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Red Flag exercise challenges, improves Air Force warfighting skills

(Courtesy photo provided by Fred Whitehead)

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Red Flag exercise challenges, improves Air Force warfighting skills

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SecAF visits Nellis, Airmen showcase innovation

Secretary of the Air Force Barbara M. Barrett, receives a briefing from Capt. Denise White, U.S. Air Force Warfare Center warfighter integration office, during a visit to the Shadow Operations Control Center-Nellis at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Aug. 10, 2020. Barrett’s visit also included a discussion on the Warfare Center’s advanced training mission, with a focus on RED FLAG 20-3, which is currently underway. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Miranda Loera)

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SecAF visits Nellis, Airmen showcase innovation

Maj. Gen. Charles Corcoran (far left), the U.S. Air Force Warfare Center commander, introduces the Quick Reaction Instrumentation Package to Secretary of the Air Force Barbara M. Barrett, during a visit at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Aug. 10, 2020. Barrett’s conversations with Nellis leaders focused on the base’s role in agile software development, operational training and test infrastructure. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Miranda Loera)

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SecAF visits Nellis, Airmen showcase innovation

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SecAF visits Nellis, Airmen showcase innovation

Secretary of the Air Force Barbara M. Barrett, examines new technology while receiving a Data Lab Brief during a visit to the Test and Evaluation Data Lab at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Aug. 10, 2020. Barrett received briefings about various resources Nellis has to offer and also received tours of the Test and Evaluation Data Lab, the Virtual Test and Training Center and the Shadow Operations Control Center-Nellis. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Miranda Loera)

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SecAF visits Nellis, Airmen showcase innovation

Barbara M. Barrett, Secretary of the Air Force, greets Brig. Gen. Michael Drowley, the 57th Wing commander, with an elbow bump after arriving at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Aug. 10, 2020. After her visit, Barrett commended Nellis Airmen and leader for understanding the importance of their mission, and praised the team for consistently driving innovation for the future and training the next generation of the fighting force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Bryan Guthrie)

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U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 58th Rescue Squadron at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, execute an open water rescue during Just-in-Time-Training (JITT) at Cocoa Beach, Florida, May 11, 2020. The JITT included class room instruction, hands on training with a mock capsule in the bay and open ocean, and the teams additionally worked on tactics on how to operate the safe recovery of astronauts if they aborted their SpaceX Demonstration Mission 2. (Courtesy Photo)

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Capt. Joshua McGee, 58th Rescue Squadron combat rescue officer, poses for a photo at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, June 18, 2020. McGee was the officer in charge for the Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii team that supported NASA’s SpaceX Demonstration Mission 2 launch. If his team was activated, his primary role was coordinating with the aircraft, passing the patient statuses of the astronauts, and ensuring that the rescue mission overall is successful. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Dwane R. Young)

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Master Sgt. Matthew C. Blankenship, 58th Rescue Squadron operations superintendent, poses for a photo at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, June 17, 2020. Blankenship was the fixed wing team leader for the Charleston AFB, South Carolina, team during NASA’s SpaceX Demonstration Mission 2 launch. As the primary jump master, his role was to coordinate the safe arrival of his team members to the rescue site. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Dwane R. Young)

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U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 58th Rescue Squadron at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, train to extract astronauts from a mock capsule during Just-in-Time-Training (JITT) at Cocoa Beach, Florida, May 11, 2020. The JITT took place one month prior to NASA’s SpaceX Demonstration Mission 2 launch to guarantee the Airmen’s readiness in the case of an inflight emergency. (Courtesy Photo)

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U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 58th Rescue Squadron at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, participate in a Just-in-Time-Training exercise at Cocoa Beach, Florida, May 11, 2020. The training allowed Airmen to practice using an inflatable raft called the “front porch” that is attached to a capsule and provided a working platform for medics to attend to astronauts if they were injured after extraction from their space capsule. (Courtesy Photo)

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Maj. Lucas Gagliardi, 58th Rescue Squadron director of operations, poses for a photo at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, June 17, 2020. The 58th RQS Guardian Angels supported NASA’s May 30, SpaceX Demonstration Mission 2 launch, making up the alert rescue teams deployed at strategic locations to respond in the event of an abort or in-flight emergency. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Dwane R. Young)

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Example Health Protection Measures Infographic

Example Health Protection Measures infographic. (U.S. Air Force Graphic by Rosario "Charo" Gutierrez)

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An MQ-9 Reaper assigned to the 432nd Wing/432nd Air Expeditionary Wing rests on the flightline as a A-10 Thunderbolt II flies overhead at the 2017 Aviation Nation Air and space Expo, Nov. 10, 2017, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. More than 165,000 spectators attended the event and celebrated the U.S. Air Force's 70th birthday. (Photo by Senior Airman Christian Clausen)

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Red Flag adjusts for today’s challenges

U.S. Airmen assigned to the 20th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, 79th Aircraft Maintenance Unit, perform a foreign object and debris (FOD) walk during Exercise Red Flag 19-1 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Jan. 28, 2019. FOD walks help clear the runway of any objects that may cause harm to pilots and aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Christopher Maldonado)

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Red Flag adjusts for today’s challenges

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Alyssa Rodriguez, 20th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, 79th Aircraft Maintenance Unit crew chief, gathers safety pins from an F-16CM Fighting Falcon during Exercise Red Flag 19-1 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Jan. 28, 2019. The goal of Red Flag is to prepare Air Force, Joint, and Coalition pilots, aircrews and operators to fight against peer-level adversaries in any combat environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Christopher Maldonado)

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Red Flag adjusts for today’s challenges

U.S. Air Force Capt. Matthew Spotka, 77th Fighter Squadron (FS) F-16 pilot, gears up prior to taking-off from the flightline at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Jan. 28, 2019. Pilots assigned to the 77th FS assisted the participating 79th FS during Exercise Red Flag 19-1. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Christopher Maldonado)

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Red Flag adjusts for today’s challenges

A U.S. Air Force F-16 pilot assigned to the 79th Fighter Squadron adjusts his gear prior to take-off during Exercise Red Flag 19-1 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Jan. 30, 2019. Throughout the exercise, 79th FS pilots will be performing the suppression of enemy air defenses mission as well as going head-to-head with aggressor forces in both daytime and nighttime scenarios. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Christopher Maldonado)

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328th WPS tackles WSINT from space

The Milky Way Galaxy is on full display as it passes by a ground-based electro-optical deep-space surveillance telescope located on White Sands Missile Range--the location of Detachment 1, 20th Operations Group and their space surveillance mission, March 29, 2017 in New Mexico. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. David Salanitri)

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