Checkered Flag, one of the Department of Defense’s largest air-to-air exercises, is a large-scale aerial exercise which fosters readiness and interoperability, designed to integrate fourth and fifth-generation airframes to enhance mobility, deployment, and employment capabilities of aviators and maintainers. The two-week long exercise focuses on integration of the F-22 Raptor and F-35A Lightning II with fourth generation aircraft (including the F-16 Fighting Falcon, Navy F/A-18 Super... read more
Checkered Flag, one of the Department of Defense’s largest air-to-air exercises, is a large-scale aerial exercise which fosters readiness and interoperability, designed to integrate fourth and fifth-generation airframes to enhance mobility, deployment, and employment capabilities of aviators and maintainers. The two-week long exercise focuses on integration of the F-22 Raptor and F-35A Lightning II with fourth generation aircraft (including the F-16 Fighting Falcon, Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet, and others) in a large-force exercise. Checkered Flag is hosted at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, and directly supports the Commander of Air Combat Command’s plan to train the Immediate Response Force, which is a dedicated force for ‘Rapid Response’ to unforeseen or unplanned operations. show less
