USAFWC & NELLIS AFB PHOTOS

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Eagle takes a drink

NELLIS AFB, Nev. -- An F-15 Eagle from Kadena Air Base, Japan, tops off the tanks before the fight starts Aug. 24 during exercise Red Flag here. More than 80 aircraft are taking part in Red Flag, which began in 1975 to sharpen the aerial combat skills of U.S. and allied aircrews. Red Flag takes place on the 15,000-square-mile Nevada Test and Training Range Complex, the most highly-instrumented aerial range in the world. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Travis Edwards)

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Searching for SAM sites

NELLIS AFB, Nev. -- An F-16CJ from Misawa Air Base, Japan, flies over the Nevada Test and Training Range Complex Aug. 24 during exercise Red Flag. The F-16CJ specializes in neutralizing and destroying surface-to-air gun and missile sites. More than 80 aircraft take part in Red Flag exercises, which hone the skills of U.S. and allied aircrews. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Travis Edwards)

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Lull before the storm

NELLIS AFB, Nev. -- An F-15 Eagle from Kadena Air Base, Japan, flies formation with a KC-135 while others in the flight refuel. The F-15s are taking part in Red Flag, a large-force exercise taking place over the 15,000-square-mile Nevada Test and Training Range. The exercise ends Sept. 2. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Travis Edwards)

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Crowd control

Nellis Airmen stage a mock protest as part of an Office of Special Investigations exercise Tuesday. The quarterly exercise allows members of the 99th Security Forces Squadron to develop and practice crowd-control tactics for real-world situations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Jason Huddleston)

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Ground combat training

Students of the Ground Combat Training School practice assaulting a building during an intensive desert warfare training course on the Nevada Test and Training Range. More than 4,000 security forces Airmen attend the course each year. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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RAF joins Red Flag

Sgt. Brian Scott (left), Cpl. Dave Parkinson (right), and Senior Aircraftsman Gary Shackleton (middle), weapons technicians from the IX Bomb Squadron, Royal Air Force, United Kingdom, load an outboard store to a GR-4 Tornado. The Royal Air Force is at Nellis to take part in Red Flag, an exercise that tests aircrew war-fighting skills in real-time combat situations. Red Flag involves more than 200 aircraft ranging from B-52 Stratofortresses to F-16 Fighting Falcons. The exercise will run through Feb. 18.

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Aggressors land in Alaska

Maj. Sean Routier, 64th Aggressor Squadron pilot, climbs down from his F-16 Fighting Falcon April 17, 2006 at Eielson AFB, Alaska. The Aggressors will be participating in the first-ever Red Flag - Alaska exercise, which begins April 24 and continues for two weeks.

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