Four GTR-18A rockets are placed on launch rails during exercise Red Flag-Rescue 22-2 at Playas Training Center, New Mexico, Aug. 11, 2022. Airmen from Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, played as an opposing force during RF-R by monitoring for aircraft via radar and launching GTR-18A rockets at them. RF-R is an Air Combat Command-sponsored, Joint National Training Center-certified, two-week, live-fly, combat search and rescue (CSAR) exercise designed and executed by Detachment 1, 414th Combat Training Squadron.

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