During two weeks of intense action, a large combined force
composed of 119 participating aircraft and 2,700 personnel from
five nations practised complex combat operations during exercise
"Red Flag 13-2".
five nations practised complex combat operations during exercise
"Red Flag 13-2".
Conducted from 21 January to 1 February, involving assets
from the Netherlands, Singapore, Sweden, the United Arab
Emirates and the USA, the manoeuvres took place above the
Nevada Test and Training Range, to the north-west of Las Vegas.
The exercise was one in a series of advanced training programmes
administered by the US Air Force Warfare Center and Nellis AFB.
from the Netherlands, Singapore, Sweden, the United Arab
Emirates and the USA, the manoeuvres took place above the
Nevada Test and Training Range, to the north-west of Las Vegas.
The exercise was one in a series of advanced training programmes
administered by the US Air Force Warfare Center and Nellis AFB.
"Our focus is to provide realistic and relevant combat training
through integrated war fighting," says Col Tod Fingal,
commander of the USAF's 414th Combat Training Squadron.
"We do so in what we call a contested and degraded, operationally
limited environment. We bring all kinds of forces here,
both the joint force within the US Army, navy, air force and
Marine Corps, but also our coalition partners. Because when
we bring all of us together and train in that contested environment,
what we are seeing is that it gives us the opportunity, if called
upon, to achieve war fighting at excellence across all domains:
air, space and cyberspace."
commander of the USAF's 414th Combat Training Squadron.
"We do so in what we call a contested and degraded, operationally
limited environment. We bring all kinds of forces here,
both the joint force within the US Army, navy, air force and
Marine Corps, but also our coalition partners. Because when
we bring all of us together and train in that contested environment,
what we are seeing is that it gives us the opportunity, if called
upon, to achieve war fighting at excellence across all domains:
air, space and cyberspace."
EARNED ITS SEAT
Sweden is one of about 30 non-US countries to have participated
in a Red Flag exercise since the programme was created in 1975
and, to date, is the only NATO Partnership for Peace member to
have sent an operational fighter squadron to such an event.
in a Red Flag exercise since the programme was created in 1975
and, to date, is the only NATO Partnership for Peace member to
have sent an operational fighter squadron to such an event.
"The Swedish air force was not invited to Red Flag as a casual
courtesy. instead, the Swedish air force and its pilots earned their
seat at the Red Flag table," US Ambassador to Sweden Mark
Brzezinski said during the recent exercise. "By performing ably
in operations like Unified Protector over Libya, where the Swedish
air force performed their reconnaissance role brilliantly, the Swedes
have shown their capacity and ability to produce results."
courtesy. instead, the Swedish air force and its pilots earned their
seat at the Red Flag table," US Ambassador to Sweden Mark
Brzezinski said during the recent exercise. "By performing ably
in operations like Unified Protector over Libya, where the Swedish
air force performed their reconnaissance role brilliantly, the Swedes
have shown their capacity and ability to produce results."
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