An F-22 Raptor, assigned to the 95th Fighter Squadron at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., disconnects from the boom of a KC-135 Stratotanker after receiving fuel to continue on its training sortie during exercise Red Flag 16-1 Feb. 4, 2016. The high-tempo exercise incorporates both day and night missions that give aircrews an opportunity to experience advanced, relevant, and realistic combat-like situations in a controlled environment to increase their ability to complete missions and safely return home. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Burt Traynor)

My wife and I liked Red Flag 21-1 so much we decided to check out 21-2. We knew it was going to be smaller so we only stayed for one full day. What we didn't count one was the nasty weather. Blah grey sky, very windy, and cold for the morning takeoffs. Takeoffs were to the SW so we joined up with a bunch of other spotters to watch the planes leave on Cheyenne Avenue. When the fighters take off on the 21R they bank right above your head so you get a mix of belly and side profiles - but it is a cool experience. Tankers and bombers tend to use 21L so you have a better angle but if there were no clouds you would be shooting into the sun. Despite this we had a good time. After the morning rush headed out we moved to the Speedway area for the recovery. All in all a very good day, even if we were turning blue and felt sandblasted.

I took these photos in early March 2021 near Las Vegas, Nevada.

Elite pilots form the Agressor Squadrons at Nellis Red Flag Exercises. Nice colour schemes on their mounts. Now it's time for them, master of ACM!

Coney Island Brooklyn, NY

One of the 64th AGRS Vipers waits its turn for gas during a Red Flag exercise

86-0272 / WA

Hipstamatic 256 for iPhone, Wonder-lens, W40-film

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7th Bomb Wing / Red Flag 17-1.

Note the heat plume all the way to the bottom left of the photo.

27th Fighter Squadron F-22A Raptor making an approach late in the day to Nellis AFB, during Red Flag 17-1.

Red Flag 16-1, Nellis AFB

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Broad ST

S William ST

Manhattan

Coney Island Brooklyn, NY

Edwards Test F-16 low thru Star Wars Canyon

Royal Air Force RC-135W Rivet Joint, on approach to Nellis AFB during the late afternoon of 26 January 2017.

Red Flag 17-1

F-15C Eagles 84-0027, 86-0175, 86-0154 and 86-0165.

12":x48" panoramic print stitched together from 5 shots.

88-0035 - GD F-16 Fighting Falcon (4R-037) - Nellis - 2nd March 2016

Kodachrome scan Nellis AFB 1995.

27th Fighter Squadron at Red Flag 17-1, Nellis AFB

87-0267 / WA

Red Flag 23-2, Nellis AFB, Nevada

Mission take off during Red Flag

Red Flag 10-3, Nellis AFB, Nevada

Con Son Island Con Dao Vietnam

Red Flag 09-4, Nellis AFB, Nevada

Boeing E-3C Sentry - recovering back to Nellis Air Force Base - during RedFlag 23-2

United States Air Force

389th FS 'Thunderbolts'

Mountain Home AFB, ID

Nellis AFB

Jan 08

Red Flag RF15-4

Nellis AFB, NV.

Red Flag 23-2, Nellis AFB, Nevada

61-0013 - B52 (464440) - Nellis - 2nd March 2016

Red Flag 12-2,March 2012, Nellis AFB, Nevada

37th Bomb Squadron at Red Flag 17-1

64th Aggressors F-16C leaving Nellis for a Red Flag mission.

T33, Luke afb airshow 2014

Red Flag 12-2, March 2012, Nellis AFB, Nevada

Millpool Rifle Range, Bodmin Moor

Recent transfer of 528 to the 64th AGRS/ 57th Wg.

Nellis AFB, NV.

Nellis AFB, NV

Red Flag RF12-2

87-0195 - MCD F-15 Eagle (1060) - Nellis - 2nd March 2016

Red Flag 10-3, Nellis AFB, Nevada

Kodachrome scan Nellis AFB 1995.

F-16C of 64th Aggressors Squadron landing on runway 3 at Nellis AFB. The dark grey over blue paint (ie, 'shark') is meant to copy the paint scheme used on Russian Flankers.