Vermont Air National Guardsman Staff Sgt. Josh Mitchell, an F-16 Fighting Falcon avionics technician assigned to the 158th Fighter Wing, Burlington Air National Guard Base, Vt., performs a Global Positioning System operations check on an F-16 during Red Flag 15-1 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Feb. 4, 2015. Red Flag is a realistic combat training exercise involving the air, space and cyber forces of the U.S. and its allies. It is conducted on the bombing and gunnery ranges on the Nevada Test and Training Range. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Thomas Spangler)
Staff Sgt. Nicholas Smith, an F-16 Fighting Falcon crew chief assigned to the 158th Fighter Wing, Burlington Air National Guard Base, Vt., performs pre-flight checks before a training mission during Red Flag 15-1 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Feb. 4, 2015. Red Flag provides air combat training missions in a degraded and operationally limited environment making the missions as realistic as possible. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Thomas Spangler)
Tech. Sgt. Allison Shelp (background), and Staff Sgt. Josh Mitchell, both F-16 Fighting Falcon avionics technicians assigned to the 158th Fighter Wing, Burlington Air National Guard Base, Vt., perform maintenance on an F-16 during Red Flag 15-1 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Feb. 4, 2015. Red Flag missions are conducted on the 2.9 million acres Nevada Test and Training Range with 1,900 possible targets, realistic threat systems and opposing enemy forces. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Thomas Spangler)
Senior Airman Adam Hagmaier, an F-16 Fighting Falcon electronic warfare systems journeyman assigned to the 158th Fighter Wing, Burlington Air National Guard Base, Vt., prepares to attach power cables to an F-16 during Red Flag 15-1 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Feb. 4, 2015. Red Flag provides a series of realistic air combat scenarios that will help increase combat readiness and effectiveness. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Thomas Spangler)
A Vermont Air National Guard F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot assigned to the 158th Fighter Wing, Burlington Air National Guard Base, Vt., goes through pre-flight checks before a training mission during Red Flag 15-1 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Feb. 4, 2015. Red Flag is an exercise hosted at Nellis AFB, Nev. that provides aircrews an opportunity to experience realistic, stressful combat situations in a controlled environment to increase mission capability. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Thomas Spangler)
Airman 1st Class Andrew Galeener, an F-16 Fighting Falcon crew chief assigned to the 158th Fighter Wing, Burlington Air National Guard Base, Vt., removes the chocks on an F-16 before a training mission during Red Flag 15-1 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Feb. 4, 2015. Flying units from around the globe deploy to Nellis AFB to participate in Red Flag. The exercise is held four times a year and organized by the 414th Combat Training Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Thomas Spangler)
Airman 1st Class Andrew Galeener, an F-16 Fighting Falcon crew chief assigned to the 158th Fighter Wing, Burlington Air National Guard Base, Vt., marshalls an F-16 during Red Flag 15-1 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Feb. 4, 2015. Red Flag provides a series of air combat scenarios designed to increase air and ground crew combat readiness and effectiveness. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Thomas Spangler)
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