Royal Australian Air Force F-111C fighters formate on an Air Force KC-135R Stratotanker during a Red Flag 09-03 mission March 4. The F-111Cs and their crews provided long-range strike capabilities for the exercise's "Blue" forces. Many of the RAAF F-111s at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., for Red Flag 09-03 are former Air Force aircraft that were based at Nellis in the 1960s. Red Flag provides realistic combat training for , allied and coalition air forces. Gary Emery

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