http://www.nellis.af.mil/News/Article/1420982/red-flag-18-1-takes-off-at-nellis/
Red Flag 18-1 takes off at Nellis
By 99th Air Base Wing Public Affairs, 99th Air Base Wing Public Affairs / Published January 22, 2018
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NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev.- —
The U.S. Air Force kicks off its largest three-week premier air-to-air combat training exercise, Red Flag 18-1, beginning Jan. 26 and will conclude Feb. 16.
Base officials want to remind Southern Nevada residents will notice increased military aircraft activity due to aircraft departing from Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, twice-a-day to participate in training exercises on the Nevada Test and Training Range.
Were trying a few new and different things with Red Flag 18-1, said Col Michael Mathes, 414th Combat Training Squadron commander. Its the largest Red Flag ever with the largest number of participants, highlighting the balance of training efficiency with mission effectiveness.
While Red Flag occurs in multiple iterations annually, each one has a unique training purpose 18-1 is no exception.
Red Flag 18-1 primarily is a strike package focused training venue that we integrate at a command and control level in support of joint task force operations, said Mathes. Its a lot of words to say that we integrate every capability we can into strike operations that are flown out of Nellis Air Force Base.
The training offered during Red Flag has prepared armed forces for future engagements.
Red Flag remains a great mix of heritage and future potential, said Mathes. We are very proud of our heritage with the way that red flag had improved survivability and readiness over the years. We look forward as we continue to grow readiness through integrated training as well as improving training efficiency.
The exercise typically involves a variety of attack, fighter and bomber aircraft as well as participants from the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, U.S. Army, Marine Corps, Royal Australian Air Force and Royal Air Force.
Air Force has traditionally had the most libetal seenies in it...cracking the whip a bit I applaud.
My friends at Telco tell me that in a real catastrophe phone service will be dropped except to an approved list of those in authority and critical services. Comforting, huh?
Time to dust off your VOR.
Actually this is a typical snapshot of all commercial aircraft.
Good,keep the crooked bastard commie cabal from talking flying and escaping
Someone refresh my mind - why would the USAF need to black out consumer GPS service for their Red Flag event?
Do you see any vulnerability to the US in doing this?...blinding ourselves?
And i just bought a high end commercial grade video drone, will postpone flying it in GPS mode for now. Besides i still need to understand all its programs.
For later....
So much for autonomous cars.