Operation Red Flag (ORF)

Operation RED FLAG is an advanced aerial combat training exercise hosted at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada and Eielson Air Force Base Alaska. Since 1975, air crew from the United States Air Force (USAF) and other U.S. military branches and allies take part in the exercises, each of which is six weeks in duration. Red Flag is similar to the U.S. Navy's Top Gun aerial combat training school.

The origin of Red Flag was the unacceptable performance of U.S. Air Force pilots in air combat maneuvering (ACM) (air-to-air combat) during the Vietnam War in comparison to previous wars. Air combat over North Vietnam between 1965 and 1973 led to an overall exchange ratio (ratio of enemy aircraft shot down to the number of own aircraft lost to enemy fighters) of 2.2:1 (for a period of time in June and July 1972 during Operation Linebacker the ratio was less than 1:1).

In order to participate in this operation you must be current with your proficiencies and have your DCO's approval. The SAR BOSS or his designee will be posting for openings with the briefing for logistic flights as well as training ops that will be held at CGAS Kodiak for those chosen to fly during combat operations. That date will be announced in the coming weeks.

As you may or may not know, ORF09 is a regularly scheduled event hosted by the VUSAF
whereby participants are organized into "Red" defensive forces and "Blue" offensive forces. The offensive
force includes the full spectrum of U.S. and allied tactical and support units, while the defense force will
consist of volunteers from all participating organizations and will be tasked with opposing the “Blue Force”
for the duration of the exercise.

The entire airspace is made up of 17 permanent military operations areas and high altitude training areas,
plus two restricted areas, for a total airspace of more than 67,000 square miles. Aircrews aren't the only
ones who benefit from the RED FLAG-Alaska experience. Exercises provide an operations training
environment for participants such as unit-level intelligence experts, maintenance crews, and command,
control elements and Air traffic control. By providing generic scenarios using common worldwide threats
and simulated combat conditions, OPERATION RED FLAG-Alaska gives everyone an opportunity to make the tough
calls combat often requires.

Anyone interested in participating must have a stable internet connection and all scenery that will be provided by the vUSAF loaded and confirmed by the SAR BOSS or his designee to be working properly. All crews will need to have the back up communications Roger Wilco operational and satellite secure comms running.

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