Featured in Red FlagBYJamie HunterJan 30, 2024ShareMassive New Air Combat Exercise Underway Along The California CoastBamboo Eagle is an extension of the Air Force’s Red Flag exercises that focuses on winning a fight in the vast Pacific theater. BYJamie HunterJan 30, 2024ShareBYJoseph TrevithickDec 31, 2021ShareWatch This C-130 Run For Its Life At Low Level From A Mock Enemy Missile CrewRealistic threats on the ground are an important if often underappreciated aspect of the Air Force’s Red Flag air combat exercises. BYJoseph TrevithickDec 31, 2021ShareBYThomas NewdickAug 4, 2021ShareF-35s Have Flown Their First “Red Air” Missions As Dedicated Stealth AggressorsThe latest iteration of the Air Force’s huge Red Flag aerial war games features highly-trained aggressor pilots playing the “bad guys” in F-35s. BYThomas NewdickAug 4, 2021ShareBYThomas Newdick and Tyler RogowayJul 25, 2021ShareE-4B “Doomsday Plane” Just Made A Highly Unusual Visit To Secretive Tonopah Test Range Airport (Updated)Seldom, if ever, do E-4Bs visit Tonopah Test Range Airport in Nevada and, in this case, the Secretary of Defense might have been onboard. BYThomas Newdick and Tyler RogowayJul 25, 2021ShareBYTyler RogowayJul 21, 2021ShareF-117 Aggressors Photographed Low Over The Nevada Desert During Red Flag War GamesThe officially retired F-117 Nighthawks are busier than ever playing the role of stealthy bad guys. BYTyler RogowayJul 21, 2021ShareBYTyler RogowayFeb 7, 2021ShareThis Rising B-2 Stealth Bomber’s Intricate Belly Is Positively Otherworldly LookingThe image looks like the arrival of an ominous alien spaceship while also showcasing how complex the B-2’s smooth underside really is. BYTyler RogowayFeb 7, 2021ShareBYJamie HunterJan 13, 2021ShareBlack Flag Rises: New “Super Bowl Of Test Exercises” Pushes USAF’s Top Weapons To Their LimitThe full story behind the Air Force’s new war games that will ensure interoperability and get new capabilities and tactics to front line units faster. BYJamie HunterJan 13, 2021ShareBYTyler RogowayNov 27, 2020ShareF-117 Nighthawks Now Appear To Be Flying As Adversaries In Red Flag Aerial War GamesThe F-117 force’s presence over the southwestern U.S. has greatly expanded in recent years. Now it appears to have taken on a formal aggressor role. BYTyler RogowayNov 27, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayAug 8, 2020ShareThis Is The Most Stunning Photo Of A B-1B Bomber Night Launch We’ve Ever SeenThe image masterly captures the elegant and ferocious qualities of the B-1B, especially when its four turbofans at roaring away in full afterburner. BYTyler RogowayAug 8, 2020ShareBYJamie HunterAug 4, 2020ShareRed Flag Is Back In Business As Two Of The Big Air Combat Exercises Kick Off SimultaneouslyTwo Red Flag exercises are underway this August as the U.S. Air Force strives to get high-end war-fighting training back on track. BYJamie HunterAug 4, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayJul 3, 2020ShareThe Air Force Desperately Needs A Stealth TankerFielding a stealthy tanker would go a long way to remedy the USAF’s near-sighted practice of betting heavily on relatively short-ranged stealth fighters, but it won’t be cheap. BYTyler RogowayJul 3, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayMar 14, 2020ShareF-15E Strike Eagle Spotted Flying With An Inert B61-12 Nuclear Bomb Out Of Nellis AFBThe precision-guided upgrade of the B61 tactical nuclear bomb has had a troubled and very expensive past. BYTyler RogowayMar 14, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayFeb 3, 2020ShareThis Is What Nellis Air Force Base’s Ongoing Red Flag Exercise Looks Like From SpaceRed Flag is nearly half a century old and it is still the world’s top air combat training event, the latest iteration of which is very exclusive. BYTyler RogowayFeb 3, 2020ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJul 29, 2019ShareHere’s What Really Happened When U.S. Marines Brought F-35Bs to Red FlagAn internal summary of VMFA-121’s trip to Nellis Air Force Base in 2016 is much more nuanced than most of the official press releases. BYJoseph TrevithickJul 29, 2019ShareBYTyler RogowayMay 9, 2019ShareF-35 Aggressor Squadron To Be Activated At Nellis Air Force Base (Updated)The F-35 will bring revolutionary and badly needed capabilities to the aggressor mission. BYTyler RogowayMay 9, 2019ShareBYTyler RogowayNov 21, 2018ShareUSAF Wing Boss Is Crowdsourcing New Paint Scheme For Aggressor F-16The 64th Aggressor Squadron has a stable full of colorfully painted F-16s and the unit’s next paint scheme could come from you! BYTyler RogowayNov 21, 2018Share12
BYJamie HunterJan 30, 2024ShareMassive New Air Combat Exercise Underway Along The California CoastBamboo Eagle is an extension of the Air Force’s Red Flag exercises that focuses on winning a fight in the vast Pacific theater. BYJamie HunterJan 30, 2024Share
BYJoseph TrevithickDec 31, 2021ShareWatch This C-130 Run For Its Life At Low Level From A Mock Enemy Missile CrewRealistic threats on the ground are an important if often underappreciated aspect of the Air Force’s Red Flag air combat exercises. BYJoseph TrevithickDec 31, 2021Share
BYThomas NewdickAug 4, 2021ShareF-35s Have Flown Their First “Red Air” Missions As Dedicated Stealth AggressorsThe latest iteration of the Air Force’s huge Red Flag aerial war games features highly-trained aggressor pilots playing the “bad guys” in F-35s. BYThomas NewdickAug 4, 2021Share
BYThomas Newdick and Tyler RogowayJul 25, 2021ShareE-4B “Doomsday Plane” Just Made A Highly Unusual Visit To Secretive Tonopah Test Range Airport (Updated)Seldom, if ever, do E-4Bs visit Tonopah Test Range Airport in Nevada and, in this case, the Secretary of Defense might have been onboard. BYThomas Newdick and Tyler RogowayJul 25, 2021Share
BYTyler RogowayJul 21, 2021ShareF-117 Aggressors Photographed Low Over The Nevada Desert During Red Flag War GamesThe officially retired F-117 Nighthawks are busier than ever playing the role of stealthy bad guys. BYTyler RogowayJul 21, 2021Share
BYTyler RogowayFeb 7, 2021ShareThis Rising B-2 Stealth Bomber’s Intricate Belly Is Positively Otherworldly LookingThe image looks like the arrival of an ominous alien spaceship while also showcasing how complex the B-2’s smooth underside really is. BYTyler RogowayFeb 7, 2021Share
BYJamie HunterJan 13, 2021ShareBlack Flag Rises: New “Super Bowl Of Test Exercises” Pushes USAF’s Top Weapons To Their LimitThe full story behind the Air Force’s new war games that will ensure interoperability and get new capabilities and tactics to front line units faster. BYJamie HunterJan 13, 2021Share
BYTyler RogowayNov 27, 2020ShareF-117 Nighthawks Now Appear To Be Flying As Adversaries In Red Flag Aerial War GamesThe F-117 force’s presence over the southwestern U.S. has greatly expanded in recent years. Now it appears to have taken on a formal aggressor role. BYTyler RogowayNov 27, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayAug 8, 2020ShareThis Is The Most Stunning Photo Of A B-1B Bomber Night Launch We’ve Ever SeenThe image masterly captures the elegant and ferocious qualities of the B-1B, especially when its four turbofans at roaring away in full afterburner. BYTyler RogowayAug 8, 2020Share
BYJamie HunterAug 4, 2020ShareRed Flag Is Back In Business As Two Of The Big Air Combat Exercises Kick Off SimultaneouslyTwo Red Flag exercises are underway this August as the U.S. Air Force strives to get high-end war-fighting training back on track. BYJamie HunterAug 4, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayJul 3, 2020ShareThe Air Force Desperately Needs A Stealth TankerFielding a stealthy tanker would go a long way to remedy the USAF’s near-sighted practice of betting heavily on relatively short-ranged stealth fighters, but it won’t be cheap. BYTyler RogowayJul 3, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayMar 14, 2020ShareF-15E Strike Eagle Spotted Flying With An Inert B61-12 Nuclear Bomb Out Of Nellis AFBThe precision-guided upgrade of the B61 tactical nuclear bomb has had a troubled and very expensive past. BYTyler RogowayMar 14, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayFeb 3, 2020ShareThis Is What Nellis Air Force Base’s Ongoing Red Flag Exercise Looks Like From SpaceRed Flag is nearly half a century old and it is still the world’s top air combat training event, the latest iteration of which is very exclusive. BYTyler RogowayFeb 3, 2020Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJul 29, 2019ShareHere’s What Really Happened When U.S. Marines Brought F-35Bs to Red FlagAn internal summary of VMFA-121’s trip to Nellis Air Force Base in 2016 is much more nuanced than most of the official press releases. BYJoseph TrevithickJul 29, 2019Share
BYTyler RogowayMay 9, 2019ShareF-35 Aggressor Squadron To Be Activated At Nellis Air Force Base (Updated)The F-35 will bring revolutionary and badly needed capabilities to the aggressor mission. BYTyler RogowayMay 9, 2019Share
BYTyler RogowayNov 21, 2018ShareUSAF Wing Boss Is Crowdsourcing New Paint Scheme For Aggressor F-16The 64th Aggressor Squadron has a stable full of colorfully painted F-16s and the unit’s next paint scheme could come from you! BYTyler RogowayNov 21, 2018Share
