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Red Flag Exercise, Nellis AFB, February 1-3, 2000 - Page 1


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I spent three days sitting off the north end of Nellis Air Force Base shooting photos of the participants in the Red Flag 00-02 exercise. The Royal Air Force and the Turkish Air Force were there.

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Lockheed-Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon

Lockheed-Martin F-16C Fighting Falcon. Lockheed-Martin F-16C Block 40D Fighting Falcon 88-535 of the 31st Fighter Wing based at Aviano Air Base in Italy carries tail code AV. It is equipped with Low Altitude Targeting and Infra-Red for Night (LANTIRN) pods on the engine inlet and is carrying free-fall gravity bombs for ground-pounding.

Visit the web site of the 31st Fighter Wing.

Visit the web site of Aviano Air Base.

Lockheed-Martin F-16C Fighting Falcon. Lockheed-Martin F-16C Fighting Falcon 86-0331 of the 27th Operations Group based at Cannon Air Force base in New Mexico. It carries tail code CC and the colors of the squadrons of the 27th Fighter Wing on its vertical stabilizer.

Visit the web site of the 27th Fighter Wing.

Lockheed-Martin F-16C Fighting Falcon. Lockheed-Martin F-16C Block 30E Fighting Falcon 86-366 of the 27th Fighter Wing based at Cannon Air Force base in New Mexico carries tail code CC.

Lockheed-Martin F-16C Fighting Falcon. Lockheed-Martin F-16C Block 50D Fighting Falcon 91-361 of the 55th Fighter Squadron of the 20th Fighter Wing based at Shaw Air Force Base in South Carolina carries tail code SW. It is equipped with AGM-88 Hypersonic Anti-Radiation Missiles (HARM) for suppression of adversary radar.

Visit the Air Force Fact Sheet about the AGM-88 HARM missile.

Lockheed-Martin F-16C Fighting Falcon. Lockheed-Martin F-16C Block 50D Fighting Falcon 91-382 of the 55th Fighter Squadron of the 20th Fighter Wing based at Shaw Air Force Base in South Carolina carries tail code SW.

Visit the web site of Shaw Air Force Base.

Lockheed-Martin F-16C Fighting Falcon. Lockheed-Martin F-16C Fighting Falcon 87-0362 of the Air Warfare Center's 53rd Fighter Wing based at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida carries tail code OT. A large portion of the 53rd Wing's test activities involve testing software upgrades used in combat aircraft and weapons, and radar systems in operation-oriented missions. Test missions involve the use of avionics in realistic scenarios in order to test systems and tactics in combat-like situations. This F-16C is carrying AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM).

Visit the web site of the 53rd Fighter Wing.

Visit the Air Force Fact Sheet about the AIM-120 AMRAAM missile.

Lockheed-Martin F-16C Fighting Falcon. Lockheed-Martin F-16C Block 50 Fighting Falcon 90-0803 of the 53rd Test and Evaluation Group of the 53rd Fighter Wing based at Nellis Air Force Base carries tail code OT.

53rd Test and Evaluation Group, Nellis AFB Visit the web site of the 53rd Test and Evaluation Group.

Lockheed-Martin F-16C Fighting Falcon Lockheed-Martin F-16C Fighting Falcon "Red 69" of the 414 CTS of the 57th Wing based at Nellis Air Force Base carries tail code WA.

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Lockheed-Martin F-16C Fighting Falcon. Lockheed-Martin F-16C Block 42H Fighting Falcon 90-728 of the 57th Wing carries tail code WA.

Lockheed-Martin F-16C Fighting Falcon. Lockheed-Martin F-16C Block 32C Fighting Falcon 86-220 "Red 20" of the 57th Wing based at Nellis Air Force Base carries tail code WA.

Lockheed-Martin F-16C Fighting Falcon. Lockheed-Martin F-16C Block 32H Fighting Falcon 87-307 "Red 07" of the 57th Wing based at Nellis Air Force Base carries tail code WA.

Lockheed-Martin F-16C Fighting Falcon. Lockheed-Martin F-16D "Red 27" Fighting Falcon of the 57th Wing based at Nellis Air Force Base carries tail code WA.

Lockheed-Martin F-16C Fighting Falcon. Turkish Air Force Lockheed-Martin F-16C Block 40A Fighting Falcon.

Lockheed-Martin F-16C Fighting Falcon. Turkish Air Force Lockheed-Martin F-16C Block 40H Fighting Falcon 91-0006 carries a wolf's head on its vertical stabilizer.

Lockheed-Martin F-16C Fighting Falcon. A pair of Turkish Air Force Lockheed-Martin F-16C Block 40A Fighting Falcons fly overhead as a F-16C of the Thunderbirds flies the approach to Runway 21 right.

Lockheed-Martin F-16C Fighting Falcon. Lockheed-Martin F-16C Fighting Falcon of the Thunderbirds.

Visit the web site of the United States Air Force Thunderbirds.

Visit the Lockheed-Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon product page.

Visit the Air Force Lockheed-Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon fact sheet.

McDonnell-Douglas F-15 Eagle

McDonnell-Douglas F-15C Eagle McDonnell-Douglas F-15C Eagle 83-023 of the 1st Fighter Wing "Spads" based at Langley Air Force Base in Virginia carries tail code FF.

McDonnell-Douglas F-15C Eagle McDonnell-Douglas F-15C Eagle of the 1st Fighter Wing based at Langley Air Force Base in Virginia carries tail code FF.

Visit the web site of the 1st Fighter Wing.

McDonnell-Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle McDonnell-Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle carries conformal fuel tanks with built-in hardpoints.

McDonnell-Douglas F-15C Eagle McDonnell-Douglas F-15C-40 Eagles 85-118 and 85-115 of the 19th Fighter Squadron of the 3rd Fighter Wing based at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Alaska carry tail code AK. The call sign of the 19th is "Gamecocks"

Visit the web site of Elmendorf Air Force Base.

Press release about the visit of the 19th Fighter Squadron to Red Flag.

McDonnell-Douglas F-15D Eagle McDonnell-Douglas F-15D-31 Eagle 81-063 of the 53rd Fighter Wing based at Nellis Air Force Base carries tail code OT. It is suffering some kind of hydraulic failure and has deployed its arrester hook to engage the restraint on Runway 21 left. It was met by a large number of emergency vehicles with their red lights flashing

McDonnell-Douglas F-15C Eagle McDonnell-Douglas F-15C Eagle of the 57th Wing based at Nellis Air Force Base carries tail code WA.

Visit the Air Force McDonnell-Douglas F-15 Eagle fact sheet.

Link to Boeing's F-15 product page.


Red Flag exercise at Nellis Air Force Base, February 1-3, 2000 - Page 1 Go to the second page of pictures from the Red Flag 00-02 exercise.


BOYD: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of
War Robert Coram has written a biography of John Boyd, titled BOYD: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War. John Boyd served as an instructor at the Fighter Weapons School at Nellis Air Force Base in the 1950s. He had a standing bet that any pilot could put his fighter behind Boyd's airplane, and Boyd would be behind the other pilot in less than 40 seconds or pay him $40. No pilot ever won that bet. Read my review of the book to see whether you want to buy it from Amazon.com.


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