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Callsign "Flanker" recovering to runway 03R during Red Flag 15-2.
83-0040 from the 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron, Nellis AFB, Nevada.
A B-1B Lancer lifts off the runway at Nellis AFB, Nevada, enroute to its target waiting in the vast bombing ranges in the desert.
The A-class submarine, HMS Aurochs (P426), at Spithead, heading out for firing trials. Partially visible behind her superstructure can be seen a British Army tank landing craft (LCT).
Aurochs was an Amphion-class submarine launched in July 1945 but not completed until February 1947. She displaced 1,385 tons surfaced and 1,620 tons submerged. She was 280 feet long with a beam of 22 feet and draught of just under 17 feet. She had a crew of 61. She was the only unit in the class not to be modernised (apart from the Affray, which was lost in an accident).
Aurochs had a maximum speed of 8 kt when submerged. That limited her submerged range to just 16 nm, although at a more economical 3 kt submerged she could reach 90 nm. On the surface she could reach a maximum 18.5 kt and had a designed range of 10,500 nm at 11 kt.
Her armament consisted of six 21-inch torpedo tubes in the bow and four in the stern for the 16 torpedoes carried (or 26 mines). The gun visible forward of the bridge is a QF 4-inch (102mm) Mk XXXII or XXIII. She could also mount an Oerlikon 20mm cannon and up to three .303-calibre machine-guns.
On 17 May 1958 she was machine-gunned by an unidentified aircraft whilst transitting in the Molucca Sea. The Indonesian government denied making the attack and the UK government accepted that explanation, assuming that elements of the North Celebes insurgency (whose aircraft were piloted by Nationalist Chinese and CIA pilots!) had carried out the attack. Unofficial reports suggest at least one bomb was dropped, which caused her to roll quite severely but without causing any casualties.
She was eventually sold and scrapped in February 1967.
This image was taken by my father in about 1960 and is scanned from a slide. It is a much larger and clearer version of an image I posted a long time ago.
Turning finals for Nellis AFB during Red Flag. The Vikings have now transitioned to the Lockheed F-35B Lighting II.
Shot of the trip! "Intruder 36 heavy" turns for a runway 21L landing while a pair of Super Hornets enter the Nellis traffic pattern.
USAF, Air Mobility Command, 92ARW/141ARW,Boeing KC-135T Stratotanker, msn 17952, serial 59-1464. This tanker based in Fairchild AFB is seen landing at Nellis AFB during Red Flag 2014-1
Ugly 52 launches off 03L as Silver 26 holds short to begin a day of operations during Red Flag 15-2.
Fairchild A-10C Thunderbolt II
US Air Force - 57th Wing / 66rd WPS
Nellis Air Force Base / USA
Red Flag 24-2
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska (June 15, 2023) – An F-16 Fighting Falcon assigned to the 18th Aggressor Squadron, Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, approaches a KC-135 Stratotanker to receive fuel over the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex during RED FLAG-Alaska 23-2, June 14, 2023. RF-A enables U.S. joint and allied aircrew to sharpen aerial combat skills by flying in a realistic threat environment. The aggressors are dedicated to playing the ‘red team’ adversaries against the ‘blue team’ allies during RF-A aerial training sorties. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jessi Roth) 230615-F-PW483-1003
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Recovering to runway 03L during Red Flag 15-2.
From the 5th Bomb Wing, 23rd Bomber Squadron, Minot AFB, North Dakota.
B-2 Spirit 82-1069, "The Spirit of Indiana". Landing after the second day of Red Flag 24-1.
This was the only time during the first week that they launched during the day.
This particular B2 was involved the June 2025 strike on Iran, Operation Midnight Hammer.
A B-1B Lancer takes off March 3, 2015, during Red Flag 15-2 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. The exercise provides aircrews and ground crews the opportunity to experience realistic, stressful combat situations in a controlled environment to increase their combat readiness and effectiveness. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Thomas Spangler/Released)