Red Flags Nellis in 2012

[Piet Luijken]

Red Flag 12-3 from Feb. 27 to March 16, 2012.

---Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron One and Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 4 from Whidbey Island Naval Air Station, Wash., flying EP-3s and EA-6Bs
---Air Test and Evaluation Squadron One out of Patuxent River Naval Air Station, Md., flying E-2Ds
---142nd Fighter Wing, 123rd Fighter Squadron from the Portland, Ore., Air National Guard flying F-15Cs
---1st Fighter Wing, 27th Fighter Squadron from Langley Air Force Base, Va., flying F-22s
---13th Bomber Squadron from Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., flying B-2s
---180th Fighter Wing, 112th Fighter Squadron from Toledo, Ohio Air National Guard flying F-16CMs
---Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 122 from Beaufort, S.C., flying F-18s
---12th Air Command Control System from Warner Robins Air Force Base, Ga., flying E-8s
---963rd Air Command Control System from Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., flying E-3s
---389th Fighter Squadron from Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho flying F-15 Es
---148th Fighter Wing, 179th Fighter Squadron from Duluth, Minn. Air National Guard flying F-16 CJs
---55th Wing, 38th Rescue Squadron from Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., flying RD-135s

In addition to U.S. aircraft, the Royal Australian Air Force, flying F-18s, and the Royal Air Force of the United Kingdom, flying GR-4s, will participate.

[Piet Luijken]

media day is 14 march.

[Melchior Timmers]

Now that's an impressive list....

[pjotrtje]

I'd be tempted to exchange my visit in July for this one... Indeed pretty impressive, it's the most crowded exercise to be hosted in 2012 at Nellis.

media day is 14 march.

If you want to apply for the media day, be quick:

Media interested in covering the event must provide their name, date of birth, passport information (if not a U.S. citizen) and a letter of intent to publish from a major media outlet to public affairs at 99abw.pacurrent@nellis.af.mil. Please specify your coverage needs. Media must provide their information by 4:30 p.m. Pacific Time Feb. 17, 2012, in order to be included in the Media Day, which will take place Wednesday, March 14, 2012.

[SnapperBaz]

I'll be there again for Redflag 2, good to see some of you Dutch guys there last month...anyone know what RAF Sqdn it is there for this next event? Should be a great event...be advised as there is a NASCAR event on the 9-11th (or whatever that weekend is!) March so recoveries over the raceway on the Friday and poss'' the Thursday maybe out as there will probably be helicopter and banner towing aircraft over the track? Traffic that weekend to and from the LA area on the I-15 Freeway before and straight after will be terrible! See you there!!

[EOR1]

B-2 WM 82-1066/America, 89-0129/Georgia, 93-1086/Kitty Hawk

MC-12W BB 09-0648

EA-6B RM 05/161348, 08/163528, 09/162936, 10/______

E-2D 601/167931

E-3 OK red 76-1604, 78-0577

E-8 GA black 92-3289

F-15C Portland 80-0024, 84-0003, 84-0031 color, 85-0094, 85-0106, 86-0151

F-15E MO red 87-0173, 87-0201, 87-0202, 87-0204, 87-0209, 88-1667, 88-1678, 88-1697, 88-1699, 88-1705/389FS, 89-0506, 90-0227

F-16 Duluth blue 91-0349, 91-0388, 91-0414, 91-0420, 91-0421

F-16 Duluth SP marks 90-0831 (red), 91-0341 (red), 91-0405 (blue), 91-0406 (red), 91-0408 (red)

F-16 Duluth unmarked 96-0081

F-16 HL black 88-0166d, 88-0447

F-16 HL yellow 88-0429, 88-0432, 88-0437, 88-0454, 88-0459, 88-0462, 88-0467, 88-0486, 88-0495/4FS, 88-0509, 88-0528, 89-2065, 89-2072, 89-2075

F-16 OH green 89-2045, 89-2085, 89-2109, 89-2128, 89-2129, 90-0700

F-18 DC VMFA-122 00/164247, 01/164264, 06/164273, 07/164274, 08/164204, 10/164275, 12/164277, 203/163169

F-18 RAAF A21-4, A21-8, A21-10, A21-23, A21-28, A21-38 70years, A21-45, ___-__

F-22 FF 08-4152, 08-4153, 08-4165, 08-4166, 08-4167, 08-4169, 08-4171, 09-4173, 09-4176, 09-4180, 09-4181, 09-4182

GR-4 RAF 011/ZA400, 015/A406, 024/ZA458, 027/ZA462, EB-G/ZA600 95Ann, 075/ZA613, 111/ZD850, ___/_____

KC-10 McGuire 79-1947, 86-0036

KC-135 MacDill 57-2605, 60-0344, 63-7977, 63-8027, 63-8045, 63-8887

RC-135 OF red 64-14845

[raameagle]

RM10 is 163888.

Regards

Mark

[IBALL]

Does anybody know the daily flying times during Red Flag? Will departure day be 16th March?

[EOR1]

monday, launch started 1pm, recovery ended 5:30pm.
departure day for most should be saturday Mar 17

[EOR1]

also add 2 more E-2s, one being E-2D 167929/600
2 EP-3s, one being 156511/511

[pjotrtje]

monday, launch started 1pm, recovery ended 5:30pm.
departure day for most should be saturday Mar 17

And there's night flying sessions as well, this morning at least one of the participating aviators ended his working day at 7 AM...

[IBALL]

Thanks for the quick replies

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[efa78]

Hello to all who can help me. In August I'll be at Nellis, I can not understand the web at Nellis, the dates of the green flag of August. Who can help me and tell me when it starts and when it ends? He deserves the same, such as photographs, even if it is not the red flag? I also saw the tutorial JEFX, also deserves better than this or the red. Thanks to all

[ATCManch]

An additional E-2D was 168076/602, note the tail numbers are incorrect

I believe there was another one if anyone is able to tie it up

Also, any ID for the third EP-3? I only have 159512 and 156511

A couple of additional MO F15Es are 87-0169, 87-0170, 87-0207 and 87-0208 - all photographed from inside the base

The missing RAAF F-18 in the list is A21-25

Any IDs for the 6 H-60s outside on the 14th March?

And finally, does anyone have a tie up for the T-Birds at the moment

Cheers

Tony
(p.s - more pictures to follow on my website)

[pjotrtje]

I only have seen two EP-3's in the entire week... However, there were four E-2Ds:
[table 800][tr][td]regi[/td][td]type[/td][td]operator[/td][td]spot_remarks[/td][/tr][tr][td]157318/318[/td][td]EP-3E[/td][td]VQ-1[/td][td][/td][/tr][tr][td]156511/511[/td][td]EP-3E[/td][td]VQ-2[/td][td][/td][/tr][tr][td]167929/JA600[/td][td]E-2D[/td][td]VX-1[/td][td][/td][/tr][tr][td]167931/JA601[/td][td]E-2D[/td][td]VX-1[/td][td][/td][/tr][tr][td]168076/JA602/8067[/td][td]E-2D[/td][td]VX-1[/td][td][/td][/tr][tr][td]168077/JA603[/td][td]E-2D[/td][td]VX-1[/td][td][/td][/tr][/table]
I ID'd four HH-60s on the 14th, at dawn:
[table 800][tr][td]regi[/td][td]type[/td][td]operator[/td][td]spot_remarks[/td][/tr][tr][td]87-26008/FT[/td][td]HH-60G[/td][td]347th RQW/66th RQS[/td][td][/td][/tr][tr][td]87-26010[/td][td]HH-60G[/td][td]347th RQW/66th RQS[/td][td][/td][/tr][tr][td]90-26312[/td][td]HH-60G[/td][td]347th RQW/66th RQS[/td][td][/td][/tr][tr][td]97-26774[/td][td]HH-60G[/td][td]347th RQW/66th RQS[/td][td][/td][/tr][/table]

If anyone is able to tie up the following:
Two VMFT-401 F-5s departing to Yuma on the 14th of March;
A USNavy C-26 seen in the morning of the 14th of March;
the lone VFA-32 F/A-18F arriving on the 16th of March;
...and the three VEGAS flights (2 flights of Raptors and a singleton HH-60) returing to Nellis (from?) on Friday the 16th?

Thanks!