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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.
An aircraft maintainer from the 135th Electronic Attack Squadron, Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Wash., watches as his assigned aircraft passes by for a training mission after pre-flight checks Jan. 29, 2014, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. Joint service aircrews play their part in “Blue Force” operations, supporting the simulated air-war against “Red Forces” organized by the 57th Adversary Tactics Group. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Joshua Kleinholz/Released)
F-35A Lightning IIs piloted by the 388th and 419th Fighter Wings prepare to depart Hill AFB, Utah, Jan. 20 for Nellis AFB, Nev., to participate in a Red Flag exercise. Red Flag is the U.S. Air Force’s premier air-to-air combat training exercise. This is the first deployment to Red Flag since the Air Force declared the jet combat ready in August 2016. (U.S. Air Force photo/R. Nial Bradshaw)
March 4 - 5 I met a few other flickrites to shoot Red Flag 09-3 at Nellis AFB. I think thenewarea51 is trying to distract me...
Red Flag 09-3 (Las Vegas, Nevada)
Left to Right: thenewarea51, joe_stremph, joseph, scott, matthewphx & planephotoman
Photo by www.kensaviation.com
Senior Airman John Myer pushes a tow bar under the tire a B-52H Stratofortress during a Red Flag exercise at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. The B-52 shredded a tire upon landing after a four-hour mission. Myer is a B-52 aircraft maintainer assigned to the 2nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at Barksdale AFB, La. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Vernon Young Jr.)
Northrop Grumman B2 Spirit 'South Carolina' returns to Nellis after another Red Flag mission. As a civillian jet contrails ,up above.
Another great day!
Red Flag 07-2 was a pretty big deal. While the F-117A appeared for the final time, it was the RAAF's F-111s that were the real stars for me. Growing up under the regular departure route for the 20th TFW's F-111Es from their RAF Upper Heyford base, the type has always been one of my favourites, and it was a privilege to get out on the ramp with them before they were retired.
USAF Agressor unit flying from Nellis AFB while taking part in Red Flag 2016-1 exercises, chosen pilots, beautiful liveries, powerful planes, the show is ON!
USAF Agressor unit flying from Nellis AFB while taking part in Red Flag 2016-1 exercises, chosen pilots, beautiful liveries, powerful planes, the show is ON!
Designer: Nanjing People's Meeting for the Commemoration of the Twelfth Anniversary of the "July the Seventh" War of Resistance" (南京市人民庆祝南？杭及广大地区解放、纪念‘七七’抗战十二周年、纪念人民解放战争三周年大会)
1949
Advance under the banner of Mao Zedong!
Zai Mao Zedong qizhixia qianjin!
Call nr.: BG D29/876 (IISH collection)
More? See: chineseposters.net
Look who tried to impress me last night (and succeeded)..... and then even posed for me (((:
This little Gecko is only about 3 inches long from head to the tip of his long tail (7.5 cm). I see them coming out in the evenings climbing along the patio walls, but never seen one flashing a "red flag" (((;
Senior Airman Jordan Webber, a KC-135 Stratotanker boom operator from MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., checks gear is where it needs to be shortly before a refueling mission at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., July 18, 2015, during exercise Red Flag 16-3. The exercise is one of four Red Flag exercises at Nellis AFB, with this iteration focusing on multi-domain operations in air, space and cyberspace. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. David Salanitri)
Las Vegas, 17 Februari 2017.
Nederlandse F16's doen mee aan de grote internationale luchtmacht oefening "Red Flag". Samen met diverse buitelandse partners trainen zij in het luchtgevecht en het ontwijken van geavanceerde luchtverdedigingsystemen. De oefening werd dit jaar op Nellis Airforce base gehouden.
Foto: Nederlandse F-16's in take off.