air combat training activity, Exercise Red Flag, which commences on Sunday 21 February.
Eight F/A-18 Hornet fighter jet aircraft and approximately 150 Air Force Personnel from No 77 Squadron at RAAF Base Williamtown, NSW will deploy to Exercise Red Flag to conduct complex air combat missions at one of the world's best training facilities.
Exercise Red Flag involves a series of air combat scenarios that test operational air and ground crews to the highest level. The large scale exercise involves experienced aircrews from different air forces flying Strike, Electronic Warfare, Tactical Transport, Fighter Escort, Airborne Warning and Control and Air to Air refuelling aircraft against dedicated defensive fighter aircraft and an extensive range of simulated Surface to Air threats.
Australian forces will join the US, UK and Canada for the two week multinational exercise that concludes on 5 March.
The exercise is conducted on the 15,000-square-mile Nevada Test and Training Range, north of Las Vegas. Red Flag is one of a series of advanced training programs administered by the U.S Air Force Warfare Centre and Nellis, through the 414th Combat Training Squadron.
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Defense-Aerospace
(Source: Australian Department of Defence; issued Feb. 11, 2010)
RAAF aircraft and personnel are deploying to Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada to participate in the United States Air Force's most advanced international air combat training activity, Exercise Red Flag, which commences on Sunday 21 February.
Eight F/A-18 Hornet fighter jet aircraft and approximately 150 Air Force Personnel from No 77 Squadron at RAAF Base Williamtown, NSW will deploy to Exercise Red Flag to conduct complex air combat missions at one of the world's best training facilities.
Exercise Red Flag involves a series of air combat scenarios that test operational air and ground crews to the highest level. The large scale exercise involves experienced aircrews from different air forces flying Strike, Electronic Warfare, Tactical Transport, Fighter Escort, Airborne Warning and Control and Air to Air refuelling aircraft against dedicated defensive fighter aircraft and an extensive range of simulated Surface to Air threats.
Australian forces will join the US, UK and Canada for the two week multinational exercise that concludes on 5 March.
The exercise is conducted on the 15,000-square-mile Nevada Test and Training Range, north of Las Vegas. Red Flag is one of a series of advanced training programs administered by the U.S Air Force Warfare Centre and Nellis, through the 414th Combat Training Squadron.
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Defense-Aerospace