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The 414th Combat Training Squadron conducts Red Flag exercises to provide aircrews the experience of multiple, intensive air combat sorties in the safety of a training environment. There are three iterations of Red Flag annually, one U.S. only, one open to FVEY (Five Eyes) participants and one that welcomes an expanded roster of international allies and partners. The training occurs at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada on the Nevada Test and Training Range, the U.S. Air Force’s premier military training area with more than 12,000 square miles of airspace and 2.9 million acres of land.

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201008-F-NX702-1016

Joint Terminal Attack Controllers (JTAC) climb a hill on the Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR), Nevada, Oct. 8, 2020. The NTTR provides warfighters a flexible, realistic and multi-dimensional battlespace to conduct testing, tactics, development, and advanced training in support of U.S. national interests. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Dwane R. Young)
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201006-F-NX702-1001

U.S. Air Force Weapons School (USAFWS) schedulers pose for a photo at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Oct. 6, 2020. The schedulers coordinate and support all of the scheduling for the USAFWS’ twenty-one squadrons with thirty different syllabi. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Dwane R. Young)
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200930-F-NX702-1001

Members of 99th Civil Engineering Squadron, Natural and Cultural Resource section pose for a photo at the Maj. Gen. Billy McCoy Environmental Grove at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Sept. 25, 2020. The Natural and Cultural Resource section works with the Nevada and Testing Range to maintain the range and spread environmental awareness at Nellis. One such project was the Maj. Gen. Billy McCoy Environmental Grove that was created in 1992, a drought resistant garden that can be sustained under Nevada climate. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Dwane R. Young)
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200925-F-NX702-1002

Olivia Baez, 99th Civil Engineering Squadron natural resource manager, surveys the species of a bat at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Sept. 25, 2020. Baez and the Natural Resource team tested a new device to be used out in the field on the Nevada Test and Training Range. This device recorded bat calls on a sonogram identifying their presence, species, and location. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Dwane R. Young)
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200925-F-NX702-1001

Anna Johnson, 99th Civil Engineering Squadron natural resource program manager. takes field notes on her data sheet at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Sept. 25, 2020. Johnson and the Natural Resource team survey Nellis AFB by tracking and documenting the presence of local wildlife. This information is collected for National Environmental Policy Act annual reports and their findings are shared with local, state and federal environmental partners. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Dwane R. Young)
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200923-F-NX702-1004

A crest of the Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR) is displayed in a hallway at the NTTR headquarters building at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Sept. 23, 2020. The NTTR provides warfighters a flexible, realistic and multi-dimensional battlespace to conduct testing tactics development, and advanced training in support of U.S. national interests. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Dwane R. Young)
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200922-F-NX702-1001

Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR) project managers pose for a photo outside of the NTTR headquarters building at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Sept. 22, 2020. Project Managers are responsible for execution oversight of exercises supported by the NTTR. They oversee exercise support and airspace scheduling for real-time operations of the range monitoring facility. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Dwane R. Young)
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U.S. and coalition maintainers train at Red Flag 20-2

A Eurofighter maintenance crew member assigned to the German air force Tactical Air Wing 33 at Büchel Air Base, performs pre-flight checks on a Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft during Red Flag 20-2 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, March 9, 2020. Red Flag exercises are conducted on the Nevada Test and Training Range, which houses 12,000 square miles of air space and 2.9 million acres of land. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Dwane R. Young)
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191024-F-NX702-1001

Tech. Sgt. Dennis Back, tactical air control NCO in charge at the 24th Tactical Air Support Squadron looks out at the Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR) at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Oct. 24, 2019. The NTTR is the largest contiguous air and ground space available for peacetime military operations in the free world. The range occupies 2.9 million acres of land, 5,000 square miles of airspace which is restricted from civilian air traffic over-flight and another 7,000 square miles of military operating area. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Dwane R. Young)
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Sssnake Survey

A gopher snake slithers through gravel on the Nellis Test and Training Range, Nevada, Oct. 17, 2019. Adult gopher snakes can reach up to about six feet long. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff. Sgt. Tabatha McCarthy)
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Sssnake Survey

Steve Stocking, lead herpetologist with Colorado State University, scans the hillside for rattlesnakes on the Nellis Test and Training Range, Nevada, Oct. 17, 2019. Stocking partners with the 99th Civil Engineer Squadron to conduct reptile surveys at known rattlesnake den sites. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff. Sgt. Tabatha McCarthy)
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Sssnake Survey

An adult Great Basin Rattlesnake coils in the rocks on a hillside at the Nellis Test and Training Range, Nevada, Oct. 17, 2019. According to Colorado State University herpetologists, rattlesnake bites are often as a warning and rarely fatal. Their venom is used to subdue their prey, not used as a defense mechanism. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff. Sgt. Tabatha McCarthy)
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Sssnake Survey

Steve Stocking, lead herpetologist with Colorado State University, documents the GPS coordinates for a rattlesnake on the Nellis Test and Training Range, Nevada, Oct. 17, 2019. The coordinates are used for the wildlife biologists to be able to find the reptiles and their dens when they go back to the sites. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff. Sgt. Tabatha McCarthy)
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Sssnake Survey

Emily Brown, wildlife biologist with Colorado State University holds a Great Basin collared lizard on the Nellis Test and Training Range, Nevada, Oct. 17, 2019. The wildlife biologists partner with the 99th Civil Engineer Squadron to document and conserve wildlife at the range. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff. Sgt. Tabatha McCarthy)
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191017-F-NG544-1001

Steve Stocking, lead herpetologist with Colorado State University, scans the hillside for rattlesnakes on the Nellis Test and Training Range, Nevada, Oct. 17, 2019.The 99th Civil Engineer Squadrons’ natural resource section works with the Nevada Test and Training Range to sustain the range. As part of this conservation, they partner with CSU to conduct surveys of the NTTR. They identify and monitor its wildlife to provide a picture to the U.S. Air Force to mitigate impact on local species. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff. Sgt. Tabatha McCarthy)
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190515-F-DN281-1001

An F-15E Strike Eagle fighter jet assigned to the 17th Weapons Squadron flies over the Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR), Nevada, May 15, 2019. The NTTR supports the Department of Defense’s advanced composite force training, tactics development, and electronic combat testing as well as DoD and Department of Energy testing, research and development. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Bryan Guthrie)
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HH-60s train over the NTTR

A pair of HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopters receive fuel from a HC-130J Combat King II cargo aircraft during a training mission over the Nevada Test and Training Range Feb. 22, 2018. The primary mission of the HH-60G is to conduct day or night operations in hostile environments to recover isolated personnel during war. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kevin Tanenbaum)
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HH-60s train over the NTTR

A pair of HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopters receive fuel from a HC-130J Combat King II cargo aircraft during a training mission over the Nevada Test and Training Range Feb. 22, 2018. The HC-130J is designed to conduct personnel recovery missions, provide a command and control platform, in-flight refuel helicopters, and carry supplemental fuel for extending range or air refueling. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kevin Tanenbaum)
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HH-60s train over the NTTR

A pair of HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopters receive fuel from a HC-130J Combat King II cargo aircraft during a training mission over the Nevada Test and Training Range Feb. 22, 2018. The HH-60 is the primary search-and-rescue helicopter for the Air Force, and can also be tasked with disaster and humanitarian relief missions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kevin Tanenbaum)
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HH-60s train over the NTTR

Airmen sit on the ramp of a HC-130J Combat King II cargo aircraft during in-air refueling over the Nevada Test and Training Range Feb. 22, 2018. The HC-130J can rapidly deploy to execute recovery operations to airfields and denied territory for expeditionary, airdrops and helicopter air-to-air refueling. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kevin Tanenbaum)
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