{"id":30138,"date":"2016-02-01T21:08:15","date_gmt":"2016-02-01T21:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2016\/02\/01\/photos-u-s-air-force-red-flag-exercise-underway-at-nellis-afb\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T20:49:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T20:49:18","slug":"photos-u-s-air-force-red-flag-exercise-underway-at-nellis-afb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2016\/02\/01\/photos-u-s-air-force-red-flag-exercise-underway-at-nellis-afb\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos: U.S. Air Force Red Flag exercise underway at Nellis AFB"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Air Force kicked off exercise Red Flag 16-1 last week,\u00a0celebrating the\u00a041st anniversary of the skilled multi-aircraft\u00a0training mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This year, about 130\u00a0aircraft from over 24 different U.S. Air Force squadrons,\u00a0four flying squadrons from both the Royal Australian Air Force and the United Kingdom&#8217;s Royal Air Force have been streaking the skies across Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nellis.af.mil\/news\/story.asp?id=123466684\">the Air Force said<\/a>. About\u00a03,000 personnel are training in air, space and cyberspace operations under the exercise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aircraft have been\u00a0scheduled to depart the base twice a day and participate in the exercise for up to five hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since 1975, the exercises have trained more than 440,000 military personnel, including more than 145,000 air crew members flying more than 385,000 sorties, logging more than 660,000 hours of flying time, the Air Force said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 414th Combat Training Squadron, assigned to the 57th Wing, is leading operations<span style=\"line-height:1.6\">\u00a0for this\u00a0Red Flag. And units such as the <\/span>325th Fighter Wing<span style=\"line-height:1.6\"><\/span>\u2014<span style=\"line-height:1.6\">\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.acc.af.mil\/news\/story.asp?id=123467750&amp;source=GovD\">in charge of maintaining 12\u00a0F-22s<\/a>\u00a0for Red Flag\u00a0<\/span>\u2014<span style=\"line-height:1.6\">\u00a0are taking point in various operations.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Red Flag 16-1 is set to conclude Feb. 12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Check out photos and a video from the exercise below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4962\" height=\"3048\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635899371336615915-160125-f-pj003-001jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-58607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635899371336615915-160125-f-pj003-001jpg.jpg 4962w, 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Senior Airman Alex Fox Echols III\/Air Force<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"628\" height=\"391\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635899377275573985-160125-f-pj003-003jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-58617\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635899377275573985-160125-f-pj003-003jpg.jpg 628w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635899377275573985-160125-f-pj003-003jpg.jpg?resize=300,187 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 628px) 100vw, 628px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span>An F-16 Fighting Falcon gets in position before take-off during Red Flag 16-1 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Jan 25, 2016. Red Flag involves a variety of attack, fighter, bomber, reconnaissance, electronic warfare, air lift support and search and rescue aircraft.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span>Photo Credit: A1C Kevin Tanenbaum\/Air Force<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Oriana Pawlyk covers\u00a0deployments, cyber,\u00a0Guard\/Reserve, uniforms,\u00a0physical training,\u00a0crime and operations in the Middle East, Europe and Pacific for Air Force Times. She was the Early Bird Brief editor in 2015. 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