Red Flag 14-1 and Nellis (GIANT HUGE post)

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Red Flag 14-1 and Nellis (GIANT HUGE post)

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It's been a few months since the exercise finished however it took some time for me to go through everything. As most know, there's a lot of participants, a lot of action, and even more aircraft. It's hard to capture the magnitude of it all with only a small amount of pics, therefore I have a ton of photos :lol: .

First and foremost, Nellis has a lot of activity outside of Red Flag. Below are just some fraction of the local players and other random stuff.

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To start off the Red Flag stuff, the hosts. The 64th and 65th AGRS.

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F-16CMs from the 20th Fighter Wing, 55th Fighter Squadron at Shaw AFB:


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EC-130s from the 55th Electronic Group, 43rd Electronic Combat Squadron at Davis-Monthan AFB:


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EA-18G Growlers from VAQ-135:


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EA-6B from VMAQ-4:


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B-2s from the 509th BW at Whiteman:


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F-15Es from the 366th Fighter Wing, 391st Fighter Squadron at Mountain Home AFB:


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F-16Cs from the 140th Fighter Wing, 120th Fighter Squadron at Buckley AFB:


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F/A-18s from VMFA-314:


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F/A-18E/F and EA-18G from VX-31 "Dust Devils" at China Lake:


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USAF KC-135s and E-3:


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E-3D from the RAF:


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E-7 Wedgetail from the RAAF:


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F/A-18s from RAAF:


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The RAF had a lot of aircraft at this Red Flag. First, the Tornados...


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And the most interesting and best for last, the RAF EF Typhoons!



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Of course, there are other participants which only flew at night or which I couldn't take photos of, however I think these covered it enough.
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Excellent coverage - looks like you had access to some top locations!
Thanks for posting.
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what a set!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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danighi wrote:what a set!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Totally Agree, Amazing pictures here :rock:
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Wow!!! USAFP (United states Airforce Porn!) Fantastic ,and so many types.I do love those F35's, great to see the B2, especially in the landing shot with two E3's :rock:
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Amazing set, Can't pick a winner as all of them are brilliant.

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Some real gems here, Ivan, great set :clap:

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Super post. Really enjoyed looking through these. Red Flag is on many an aviation photographer's bucket list - thanks for sharing!

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The Thunderbird solo low take off is a belter :rock: However the whole set is excellent and just makes me want to go all the more!!!

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Cannot believe I just did this, but I count 161 photos. Brilliant stuff!

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Yeah lovely set of shots would love to do it, someday :clap: :clap:
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Thanks everyone for the comments. In fact I also did some air-to-air from a KC-135 however those photos are forever lost.

tommo999 wrote:Cannot believe I just did this, but I count 161 photos. Brilliant stuff!


You didn't have to do that, I could've told you how many I posted :smile:
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Very nice Ivan! :clap: :clap:
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One word, WOW ! :D

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Stunning set..... :clap: :clap:

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Stunning set of photo's, amazing coverage of Red Flag, and what a privilege to be able to do this. Love the low thunderbird take off :clap:

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Is that all?? no more ... :lmao:

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Really enjoyed looking at these.
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Absolutely the best set on UKAR for months, a totally wonderful combination of Red Flag, not jealous of course watched two tornados take at Marham in one afternoon recently, :clap: :clap: .

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