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Red flag in action

NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. – Staff Sgt. Demetric Byrd, 335th Fighter Squadron crew chief, Seymour Johnson AFB, N.C., prepares to pull chalks on an F-15 E before a mission here Jan. 28 in support of RED FLAG 09-2. RED FLAG is a multinational exercise providing a realistic environment to practice combat scenarios. The experience gained during the exercise is vital to the survival of the pilots in combat.(U.S. Air Force photo by 2nd Lt. Noelle Caldwell)

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Navy crew

NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. – U.S. Navy pilot Cmdr. Don Mendler, (left) Helicopter Support Combat Squadron 85, North Island, San Diego, Calif., and U.S. Navy co-pilot Lt. Cmdr. James MacDonald (right), HSC 85, guide their helicopter to park after returning from a mission for RED FLAG 09-2. RED FLAG is a multinational exercise providing a realistic environment to practice combat scenarios. The experience gained during the exercise is vital to the survival of the pilots in combat. (U.S. Air Force photo by 2nd Lt. Noelle Caldwell)

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Navy red flag crew

NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. – U.S. Navy plane captain Airman Joshua Cooley, Helicopter Support Combat Squadron 85, North Island, San Diego, CA, marshals in a Navy HH-60 here Jan. 29 after landing from a mission for RED FLAG 09-2. RED FLAG is a multinational exercise providing a realistic environment to practice combat scenarios. The experience gained during the exercise is vital to the survival of the pilots in combat.

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Airborn Navy

NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. – U.S. Navy pilot Cmdr. Don Mendler, (left) Helicopter Support Combat Squadron 85, North Island, San Diego, Calif., and U.S. Navy co-pilot Lt. Cmdr. James MacDonald (right), HSC 85, guide their helicopter to park after returning from a mission for RED FLAG 09-2. RED FLAG is a multinational exercise providing a realistic environment to practice combat scenarios. The experience gained during the exercise is vital to the survival of the pilots in combat.

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99th GCTS begins 45-day Joint Base Balad training course

Airman Sean Young, 99th Security Forces Squadron, hustles to his next obstacle during run and shoot training near Creech Air Force Base, Nev. Aug. 11, 2008. The run and shoot training is part of the 99th Ground Combat Training Squadron's Joint Base Balad training curriculum, a new forty-five day training course designed for security forces personnel and chaplains to train to embed with the Army stationed there, and eventually take over all Army operations outside the wire at Joint Base Balad, Iraq. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Senior Airman Larry E. Reid Jr.)

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99th GCTS begins 45-day Joint Base Balad training course

Senior Airman Joseph Steel, 99th Security Forces Squadron, trains on the M-9 during target practice on the firing range near Creech Air Force Base, Nev. Aug. 11, 2008. The 99th Ground Combat Training Squadron recently began a new forty-five day training course called Joint Base Balad, which is designed for security forces personnel and chaplains to train to embed with the Army stationed there, and eventually take over all Army operations outside the wire at Joint Base Balad, Iraq. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Senior Airman Larry E. Reid Jr.)

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99th GCTS begins 45-day Joint Base Balad training course

Senior Airman Joseph Steel, 99th Security Forces Squadron, trains on the M-4 during target practice on the firing range near Creech Air Force Base, Nev. Aug. 11, 2008. The 99th Ground Combat Training Squadron recently began a new forty-five day training course called Joint Base Balad, which is designed for security forces personnel and chaplains to train to embed with the Army stationed there, and eventually take over all Army operations outside the wire at Joint Base Balad, Iraq. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Senior Airman Larry E. Reid Jr.)

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99th GCTS begins 45-day Joint Base Balad training course

Trainees set off flares during night training on the firing range near Creech Air Force Base, Nev. Aug. 11, 2008. The 99th Ground Combat Training Squadron recently began a new forty-five day training course called Joint Base Balad, which is designed for security forces personnel and chaplains to train to embed with the Army stationed there, and eventually take over all Army operations outside the wire at Joint Base Balad, Iraq. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Senior Airman Larry E. Reid Jr.,)

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French arrive for Red Flag

A French air force ground crewmen guides a Rafale fighter to its parking spot upon arrival at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., on Aug. 7. The French team is at Nellis for Red Flag 08-4, an two-week exercise that pits forces in a realistic aerial "battlefield" to hone the fighting skills of American and allied airmen. Republic of Korea, Indian, Navy and Air Force teams are joining the French air force in Red Flag 08-4. (U.S. Air Force photo by Chief Master Sgt. Gary Emery)

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French arrive for Red Flag

A French air force ground crew member checks the health of a Rafale fighter after its arrival at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., on Aug. 7 for Red Flag 08-4. Red Flag is a two-week exercise that pits forces in a realistic aerial "battlefield" to hone the fighting skills of American and allied airmen. Republic of Korea, Indian, Navy and Air Force teams are joining the French air force in Red Flag 08-4. (U.S. Air Force photo by Chief Master Sgt. Gary Emery)

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French arrive for Red Flag

French air force ground crewmen provide a boarding ladder for a Rafale fighter aircrew upon upon their arrival at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., on Aug. 7. The French team is at Nellis for Red Flag 08-4, an two-week exercise that pits forces in a realistic aerial "battlefield" to hone the fighting skills of American and allied airmen. Republic of Korea, Indian, Navy and Air Force teams are joining the French air force in Red Flag 08-4. (U.S. Air Force photo by Chief Master Sgt. Gary Emery)

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French arrive for Red Flag

French air force pilots discuss their flight upon arriving at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., on Aug. 7. The French team brought four Rafale fighters to Nellis for Red Flag 08-4, an two-week exercise that pits forces in a realistic aerial "battlefield" to hone the fighting skills of American and allied airmen. Republic of Korea, Indian, Navy and Air Force teams are joining the French air force in Red Flag 08-4. (U.S. Air Force photo by Chief Master Sgt. Gary Emery)

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French arrive for Red Flag

A crewman performs a post-flight check on a French air force Rafale fighter at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., on Aug. 7. The French team is at Nellis for Red Flag 08-4, an two-week exercise that pits forces in a realistic aerial "battlefield" to hone the fighting skills of American and allied airmen. Republic of Korea, Indian, Navy and Air Force teams are joining the French air force in Red Flag 08-4. (U.S. Air Force photo by Chief Master Sgt. Gary Emery)

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French arrive for Red Flag

A crewman performs a post-flight check on a French air force Rafale fighter at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., on Aug. 7. The French team is at Nellis for Red Flag 08-4, an two-week exercise that pits forces in a realistic aerial "battlefield" to hone the fighting skills of American and allied airmen. Republic of Korea, Indian, Navy and Air Force teams are joining the French air force in Red Flag 08-4. (U.S. Air Force photo by Chief Master Sgt. Gary Emery)

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The Circus comes to town

Henry, left, and Luigi the clowns juggle clubs around their brave stage volunteers during the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus base theatre showcase in front of a crowd of military families, Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., June 20, 2008. The circus members performed the free show to bring joy to an audience of more than 400 military children and families. After the performance, audience members had the opportunity to record a video greeting that will eb sent overseas to deployed Troops. (U.S. Air Force Photo by/Senior Airman Larry E. Reid Jr.)

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U.S. Air Force Weapons School: Producing Premier Weapons Officers since 1949

Building 282 at Nellis AFB, Nev., serves as headquarters for the U.S. Air Force Weapons School. Nine of the 16 weapons squadrons are located at Nellis, including the F-15, F-16, A-10, and upon completion of current facility maintenance, the F/A-22 Raptor. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Larry Reid Jr.)

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U.S. Air Force Weapons School: Producing Premier Weapons Officers since 1949

Building 282 at Nellis AFB, Nev., serves as headquarters for the U.S. Air Force Weapons School. Nine of the 16 weapons squadrons are located at Nellis, including the F-15, F-16, A-10, and upon completion of current facility maintenance, the F/A-22 Raptor. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Larry Reid Jr.)

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58th Rescue Squadron performs at Nellis firepower demo

A pararescueman from the 58th Rescue Squadron, Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., scans terrain during combat search and rescue operations Sept. 14, 2007, during a firepower demonstration on the Nevada Test and Training Range. The demonstration gives the public a close-up and realistic view into the Air Force's ability to perform its wartime mission. (USAF photo by Master Sgt. Kevin J. Gruenwald)

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Loading missiles on a Predator

Air Force Tech. Sgt. Brendan Schlaack (left) and Staff Sgt. Phillip Carter, both 57th Maintenance Group F-22A lead standardization crew members, attach a replica of a AGM-114 Hellfire missile onto an MQ-1 Predator during training July 18, 2007, at Creech Air Force Base, Nev. F-22A weapons loaders from Nellis come to Creech every other month for proficiency training on loading missiles onto the Predator and performing actions required to safety the airplane. Such training is necessary in case a Predator will be forced to land at Nellis AFB due to bad weather or runway problems at Creech AFB. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Airman Larry E. Reid Jr.)

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Loading missiles on a Predator

Air Force Staff Sgt. Kenneth Burke, a 57th Maintenance Group F-22A lead standardization crew member, inspects a replica of a AGM-114 Hellfire missile before loading it on the MQ-1 Predator during training July 18, 2007, at Creech Air Force Base, Nev. F-22A Weapons loaders from Nellis come to Creech every other month for proficiency training on loading missiles on the Predator. The original Predators, created more than a decade ago, did not have any weapon capability, nor were they satellite-controllable. Now, the new and improved predator is the most requested asset in theater. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Airman Larry E. Reid Jr.)

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