An F-16 Fighting Falcon from the 64th Aggressor Squadron at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., takes off Sept. 24, 2009, from Mountain Home AFB, Nev., during Gunfighter Flag. With a mission to know, teach and replicate any threat friendly forces may face, pilots from the 64th AGS represented enemy aircrews as “red air force” participants during the exercise. Gunfighter Flag, which ran from Sept. 14 through 24, was Mountain Home’s first large-scale, multi-national exercise which brought more than 450 personnel from the Air Force, Navy and Canadian air force to the base.
An F-16 Fighting Falcon from the 64th Aggressor Squadron at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., takes off Sept. 24, 2009, from Mountain Home AFB, Nev., during Gunfighter Flag. With a mission to know, teach and replicate any threat friendly forces may face, pilots from the 64th AGS represented enemy aircrews as “red air force” participants during the exercise. Gunfighter Flag, which ran from Sept. 14 through 24, was Mountain Home’s first large-scale, multi-national exercise which brought more than 450 personnel from the Air Force, Navy and Canadian air force to the base.
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