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46+54 at Nellis AFB. The German Luftwaffe sent Tornados and Typhoons to participate in Red Flag 20-2.
On most KC-135 tankers, the fuel system can either offload fuel to another airplane, or feed the airplane's own engines. When the SR-71 high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft entered service, however, it burned a different fuel from regular jets, and so required KC-135 tankers with separate fuel storage. Tankers modified to fuel the SR-71 were designated KC-135Q. When the SR-71 was retired, these tankers underwent the same CFM-56 re-engine modification as the rest of the KC-135 fleet, and were redesignated KC-135T. I believe they are now no different operationally from the standard KC-135R.
red flag: swimming and bathing forbidden.
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Designer: Zhan Shanghai hongyibing / Battle of Shanghai Red Guards Artists (战上海紅藝兵)
1967 ca.
Long live the spirit of the rising revolution!
Geming zaofan jingshen wansui! (革命造反精神万岁!)
Call nr.: BG E50/11 (IISH collection)
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Tech. Sgt. Dave Scarborough, 58th Rescue Squadron Survival Evasion Resistance and Escape specialist, checks the parachute of Staff Sgt. Eric McNair, a SERE specialist assigned to the 19th Operations Support Squadron at Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark., before a night training exercise during Red Flag 15-1 at Nellis AFB, Nev., Feb. 9, 2015. Red Flag night missions present the additional challenge of low visibility, testing aircrew’s ability to execute the mission at any hour in a contested and degraded environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Thomas Spangler/Released)
My mother told me that she sat on the back of a lorry and sang this song in Wolverhampton before the Great War, her uncle was a Labour councillor.
The people's flag is deepest red,
It shrouded oft our martyr'd dead
And ere their limbs grew stiff and cold,
Their hearts' blood dyed its ev'ry fold.
Then raise the scarlet standard high,
Within its shade we'll live and die,
Though cowards flinch and traitors sneer,
We'll keep the red flag flying here.
The hereios of the We're Here! group have paid a visit to the Self Centred Sunday group today, at the suggestion of Phaz.
The Self Centred Sunday group say that they want photographs which are:
"the more 'left of center', the better", so this ought to please them :)
Jaws is a thriller with brilliant acting as well as action. One of my fave scenes is when Quint tells about sharks attacking after the sinking of the USS Indianapolis, the ship that delivered the atom bombs in WWII, that is just chilling. This is a classic movie we watch at the beginning of every summer to kick it off with a thrill. taken for our daily challenge - favorite movie
Members from the 36th Airlift Squadron step to their aircraft during the first day of Exercise Red Flag Aug. 11, 2014, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. Red Flag is an exercise that provides joint offensive counter-air, interdiction, close air support, and large force employment training in a simulated combat environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Chad C. Strohmeyer/Released)
Designer: Weng Yizhi (翁逸之)
1964, September
Long live Leninism!
Liening zhuyi wansui! (列宁主义万岁！)
Call nr.: BG E15/560 (Landsberger collection)
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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.
An F-22 (04-4070) taking off from Nellis AFB during RF 23-1. This particular F-22 was seen for the first time in March 2022 with this new coating to test the F-22s replacement, the Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD).
www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/f-22-being-used-to-test-nex...
My wife and I had some free time so we decided to drive down to Las Vegas for the Red Flag exercise in mid-March 2025. The weather forecast was good and there seemed to be a decent line-up of participating aircraft. Unfortunately both items fell short. The sky conditions were excellent but the weather sucked. Very high winds affected some of the fighters. The first afternoon we were there all F-16s and F-35s were grounded due to crosswinds. Also unfortunate was that Flex departures were cancelled at the last minute so the planes had to do a straight out departure - this sucked for photographers. In the late afternoon the recovery shifted to landings over Cheyenne Avenue. This was our first visit there in about a year and we couldn't believe the change. It was a mix of a homeless camp, scrap yard, bombed out Gaza, and just a totally trashy area. Burned out cars and car parts were everywhere. We didn't feel safe there despite being among other plane spotters. Wow. I took these photos in mid-March 2025.
Re aircraft activity - it seemed a lot lower than at prior Red Flags. There were a lot of Nellis resident aircraft but not too many visitors. It was a decent trip but not a great one.
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.
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.
Designer: Wu Zengliang (吴增亮)
1974, November
Before the manoeuvres
Yanxi zhiqian (演习之前)
Call nr.: BG E16/105 (IISH collection)
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