The Royal Air Force has deployed Typhoon and Voyager aircraft, along with supporting personnel, to participate in Exercise Red Flag Nellis, marking the event’s 50th anniversary and 48 years of UK involvement, according to the Royal Air Force.
Held at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada from 26 January to 7 February, Red Flag provides “a uniquely valuable experience” for aircrew, technicians, and controllers by simulating “complex and large-scale missions” and “aggressor” forces, as described in the press release.
Personnel from 6, 10, 51, 101, 19, and 20 Squadrons are among the RAF contingent, operating alongside colleagues from the United States and Australia.
Group Captain Lefroy, Detachment Commander and quoted in the news release, explained the rationale behind the exercise:
“Red Flag gives our people and the UK a unique opportunity to boost our interoperability and integration with US and Australian forces, including 5th-generation and cutting-edge capabilities, and match them against current threats.”
Upon completion of Red Flag, RAF participants will move on to Exercise Bamboo Eagle, focusing on the integration of “tactical effects from dispersed forces and under distributed command and control,” to “synchronise air, space and cyber effects” in simulated contested environments.
Missions conducted during Red Flag extend beyond the Nevada Test and Training Range to maritime domains southwest of the United States.
This year’s iteration involves about 3,000 personnel, with over 370 from the UK, and up to 100 aircraft operating in diverse mission scenarios. Established in 1975 following lessons from the Vietnam War, Red Flag still aims to rehearse and refine the critical “first ten combat missions” in a modern, highly realistic training environment.
A bit off topic but has anyone seen the reports that Turkey is getting 20 Tranche 1 from RAF and 20 new build Typhoon’s from BAE. If so not much of a result.
I wasn’t aware that 20 Tranche1 were still serviceable.
Most reports have been that the frames were stripped for a reduce-to-produce output.
Interesting if Erdogan gets new build Typhoon as he was cut out of F35. What does the Tangerine Tinted Buffoon make of that??
News on their ‘carrier’ went a bit quiet. Erdogan paid a heavy price for the S400 and fence sitting on Russian activity in UKR.
Would take Trump over liberal, leftist Starmer any day.
“Take” as in “take out to be shot by a firing squad”?
The nazis are coming out of the woodwork…
“If you don’t want to import millions of 3rd worlders, give them welfare, give them housing- making less available for actual citizens, see drastically higher crime rates… then you’re a nazi!”
At Patrick
No your not, but I would say that threatening to ethically cleanse Gaza of Palestinians, take it over and turn it into a holiday resort for the wealthy is pretty close to something the third Reich would have done.
Maybe you can tell what happened at end of second world war regarding borders and people displacement…
third reich did not won so they weren’t the ones doing it…
Prefer a Brit over a grifting American.
It’s been turned into a UAV carrier. What might be of interest to the RN is that these Baykar UAVs are designed for ramp takeoff, with some have potential for AEW roles. Baykar have signed up for a partnership with Leonardo, so we might be seeing some of these UAVs on the Trieste.
Yes, I know it *had* to be converted – complete with comedy winch catapult launcher borrowed from the nearest glider club!
From which we can deduce that the speed of rotation isn’t that high….
I love the Bagheri, I think the whole “land round the island” thing is so underrated.
It’s obviously been taken to an extreme here but reverse angled decks in general look so pretty for small carriers.
Potential for MAC-ships in the event of war?
All the reports I’ve seen indicate that it is for 40 new-build jets with no second-hand Tranch 1 jets from the RAF.
Absolute bollocks as usual
“deployed Typhoon and Voyager aircraft, along with supporting personnel,”
For interest:
10 and 101 Sqns. Voyager.
6 Sqn. Typhoon.
51 Sqn. Rivet Joint.
19 Sqn. The new Sqn number plate for the CRC at Boulmer, part of ACCS Force.
20 Sqn. The OCU for the ACCS Force.
Good, we need all the practice against our ex allies as we can get