Description: The RAF and RAAF participate in Nellis Air Force Base's Red Flag exercise 12-3. Produced by Airman 1st Class Aaron Hauser. Available in high definition.
(A1C Aaron Hauser - Broadcaster, 99ABW/PA)
Nellis Air Force Base recently wrapped up Red Flag Exercise 12-3 which played host to several nationalities to include the United Kingdom’s Royal Air Force and the Royal Australian Air Force. Though the squadrons regularly participate in a variety of exercises, many find Nellis’s Red Flag exercise to be one of the most unique.
(Squadron Leader David Temme - Pilot, 75 Squadron RAAF)
Red Flag is basically the premiere exercise that Australia is able to participate in. So we travel a long way to get here. And It's the largest force exercise that our country gets to play in. It's also the highest fidelity. So the threats that are out on the range and the integration with fourth and fifth generation platforms is an opportunity that our country doesn't get to see often.
Red Flag 12-3 was an intense three week exercise and incorporated large amounts of tactical and practical combat training for those involved.
(II Squadron Leader Phil Leighton - Senior Engineering Officer, RAF)
Exercise Red Flag is an excellent means for both the engineers and the aircrew to consolidate all the training that they've had out in the UK. And also to refresh ourselves in preparation for the operations that we are due to face shortly when we go out to Afghanistan some time around June July this year.
Though some of these squadrons come from opposite ends of the world, Red Flag provides a chance for each unit to work together toward a common goal: Fly, Fight and Win. Airman First Class Aaron Hauser, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. More