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Exercise Red Flag Alaska is hosted by the United States Pacific Air Force and designed to mirror a high-end combat environment.
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According to the Task Unit Commander, Group Captain Nicholas Pratt, the training exercise is a series of air combat and surveillance missions that challenge air and ground crews to operate in unfamiliar airspaces.
Exercise Red Flag Alaska is scheduled to run from 28 July to 12 August and is set to incorporate over 260 Australian personnel.
“Exercise Red Flag Alaska is a great opportunity to work closely with the United States to support our shared view of a free, open and prosperous Indo-Pacific,” GPCAPT Pratt said.
“It allows our two countries to continue to improve our interoperability and integration through combat scenarios that give participants an opportunity to make the tough calls combat often requires.”
According to information provided by the Commonwealth, Australia’s regular contribution to Red Flag is fundamental to the nation’s air battle management capability.
“The exercise provides an unmatched environment in which our Air Force personnel can showcase their extraordinary abilities in a deployed scenario,” he continued.
“Our teams will work from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson and Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska for the period of the exercise.”
The trial will be conducted across 67,000 square miles in the Joint Alaska Pacific Range.
