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Checkered Flag, one of the Department of Defense’s largest air-to-air exercises, is a two-week long, large-scale aerial exercise designed to integrate fourth and fifth-generation airframes to enhance mobility, deployment, and employment capabilities of,
The largest Checkered Flag exercise held to date wrapped up at Tyndall Air Force Base, May 21. Checkered Flag, one of the Department of Defense's largest...
By Staff Sgt. Betty R. Chevalier, 325th Fighter Wing Public Affairs / Published May 27, 2021 A U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle assigned to Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, receives fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker over the Gulf of Mexico during Checkered Flag 21-2, May 12, 2021. Checkered Flag is a large-scale aerial exercise designed to integrate fourth and fifth-generation airframes to enhance mobility, deployment, and employment capabilities of aviators and maintainers. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Stefan Alvarez) U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Rile...
By Staff Sgt. Betty R. Chevalier, 325th Fighter Wing Public Affairs / Published May 27, 2021 A U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle assigned to Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, receives fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker over the Gulf of Mexico during Checkered Flag 21-2, May 12, 2021. Checkered Flag is a large-scale aerial exercise designed to integrate fourth and fifth-generation airframes to enhance mobility, deployment, and employment capabilities of aviators and maintainers. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Stefan Alvarez) U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Rile...
But you'll have to take their word for it. The 53rd Wing's four-paragraph Tuesday announcement of the milestone achievement of the 28th Test and Evaluation Squadron and the 83rd Fighter Weapons Squadron — and, of course, the AIM-120D AMRAAM (Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile), the F-15C Eagle aboard which it was loaded, and a BQM-167 subscale drone — did not disclose the distance that the missile traveled before hitting its target. The exact range of the AIM-120D, the latest version of the Raytheon Technologies Corporation-produced AMRAAM, is classified. However, some reports i...