Green Flag 10-5. Nellis. Fort Irwin

Parallèlement aux exercices Red Flag, se déroulent les Green Flag West dix fois par an.

Une étroite collaboration entre Army et Air Force :


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Green Flag - West exercises take place 10 times a year. Aircraft and crews fly from Nellis AFB, Nev., in support of ground combat training at Fort Irwin (Barstow), Calif.

Exercise Schedule:

2010
12-26 Feb
12-26 Mar
16-30 Apr
21 May-4 Jun
16-30 Jul
13-27 Aug
10-24 Sep

Participating Aircraft

16-30 Jul

F-15E, Hill AFB, Utah
E-3, Tinker AFB Okla
KC-135, Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D.
MQ-1/MQ-9, Creech AFB, Nev.
MQ-1, California Air National Guard

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by Maj. Misty Sorensen

549th Combat Training Squadron

7/7/2010 - NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. -- Southern Nevada and Southern California residents will see increased military aircraft activity as the U.S. Air Force hosts exercise Green Flag-West 10-08 from July 9-23.

Aircraft will depart from Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., twice daily for missions at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, Calif. July 11-16 takeoffs are scheduled around 3 p.m. and again at 8 p.m. July 18-22, aircraft will depart around 7 a.m. and again at 2 p.m. with missions operations scheduled to run until midnight.

The exercise flight path includes areas within Las Vegas valley, near Mount Charleston, and north of Pahrump in Nevada; as well the Mojave Desert near Fort Irwin in both Inyo and San Bernardino Counties in California.

Conducted by the 549th Combat Training Squadron at Nellis and the 12th Combat Training Squadron at Fort Irwin, Green Flag-West provides a realistic air-land integration training environment for Airmen and Soldiers preparing to deploy in support of worldwide combat operations.

"This is the premier training exercise preparing our Airmen for combat deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan," said Lt. Col. Robert Chavez, commander of the 549th CTS. "Green Flag-West is where U.S. Air Force, joint, and coalition aircrews hone their air-land integration skills for success in our current operations."

An unscripted battle exercise which provides units with training on a scale not available at or near their home stations, Green Flag-West replicates irregular warfare conditions currently found in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Aircrews, working closely with joint terminal attack controllers, protect nearly 6,000 Soldiers and 400 armored and support vehicles from an opposing enemy force in a 1,000-square-mile combat environment.

Units from the Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps and allied nations regularly participate in Green Flag-West which is conducted 10 times annually.

E 3 Tinker AFB

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NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev.-- Capt. Phil Jackson, an F-16 pilot, 4th Fighter Wing, Hill Air Force Base prepares to taxi his F-16 taxi his aircraft for a Green Flag-West 10-8 mission at Nellis on July 20, 2010.

Members from the his 4th Fighter Squadron are training with the U.S. Army in realistic air-land integration scenarios at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, Calif., July 11-23.
The 4th FS is preparing for upcoming deployment to Afghanistan in in support of counter-insurgency operations.

(U.S. Air Force photo by Lawrence Crespo)

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NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev.-- Senior Airman Norman Rollock, crew chief, 388th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Hill Air Force Base, Utah, marshals an F-16 to the taxiway at Nellis during a Green Flag-West 10-8 mission July 20, 2010.

The 388th Fighter Wing trained with the U.S. Army in realistic air-land integration scenarios at the National
Training Center, Fort Irwin, Calif., July 11-23.
The wing is preparing for upcoming deployment to Afghanistan in in support of counter-insurgency operations.

(U.S. Air Force photo by Lawrence Crespo)

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NELLIS AIR fORCE BASE, Nev. -- An F-16 from the 4th Fighter Squadron, Hill Air Force Base, Utah takes off the runway for Green Flag here July 21, 2010.The 4th FS trained with the U.S. Army in realistic air-land integration scenarios at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, Calif., July 11-23 in preparation for upcoming deployment to
Afghanistan in in support of counter-insurgency operations.

(U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Daniel Phelps)

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Et les Vipers de Shaw AFB toujours mis à contribution

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Bravo Madame

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Transport des personnels et matériels pour Green Flag

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NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev.-- Capt. Phil Jackson, an F-16 pilot, 4th Fighter Squadron, Hill Air Force Base, Utah, sets the laser code on a GBU-12 laser-guided bomb prior to departing Nellis for a Green Flag-West 10-8 mission July 20, 2010.

The 4th FS trained with the U.S. Army in realistic air-land integration scenarios at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, Calif., July 11-23 in preparation for upcoming deployment to Afghanistan in in support of counter-insurgency
operations.

(U.S. Air Force photo by Lawrence Crespo)

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F-15 du 549th Combat Training Squadron, participant à Green Flag

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Un stealth s'est fait prendre en photo en approche de Nellis

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" Sentry Eagle " Viper

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