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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Gabriel Materas, 144th Fighter Wing crew chief from Fresno Air National Guard Base, California, fuels a United Kingdom Royal Air Force C-130J during Red Flag-Alaska 18-3 at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Aug. 13, 2018. In RF-A 18-3 U.S. Army and Navy aviators in addition to Air Force Airmen are expected to fly, maintain and support more than 100 aircraft from more than a dozen units during this iteration of the exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Curt Beach)
Smoke rockets are used to alert an aircraft that it is under simulated attack by Stinger missiles.
From: Pacific Air Over Alaska
By Robert K. Ackerman, SIGNAL Magazine
October 2011
The RAF fast jet is among 150 aircraft taking part in the exercise, the largest of it's kind made possible by the vast expanse of the Nevada desert. The United States Air Force hosted the exercise and the Royal Australian Air Force also took part.
(US AIR FORCE photo/Steven White)SrA Bradley Collier, 374 LRS, Yakota AFB, Japan signals to forklift driver during loading on a Royal Australian Air Force C-130. It was taking part in a multinational training exercise, Red Flag 11-2, held from 28 June through 2 August 2011. Held at Eilsen and Elmendorf Air Force Bases in Alaska.
The engine throttle of a KC-135 Stratotanker sits in position as the aircrew prepares for landing July 18, 2016 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. Red Flag 16-3 is one of four Red Flag exercises at Nellis--this edition of Red Flag focusing on multi-domain operations in air, space and cyberspace. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. David Salanitri)
With outside temperatures in the low 100s, the temperature inside of a KC-135 Stratotanker reaches 120 with ease as it sits on the Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada flightline. The KC-135 Red Flag went on to refuel several aircraft duirng exercise Red Flag July 18, 2016. Red Flag 16-3 is one of four Red Flag exercises at Nellis--this edition of Red Flag focusing on multi-domain operations in air, space and cyberspace. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. David Salanitri)
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.
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman James Knight, a crew chief, 187th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Montgomery Regional Air National Guard Base, Alabama, waits after marshaling to U.S. Air Force Capt. Don “Jab” Roney, a fighter pilot, 100th Fighter Squadron, February 28, 2017, during Red Flag 17-2 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. Red Flag provides a series of intense air-to-air scenarios for aircrew and ground personnel which will increase their combat readiness and effectiveness for future real world missions. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman 1st Class Hayden Johnson)
One of the first photographers I met on flickr. All around nice guy, and a damn fine photographer, too! One of the founders of the Arizona Aviation Photographers group.
I'm not to be trusted when I have a camera in my hand! he he.
Red Flag 09-3 (Las Vegas, Nevada)
Photo by www.kensaviation.com
Members of the Colombian air force, 571st Mobility Support Advisory Squadron, Inter-American Air Forces Academy and 12th Air Force (Air Forces Southern) visited nearly 30 children at Asociación Amigos del Niño Ayudame, Bogota, Colombia June 9. The Airmen visited it orphanage as part of an Air Mobility Command Building Partner Capacity month-long mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Lesley Waters)