Red Flag continues: 'Tigers' push training to max

Photo By Staff Sgt. Kenneth Holston | A 79th Fighter Squadron "Tigers" F-16 Fighting Falcon races down the Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., runway as it takes off for a mission during Red Flag 13-3, Feb. 27, 2013. The "Tigers" launched a total of 16 times during day and nighttime missions to kick off the exercise. The unit has approximately 15 F-16 Fighting Falcons on the ground at Nellis AFB and 35 pilots slated to fly throughout the three-week-long exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kenny Holston/Released)  

NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, NV, UNITED STATES

03.06.2013

Story by Staff Sgt. Kenneth Holston 

20th Fighter Wing

NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. - The second week of Red Flag 13-3 began March 5 here. As the exercise moves forward, the 79th Fighter Squadron "Tigers" continue to fly several missions in order to gain as much training as possible.

Red Flag is a combat training exercise involving the U.S. Air Force and its allies.

It is hosted north of Las Vegas on the Nevada Test and Training Range - the U.S. Air Force's military training area with more than 12,000 square miles of airspace and 2.9 million acres of land.

Airmen assigned to the 20th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron have worked around-the clock to maintain the 79th FS jets while also launching and recovering the planes before and after each mission.

• Date Taken: 03.06.2013
• Date Posted: 03.06.2013 15:14
• Story ID: 103010
• Location: NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, NV, US