Col. William Creeden commands a team of 1,700. They are responsible for the two squadrons of F-22s that account for one third of the Air Force’s combat F-22 Raptors.
28 More than 2,200 Airmen, Marines, Sailors and Guardians across 15 squadrons from 17 different states will participate in Red Flag 21-3 here, July 19 through Aug. 6.
Red Flag is an air combat training exercise organized at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, and hosted on the Nevada Test and Training Range, the U.S. Air Force s premier military training area with more than 12,000 square miles of airspace and 2.9 million acres of land.
According to Staff Sgt. Karmyn Allen, 414th Combat Training Squadron Maintenance Division, the NTTR’s large training area allows units to have the air space to face realistic targets and scenarios they would see in combat situations.
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