U.S. Air Force Overhauls Training To Prepare For Combat At Sea

U.S. Air Force F-16

A U.S. Air Force F-16 received fuel over the Pacific Ocean during the Red Flag exercise’s first maritime scenario.

Credit: Brian Everstine/AW&ST
In the closing days of the world’s most famous air combat exercise, a stream of U.S., Australian and UK fighters, tankers and electronic-jamming aircraft took off from Nellis AFB, Nevada, and turned southwest toward the Pacific Ocean, for the first time. Red Flag, the U.S. Air Force’s premier combat...

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