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RED FLAG 16-2 Experience RED FLAG is held 4 times a year and this Exercise combine different assets. The purpose of the Exercise is to give pilots from the U.S., NATO and other allied countries an opportunity to practice and refine their skills for real combat situations. This includes the use of “enemy” hardware and live ammunition for bombing exercises within the Nellis complex. There are two teams, the good guys (Blue Team) and the aggressors (Red Team). The Red Team is composed of specialized squadron like the 64th Aggressors where pilots are specially trained for this purpose, flying the F-16 aircraft. Red flag 16-2 also involve for the 1st time 435th Fighter Training Squadron from Randolph AFB and 88th Fighter Training Squadron from Sheppard AFB flying the T-38C doing the red force. We are seeing a lot more T38 being use as Aggressors just like the Navy using the F5n in aggressor dedicated role squadron like the VFC-13 Saints and VFC-111 Sundowners. The F5 and T38 platform makes a good simulation of the MIG-21 that most of our potential enemies are still flying. Draken, a civilian own company was also contracted to do Aggressor role flying Ex New Zealander’s A-4 Skyhawks. The Blue Team is composed of the various guest “players” in their native aircraft. 2016 started strong so far with Red Flag 16-1 and currently Red Flag 16-2 held from Feb 29 to Mar 11th. 16-2 is a considerable smaller exercise than the 16-1 with 75 aircraft participation. We will concentrate on Red Flag 16-2 emphasizing on the different air assets and the different experience we could get when visiting Nellis AFB. Here are the Units listed for this Red flag 16-2. - 53rd Wing, 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron, F-15C, Nellis AFB, Nevada ( Blue Force) - 4th Fighter Wing, 336th Fighter Squadron, F-15E, Seymour Johnson AFB, North Carolina ( Blue Force) - 432nd Wing, MQ-9, Ellsworth AFB, S.D./Creech AFB, Nevada ( Blue Force) - 12th Fighter Wing, 435th Fighter Training Squadron, AT-38C, Randolph AFB, Texas ( Red Force) - 94th Airlift Wing, 700th Airlift Squadron, C-130H3, Dobbins ARB, Georgia ( Blue Force) - 20th Fighter Wing, 77th Fighter Squadron, F-16CM, Shaw AFB, South Carolina ( Blue Force) 104 Spotters Magazine
- 82nd Fighter Training Wing, 88th Fighter Training Squadron, AT-38C, Sheppard AFB, Texas ( Red Force) - 552nd Air Control Wing, 963rd Airborne Air Control Squadron, E-3B/C/G, Tinker AFB, Oklahoma ( Blue Force) - 2nd Bomb Wing, 96th Bomb Squadron, B-52, Barksdale AFB, Louisiana ( Blue Force) - Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 21, MH-60, Naval Air Station North Island, California - Italian Air Force, 4th Fighter Wing, Eurofighter F2000-A, Grosseto, Italy ( Blue Force) - 22nd Air Refueling Wing, KC-135, McConnell AFB, Kansas - Turkish Air Force 132 Fighter Squadron & 141Fighter Squadron, F-16, 3rd & 4th Main Jet Bases, Turkey ( Blue Force) - Turkish Air Force, 101 Air Refueling Squadron, KC-135R, 10th Tanker Base, Turkey( Blue Force) - 57th Wing, 64th Aggressor Squadron, F-16C, Nellis AFB, Nevada ( Red Force) - 28th Bomb Wing, 34th Bomb Squadron, B-1B, Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota ( Blue Force) Spotters Magazine 105
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