Green Flag 2018 [Image 15 of 16]

LAS VEGAS, NV, UNITED STATES

11.06.2018

Photo by Senior Master Sgt. John Rohrer  

140th Wing

Capt. Phil “Upper” Butler (left), pilot, Technical Sgt. Baron Gerome, range operations specialist, Technical Sgt. Eric Maertens, Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape (SERE) specialist, and Capt. John “Harden” Toliuszis, pilot, all from the 140th Wing, Colorado Air National Guard, make their way to a UH-72 Lakota helicopter, which is simulating a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter for the exercise during a pilot extraction at Ft. Irwin National Training Center, California. This training is part of a larger exercise based out of Nellis AFB, Nevada, where approximately 200 members of the Colorado Air National Guard and over eight F-16’s are partaking in a Green Flag exercise. In this scenario, pilots are placed in a realistic training environment which simulates a pilot recovery in a wartime scenario that involves aircraft and ground forces in a hostile environment. The 140th Wing, Colorado Air National Guard, is participating in a Green Flag training exercise based out of Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. Roughly 200 members and eight F-16 aircraft participated in the realistic training which is meant to prepare them for their upcoming deployment overseas next year. Green Flag is a realistic air-land integration combat training exercise involving the air forces of the United States and its allies and is primarily conducted in conjunction with US Army Combat Training Center exercises at Ft Irwin, CA. It is a Close Air Support and Joint exercise administered by the US Air Force Air Warfare Center and Nellis AFB through the 549th Combat Training Squadron. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. John Rohrer)

• Date Taken: 11.06.2018
• Date Posted: 11.10.2018 01:25
• Photo ID: 4891228
• VIRIN: 181106-Z-QD622-0165
• Resolution: 5212x3480
• Size: 6.49 MB
• Location: LAS VEGAS, NV, US