Military Exercise – Red Flag 16-2
With only a short gap after Red Flag 16-1, the year’s second Red Flag exercise, Red Flag 16-2, kicked off at Nellis AFB, Nevada on 29 February. Chris Wood travels back to Nevada to report for GAR.
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Military Exercise – Red Flag 16-1
2016’s Red Flag series of exercises kicked off at Nellis AFB, Nevada on 25 January with Red Flag 16-1, the first of four exercises planned for Fiscal Year 2016. Chris Wood and Rob Edgcumbe report from Nevada.
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Military Exercise – Red Flag 15-3
The latest Red Flag exercise, Red Flag 15-3, took place for three weeks from 13 to 31 July at Nellis AFB, Nevada. This was a purely US exercise, involving units from the US Air Force, US Navy and US Marine Corps. Nearly 120 aircraft deployed to Nellis, some additional aircraft operated from their home base and a few Nellis-based aircraft also took part. Chris Wood reports from a hot and humid Nevada.
Read MoreMilitary Exercise – Red Flag 15-2
With only a two-week gap after the end of Red Flag 15-1, Red Flag 15-2 started on 2 March at Nellis AFB, Nevada. Unlike 15-1 this was a two-week exercise, and involved around 90 aircraft which had deployed to Nellis. As well as the US Air Force, there were aircraft from the US Marine Corps and from NATO, Norway and the United Arab Emirates. Chris Wood reports.
Read MoreMilitary Aviation – USS Theodore Roosevelt visits the UK
A potent symbol of American military power slipped into UK waters on 22 March 2015, when the nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, CVN 71, anchored in Stokes Bay, off Gosport in Hampshire. Chris Wood writes for GAR.
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