ForgotPassword Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 (edited) Apparently a USAF source has confirmed that the Russians will be participating in the next evolution of Red Flag. I wonder if they'll get to see some of the heritage rooms on base... http://www.flightglo...o-red-flag.html http://english.ruvr....07_03/80124065/ Discuss! Edited July 6, 2012 by ForgotPassword Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoleIt Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 Holy crap. Well I guess I'll see them there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFM this Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 ...Red Air? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ram Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 Well, looks like the aggressors are going to need a whole new set of patches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperWSO Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 (edited) Is that stereotyping if we make them Red Air? Will they be GCI dependant? Standard loadout? They're going to simulate some fucked up loadout (wall to wall AA-8s) just to have an Eagle guy stand up and say "Thats not how you do that!" Edited July 6, 2012 by SuperWSO 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danger41 Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 Hopefully they don't just fuck around like some other countries that show up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wing Sweep Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 cough, cough...Japanese...cough, cough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busdriver Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 cough, cough...Japanese...cough, cough The problem is SAF/IA is insanely protective of TTPs, to the point of stupidity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flare Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 Badass. I want to play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hacker Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 This will make threat replication pretty cut-and-dried. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Man Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 Take em here, splash em the day after. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 Day only? Gun only? Could be the most or least fun RF ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hacker Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 Will Showtime be out of a job? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azimuth Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 This has happened before. http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gur_nP9mIXU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnum Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 Hate to break it but there is no Red Flag in October as the article claims. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 No normal RF. This one is only for Special Ops fighter pilots. That's probably why you haven't heard about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abmwaldo Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 Wolverines!! Possible code word? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 The chair is by the door. John has a long mustache. Just sayin'... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slander Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 Hate to break it but there is no Red Flag in October as the article claims. There is one at Eielson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prozac Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 No normal RF. This one is only for Special Ops fighter pilots. That's probably why you haven't heard about it. Of course, they'll be supported by "black world" tankers.....I hear those guys only operate in cloud (for stealth) and the booms don't even ask for tail numbers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB Stacker Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 There is one at Eielson Unless something has drastically changed in the past week while I was on leave they aren't coming up here for 13-1. They were supposed to send WLOs to 12-2 last month (they sent reps to the planning conference back in January), but that fell through and didn't happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForgotPassword Posted July 8, 2012 Author Share Posted July 8, 2012 Update from one of the articles: "Hello, sir. Yes, The Russians will be participating in Red Flag 13-1. Thanks for your interest in Nellis. -Nellis Public Affairs"--email from 99th ABW/PA at Nellis AFB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnum Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 Interesting. Either this guy is making more stuff up or PA once again doesn't know jack. Again, Nellis' first flag of FY13 is 13-2 in January. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrufus Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 No Krasni Flag: Russia won't be participating in an Air Force Red Flag exercise this year, according to an exercise spokesman at Eielson AFB, Alaska. What? Russia at Red Flag? Several media outlets—including the Voice of Russia radio network's English-language website—ran stories last week suggesting Russia would indeed be sending fighters to a Red Flag exercise in October, either at Nellis AFB, Nev., or in Alaska. This would be an extraordinary first if true, and a watershed development in US-Russian relations. But, alas, no red-starred Flankers and Fulcrums will be populating the ramps at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Eielson, or anywhere else. Air Force officials told the Daily Report on July 6 that Russia had requested sending observers—not aircraft—to a Red Flag exercise this fall, but it won't be happening. While it would have been interesting to see those Sukhoi and MiG fighters at Red Flag—playing Red Air, perhaps?—modern Russian-designed fighters have already played in a Red Flag. In 2008, India brought its Su-30s MKI fighters to Nellis. —John A. Tirpak http://www.airforce-...s/HomePage.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brabus Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 Of course, they'll be supported by "black world" tankers.....I hear those guys only operate in cloud (for stealth) and the booms don't even ask for tail numbers. I think I got some gas from a black tanker today...he didn't ask for my tail number, he told me my tail number. It's like he just knew...or read it right off the fucking jet, either way. That boomer deserves a bronze star, stat. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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