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DATE: 18 JULY 2016
RUN TIME: 1:40
SB1&3: LT. COL MICHAEL CROKER – 121ST FIGHTER SQUADRON COMMANDER
SB2: TSGT REMBERTO PEDRAJA, F-16 CREW CHIEF
LOCATION: NELLIS AFB, NEVADA
THE 113TH WING ALONG WITH TEN F-16S AND 200 AIRMAN PARTICIPATED IN THE RED FLAG EXERCISE AT NELLIS AFB, NEVADA. NELLIS IS THE LARGEST FIGHTER SQUADRON IN THE WORLD; IT OFFERS MORE THAN 15,000 SQUARE MILES OF AIRSPACE AND 4,700 SQUARE MILES OF RESTRICTED LAND. THIS EXERCISE CONDUCTED AIR-TO-AIR COMBAT TRAINING WITH EVERY BRANCH OF SERVICE, OVER 25 DIFFERENT UNITS, AND INCLUDED F-15’S, F-16’S, A-10’S, F/A-18, B-1, F-22, F-15C, KC-135’S, AND A FEW OTHERS. THE 57TH ADVERSARY TACTICS GROUP CONTROLLED THE USAF AGGRESSORS, WHICH ARE SPECIALLY TRAINED TO REPLICATE THE TACTICS AND TECHNIQUES OF POTENTIAL ADVERSARIES AND PROVIDE A SCALABLE THREAT.
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PILOTS FROM THE DC AIR NATIONAL GUARD RARELY GET TO PRACTICE AIR TO AIR COMBAT WITH THE MARINES F-35’S, BUT DURING RED FLAG ITS POSSIBLE. TWO-HUNDRED D-C GUARDSMEN AND TEN F-16’S TRAVELED TO NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE TO PARTICIPATE IN RED FLAG WITH A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT AIRCRAFT AND OVER TWENTY-FIVE OTHER UNITS. THE MISSION BETWEEN AIR POWER, CYBER AND SPACE IS UNANIMOUS, TO PRACTICE TO DEFEAT THE HIGH END THREAT.
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WERE HERE TO BE ABLE TO LEARN HOW TO INTEGRATE ALL THESE CAPABILITIES TOGETHER IN ORDER TO WIN THAT HIGH END FIGHT AGAINST ANY POTENTIAL ADVERSARIES THAT MAY CHOOSE TO MESS WITH THE UNITED STATES.
TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THESE HAPPEN EVERY COUPLE YEARS AND PROVIDE REAL WORLD SCENARIOS WHILE FOCUSING ON PROFICIENCIES. THE EXERCISE TAKES A TEAM EFFORT, AND MAINTENANCE UNITS WORK AROUND THE CLOCK TO GET THEIR AIRCRAFT LOADED, INSPECTED, AND READY FOR THE FIGHT.
SB2: WE TURN IT AROUND AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN AND WERE ABLE TO MEET OUT SORTIES, GET THE PILOTS OFF ON TIME SO THEY CAN PERFORM THEIR MISSIONS AS FAR AS DROPPING BOMBS OR AIR TO AIR MISSIONS. SO ITS IMPORTANT FOR US TO GET EVERYTHING DONE IN A TIMELY MANNER AND DELIVER A TIMELY AIRCRAFT.
PILOTS WORK WITH THE OTHER UNITS IN AIR TO AIR COMBAT WHILE TRYING TO TAKE OUT THE SIMULATED AGGRESSORS FROM THE THE 57th ADVERSARY TACTICS GROUP. AGGRESSORS REPLICATE THE TACTICS AND TECHNIQUES OF POTENTIAL ENEMIES AND PROVIDE THREATS THAT HELP ENHANCE THE 121ST FIGHTER PILOTS SKILLS.
SB3: ITS ABSOLUTELY IMPERATIVE THAT WERE SHARPENED, AND UH WE’LL BE A THE TIP OF THE SPEAR READY TO ROCK AND ROLL IF NEED BE.
REPORTING FROM NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE I’M TECHNICAL SERGEANT
| Date Taken: | 07.20.2016 |
| Date Posted: | 07.26.2016 18:36 |
| Category: | Package |
| Video ID: | 476429 |
| VIRIN: | 160718-F-NP458-001 |
| Filename: | DOD_103503848 |
| Length: | 00:02:01 |
| Location: | NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, NEVADA, US |
| Downloads: | 82 |
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